Location of Venezuela (and Guayana Esequiba) in South America
Maritime borders of Venezuela

The borders of Venezuela are the international borders that Venezuela shares with neighboring countries. Venezuela borders with 14 countries totaling 5,161 kilometers which includes territories of France (Martinique and Guadeloupe), the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire), the United Kingdom (Montserrat) and the United States (Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands). Venezuela has the seventh largest number of land and maritime borders after France, China, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States and Italy.

Bordering countries

The lengths of the borders Venezuela shares with different countries, running counter-clockwise around Grenada to Caribbean Netherlands, are listed below:

Country Length (km) Bordering Venezuelan states Border features Border crossings
 Grenada 160 Sucre N/A N/A
 Trinidad and Tobago 11 Sucre
Delta Amacuro		 Gulf of Paria
Bocas del Dragón		 Güiria
 Guyana 743 Delta Amacuro
Bolívar		 Guayana Esequiba
Mount Roraima		 N/A
 Brazil 2,200 Bolívar
Amazonas		 Mount Roraima Santa Elena de Uairen
 Colombia 2,219 Amazonas
Apure
Táchira
Zulia
Falcón		 Táchira River
Gulf of Venezuela
Guajira Peninsula		 Simón Bolívar International Bridge
Kingdom of the Netherlands Netherlands, Kingdom of the
→includes:
→ Aruba
→ Curaçao
→ Bonaire		 65−80 Falcón ABC islands N/A

Total list

This is a list of countries and territories by land and maritime borders bordering Venezuela. The number and identity of other countries and territories that neighbor it are listed. Land borders and maritime boundaries are included and are tabulated separately and in combination. For purposes of this list, "maritime boundary" includes boundaries that are recognised by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which includes boundaries of territorial waters, contiguous zones, and exclusive economic zones. However, it does not include lake or river boundaries, which are considered land boundaries.

Also included is the number of unique sovereign states[1] that a country or territory shares as neighbours. If the number is higher due to multiple dependencies or unrecognised states bordering the state, the larger number is shown in brackets.

Footnotes are provided to provide clarity regarding the status of certain countries and territories.

Country or territory
(Territories without full sovereignty[1] in italics)		 No. of land border neighbours[2] No. of maritime boundary neighbours[2] Total no. of unique neighbours[2] Neighbouring countries and territories
(Territories without full sovereignty[1] in italics)
(L) = share only land borders
(M) = share only maritime boundaries
blank = share land borders and maritime boundaries
 Venezuela 3 14 (17) 15 (18)  Barbados (M)[3]
 Brazil (L)
 Colombia
 Dominica (M)
 Dominican Republic (M)
 France (M)
 Grenada (M)
 Guyana[4]
 Netherlands (M)
 Saint Kitts and Nevis (M)
 Saint Lucia (M)
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (M)
 Trinidad and Tobago (M)
 Aruba[5] (Netherlands) (M)
 Curaçao[5] (Netherlands) (M)
 Montserrat[6] (United Kingdom) (M)
 Puerto Rico[7] (United States) (M)
 United States Virgin Islands[7] (United States) (M)

Border disputes

Guayana Esequiba (striped), the area claimed by Venezuela.

With Guyana

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 The concept of state sovereignty is somewhat imprecise and there are disagreements about whether certain territories are sovereign. There are currently 195 states that are generally regarded as "fully" sovereign: this includes the 193 member states of the United Nations plus the observer states of Vatican City and the State of Palestine. Some of these states have under their jurisdiction territories, dependencies, or collectivises that are clearly non-sovereign geographical areas. These territories are generally regarded as being subsumed within the overarching sovereignty of the governing state. For example, the United Kingdom holds sovereignty over the territory of Gibraltar, even though Gibraltar is not considered to be part of the United Kingdom. There are a few territories in the world that are neither clearly sovereign nor clearly subsumed under another state's sovereignty. Often, these territories have declared themselves to be sovereign, but they are either not widely recognised as such or lack some of the necessary conditions for sovereign statehood. In these cases, explanatory footnotes indicate how the territory is treated for the purposes of this list.
  2. 1 2 3 A number in parentheses indicates the number of unique sovereign states that the country or territory shares as neighbours.
  3. ↑ Venezuela Disputes, IndexMundi
  4. ↑ Claims to territory overlap.
  5. 1 2 This territory is not sovereign, but is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. For purposes of this list, Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten are considered constituent parts of one sovereign state.
  6. ↑ This territory is not sovereign but is a British overseas territory. Its territory constitutes part of the sovereign territory of the United Kingdom but strictly speaking is not part of the United Kingdom itself.
  7. 1 2 This territory is not sovereign, but is an insular area of the United States. U.S. territories are considered to be part of the sovereign territory of the United States.
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