List of national border guard agencies

This is the list of the Border Guard agencies in different countries. Such agencies may also be known as Border Patrol, Border Police, Border Troops, Frontier Guard or Frontier Police.

Asia[]

Bangladesh[]

Border Guards Bangladesh - 67,000 personnel

People's Republic of China[]

General Administration of Customs - Primary customs and excise agency.
Ministry of Public Security
- National Immigration Administration - China Immigration Inspection (CII)
People's Armed Police - Border patrol and control functions in remote regions.

Hong Kong[]

Hong Kong Immigration Department
Hong Kong Customs & Excise

India[]

Border Security Force – 245,000 personnel on the Pakistan and Bangladesh Border
Indo-Tibetan Border Police – 77,000 personnel
Rashtriya Rifles – 40,000 personnel in Kashmir
Special Frontier Force – 10,000 personnel primarily used for conducting clandestine intelligence gathering and commando operations along the India Chinese border. Officially constrained from operating within 10 km of the international border
Assam Rifles – 50,000 personnel organised into 46 battalions, an internal security force with secondary duties along the eastern borders.
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) 82,000 personnel on the Bhutan and Nepal borders

Indonesia[]

Customs - oversee traffic of goods
Immigration - oversee traffic of people.
Land Border : Border Patrol Task Force (Satuan Tugas Pengamanan Perbatasan abbreviated Satgas Pamtas), which consist of Infantry battalions from the Indonesian Army
Sea Border : Maritime Security Agency, Navy, Coast Guard, Maritime Police and Marine and Fisheries Resources Surveillance

Iran[]

Border Guard Command

Israel[]

Israel Border Police

Macau Special Administrative Region[]

Public Security Police Force of Macau

Malaysia[]

Border Security Agency
Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency

Pakistan[]

Pakistan Rangers – 150,000 personnel on India border
Frontier Corps – 100,000 personnel on Afghanistan and Iran border
Gilgit Baltistan Scouts – deployed on China border
Pakistan Coast Guard
Maritime Security Agency
Pakistan Customs

Singapore[]

Immigration and Checkpoints Authority

Tajikistan[]

Tajik Border Troops

Thailand[]

Turkey[]

Department of Foreigners, Borders and Asylum
Border Gendarmerie
Coast Guard Command
General Directorate of Customs Protection

Republic of China[]

National Immigration Agency of the Ministry of the Interior of Taiwan Political Authority - Immigration and border security
Customs Administration of Ministry of Finance - handles customs

United Arab Emirates[]

Critical Infrastructure & Coastal Protection Authority

Vietnam[]

Vietnam Border Guard^[1]

Europe[]

Croatia[]

Croatian Border Police

Estonia[]

Police and Border Guard Board (Estonian: Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet)

Finland[]

Finnish Border Guard

France[]

Directorate-General of Customs and Indirect Taxes
Direction centrale de la police aux frontières
Gendarmerie Nationale

Georgia[]

Patrol Police Department (border control)^[2]
Border Police of Georgia (border supervision)

Germany[]

German Federal Police (formerly known as the Bundesgrenzschutz from 1951-2005)
Bundeszollverwaltung (Federal Customs Service)

Ireland[]

Garda Síochána
, Dept of Justice. BMU is responsible for Immigration at Dublin Airport

Italy[]

Kyrgyzstan[]

State Border Guard Service (Kyrgyz Republic)

Latvia[]

State Border Guard

Liechtenstein[]

Border and Customs Unit

Lithuania[]

State Border Guard Service

Moldova[]

Moldovan Border Police

Netherlands[]

Royal Marechaussee

Norway[]

Garnisonen i Sør-Varanger

Poland[]

Border Guard (Poland) (Polish: Straż Graniczna)

Portugal[]

Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras

Immigration and Border Service

Guarda Nacional Republicana (Unidade de Controlo Costeiro^[3])

Border Surveillance

Romania[]

Romanian Border Police (Romanian: Poliţia de Frontieră)

Russia[]

Border Guard Service of Russia (Russian: Пограничная служба России)

Spain[]

National Police (border control, immigration, refuge and asylum, extradition and expulsion)
Guardia Civil (border surveillance)

Sweden[]

Swedish Police Authority

Switzerland[]

Border Guard Corps (land borders and the airports of Basel (together with French Border police), Geneva and Lugano
(at Bern-Belp airport)
Cantonal police of Zurich (at Zurich airport)