Landlocked country

A landlocked country is a country that has no coastlines on the world ocean. As of 2026, there are 44 landlocked countries, two of them doubly landlocked due to being surrounded by other landlocked nations, and three landlocked de facto states in the world, South Ossetia, Kosovo and Transnistria. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country by area, Kyrgyzstan is the farthest landlocked country from any ocean, and Ethiopia is the world's most populous landlocked country.