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Landlocked countries in Africa: scope and list
Countries in the game’s 195-country catalogue, grouped in Africa by the retained Natural Earth atlas. Landlocked means no coastline on an ocean or an ocean-connected sea.
16 countries in this list.
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Mali
- Niger
- Rwanda
- South Sudan
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
What to notice
Lesotho is entirely surrounded by South Africa; Eswatini also borders Mozambique. Ethiopia has no coastline, while Eritrea does. Lakes do not make Malawi or Uganda coastal: the definition concerns access to an ocean-connected sea, not the presence of water.
Recall landlocked countries in Africa
Trace a north-to-south inland route through Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan and Uganda. Then find Lesotho separately.
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Sources and definitions
Landlocked countries — reference list. Study material checked on 23 October 2026. See dataset attribution and the game’s country rules. These lists are learning references, not current Daily answers.