20 Countries Nearest to Philippines

Can you name the 20 countries nearest to the Philippine Archipelago?
https://www.distancefromto.net/distance-from-philippines-country
includes overseas territories
this is based on the shortest air travel (bird fly) between Philippines and the other country.
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Last updated: November 5, 2017
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Miles
Country
749
Taiwan
751
Brunei
828
China
828
Hongkong
841
Macau
910
Vietnam
946
Palau
1,087
Indonesia
1,131
Cambodia
1,365
Laos
1,406
Thailand
1,465
Singapore
Miles
Country
1,478
Malaysia
1,527
East Timor
1,548
United States of America
1,548
Guam
1,609
Northern Mariana Islands
1,634
South Korea
1,809
Myanmar
1,909
Japan
1,928
China
1,928
(Mainland)
1,929
North Korea
1,953
Australia
1,953
Christmas Island
2,019
Papua New Guinea
2,186
Bangladesh
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Level 90
Nov 4, 2017
Seems like there are some island states missing from this list.
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Level 22
Nov 4, 2017
like?
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Level 72
Nov 5, 2017
The distance to the Chinese mainland seems too high. Micronesia seems to be missing. Yap is not much further than Palau.
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Level 22
Nov 5, 2017
Sorry if I have not added in the instruction. This is based on the shortest air travel (bird fly) distance between Philippines and the other countries.
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Level 26
Dec 12, 2017
Andaman&Nicobar Islands (India) are much closer to Philippines than Bangladesh
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Level 26
Dec 12, 2017
1578 miles from Balabac Island (Philippines) to Great Nicobar Island (India)
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Level 70
May 16, 2020
You should accept Burma for Myanmar and revise the answers because there are island countries missing from the list
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Level 13
Sep 22, 2020
"this is based on the shortest air travel (bird fly) between Philippines and the other country."

The source material for this quiz doesn't match this statement. Philippines to Malaysia (bird fly) is the shortest distance (at about 22km).

In the source that you've so heavily relied upon, they've selected a random place in (not even the centre of) Malaysia and likewise for the Philippines.

To base a question, whose answers rely on a large amount of detail, on this arbitrary data is not good. Thumbs down from me.