Landlocked?
Landlocked Countries
Countries without direct access to an ocean or an ocean-connected sea.
Data as of Sep 2026
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The answer
Does the country have no coastline on an open sea?
45 countries: Landlocked. 156 countries: Has a coastline.
Where they are
Landlocked
The biggest by population: Ethiopia, Uganda, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
By population
How many people is that?
Sized by population, Ethiopia stands out on the yes side.
Fair shares
Every country, the same size
As equal tiles, small island nations count as much as continents.
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Landlocked.
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Landlocked Countries
Countries without direct access to an ocean or an ocean-connected sea.
Audited against Britannica’s landlocked-country list and mapped geography. Enclosed waters such as the Caspian Sea do not count as ocean access.
Data as of Sep 2026 · Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica landlocked-country list · Natural Earth 1:50m country boundary data
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