China is the world’s most populous country. On the far eastern end of the continent of Asia, China shares borders with more countries than any other country except Russia, which it ties with fourteen bordering countries. On its southern edge, China borders Vietnam, Laos, Burma, India, Bhutan and Nepal. To the west lie the countries of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, while it borders Russia and Mongolia to the north. It has a border with North Korea to the west, but most of its western border is coastline on the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and on out to the Pacific Ocean.