The following countries are opposite more than one other country. (Antarctica is considered separately from any territorial claims.)
| Countries | No. of antipodal countries | Antipodal countries |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 12 | Mainland: Spain, Portugal, Morocco, UK (Gibraltar) Chatham Islands: France Kermadec Islands: Algeria Niue: Niger Tokelau: Nigeria Cook Islands: Chad, (Penrhyn) Central African Republic, (Mangaia) Libya, (Pukapuka) Cameroon, (Nassau) Nigeria |
| France | 12 | Mainland: New Zealand (Chatham Islands) Southern & Antarctic Lands: Canada, United States French Guiana: Indonesia New Caledonia: Mauritania, Western Sahara Wallis and Futuna: Niger French Polynesia: Sudan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia |
| Brazil | 9 | China, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia |
| Indonesia | 8 | Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, France (French Guiana) |
| Peru | 7 | Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, China |
| United States | 7 | Mainland: France (Southern & Antarctic Lands) Hawaii: Botswana, Namibia Alaska: Antarctica Palmyra Atoll & Kingman Reef: DR Congo American Samoa: Niger, Nigeria |
| United Kingdom | 6 | (Falklands) China, Russia; (Gibraltar) New Zealand; (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) Russia; (Pitcairn) Saudi Arabia, UAE |
| Niger | 5 | Samoa, Tonga, United States (American Samoa), France (Wallis and Futuna), New Zealand (Niue) |
| Antarctica | 5 | Greenland, Canada, United States, Russia, Norway |
| China | 5 | Mainland: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, UK (Falkland Islands) |
| Malaysia | 4 | Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Colombia |
| Argentina | 4 | China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Russia |
| Chile | 4 | China, Mongolia, Russia; Easter Island: India |
| Kiribati | 4 | Phoenix Islands (Orona): Nigeria; Line Islands: DR Congo, CAR, Sudan |
| Russia | 4 | Antarctica, Chile, Argentina, United Kingdom (Falklands etc.) |
| Australia | 3 | (Heard Island and McDonald Islands) Canada, (Christmas Island) Colombia, (Perth) Bermuda (UK) |
| Ecuador | 3 | Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia |
| Philippines | 3 | Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay |
| Vanuatu | 3 | Mauritania, Senegal, (Mere Lava) Mali |
| Paraguay | 3 | Taiwan, Japan, Philippines |
| Mali | 3 | Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands |
| Colombia | 3 | Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia (Christmas Island) |
| Nigeria | 3 | New Zealand (Tokelau, Cook Ils), United States (American Samoa), Kiribati |
| Canada | 3 | Antarctica, France (Kerguelen), Australia (Heard Island and McDonald Islands) |
| Taiwan | 2 | Paraguay, Argentina |
| Tonga | 2 | Algeria, Niger |
| Mongolia | 2 | Chile, Argentina |
| Tuvalu | 2 | Ghana, (Nanumanga, Nanumea) Ivory Coast |
| Fiji | 2 | Mali; (Rutuma) Burkina |
| Solomon Islands (Temoto) | 2 | Guinea, (Tikopia) Mali |
| Uruguay | 2 | China, South Korea |
| Bolivia | 2 | China, Philippines |
| Sudan | 2 | France (French Polynesia), Kiribati |
| Mauritania | 2 | France (New Caledonia), Vanuatu |
| Algeria | 2 | Tonga, New Zealand (Kermadec) |
| Central African Republic | 2 | Kiribati, New Zealand (Cook Ils) |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | France (French Polynesia), UK (Pitcairn) |
| DR Congo | 2 | Kiribati, United States (Palmyra, Kingman Reef) |
| Japan | 2 | (Ryukyu) Brazil, Paraguay |
| South Korea | 2 | Uruguay, Brazil |
| Norway | 2 | (Svalbard) Antarctica, (Peter I Island) Russia |
Countries matching up with just one other country are Morocco, Spain, Portugal (all with New Zealand); Chad, Libya, Cameroon (with the Cook Islands of New Zealand); Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia (with French Polynesia); Senegal (Vanuatu); UAE (Pitcairn); Ghana, Ivory Coast (Tuvalu); Burkina Faso (Rotuma in Fiji); Guinea (Solomon Islands); India (Easter Island); Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand (all with Peru); Singapore (Ecuador); Brunei, Palau, Micronesia (all with Brazil).
Of these, the larger countries which are entirely antipodal to land are the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, Fiji, Vanuatu, Brunei, and Samoa. Chile was as well prior to its expansion into the Atacama with the War of the Pacific.
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