Countries That Share an Island (Countryballs)

Canada FINALLY gets the neighbors episode 🏠 Today: which country has the MOST neighbors? Russia and China tie at 14 (until a 50 km tiebreaker 📏), Mongolia is the sandwich filling, Brazil touches almost all of South America, Germany names all 9 neighbors in one breath, Belgium and the Netherlands share a town where your FRONT DOOR decides your country 🚪, three countries share Borneo, and Canada and Denmark fought over a rock… with whisky and schnapps 🥃 Chapters 0:00 The neighbors episode (for real) 0:34 The tie (Russia, China, Mongolia) 1:50 Big families (Brazil, Germany, DR Congo, Tanzania) 3:24 The craziest border (Baarle) 4:44 Island roommates (Saint Martin, Borneo, Hans Island) 6:23 The one-neighbor club (Portugal & Spain, islands) 7:15 The Neighbor Awards Real facts in this episode: • Russia and China each have 14 land neighbors, more than any other country. • Total land border (CIA World Factbook): China about 22,457 km, Russia about 22,407 km. • Mongolia has only two neighbors: Russia and China. • Brazil borders 10 countries: every South American country except Chile and Ecuador. • Chile is about 4,300 km long. • Germany has 9 neighbors, the most in Europe: Denmark, Poland, Czechia, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. • DR Congo also has 9 neighbors. Tanzania has 8. • Baarle-Hertog (Belgium) is 22 pieces of Belgium inside the Netherlands, and some of them hold Dutch pieces again. A house belongs to the country its front door is in, and some owners really did move their door. • Saint Martin is the smallest inhabited island shared by two countries (France and the Netherlands), divided since 1648. • Borneo, the 3rd-largest island on Earth, is shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. • Canada and Denmark disputed tiny Hans Island for decades, leaving bottles of whisky and schnapps for each other. In 2022 they split it, giving both a new land border of about 1.3 km. • Portugal's only neighbor is Spain. Their border is one of the oldest in the world, mostly unchanged since the Treaty of Alcañices (1297). • Japan, Iceland and New Zealand have no land borders at all. Who is YOUR country's weirdest neighbor? Tell Mr. Orbit in the comments 👇 Subscribe: next time, which country has the MOST time zones? (Hint: it's not Russia.) 🕐 Border lengths are rounded and differ between sources. Voices: AI voices (ElevenLabs). Map data: Natural Earth. Flags: flag-icons. #countryballs #geography #maps