Geography
Countries by Coastline Length
Countries ranked by total coastline length.
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Location↕ | Coastline(km)↕ | Land area(km)↕ | Coast/arearatio(m/km)↕ | Note↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (CIA) | (WRI) | (CIA) | (WRI) | — |
| World | 356,000 | 1,634,701 | 148,940,000 | 2.39 |
| Canada | 202,080 | 265,523 | 9,093,507 | 22.2 |
| Norway | 83,281 | 53,199 | 304,282 | 274 |
| Indonesia | 54,716 | 95,181 | 1,811,569 | 30.2 |
| European Union | 53,563 | 4,236,351 | 12.6 | |
| Greenland (Denmark) | 44,087 | 2,166,086 | 20.4 | |
| Russia | 37,653 | 110,310 | 16,377,742 | 2.3 |
| Philippines | 36,289 | 33,900 | 298,170 | 122 |
| Japan | 29,751 | 29,020 | 364,485 | 81.6 |
| Australia | 25,760 | 66,530 | 7,682,300 | 3.35 |
| United States | 19,924 | 133,312 | 9,147,593 | 2.18 |
| Antarctica (Disputed) | 17,968 | 14,200,000 | 1.27 | |
| New Zealand | 15,134 | 17,209 | 264,537 | 57.2 |
| China | 14,500 | 30,017 | 9,326,410 | 1.55 |
| Greece | 13,676 | 15,147 | 130,647 | 105 |
| United Kingdom | 12,429 | 19,717 | 241,930 | 51.4 |
| Mexico | 9,330 | 23,761 | 1,943,945 | 4.8 |
| Italy | 7,600 | 9,226 | 294,140 | 25.8 |
| Denmark | 7,314 | 5,316 | 42,434 | 179 |
| India | 11,098 | 17,181 | 2,973,193 | 2.35 |
| Brazil | 7,491 | 33,379 | 8,358,140 | 0.9 |
| Turkey | 7,200 | 8,140 | 769,632 | 9.36 |
| Chile | 6,435 | 78,563 | 743,812 | 8.65 |
| Micronesia | 6,112 | 1,295 | 702 | 8,710 |
| Croatia | 5,835 | 5,664 | 55,974 | 112 |
| Solomon Islands | 5,313 | 9,880 | 27,986 | 190 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5,152 | 20,197 | 452,860 | 11.4 |
| Argentina | 4,989 | 8,397 | 2,736,690 | 1.82 |
| Iceland | 4,970 | 8,506 | 100,250 | 49.6 |
| Spain | 4,964 | 7,268 | 498,980 | 9.95 |
| France | 4,853 | 7,330 | 640,427 | 7.58 |
| Madagascar | 4,828 | 9,935 | 581,540 | 8.3 |
| Malaysia | 4,675 | 9,323 | 328,657 | 14.2 |
| Estonia | 3,794 | 2,956 | 42,388 | 89.5 |
| Cuba | 3,735 | 14,519 | 109,820 | 34 |
| Svalbard (Norway) | 3,587 | 62,045 | 57.8 | |
| Bahamas | 3,542 | 11,238 | 10,010 | 354 |
| Vietnam | 3,444 | 11,409 | 310,070 | 11.1 |
| Somalia | 3,333 | 3,898 | 627,337 | 4.82 |
| Thailand | 3,219 | 7,066 | 510,890 | 6.3 |
| Sweden | 3,218 | 26,384 | 410,335 | 7.84 |
| Colombia | 3,208 | 5,875 | 1,038,700 | 3.09 |
| Coral Sea Islands (Australia) | 3,095 | <3 | >1,000,000 | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France) | 2,948.4 | 7,667.6 | 385 | |
| Morocco | 2,945 | 2,009 | 716,550 | 2.56 |
| Venezuela | 2,800 | 6,762 | 882,050 | 3.17 |
| South Africa | 2,798 | 3,751 | 1,214,470 | 2.3 |
| Ukraine | 2,782 | 4,953 | 603,628 | 4.8 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,640 | 7,572 | 2,149,690 | 1.23 |
| Vanuatu | 2,528 | 3,132 | 12,189 | 207 |
| French Polynesia (France) | 2,525 | 5,830 | 3,827 | 660 |
| North Korea | 2,495 | 4,009 | 120,408 | 20.7 |
| Panama | 2,490 | 5,637 | 74,340 | 33.5 |
| Mozambique | 2,470 | 6,942 | 786,380 | 3.14 |
| Egypt | 2,450 | 5,898 | 995,450 | 2.46 |
| Iran | 2,440 | 5,891 | 1,531,595 | 1.59 |
| Peru | 2,414 | 3,362 | 1,279,996 | 1.89 |
| South Korea | 2,413 | 12,478 | 96,920 | 24.9 |
| Germany | 2,389 | 3,624 | 348,672 | 6.85 |
| New Caledonia (France) | 2,254 | 3,624 | 18,275 | 123 |
| Ecuador | 2,237 | 4,597 | 276,841 | 8.08 |
| Eritrea | 2,234 | 3,446 | 101,000 | 22.1 |
| Oman | 2,092 | 2,810 | 309,500 | 6.76 |
| Myanmar | 1,930 | 14,708 | 653,508 | 2.95 |
| Yemen | 1,906 | 3,149 | 527,968 | 3.61 |
| Portugal | 1,793 | 2,830 | 91,470 | 19.6 |
| Haiti | 1,771 | 1,977 | 27,560 | 64.3 |
| Libya | 1,770 | 2,025 | 1,759,540 | 1.01 |
| Angola | 1,600 | 2,252 | 1,246,700 | 1.28 |
| Namibia | 1,572 | 1,754 | 823,290 | 1.91 |
| Taiwan | 1,566.3 | 2,007 | 32,260 | 48.6 |
| Palau | 1,519 | 459 | 3,310 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands (United States) | 1,482 | 464 | 3,190 | |
| Ireland | 1,448 | 6,437 | 68,883 | 21 |
| Tanzania | 1,424 | 3,461 | 885,800 | 1.61 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,340 | 2,825 | 64,630 | 20.7 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,318 | 2,871 | 83,600 | 15.8 |
| Costa Rica | 1,290 | 2,069 | 51,060 | 25.3 |
| Dominican Republic | 1,288 | 1,612 | 48,320 | 26.7 |
| Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) | 1,288 | 12,173 | 106 | |
| Finland | 1,250 | 31,119 | 303,815 | 4.11 |
| Tunisia | 1,148 | 1,927 | 155,360 | 7.39 |
| Kiribati | 1,143 | 1,961 | 811 | 1,410 |
| Fiji | 1,129 | 4,638 | 18,274 | 61.8 |
| Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 1,117 | 1,393 | 802 | |
| Pakistan | 1,046 | 2,599 | 770,875 | 1.36 |
| Jamaica | 1,022 | 895 | 10,831 | 94.4 |
| Algeria | 998 | 1,557 | 2,381,740 | 0.42 |
| Cape Verde | 965 | 1,121 | 4,033 | 239 |
| Spratly Islands (Disputed) | 926 | <5 | >200,000 | |
| Nicaragua | 910 | 1,915 | 119,990 | 7.58 |
| Gabon | 885 | 2,019 | 257,667 | 3.43 |
| Nigeria | 853 | 3,122 | 910,768 | 0.94 |
| Sudan | 853 | 2,245 | 1,731,671 | 0.49 |
| Honduras | 832 | 1,878 | 111,890 | 7.44 |
| Mauritania | 754 | 1,268 | 1,030,700 | 0.73 |
| Hong Kong (China) | 733 | 955 | 1,073 | 683 |
| Timor-Leste | 706 | 14,874 | 47.5 | |
| British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom) | 698 | 60 | 11,600 | |
| Uruguay | 660 | 1,096 | 175,015 | 3.77 |
| Cyprus | 648 | 671 | 9,241 | 70.1 |
| Maldives | 644 | 2,002 | 298 | 2,160 |
| Bangladesh | 580 | 3,306 | 148,470 | 4.46 |
| Liberia | 579 | 842 | 96,320 | 6.01 |
| Qatar | 563 | 909 | 11,586 | 48.6 |
| Ghana | 539 | 758 | 227,533 | 2.37 |
| Kenya | 536 | 1,586 | 569,140 | 0.94 |
| Senegal | 531 | 1,327 | 192,530 | 2.76 |
| Paracel Islands (Disputed) | 518 | 7.75 | 66,800 | |
| Ivory Coast | 515 | 797 | 318,003 | 1.62 |
| Puerto Rico (United States) | 501 | 1,094 | 8,959 | 55.9 |
| Kuwait | 499 | 756 | 17,818 | 28 |
| Latvia | 498 | 566 | 62,249 | 8 |
| Seychelles | 491 | 747 | 455 | 1,080 |
| Guyana | 459 | 1,154 | 196,849 | 2.33 |
| Netherlands | 451 | 1,914 | 33,893 | 13.3 |
| Cambodia | 443 | 1,127 | 176,515 | 2.51 |
| Poland | 440 | 1,032 | 304,255 | 1.45 |
| Tonga | 419 | 909 | 717 | 584 |
| Samoa | 403 | 463 | 2,821 | 143 |
| Cameroon | 402 | 1,799 | 472,710 | 0.85 |
| Sierra Leone | 402 | 1,677 | 71,620 | 5.61 |
| Guatemala | 400 | 445 | 107,159 | 3.73 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) | 389 | 948 | 410 | |
| Belize | 386 | 1,996 | 22,806 | 16.9 |
| Suriname | 386 | 620 | 156,000 | 2.47 |
| Marshall Islands | 370.4 | 2,106 | 181 | 2,050 |
| Curaçao (Netherlands) | 364 | 444 | 820 | |
| Albania | 362 | 649 | 27,398 | 13.2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 362 | 704 | 5,128 | 70.6 |
| Bulgaria | 354 | 457 | 108,489 | 3.26 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 350 | 3,176 | 28,120 | 12.4 |
| Comoros | 340 | 469 | 2,235 | 152 |
| Guinea | 320 | 1,615 | 245,717 | 1.3 |
| Djibouti | 314 | 443 | 23,180 | 13.5 |
| Georgia | 310 | 376 | 69,700 | 4.45 |
| El Salvador | 307 | 756 | 20,721 | 14.8 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 296 | 603 | 28,051 | 10.6 |
| Montenegro | 293.5 | 13,452 | 21.82 | |
| Israel | 273 | 205 | 21,497 | 12.7 |
| Malta | 252.8 | 198 | 316 | 800 |
| Lebanon | 225 | 294 | 10,230 | 22 |
| Romania | 225 | 696 | 229,891 | 0.98 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 209 | 269 | 964 | 217 |
| Singapore | 193 | 268 | 709.2 | 272 |
| Syria | 193 | 212 | 185,887 | 1.04 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands (United States) | 188 | 390 | 346 | 543 |
| Mauritius | 177 | 496 | 2,030 | 87.2 |
| Congo, Republic of the | 169 | 205 | 341,500 | 0.49 |
| Bahrain | 161 | 255 | 760 | 212 |
| Brunei | 161 | 269 | 5,265 | 30.6 |
| Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) | 160 | 264 | 606 | |
| Isle of Man (United Kingdom) | 160 | 572 | 280 | |
| Saint Lucia | 158 | 166 | 606 | 261 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 153 | 289 | 442.6 | 346 |
| Dominica | 148 | 152 | 751 | 197 |
| Christmas Island (Australia) | 138.9 | 135 | 1,030 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 135 | 261 | 517 | |
| Wallis and Futuna (France) | 129 | 142 | 908 | |
| Guam (United States) | 125.5 | 544 | 231 | |
| Jan Mayen (Norway) | 124.1 | 377 | 329 | |
| Benin | 121 | 153 | 110,622 | 1.09 |
| Grenada | 121 | 252 | 344 | 352 |
| Cook Islands (New Zealand) | 120 | 236 | 508 | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | 120 | 242 | 496 | |
| American Samoa (United States) | 116 | 224 | 518 | |
| Bermuda (United Kingdom) | 103 | 180 | 54 | 1,910 |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia) | 101.9 | 412 | 247 | |
| Tokelau (New Zealand) | 101 | 12 | 8,420 | |
| Barbados | 97 | 97 | 430 | 226 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) | 94 | 394 | 239 | |
| Lithuania | 90 | 258 | 62,680 | 1.44 |
| United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges (United States) | 85.7 | 22.41 | 3,820 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 84 | 264 | 389 | 216 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia (United Kingdom) | 83.8 | 253.8 | 330 | |
| British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) | 80 | 151 | 530 | |
| Gambia | 80 | 503 | 10,120 | 7.91 |
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) | 74.1 | 5 | 14,800 | |
| Jersey (United Kingdom) | 70 | 116 | 603 | |
| Aruba (Netherlands) | 68.5 | 107 | 180 | 381 |
| Belgium | 66.5 | 76 | 30,278 | 2.2 |
| Niue (New Zealand) | 64 | 260 | 246 | |
| Anguilla (United Kingdom) | 61 | 91 | 670 | |
| Saint Martin (Netherlands) | 58.9 | 54.4 | 1,080 | |
| Iraq | 58 | 105 | 437,367 | 0.13 |
| Togo | 56 | 53 | 54,385 | 1.03 |
| Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) | 51 | 47 | 1,090 | |
| Guernsey (United Kingdom) | 50 | 78 | 641 | |
| Slovenia | 46.6 | 41 | 20,151 | 2.31 |
| Macau (China) | 41 | 36 | 28.2 | 1,450 |
| Gaza Strip (Palestine) | 40 | 360 | 111 | |
| Montserrat (United Kingdom) | 40 | 102 | 392 | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 37 | 177 | 2,267,048 | 0.02 |
| Norfolk Island (Australia) | 32 | 36 | 889 | |
| Nauru | 30 | 21 | 1,430 | |
| Bouvet Island (Norway) | 29.6 | 49 | 604 | |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) | 26 | 14 | 1,860 | |
| Jordan | 26 | 27 | 88,802 | 0.29 |
| Tuvalu | 24 | 26 | 923 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20 | 23 | 51,187 | 0.39 |
| Wake Island (United States) | 19.3 | 6.5 | 2,970 | |
| Gibraltar (United Kingdom) | 12 | 6.5 | 1,850 | |
| Clipperton Island (France) | 11.1 | 6 | 1,850 | |
| Navassa Island (Disputed) | 8 | 5.4 | 1,480 | |
| Monaco | 4.1 | 2 | 2,050 | |
| Saint Barthélemy (France) | NA | 25 | ||
| Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | NA | 34 | 0.01 | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) | NA | 3,903 | 0 | |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 4,528 | 2,699,700 | 0 |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | 1,289 | 469,930 | 0 |
| Azerbaijan | 0 | 871 | 82,629 | 0 |
| West Bank (Palestine) | 0 | 5,640 | 0 | |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 652,230 | 0 |
| Andorra | 0 | 468 | 0 | |
| Armenia | 0 | 0 | 28,203 | 0 |
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 82,445 | 0 |
| Belarus | 0 | 0 | 202,900 | 0 |
| Bhutan | 0 | 0 | 38,394 | 0 |
| Bolivia | 0 | 0 | 1,083,301 | 0 |
| Botswana | 0 | 0 | 566,730 | 0 |
| Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 273,800 | 0 |
| Burundi | 0 | 0 | 25,680 | 0 |
| Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 622,984 | 0 |
| Chad | 0 | 0 | 1,259,200 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 77,247 | 0 |
| Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 1,096,570 | 0 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 89,608 | 0 |
| Kosovo | 0 | 10,887 | 0 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 191,801 | 0 |
| Laos | 0 | 0 | 230,800 | 0 |
| Lesotho | 0 | 0 | 30,355 | 0 |
| Liechtenstein | 0 | 160 | 0 | |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 2,586 | 0 |
| Malawi | 0 | 0 | 94,080 | 0 |
| Mali | 0 | 0 | 1,220,190 | 0 |
| Moldova | 0 | 0 | 32,891 | 0 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1,553,556 | 0 |
| Nepal | 0 | 0 | 143,351 | 0 |
| Niger | 0 | 0 | 1,266,700 | 0 |
| North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 25,433 | 0 |
| Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 397,302 | 0 |
| Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 24,668 | 0 |
| San Marino | 0 | 61 | 0 | |
| Serbia | 0 | 77,474 | 0 | |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 48,105 | 0 |
| South Sudan | 0 | 644,329 | 0 | |
| Swaziland | 0 | 0 | 17,204 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 39,997 | 0 |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 141,510 | 0 |
| Uganda | 0 | 0 | 197,100 | 0 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 1,707 | 425,400 | 0 |
| Vatican City | 0 | 0.44 | 0 | |
| Zambia | 0 | 0 | 743,398 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 386,847 | 0 |
| French Guiana (France) | 763 | |||
| Guadeloupe (France) | 581 | |||
| Martinique (France) | 369 | |||
| Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands) | 361 | |||
| Réunion (France) | 219 |
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