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Slovakia Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Council); Constitutional Court (judges appointed by president from group of nominees approved by the National Council); Special Court (judges elected by a council of judges and appointed by president)
Slovenia Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the Judicial Council); Constitutional Court (judges elected for nine-year terms by the National Assembly and nominated by the president)
Solomon Islands Court of Appeal
Somalia following the breakdown of the central government, most regions have reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, either secular, traditional Somali customary law, or Sharia (Islamic) law with a provision for appeal of all sentences
South Africa Constitutional Court; Supreme Court of Appeals; High Courts; Magistrate Courts
Spain Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo
Sri Lanka Supreme Court; Court of Appeals; judges for both courts are appointed by the president
Sudan Constitutional Court of nine justices; National Supreme Court; National Courts of Appeal; other national courts; National Judicial Service Commission will undertake overall management of the National Judiciary
Suriname Cantonal Courts and a Court of Justice as an appellate court (justices are nominated for life); member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
Swaziland High Court; Supreme Court; judges for both courts are appointed by the monarch
Sweden Supreme Court or Hogsta Domstolen (judges are appointed by the prime minister and the cabinet)
Switzerland Federal Supreme Court (judges elected for six-year terms by the Federal Assembly)
Syria Supreme Judicial Council (appoints and dismisses judges; headed by the president); national level - Supreme Constitutional Court (adjudicates electoral disputes and rules on constitutionality of laws and decrees; justices appointed for four-year terms by the president); Court of Cassation; Appeals Courts (Appeals Courts represent an intermediate level between the Court of Cassation and local level courts); local level - Magistrate Courts; Courts of First Instance; Juvenile Courts; Customs Courts; specialized courts - Economic Security Courts (hear cases related to economic crimes); Supreme State Security Court (hear cases related to national security); Personal Status Courts (religious; hear cases related to marriage and divorce)
Taiwan Judicial Yuan (justices appointed by the president with consent of the Legislative Yuan)
Tajikistan Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)
Tanzania Permanent Commission of Enquiry (official ombudsman); Court of Appeal (consists of a chief justice and four judges); High Court (consists of a Jaji Kiongozi and 29 judges appointed by the president; holds regular sessions in all regions); District Courts; Primary Courts (limited jurisdiction and appeals can be made to the higher courts)
Thailand Supreme Court or Sandika (judges appointed by the monarch)
Timor-Leste Supreme Court of Justice - constitution calls for one judge to be appointed by National Parliament and rest appointed by Superior Council for Judiciary; note - until Supreme Court is established, Court of Appeals is highest court
Togo Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Tokelau Supreme Court in New Zealand exercises civil and criminal jurisdiction in Tokelau
Tonga Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the monarch); Court of Appeal (Chief Justice and high court justices from overseas chosen and approved by Privy Council)
Trinidad and Tobago Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission); the highest court of appeal is the Privy Council in London; member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
Tunisia Court of Cassation or Cour de Cassation
Turkey Constitutional Court; High Court of Appeals (Yargitay); Council of State (Danistay); Court of Accounts (Sayistay); Military High Court of Appeals; Military High Administrative Court
Turkmenistan Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)
Turks and Caicos Islands Supreme Court; Court of Appeal
Tuvalu High Court (a chief justice visits twice a year to preside over its sessions; its rulings can be appealed to the Court of Appeal in Fiji); eight Island Courts (with limited jurisdiction)
Uganda Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president)
Ukraine Supreme Court; Constitutional Court
United Arab Emirates Union Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)
United Kingdom House of Lords (highest court of appeal; several Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life); Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown Courts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary
United States Supreme Court (nine justices; nominated by the president and confirmed with the advice and consent of the Senate; appointed to serve for life); United States Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts; State and County Courts
Uruguay Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and elected for 10-year terms by the General Assembly)
Uzbekistan Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Supreme Assembly)
Vanuatu Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, three other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission)
Venezuela Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Tribuna Suprema de Justicia (magistrates are elected by the National Assembly for a single 12-year term)
Vietnam Supreme People's Court (chief justice is elected for a five-year term by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the president)
Virgin Islands US District Court of the Virgin Islands (under Third Circuit jurisdiction); Superior Court of the Virgin Islands (judges appointed by the governor for 10-year terms)
Wallis and Futuna justice generally administered under French law by the high administrator, but the three traditional kings administer customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu; a court of appeal is located in Noumea, New Caledonia
Yemen Supreme Court
Zambia Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices are appointed by the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases)
Zimbabwe Supreme Court; High Court
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Field Listing :: Labor force
This entry contains the total labor force figure. Country Comparison to the World Country
Labor force
Afghanistan 15 million (2004 est.)
Albania 1.103 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2007 est.)
Algeria 9.464 million (2008 est.)
American Samoa 17,630 (2005)
Andorra 42,230 (2007)
Angola 7.569 million (2008 est.)
Anguilla 6,049 (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 (1991)
Argentina 16.27 million note: urban areas only (2008 est.)
Armenia 1.481 million (2007 est.)
Aruba 41,500 (2004 est.)
Australia 11.25 million (2008 est.)
Austria 3.633 million (2008 est.)
Azerbaijan 5.782 million (2008 est.)
Bahamas, The 175,500 (2007)
Bahrain 557,000 note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2008 est.)
Bangladesh 70.86 million note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $4.8 billion in 2005-06. (2008 est.)
Barbados 175,000 (2007 est.)
Belarus 4.869 million (2007)
Belgium 4.99 million (2008)
Belize 122,300 note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.)
Benin 3.662 million (2007 est.)
Bermuda 38,360 (2004)
Bhutan NA note: major shortage of skilled labor
Bolivia 4.454 million (2008 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.863 million (2007)
Botswana 685,300 formal sector employees (2007)
Brazil 93.65 million (2008 est.)
British Virgin Islands 12,770 (2004)
Brunei 188,800 (2008 est.)
Bulgaria 2.67 million (2008 est.)
Burkina Faso 6.668 million note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2007)
Burma 30.04 million (2008 est.)
Burundi 4.245 million (2007)
Cambodia 8.6 million (2008 est.)
Cameroon 6.759 million (2008 est.)
Canada 18.22 million (2008 est.)
Cape Verde 196,100 (2007)
Cayman Islands 23,450 (2004)
Central African Republic 1.926 million (2007)
Chad 4.293 million (2007)
Chile 7.267 million (2008 est.)
China 807.3 million (2008 est.)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia 21.3 million (2008 est.)
Comoros 268,500 (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 23.53 million (2007 est.)
Congo, Republic of the NA
Cook Islands 6,820 (2001)
Costa Rica 2.06 million note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2008 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 7.346 million (68% agricultural) (2008 est.)
Croatia 1.731 million (2008 est.)
Cuba 4.962 million note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2008 est.)
Cyprus 397,000 (2008 est.)
Czech Republic 5.36 million (2008 est.)
Denmark 2.88 million (2008 est.)
Djibouti 351,700 (2007)
Dominica 25,000 (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic 4.119 million (2008 est.)
Ecuador 4.64 million (urban) (2008 est.)
Egypt 24.6 million (2008 est.)
El Salvador 2.947 million (2008 est.)
Equatorial Guinea NA
Eritrea NA
Estonia 693,000 (2008 est.)
Ethiopia 37.9 million (2007)
European Union 224.4 million (2008 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,724 (est.) (1996)
Faroe Islands 24,250 (October 2000)
Fiji 335,000 (2007 est.)
Finland 2.703 million (2008 est.)
France 27.97 million (2008 est.)
French Polynesia 116,000 (2007)
Gabon 581,000 (2008 est.)
Gambia, The 777,100 (2007)
Gaza Strip 267,000 (2006)
Georgia 2.317 million (2007 est.)
Germany 43.6 million (2008 est.)
Ghana 10.12 million (2008 est.)
Gibraltar 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)
Greece 4.96 million (2008 est.)
Greenland 32,120 (2004)
Grenada 42,300 (1996)
Guam 82,950 (2007 est.)
Guatemala 4.056 million (2008 est.)
Guernsey 31,470 (March 2006)
Guinea 4.392 million (2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 632,700 (2007)
Guyana 333,900 (2007 est.)
Haiti 3.643 million note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2007)
Holy See (Vatican City) NA
Honduras 2.991 million (2008 est.)
Hong Kong 3.66 million (2008 est.)
Hungary 4.2 million (2008 est.)
Iceland 184,000 (2008 est.)
India 523.5 million (2008 est.)
Indonesia 112 million (2008 est.)
Iran 24.35 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2008 est.)
Iraq 7.74 million (2008 est.)
Ireland 2.241 million (2008 est.)
Isle of Man 39,690 (2001)
Israel 2.957 million (2008 est.)
Italy 25.11 million (2008 est.)
Jamaica 1.304 million (2008 est.)
Japan 66.5 million (2008 est.)
Jersey 53,560 (June 2006)
Jordan 1.615 million (2008 est.)
Kazakhstan 8.412 million (2008 est.)
Kenya 17.37 million (2007 est.)
Kiribati 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.)
Korea, North 20 million note: estimates vary widely (2004 est.)
Korea, South 24.35 million (2008 est.)
Kosovo 550,000 (2007 est.)
Kuwait 2.088 million note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2008 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 2.344 million (2007)
Laos 2.1 million (2006 est.)
Latvia 1.193 million (2008 est.)
Lebanon 1.481 million note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.)
Lesotho 854,600 (2007 est.)
Libya 1.64 million (2008 est.)
Liechtenstein 32,440 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (2007)
Lithuania 1.614 million (2008 est.)
Luxembourg 206,000 of whom 125,400 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2008 est.)
Macau 337,400 (2008 est.)
Macedonia 925,000 (2008 est.)
Madagascar 9.504 million (2007)
Malawi 5.747 million (2007 est.)
Malaysia 11.09 million (2008 est.)
Maldives 136,100 (2007)
Mali 3.241 million (2007 est.)
Malta 173,000 (2008)
Marshall Islands 14,680 (2000)
Mauritania 1.318 million (2007)
Mauritius 584,000 (2008 est.)
Mayotte 44,560 (2002)
Mexico 45.32 million (2008 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 16,360 (2008)
Moldova 1.327 million (2008 est.)
Monaco 44,000 note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2005 est.)
Mongolia 1.068 million (2008)
Montenegro 259,100 (2004)
Montserrat NA
Morocco 11.29 million (2008 est.)
Mozambique 9.65 million (2008 est.)
Namibia 686,000 (2008 est.)
Nepal 14.6 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (2008 est.)
Netherlands 7.715 million (2008 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 91,470 (2007)
New Caledonia 102,600 (2007)
New Zealand 2.25 million (2008 est.)
Nicaragua 2.322 million (2008 est.)
Niger 4.688 million (2007)
Nigeria 51.04 million (2008 est.)
Niue 663 (2001)
Norfolk Island NA
Northern Mariana Islands 38,450 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (2005 est.)
Norway 2.591 million (2008 est.)
Oman 968,800 note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007)
Pakistan 50.58 million note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2008 est.)
Palau 9,777 (2005)
Panama 1.392 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2008 est.)
Papua New Guinea 3.639 million (2008 est.)
Paraguay 2.839 million (2008 est.)
Peru 10.2 million (2008 est.)
Philippines 36.81 million (2008 est.)
Pitcairn Islands 15 able-bodied men (2004)
Poland 17.01 million (2008 est.)
Portugal 5.625 million (2008 est.)
Puerto Rico 1.479 million (2007)
Qatar 1.119 million (2008 est.)
Romania 9.32 million (2008 est.)
Russia 75.7 million (2008 est.)
Rwanda 4.446 million (2007)
Saint Helena 2,486 note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 (June 1995)
Saint Lucia 79,700 (2007)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,450 (2005)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57,520 (2007 est.)
Samoa 66,270 (2007 est.)
San Marino 22,660 (2008)
Sao Tome and Principe 52,490 (2007)
Saudi Arabia 6.74 million note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2008 est.)
Senegal 4.973 million (2008 est.)
Serbia 2.961 million (2002 est.)
Seychelles 39,560 (2006)
Sierra Leone 2.207 million (2007 est.)
Singapore 2.94 million (2008 est.)
Slovakia 2.254 million (2008 est.)
Slovenia 940,000 (2008 est.)
Solomon Islands 202,500 (2007)
Somalia 3.447 million (few skilled laborers) (2007)
South Africa 17.79 million economically active (2008 est.)
Spain 22.85 million (2008 est.)
Sri Lanka 7.569 million note: excludes northern and eastern provinces (2008 est.)
Sudan 11.92 million (2007 est.)
Suriname 165,600 (2007)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 457,900 (2007)
Sweden 4.897 million (2008 est.)
Switzerland 4.053 million (2008 est.)
Syria 5.593 million (2008 est.)
Taiwan 10.85 million (2008 est.)
Tajikistan 2.1 million (2008)
Tanzania 21.06 million (2008 est.)
Thailand 37.78 million (2008 est.)
Timor-Leste NA
Togo 2.595 million (2007)
Tokelau 440 (2001)
Tonga 39,960 (2007)
Trinidad and Tobago 620,800 (2008 est.)
Tunisia 3.66 million (2008 est.)
Turkey 24.06 million note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2008 est.)
Turkmenistan 13.51 million (2007 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 (1990 est.)
Tuvalu 3,615 (2004 est.)
Uganda 14.54 million (2008 est.)
Ukraine 21.57 million (2008 est.)
United Arab Emirates 3.266 million note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2008 est.)
United Kingdom 31.23 million (2008 est.)
United States 154.3 million (includes unemployed) (2008 est.)
Uruguay 1.641 million (2008 est.)
Uzbekistan 15.37 million (2008 est.)
Vanuatu 115,900 (2007)
Venezuela 12.59 million (2008 est.)
Vietnam 47.41 million (2008 est.)
Virgin Islands 49,820 (2007 est.)
Wallis and Futuna 3,104 (2003)
West Bank 605,000 (2006)
Western Sahara 12,000 (2005 est.)
World 3.232 billion (2008 est.)
Yemen 6.454 million (2008 est.)
Zambia 5.235 million (2008 est.)
Zimbabwe 4.039 million (2008 est.)
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Field Listing :: Land boundaries
This entry contains the total length of all land boundaries and the individual lengths for each of the contiguous border countries. When available, official lengths published by national statistical agencies are used. Because surveying methods may differ, country border lengths reported by contiguous countries may differ. Country
Land boundaries(km)
Afghanistan total: 5,529 km border countries: China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km, Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km
Akrotiri total: 47.4 km border countries: Cyprus 47.4 km
Albania total: 717 km border countries: Greece 282 km, Macedonia 151 km, Montenegro 172 km, Kosovo 112 km
Algeria total: 6,343 km border countries: Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km, Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km
American Samoa 0 km
Andorra total: 120.3 km border countries: France 56.6 km, Spain 63.7 km
Angola total: 5,198 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km
Anguilla 0 km
Antarctica 0 km note: see entry on Disputes - international
Antigua and Barbuda 0 km
Argentina total: 9,861 km border countries: Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,261 km, Chile 5,308 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 580 km
Armenia total: 1,254 km border countries: Azerbaijan-proper 566 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 221 km, Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km
Aruba 0 km
Ashmore and Cartier Islands 0 km
Australia 0 km
Austria total: 2,562 km border countries: Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km
Azerbaijan total: 2,013 km border countries: Armenia (with Azerbaijan-proper) 566 km, Armenia (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-proper) 432 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km
Bahamas, The 0 km
Bahrain 0 km
Bangladesh total: 4,246 km border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km
Barbados 0 km
Belarus total: 3,306 km border countries: Latvia 171 km, Lithuania 680 km, Poland 605 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km
Belgium total: 1,385 km border countries: France 620 km, Germany 167 km, Luxembourg 148 km, Netherlands 450 km
Belize total: 516 km border countries: Guatemala 266 km, Mexico 250 km
Benin total: 1,989 km border countries: Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km, Togo 644 km
Bermuda 0 km
Bhutan total: 1,075 km border countries: China 470 km, India 605 km
Bolivia total: 6,940 km border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,423 km, Chile 860 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 1,075 km
Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 1,538 km border countries: Croatia 932 km, Montenegro 249 km, Serbia 357 km
Botswana total: 4,013 km border countries: Namibia 1,360 km, South Africa 1,840 km, Zimbabwe 813 km
Bouvet Island 0 km
Brazil total: 16,885 km border countries: Argentina 1,261 km, Bolivia 3,423 km, Colombia 1,644 km, French Guiana 730 km, Guyana 1,606 km, Paraguay 1,365 km, Peru 2,995 km, Suriname 593 km, Uruguay 1,068 km, Venezuela 2,200 km
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 km
British Virgin Islands 0 km
Brunei total: 381 km border countries: Malaysia 381 km
Bulgaria total: 1,808 km border countries: Greece 494 km, Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia 318 km, Turkey 240 km
Burkina Faso total: 3,193 km border countries: Benin 306 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Ghana 549 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km
Burma total: 5,876 km border countries: Bangladesh 193 km, China 2,185 km, India 1,463 km, Laos 235 km, Thailand 1,800 km
Burundi total: 974 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 km, Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km
Cambodia total: 2,572 km border countries: Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km
Cameroon total: 4,591 km border countries: Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km, Republic of the Congo 523 km, Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298 km, Nigeria 1,690 km
Canada total: 8,893 km border countries: US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)
Cape Verde 0 km
Cayman Islands 0 km
Central African Republic total: 5,203 km border countries: Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 467 km, Sudan 1,165 km
Chad total: 5,968 km border countries: Cameroon 1,094 km, Central African Republic 1,197 km, Libya 1,055 km, Niger 1,175 km, Nigeria 87 km, Sudan 1,360 km
Chile total: 6,339 km border countries: Argentina 5,308 km, Bolivia 860 km, Peru 171 km
China total: 22,117 km border countries: Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km, India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea 1,416 km, Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos 423 km, Mongolia 4,677 km, Nepal 1,236 km, Pakistan 523 km, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km, Russia (northwest) 40 km, Tajikistan 414 km, Vietnam 1,281 km regional borders: Hong Kong 30 km, Macau 0.34 km
Christmas Island 0 km
Clipperton Island 0 km
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 km
Colombia total: 6,309 km border countries: Brazil 1,644 km, Ecuador 590 km, Panama 225 km, Peru 1,800 km, Venezuela 2,050 km
Comoros 0 km
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 10,730 km border countries: Angola 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 233 km, Central African Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda 217 km, Sudan 628 km, Tanzania 459 km, Uganda 765 km, Zambia 1,930 km
Congo, Republic of the total: 5,504 km border countries: Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central African Republic 467 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Gabon 1,903 km
Cook Islands 0 km
Coral Sea Islands 0 km
Costa Rica total: 639 km border countries: Nicaragua 309 km, Panama 330 km
Cote d'Ivoire total: 3,110 km border countries: Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km
Croatia total: 1,982 km border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Serbia 241 km, Montenegro 25 km, Slovenia 455 km
Cuba total: 29 km border countries: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 km note: Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and remains part of Cuba