The country has an approximately square shape. Its southern border is a 515 km (320 mi) coastline on the Gulf of Guinea on the North Atlantic Ocean. 

On the other three sides, it borders five other African nations for a total of 3,458 km (2,149 mi): 

Liberia to the southwest for 778 km (483 mi), 

Guinea to the northwest for 816 km (507 mi), 

Mali in the north-northwest for 599 km (372 mi), 

Burkina Faso in the north-northeast for 545 km (339 mi) and

 Ghana in the east for 720 km (447 mi).