Which countries border Zambia?

🇿🇲 Zambia shares land borders with 8 countries: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The border with Botswana is a technical border.

Bright green: Zambia · green: its neighbours · pale: technical border. Click a country to see its borders.

Neighbours of Zambia

🇦🇴 Angola · 4 neighbours
🇧🇼 Botswana technical · 4 neighbours
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo · 9 neighbours
🇲🇼 Malawi · 3 neighbours
🇲🇿 Mozambique · 6 neighbours
🇳🇦 Namibia · 4 neighbours
🇹🇿 Tanzania · 8 neighbours
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · 4 neighbours

⚠️ Zambia – Botswana is a technical border: they meet only at Kazungula, a border of about 150 m on the Zambezi river.

How far can you travel from Zambia by land?

Hopping one land border at a time, Zambia connects to 129 countries. The farthest is East Timor, 15 borders away:

🇿🇲 Zambia → 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo → 🇸🇸 South Sudan → 🇸🇩 Sudan → 🇪🇬 Egypt → 🇮🇱 Israel → 🇸🇾 Syria → 🇹🇷 Turkey → 🇬🇪 Georgia → 🇷🇺 Russia → 🇨🇳 China → 🇲🇲 Myanmar → 🇹🇭 Thailand → 🇲🇾 Malaysia → 🇮🇩 Indonesia → 🇹🇱 East Timor

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