Borders of China

China's northernmost border stays at Center of Amur in the north of Mohe City

China shares international borders with 14 sovereign states. In addition, there is a 30-kilometre (19 mi) internal border with the special administrative region of Hong Kong, which was a British dependency before 1997, and a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) internal border with Macau, a Portuguese territory until 1999. With a land border of 22,117 kilometres (13,743 mi) in total it also has the longest land border of any country.

Countries sharing borders with China[]

Border marker of China.

The table below, is a table of countries and territories who share a land border with China around its perimeter. The numbers in parenthesis are their lengths in miles.^[1]

Country	Length ((km) and (mi))	Notes
Afghanistan	76 (47)
Bhutan	470 (292)	Disputed; depends on the resolution of various territorial conflicts between Bhutan and China
India	3488 (2167)	Disputed; in three sections, separated by Nepal and Bhutan depends on the resolution of territorial conflicts between India and China, and between India and Pakistan
Kazakhstan	1,533 (952)
Kyrgyzstan	858 (533)
Laos	423 (262)
Mongolia	4,677 (2,906)
Myanmar	2,185 (1,357)
Nepal	1,440 (895)
North Korea	1,416 (879)
Pakistan	596 (370)	Disputed; depends on the resolution of territorial conflicts between India and China, and between India and Pakistan
Russia	3,645 (2,264)
Tajikistan	414 (257)
Vietnam	1,283 (795)

See also[]

• Territorial changes of the People's Republic of China
• Chinese–Korean border fence
• McMahon Line
• Tumen River
• Boundaries of Hong Kong
• Frontier Closed Area
• Sino-Indian border dispute

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