Sixteen European countries are landlocked. Encyclopedia Britannica defines landlocked countries as those that do not border an ocean or lack access to a sea that isn’t landlocked.
The landlocked European countries are:
- Andorra. Andorra is a small country on the Iberian Peninsula that borders France and Spain
- Austria. Austria is in Central Europe and borders Italy, Germany, and Hungary.
- Belarus. Belarus is in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania.
- Czech Republic. The Czech Republic is in Central Europe, bordering Austria, Slovakia, Poland, and Germany.
- Hungary. Hungary, also in Central Europe, borders Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Austria, Serbia, Croatia, and Romania.
- Kosovo. Kosovo is an enclave of Serbia in Southeastern Europe. It declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and has since been recognized as a sovereign nation by 102 members of the United Nations.
- Liechtenstein. Liechtenstein is a tiny country, only about 100 square miles, and is considered a microstate. It is also in Central Europe and borders Austria and Switzerland.
- Luxembourg. Luxembourg is in Western Europe and borders Belgium, France and Germany.
- Moldova. Moldova is in Eastern Europe, bordering Romania and Ukraine.
- North Macedonia. North Macedonia is in Southeastern Europe on the Balkan Peninsula. It borders Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, and Bulgaria.
- San Marino. San Marino is an enclave of Italy. With an area of only about 38.5 square miles, it is a microstate.
- Serbia. Serbia is in Southeastern Europe. It shares borders with Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Kosovo is enclosed within Serbia.
- Slovakia. Slovakia is in Central Europe, bordering the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Poland, and Ukraine.
- Switzerland. Switzerland, in western-Central Europe, shares borders with Germany, Italy, France, Austria and Liechtenstein.
- Vatican City is a sovereign nation within the city of Rome, Italy. Its area is about 27 square miles. It has a population of about 800 people, making it the least populous landlocked nation in the world.