There are 15 international locations around the globe which have a land border with just one different nation, with six of them in Europe.
There are usually 3 ways during which a rustic would have only a single land border. It may be an island divided between two states, comparable to Eire and the UK.
It may be a peninsula or a semi-enclave primarily surrounded by sea however with one land border, comparable to Portugal and Spain. Lastly, landlocked international locations could type an enclave surrounded by a bigger nation, comparable to San Marino and the Vatican Metropolis inside Italy.
The listing has been created primarily based on information from the Correlates of Struggle Direct Contiguity, with maritime causeways and bridges not being counted.
By way of landlocked international locations with just one land border, there are solely three: Lesotho, San Marino, and Vatican Metropolis. All three are enclaves – Lesotho surrounded by South Africa, and San Marino and the Vatican surrounded by Italy.
Many extra international locations have coastlines that additionally solely share a land border with one different nation, with 12 making the listing in line with the Correlates of Struggle Direct Contiguity.
In Asia, Brunei borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. In Africa, The Gambia is bordered to the north, south, and east by Senegal. In Europe, Monaco’s one neighbour is France, and Portugal simply shares a land border with Spain.
One present instance that would change sooner or later is Qatar and its border with Saudi Arabia. The proposed Qatar-Bahrain Causeway would join the 2 international locations, taking Qatar off the listing.
Nearer to dwelling, the Republic of Eire borders the UK’s Northern Eire area on the island of Eire. The rationale Wales and Scotland aren’t on the listing is as a result of it solely considers sovereign international locations, not constituent international locations.