Borderless country - Definition and Overview

A borderless country is an island nation that does not share its island with other nations. For example, the Republic of Ireland shares the island of Ireland with Northern Ireland and therefore is not borderless. A borderless nation does not have to be located on single island, as countries such as the Federated States of Micronesia can consist of thousands of islands. By some definitions a borderless country is different from an island nation, because an island nation, such as Indonesia, can have borders.

List of borderless countries

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Australia¹
• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Barbados
• Cape Verde
• Republic of China (Taiwan)²
• Comoros
• Cuba³
• Dominica
• Fiji
• Grenada
• Iceland
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Kiribati
• Madagascar
• Maldives
• Malta
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritius
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Nauru
• New Zealand¹
• Palau
• Philippines
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Seychelles
• Singapore
• Solomon Islands
• Sri Lanka
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

List of borderless dependent territories

• Aruba
• Bermuda
• Cayman Islands
• Faroe Islands
• Greenland
• Jersey
• Sark

Footnotes

1. Australia and New Zealand maintain claims to territory in Antarctica and as such can technically be regarded as having land borders there.
2. The Republic of China (Taiwan) has not formally renounced claim on areas currently under control of People's Republic of China, Mongolia, Tuva (a Russian republic), etc.
3. Guantanamo Bay in Cuba is a U.S. lease.

See also

• Island nation
• List of island nations
• List of countries bordering only one country