Country ranking for field: maritime claims Disputes 1992

Other rankings:

1	Cyprus	1974
2	Pakistan; periodic disputes with Iran over Helmand water rights; Pakistan	Pashtunistan issue over the North-West Frontier Province with
3	Palmyra Atoll	none
4	New Zealand	territorial claim in Antarctica
5	Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank; unresolved maritime boundary in	territorial disputes with Colombia over the Archipelago de San
6	Chad Niger and Nigeria; Burkina and Mali are proceeding with boundary demarcation including the tripoint with Niger	Libya claims about 19400 km² in northern Niger; demarcation of international boundaries in Lake Chad the lack of which has led to border incidents in the past is completed and awaiting ratification by Cameroon
7	Nigeria	demarcation of international boundaries in Lake Chad the lack of which has led to border incidents in the past is completed and awaiting ratification by Cameroon Chad Niger and Nigeria; boundary commission created with Cameroon to discuss unresolved land and maritime boundaries - has not yet convened
8	Niue	none
9	Norfolk Island	none
10	Demarcation Line with South Korea	short section of boundary with China is indefinite;
11	Northern Mariana Islands	none
12	Norway	territorial claim in Antarctica
13	UAE in far north; there is a proposed treaty with Yemen	no defined boundary with most of UAE; Administrative Line with
14	Pakistan	boundary with India; border question
15	Papua New Guinea	none
16	Panama	none
17	Nepal	none
18	Paracel Islands	occupied by China but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam
19	Paraguay	short section of the boundary with Brazil
20	Peru	three sections of the boundary with Ecuador are in dispute
21	China Malaysia Taiwan Vietnam and possibly Brunei; claims Malaysian state of Sabah	involved in a complex dispute over the Spratly Islands with
22	Pitcairn Islands	none
23	Poland	none
24	Portugal	sovereignty over Timor Timur
25	Puerto Rico	none
26	Arabia and UAE are unresolved; territorial dispute with Bahrain over the	location and status of Qatar's southern boundaries with Saudi
27	Romania	none
28	Islands and the Habomai island group occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945 claimed by Japan; maritime dispute with Norway over portion of the Barents	inherited disputes from former USSR including: sections of the boundary with China a section of the boundary with Tajikistan; boundary with Latvia Lithuania and Estonia; Etorofu Kunashiri and Shikotan
29	New Caledonia	none
30	Navassa Island	claimed by Haiti
31	Saint Helena	none
32	Malta	none
33	Lebanon since October 1976	separated from Israel by the 1949 Armistice Line; Israeli troops in southern Lebanon since June 1982; Syrian troops in northern
34	Lesotho	none
35	Liberia	none
36	Liechtenstein	none
37	Lithuania	dispute with Russia
38	Luxembourg	none
39	Macau	none
40	Madagascar	claims Bassas da India Europa Island Glorioso Islands Juan de Nova Island and Tromelin Island
41	Malawi	dispute with Tanzania over the boundary in Lake Nyasa
42	China Philippines Taiwan Vietnam and possibly Brunei; State of Sabah claimed by the Philippines; Brunei may wish to purchase the Malaysian salient that divides Brunei into two parts; two islands in dispute with	involved in a complex dispute over the Spratly Islands with
43	Maldives	none
44	Mali	the disputed international boundary between Burkina and Mali was submitted to the International Court of Justice
45	Marshall Islands	claims US territory of Wake Island
46	Nauru	none
47	Martinique	none
48	Mauritania	boundary with Senegal
49	Mauritius	claims UK-administered Chagos Archipelago which includes the island of Diego Garcia in UK-administered British Indian Ocean Territory; claims French-administered Tromelin Island
50	Mayotte	claimed by Comoros
51	Mexico	claims Clipperton Island
52	Midway Islands	none
53	Bessarabian areas; northern Bukovina ceded to Ukraine upon Moldova's incorporation into USSR; internal with ethnic Russians in the Trans-Dnestr and Gagauz Muslims in the South	potential dispute with Ukraine over former southern
54	Monaco	none
55	Mongolia	none
56	Montserrat	none
57	Morocco	claims and administers Western Sahara but sovereignty is unresolved; the UN is attempting to hold a referendum; the UN-administered cease-fire has been currently in effect since September 1991 Spain controls five places of sovereignty
58	Mozambique	none
59	Myanmar	none
60	Rwanda	none
61	Saint Lucia	none
62	Saint Kitts and Nevis	none
63	Saudi Arabia; no defined boundary with most of Oman but Administrative Line in far north; claims two islands in the Persian Gulf occupied by Iran	boundary with Qatar is unresolved; no defined boundary with
64	Tokelau	none
65	Tonga	none
66	Trinidad and Tobago	none
67	Tromelin Island	claimed by Madagascar Mauritius and Seychelles
68	Tunisia	maritime boundary dispute with Libya; land boundary disputes with Algeria under discussion
69	Turkey	complex maritime and air
70	Turkmenistan	none
71	Turks and Caicos Islands	none
72	Tuvalu	none
73	U.S. Virgin Islands	none
74	Uganda	none
75	Bukovina and southern Odessa oblast	potential border disputes with Moldova and Romania in northern
76	United Kingdom	Northern Ireland question with Ireland; Gibraltar question with Spain; Argentina claims Falkland Islands
77	The Netherlands	none
78	United States	maritime boundary disputes with Canada
79	Uruguay	short section of boundary with Argentina is in dispute; two short sections of the boundary with Brazil are in dispute
80	Uzbekistan	none
81	Vanuatu	none
82	Venezuela	claims all of Guyana west of the Essequibo river; maritime boundary dispute with Colombia in the Gulf of Venezuela
83	Taiwan and possibly Brunei; unresolved maritime boundary with Thailand; maritime boundary dispute with China in the Gulf of Tonkin; Paracel Islands occupied by China but claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan	maritime boundary with Cambodia not defined; involved in a complex dispute over the Spratly Islands with China Malaysia Philippines
84	Wake Island	claimed by the Republic of the Marshall Islands
85	Wallis and Futuna	none
86	West Bank	Israeli occupied with status to be determined
87	UN-administered cease-fire has been currently in effect since September 1991	claimed and administered by Morocco but sovereignty is unresolved and the UN is attempting to hold a referendum on the issue; the
88	Administrative Line with Oman; there is a proposed treaty with Oman	undefined section of boundary with Saudi Arabia;
89	Zaire-Zambia boundary has been settled	quadripoint with Botswana Namibia and Zimbabwe is in disagreement; Tanzania-Zaire-Zambia tripoint in Lake Tanganyika may no longer be indefinite since it is reported that the indefinite section of the
90	Togo	none
91	The Gambia	short section of boundary with Senegal is indefinite
92	Laos	boundary dispute with Thailand
93	Japan	Demarcation Line with North Korea; Liancourt Rocks claimed by
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	none
95	San Marino	none
96	Arabia's boundaries with Qatar and UAE are unresolved; Kuwaiti ownership of	no defined boundaries with Yemen; location and status of Saudi
97	Senegal	short section of the boundary with The Gambia is indefinite; the International Court of Justice
98	Serbia - Muslims seeking autonomy; Vojvodina taken from Hungary and awarded to the former Yugoslavia	Sandzak region bordering northern Montenegro and southeastern
99	Seychelles	claims Tromelin Island
100	Sierra Leone	none
101	Singapore	two islands in dispute with Malaysia
102	Slovenia	dispute with Croatia over fishing rights in the Adriatic; small vocal minority in northern Italy seeks the return of parts of southwestern Slovenia
103	Solomon Islands	none
104	Administrative Line; territorial dispute with Ethiopia over the Ogaden; possible claims to Djibouti and parts of Ethiopia and Kenya based on unification of ethnic Somalis	southern half of boundary with Ethiopia is a Provisional
105	South Africa	claim by Namibia to Walvis Bay exclave and 12 offshore islands administered by South Africa; South Africa and Namibia have agreed to jointly administer the area for an interim period; the terms and dates to be covered by joint administration arrangements have not been established at this time; and Namibia will continue to maintain a claim to sovereignty over the entire area
106	Spain	Gibraltar question with UK; Spain controls five places of sovereignty
107	The Bahamas	none
108	Vietnam; parts of them are claimed by Malaysia and the Philippines; in 1984	all of the Spratly Islands are claimed by China Taiwan and
109	Sri Lanka	none
110	Sudan	administrative boundary with Kenya does not coincide with international boundary; administrative boundary with Egypt does not coincide with international boundary
111	Marouini	claims area in French Guiana between Litani Rivier and Riviere
112	Norway and Russia	focus of maritime boundary dispute in the Barents Sea between
113	Swaziland	none
114	Sweden	none
115	Switzerland	none
116	Heights is Israeli occupied; Hatay question with Turkey; periodic disputes with Iraq over Euphrates water rights; ongoing dispute over water development plans by Turkey for the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers	separated from Israel by the 1949 Armistice Line; Golan
117	China Malaysia Philippines Vietnam and possibly Brunei; Paracel Islands occupied by China but claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan; Japanese-administered	involved in complex dispute over the Spratly Islands with
118	Tajikistan	boundary with China under dispute
119	Tanzania-Zaire-Zambia tripoint in Lake Tanganyika may no longer be indefinite since it is reported that the indefinite section of the	boundary dispute with Malawi in Lake Nyasa;
120	Vietnam	boundary dispute with Laos; unresolved maritime boundary with
121	Socialist Republic to Russia in 1944	the Abrene section of border ceded by the Latvian Soviet
122	Resolution 687 which demands that Iraq accept the inviolability of the boundary set forth in its 1963 agreement with Kuwait ending earlier claims to Bubiyan and Warbah Islands or to all of Kuwait; a UN Boundary Demarcation	in April 1991 official Iraqi acceptance of UN Security Council
123	Isfara Valley area	territorial dispute with Tajikistan on southern boundary in
124	China	boundary with India; bilateral negotiations are under way to resolve disputed sections of the boundary with Russia; boundary with
125	Vietnam; parts of them are claimed by Malaysia and the Philippines; in 1984	may wish to purchase the Malaysian salient that divides the country; all of the Spratly Islands are claimed by China Taiwan and
126	Bulgaria	Macedonia question with Greece and Macedonia
127	Burkina Faso	the disputed international boundary between Burkina and Mali was submitted to the International Court of Justice
128	Burundi	none
129	Cabo Verde	none
130	Vietnam are in dispute; maritime boundary with Vietnam not defined	offshore islands and three sections of the boundary with
131	Cameroon	demarcation of international boundaries in Lake Chad the lack of which has led to border incidents in the past is completed and awaiting ratification by Cameroon Chad Niger and Nigeria; boundary commission created with Nigeria to discuss unresolved land and maritime boundaries - has not yet convened
132	Canada	maritime boundary disputes with the US
133	Cayman Islands	none
134	Central African Republic	none
135	Chad	Libya claims and occupies the 100000 km² Aozou Strip in the far north; demarcation of international boundaries in Lake Chad the lack of which has led to border incidents in the past is completed and awaiting ratification by Cameroon Chad Niger and Nigeria
136	Ocean since the Atacama area was lost to Chile in 1884; dispute with Bolivia over Rio Lauca water rights; territorial claim in Antarctica	short section of the southern boundary with Argentina is indefinite; Bolivia has wanted a sovereign corridor to the South Pacific
137	Christmas Island	none
138	British Indian Ocean Territory	the entire Chagos Archipelago is claimed by Mauritius
139	Clipperton Island	claimed by Mexico
140	Cocos Islands	none
141	Venezuela; territorial dispute with Nicaragua over Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank	maritime boundary dispute with Venezuela in the Gulf of
142	Comoros	claims French-administered Mayotte
143	Congo	long section with Zaire along the Congo River is indefinite
144	Cook Islands	none
145	Costa Rica	none
146	Bosnia and Hercegovinian border; dispute with Slovenia over fishing rights in Adriatic	Serbian enclaves in eastern Slavonia and along the western
147	Cuba	US Naval Base at Guantanamo is leased to US and only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate the lease
148	Côte d'Ivoire	none
149	Denmark	Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Iceland Ireland and the UK
150	Somalis	possible claim by Somalia based on unification of ethnic
151	British Virgin Islands	none
152	Brazil	short section of the boundary with Paraguay
153	Dominican Republic	none
154	Austria	none
155	Algeria	Libya claims about 19400 km² in southeastern Algeria; land boundary disputes with Tunisia under discussion
156	American Samoa	none
157	Andorra	none
158	Angola	civil war since independence on 11 November 1975; on 31 May 1991 Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos SANTOS and Jonas SAVIMBI leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
159	Anguilla	none
160	Antarctica	Antarctic Treaty defers claims
161	Antigua and Barbuda	none
162	British-administered Falkland Islands	short section of the boundary with Uruguay is in dispute; short section of the boundary with Chile is indefinite; claims
163	Armenians living in southern Georgia; traditional demands on former Armenian lands in Turkey have greatly subsided	violent and longstanding dispute with Azerbaijan over ethnically Armenian exclave of Nagorno-Karabakh; some irredentism by
164	Aruba	none
165	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	none
166	Australia	territorial claim in Antarctica
167	Nagorno-Karabakh lesser dispute concerns Nakhichevan'; some Azeris desire absorption of and/or unification with the ethnically Azeri portion of Iran; minor irredentist disputes along Georgia border	violent and longstanding dispute with Armenia over status of
168	Bouvet Island	none
169	Bahrain	territorial dispute with Qatar over the Hawar Islands; maritime boundary with Qatar
170	Baker Island	none
171	Bangladesh	a portion of the boundary with India is in dispute; water sharing problems with upstream riparian India over the Ganges
172	Barbados	none
173	Bassas da India	claimed by Madagascar
174	Belarus	none
175	Belgium	none
176	Belize	claimed by Guatemala but boundary negotiations to resolve the dispute have begun
177	Benin	none
178	Bhutan	none
179	Rio Lauca water rights	has wanted a sovereign corridor to the South Pacific Ocean since the Atacama area was lost to Chile in 1884; dispute with Chile over
180	Muslim majority being forced from many areas	Serbia and Croatia seek to cantonize Bosnia and Herzegovina;
181	Botswana	none
182	Dominica	none
183	Ecuador	three sections of the boundary with Peru are in dispute
184	Albania	Kosovo question with Serbia and Montenegro; Northern Epirus question with Greece
185	Armistice Line; differences with Jordan over the location of the 1949	separated from Lebanon Syria and the West Bank by the 1949
186	Holy See	none
187	Honduras	dispute with El Salvador over several sections of the land boundary; dispute over Golfo de Fonseca maritime boundary because of disputed sovereignty of islands; unresolved maritime boundary with Nicaragua
188	Hong Kong	none
189	Howland Island	none
190	Hungary	Gabcikovo Dam dispute with Czechoslovakia
191	Iceland	Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark Ireland and the UK
192	India	boundaries with Bangladesh China and Pakistan; water sharing problems with downstream riparians Bangladesh over the Ganges and Pakistan over the Indus
193	Indonesia	sovereignty over Timor Timur
194	Iran	Iran and Iraq restored diplomatic relations in 1990 but are still trying to work out written agreements settling outstanding disputes from their eight-year war concerning border demarcation prisoners-of-war and freedom of navigation and sovereignty over the Shatt-al-Arab waterway;
195	Demarcation Commission is demarcating the Iraq-Kuwait boundary persuant to	Iran and Iraq restored diplomatic relations in 1990 but are still trying to work out written agreements settling outstanding disputes from their eight-year war concerning border demarcation prisoners-of-war and freedom of navigation and sovereignty over the Shatt-al-Arab waterway; in April 1991 official Iraqi acceptance of UN Security Council Resolution 687 which demands that Iraq accept the inviolability of the boundary set forth in its 1963 agreement with Kuwait ending earlier claims to Bubiyan and Warbah Islands or to all of Kuwait; a United Nations Boundary
196	Ireland	Northern Ireland question with the UK; Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark Iceland and the UK
197	Isle of Man	none
198	Italy	none
199	Haiti	claims US-administered Navassa Island
200	Jamaica	none
201	Greenland and Jan Mayen	Denmark has challenged Norway's maritime claims beween
202	Russia claimed by Japan; Liancourt Rocks disputed with South Korea;	Etorofu Kunashiri and Shikotan Islands and the Habomai island group occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945 now administered by
203	Jarvis Island	none
204	Jersey	none
205	Johnston Atoll	none
206	Armistice Line that separates the two countries	differences with Israel over the location of the 1949
207	Juan de Nova Island	claimed by Madagascar
208	Kazakhstan	none
209	Kenya	administrative boundary with Sudan does not coincide with international boundary; possible claim by Somalia based on unification of ethnic Somalis
210	Kingman Reef	none
211	Kiribati	none
212	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	none
213	Venezuela; Suriname claims area between New	all of the area west of the Essequibo River claimed by
214	Egypt	Administrative boundary with Sudan does not coincide with international boundary
215	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Terre Adelie claim in Antarctica is not recognized by the US
216	El Salvador	dispute with Honduras over several sections of the land boundary; dispute over Golfo de Fonseca maritime boundary because of disputed sovereignty of islands
217	Equatorial Guinea	maritime boundary dispute with Gabon because of disputed sovereignty over islands in Corisco Bay
218	Estonia	international small border strips along the northern
219	Administrative Line; possible claim by Somalia based on unification of ethnic Somalis; territorial dispute with Somalia over the Ogaden; independence referendum in Eritrea scheduled for April 1992	southern half of the boundary with Somalia is a Provisional
220	Europa Island	claimed by Madagascar
221	Falkland Islands	administered by the UK claimed by Argentina
222	Faroe Islands	none
223	Federated States of Micronesia	none
224	Fiji	none
225	Finland	none
226	Islands Juan de Nova Island and Tromelin Island; Comoros claims Mayotte;	Madagascar claims Bassas da India Europa Island Glorioso
227	French Polynesia	none
228	Gabon	maritime boundary dispute with Equatorial Guinea because of disputed sovereignty over islands in Corisco Bay
229	Guinea	none
230	Gaza Strip	Israeli occupied with status to be determined
231	Georgia	none
232	Settlement With Respect to Germany signed 12 September 1990 in Moscow by the	the boundaries of Germany were set by the Treaty on the Final
233	Ghana	none
234	Gibraltar	source of occasional friction between Spain and the UK
235	Glorioso Islands	claimed by Madagascar
236	Turkey in Aegean Sea; Cyprus question	air continental shelf and territorial water disputes with
237	Grenada	none
238	Guadeloupe	none
239	Guam	none
240	Guatemala	claims Belize but boundary negotiations to resolve the dispute have begun
241	Guernsey	none
242	Guinea-Bissau	the International Court of Justice
243	Zimbabwe	quadripoint with Botswana Namibia and Zambia is in disagreement

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