Why are there some countries without border in Google Maps?
Most countries around the world, will give you a clear border in Google Maps, but a few won't. Why is this?

Published: 06 Nov 2021
If you've been looking up countries in Google Maps, you probably seen the red border around the country. You might also have noticed not all countries have this
If you do Taiwan, you'll be taken to the country, but there will be no border outline
Reason for this, is that Google have decided not to show border outline on countries with territorial dispute
Countries without border outline
As of writing, we found following 26 countries without border outline in Google MapsBhutan China Cyprus North Korea Egypt Georgia India Israel Japan Kenya Malawi Morocco Pakistan Palestine Philippines South Korea Russia Serbia South Sudan Sudan Syria Ukraine Tanzania Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam
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