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    List of countries by length of coastline

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    This article contains a list of countries by length of coastline in kilometers Though the coastline paradox stipulates t

    List of countries by length of coastline
    List of countries by length of coastline
    List of countries by length of coastline
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    This article contains a list of countries by length of coastline, in kilometers. Though the coastline paradox stipulates that coastlines do not have a well-defined length, there are various methods in use to measure coastlines through ratios and other metrics. A coastline of zero indicates that the country is landlocked.

    Overview

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    An example of the coastline paradox. If measured using an interval of 125 mi (200 km), the coast of Great Britain has a length of about 1,500 mi (2,400 km). Using an interval of 30 mi (50 km), the length is about 2,100 mi (3,400 km).

    The coastline paradox states that a coastline does not have a well-defined length. Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal, being different at different scale intervals (distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken). The smaller the scale interval (meaning the more detailed the measurement), the longer the coastline will be. This "magnifying" effect is greater for convoluted coastlines than for relatively smooth ones.

    • Data marked The World Factbook or TWF covers 198 countries and 55 territories, from the book published by the Central Intelligence Agency. In addition to coastline lengths, this is the source of the land area used to calculate the "coast/area ratio" for both TWF and WRI (see below) coastline measurement. This ratio measures how many metres of coastline correspond to every square kilometer of land area. The ratio illustrates the ease of accessibility to the country's coast from every point in its interior. Therefore, an island country like Maldives, or a country carved by the sea like Greece, is more likely to have a high ratio, while a landlocked country will have a ratio of zero. Note that the scales at which The World Factbook figures were measured are not stated, nor is it known whether the figures are all reported using the same scale, thus the figures are not necessarily comparable across different countries.
    • Data marked World Resources Institute or WRI covers 182 independent countries and 13 dependencies, based on data calculated in 2000 from the World Vector Shoreline, United States Defense Mapping Agency, 1989. It may include territories whose status have changed. According to their technical notes, the "coastline length was derived from the World Vector Shoreline database at 1:250,000 scale. The estimates (...) were calculated using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and an underlying database consistent for the entire world. The methodology used to estimate length is based on the following: 1) A country's coastline is made up of individual lines, and an individual line has two or more vertices and/or nodes. 2) The length between two vertices is calculated on the surface of a sphere. 3) The sum of the lengths of the pairs of vertices is aggregated for each individual line, and 4) the sum of the lengths of individual lines was aggregated for a country. In general, the coastline length of islands that are part of a country, but are not overseas territories, are included in the coastline estimate for that country (e.g., Canary Islands are included in Spain). Coastline length for overseas territories and dependencies are listed separately. Disputed areas are not included in country or regional totals."

    List

    Data are from the CIA World Factbook and the World Resources Institute. Non-sovereign areas are listed in italics.

    Location Coastline
    (km)     		Land area
    (km2)     		Coast/area
    ratio
    (m/km2)     		Coast/
    area0.5
    ratio
    (CIA)     		Note
    (CIA) (WRI) (CIA) (WRI)
     World 356,000 1,634,701 148,940,000 2.39 11.0 29.2
    image Canada 202,080 265,523 9,093,507 22.2 29.2 67
    image Norway 83,281 53,199 304,282 274 175 151
    image Indonesia 54,716 95,181 1,811,569 30.2 52.5 40.7
    image European Union 53,563 4,236,351 12.6 26
    image Greenland 44,087 2,166,086 20.4 30
    image Russia 37,653 110,310 16,377,742 2.30 6.74 9.3
    image Philippines 36,289 33,900 298,170 122 114 66.5
    image Japan 29,751 29,020 364,485 81.6 79.6 49.3
    image Australia 25,760 66,530 7,682,300 3.35 8.66 9.29
    image United States 19,924 133,312 9,147,593 2.18 14.6 6.59
    image Antarctica 17,968 14,200,000 1.27 4.77
    image New Zealand 15,134 17,209 264,537 57.2 65.1 29.4
    image China 14,500 30,017 9,326,410 1.55 3.22 4.75
    image Greece 13,676 15,147 130,647 105 116 37.8
    image United Kingdom 12,429 19,717 241,930 51.4 81.5 25.3
    image Mexico 9,330 23,761 1,943,945 4.80 12.2 6.69
    image Italy 7,600 9,226 294,140 25.8 31.4 14
    image Brazil 7,491 33,379 8,358,140 0.896 3.99 2.59
    image Denmark 7,314 5,316 42,434 172 126 35.5
    image Turkey 7,200 8,140 769,632 9.36 10.6 8.21
    image India 7,000 17,181 2,973,193 2.35 5.78 4.06
    image Chile 6,435 78,563 743,812 8.65 106 7.46
    image Micronesia 6,112 1,295 702 8,710 1,840 231
    image Croatia 5,835 5,664 55,974 112 101 24.7
    image Solomon Islands 5,313 9,880 27,986 190 353 31.8
    image Papua New Guinea 5,152 20,197 452,860 11.4 44.6 7.66
    image Argentina 4,989 8,397 2,736,690 1.82 3.07 3.02
    image Iceland 4,970 8,506 100,250 49.6 84.8 15.7
    image Spain 4,964 7,268 498,980 9.95 14.6 7.03
    image France 4,853 7,330 640,427 7.58 11.4 6.06
    image Madagascar 4,828 9,935 581,540 8.30 17.1 6.33
    image Malaysia 4,675 9,323 328,657 14.2 28.4 8.15
    image Estonia 3,794 2,956 42,388 89.5 69.7 18.4
    image Cuba 3,735 14,519 109,820 34.0 132 11.3
    image Svalbard 3,587 62,045 57.8 14.4
    image Bahamas 3,542 11,238 10,010 354 1,120 35.4
    image Vietnam 3,444 11,409 310,070 11.1 36.8 6.18
    image Somalia 3,333 3,898 627,337 4.82 6.21 4.21
    image Thailand 3,219 7,066 510,890 6.30 13.8 4.5
    image Sweden 3,218 26,384 410,335 7.84 64.3 5.02
    image Colombia 3,208 5,875 1,038,700 3.09 5.66 3.15
    image Coral Sea Islands 3,095 <3 >1,000,000
    image French Southern and Antarctic Lands 2,948.4 7,667.6 385 33.7
    image Morocco 2,945 2,009 716,550 2.56 2.80 3.48
    image Venezuela 2,800 6,762 882,050 3.17 7.67 2.98
    image South Africa 2,798 3,751 1,214,470 2.30 3.09 2.54
    image Ukraine 2,782 4,953 579,330 4.80 8.55 3.66
    image Saudi Arabia 2,640 7,572 2,149,690 1.23 3.52 1.8
    image Vanuatu 2,528 3,132 12,189 207 257 22.9
    image French Polynesia 2,525 5,830 3,827 660 1,520 40.8
    image North Korea 2,495 4,009 120,408 20.7 33.3 7.19
    image Panama 2,490 5,637 74,340 33.5 75.8 9.13
    image Mozambique 2,470 6,942 786,380 3.14 8.83 2.79
    image Egypt 2,450 5,898 995,450 2.46 5.92 2.46
    image Iran 2,440 5,891 1,531,595 1.59 3.85 1.97
    image Peru 2,414 3,362 1,279,996 1.89 2.63 2.13
    image South Korea 2,413 12,478 96,920 24.9 129 7.75
    image Germany 2,389 3,624 348,672 6.85 10.4 4.05
    image New Caledonia 2,254 3,624 18,275 123 198 16.7
    image Ecuador 2,237 4,597 276,841 8.08 16.6 4.25
    image Eritrea 2,234 3,446 101,000 22.1 34.1 7.03
    image Oman 2,092 2,810 309,500 6.76 9.08 3.76
    image Myanmar 1,930 14,708 653,508 2.95 22.5 2.39
    image Yemen 1,906 3,149 527,968 3.61 5.96 2.62
    image Portugal 1,793 2,830 91,470 19.6 30.9 5.93
    image Haiti 1,771 1,977 27,560 64.3 71.7 10.7
    image Libya 1,770 2,025 1,759,540 1.01 1.15 1.33
    image Angola 1,600 2,252 1,246,700 1.28 1.81 1.43
    image Namibia 1,572 1,754 823,290 1.91 2.13 1.73
    image Taiwan 1,566.3 2,007 32,260 48.6 62.2 8.72
    image Palau 1,519 459 3,310 70.9
    image Northern Mariana Islands 1,482 464 3,190 68.8
    image Ireland 1,448 6,437 68,883 21.0 93.4 5.52
    image Tanzania 1,424 3,461 885,800 1.61 3.91 1.51
    image Sri Lanka 1,340 2,825 64,630 20.7 43.7 5.27
    image United Arab Emirates 1,318 2,871 83,600 15.8 34.3 4.56
    image Costa Rica 1,290 2,069 51,060 25.3 40.5 5.71
    image Dominican Republic 1,288 1,612 48,320 26.7 33.4 5.86
    image Falkland Islands 1,288 12,173 106 11.7
    image Finland 1,250 31,119 303,815 4.11 102 2.27
    image Tunisia 1,148 1,927 155,360 7.39 12.4 2.91
    image Kiribati 1,143 1,961 811 1,410 2,420 40.1
    image Fiji 1,129 4,638 18,274 61.8 254 8.35
    image Faroe Islands 1,117 1,393 802 29.9
    image Pakistan 1,046 2,599 770,875 1.36 3.37 1.19
    image Jamaica 1,022 895 10,831 94.4 82.6 9.82
    image Algeria 998 1,557 2,381,740 0.419 0.654 0.647
    image Cape Verde 965 1,121 4,033 239 278 15.2
      Spratly Islands 926 <5 >200,000
    image Nicaragua 910 1,915 119,990 7.58 16.0 2.63
    image Gabon 885 2,019 257,667 3.43 7.84 1.74
    image Nigeria 853 3,122 910,768 0.937 3.43 0.894
    image Sudan 853 2,245 1,731,671 0.493 1.30 0.648
    image Honduras 832 1,878 111,890 7.44 16.8 2.49
    image Mauritania 754 1,268 1,030,700 0.732 1.23 0.743
    image Hong Kong 733 955 1,073 683 890 22.4
    image Timor-Leste 706 14,874 47.5 5.79
    image British Indian Ocean Territory 698 60 11,600 90.1
    image Uruguay 660 1,096 175,015 3.77 6.26 1.58
    image Cyprus 648 671 9,241 70.1 72.6 6.74
    image Maldives 644 2,002 298 2,160 6,720 37.3
    image Bangladesh 580 3,306 148,470 4.46 25.4 1.61
    image Liberia 579 842 96,320 6.01 8.74 1.87
    image Qatar 563 909 11,586 48.6 78.5 5.23
    image Ghana 539 758 227,533 2.37 3.33 1.13
    image Kenya 536 1,586 569,140 0.942 2.79 0.71
    image Senegal 531 1,327 192,530 2.76 6.89 1.21
     Paracel Islands 518 7.75 66,800 186
    image Ivory Coast 515 797 318,003 1.62 2.51 0.913
    image Puerto Rico 501 1,094 8,959 55.9 122 5.29
    image Kuwait 499 756 17,818 28.0 42.4 3.74
    image Latvia 498 566 62,249 8.00 9.09 2
    image Seychelles 491 747 455 1,080 1,640 23
    image Guyana 459 1,154 196,849 2.33 5.86 1.03
    image Netherlands 451 1,914 33,893 13.3 56.5 2.45
    image Cambodia 443 1,127 176,515 2.51 6.38 1.05
    image Poland 440 1,032 304,255 1.45 3.39 0.798
    image Tonga 419 909 717 584 1,270 15.6
    image Samoa 403 463 2,821 143 164 7.59
    image Cameroon 402 1,799 472,710 0.850 3.81 0.585
    image Sierra Leone 402 1,677 71,620 5.61 23.4 1.5
    image Guatemala 400 445 107,159 3.73 4.15 1.22
    image Turks and Caicos Islands 389 948 410 12.6
    image Belize 386 1,996 22,806 16.9 87.5 2.56
    image Suriname 386 620 156,000 2.47 3.97 0.977
    image Marshall Islands 370.4 2,106 181 2,050 11,600 27.5
    image Curaçao 364 444 820 17.3
    image Albania 362 649 27,398 13.2 23.7 2.19
    image Trinidad and Tobago 362 704 5,128 70.6 137 5.06
    image Bulgaria 354 457 108,489 3.26 4.21 1.07
    image Guinea-Bissau 350 3,176 28,120 12.4 113 2.09
    image Comoros 340 469 2,235 152 210 7.19
    image Guinea 320 1,615 245,717 1.30 6.57 0.646
    image Djibouti 314 443 23,180 13.5 19.1 2.06
    image Georgia 310 376 69,700 4.45 5.39 1.17
    image El Salvador 307 756 20,721 14.8 36.5 2.13
    image Equatorial Guinea 296 603 28,051 10.6 21.5 1.77
    image Montenegro 293.5 13,452 21.82 2.53
    image Israel 273 205 21,497 12.7 9.54 1.86
    image Malta 252.8 198 316 800 627 14.2
    image Lebanon 225 294 10,230 22.0 28.7 2.22
    image Romania 225 696 229,891 0.979 3.03 0.469
    image São Tomé and Príncipe 209 269 964 217 279 6.73
    image Singapore 193 268 709.2 272 378 7.25
    image Syria 193 212 185,887 1.04 1.14 0.448
    image U.S. Virgin Islands 188 390 346 543 1,130 10.1
    image Mauritius 177 496 2,030 87.2 244 3.93
    image Congo, Republic of the 169 205 341,500 0.495 0.600 0.289
    image Bahrain 161 255 760 212 336 5.84
    image Brunei 161 269 5,265 30.6 51.1 2.22
    image Cayman Islands 160 264 606 9.85
    image Isle of Man 160 572 280 6.69
    image Saint Lucia 158 166 606 261 274 6.42
    image Antigua and Barbuda 153 289 442.6 346 653 7.27
    image Dominica 148 152 751 197 202 5.4
    image Christmas Island 138.9 135 1,030 12
    image Saint Kitts and Nevis 135 261 517 8.36
    image Wallis and Futuna 129 142 908 10.8
    image Guam 125.5 544 231 5.38
    image Jan Mayen 124.1 377 329 6.39
    image Benin 121 153 110,622 1.09 1.38 0.364
    image Grenada 121 252 344 352 733 6.52
    image Cook Islands 120 236 508 7.81
    image Saint Pierre and Miquelon 120 242 496 7.71
    image American Samoa 116 224 518 7.75
    image Bermuda 103 180 54 1,910 3,330 14
    image Heard Island and McDonald Islands 101.9 412 247 5.02
    image Tokelau 101 12 8,420 29.2
    image Barbados 97 97 430 226 226 4.68
    image Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 94 394 239 4.74
    image Lithuania 90 258 62,680 1.44 4.12 0.359
    image United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges 85.7 22.41 3,820 18.1
    image Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 84 264 389 216 679 4.26
    image Akrotiri and Dhekelia 83.8 253.8 330 5.26
    image British Virgin Islands 80 151 530 6.51
    image Gambia 80 503 10,120 7.91 49.7 0.795
    image Ashmore and Cartier Islands 74.1 5 14,800 33.1
    image Jersey 70 116 603 6.5
    image Aruba 68.5 107 180 381 594 5.11
    image Belgium 66.5 76 30,278 2.20 2.51 0.382
    image Niue 64 260 246 3.97
    image Anguilla 61 91 670 6.39
    image Saint Martin 58.9 54.4 1,080 7.99
    image Iraq 58 105 437,367 0.133 0.240 0.0877
    image Togo 56 53 54,385 1.03 0.975 0.24
    image Pitcairn Islands 51 47 1,090 7.44
    image Guernsey 50 78 641 5.66
    image Slovenia 46.6 41 20,151 2.31 2.03 0.328
    image Macau 41 36 28.2 1,450 1,280 7.72
    image Gaza Strip (Palestine) 40 360 111 2.11
    image Montserrat 40 102 392 3.96
    image Congo, Democratic Republic of the 37 177 2,267,048 0.0163 0.0781 0.0246
    image Norfolk Island 32 36 889 5.33
    image Nauru 30 21 1,430 6.55
    image Bouvet Island 29.6 49 604 4.23
    image Cocos (Keeling) Islands 26 14 1,860 6.95
    image Jordan 26 27 88,802 0.293 0.304 0.0872
    image Tuvalu 24 26 923 4.71
    image Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 23 51,187 0.391 0.449 0.0884
    image Wake Island 19.3 6.5 2,970 7.57
    image Gibraltar 12 6.5 1,850 4.71
    image Clipperton Island 11.1 6 1,850 4.53
    image Navassa Island 8 5.4 1,480 3.44
    image Monaco 4.1 2 2,050 2.9
    image Saint Barthélemy NA 25
    image Sint Maarten NA 34 0.0147
    image South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands NA 3,903 0.000128
    image Kazakhstan 0 4,528 2,699,700 0 1.68
    image Turkmenistan 0 1,289 469,930 0 2.74
    image Azerbaijan 0 871 82,629 0 10.5
    image West Bank (Palestine) 0 5,640 0
    image Afghanistan 0 0 652,230 0 0
    image Andorra 0 468 0
    image Armenia 0 0 28,203 0 0
    image Austria 0 0 82,445 0 0
    image Belarus 0 0 202,900 0 0
    image Bhutan 0 0 38,394 0 0
    image Bolivia 0 0 1,083,301 0 0
    image Botswana 0 0 566,730 0 0
    image Burkina Faso 0 0 273,800 0 0
    image Burundi 0 0 25,680 0 0
    image Central African Republic 0 0 622,984 0 0
    image Chad 0 0 1,259,200 0 0
    image Czech Republic 0 0 77,247 0 0
    image Ethiopia 0 0 1,096,570 0 0
    image Hungary 0 0 89,608 0 0
    image Kosovo 0 10,887 0
    image Kyrgyzstan 0 0 191,801 0 0
    image Laos 0 0 230,800 0 0
    image Lesotho 0 0 30,355 0 0
    image Liechtenstein 0 160 0
    image Luxembourg 0 0 2,586 0 0
    image Malawi 0 0 94,080 0 0
    image Mali 0 0 1,220,190 0 0
    image Moldova 0 0 32,891 0 0
    image Mongolia 0 0 1,553,556 0 0
    image   Nepal 0 0 143,351 0 0
    image Niger 0 0 1,266,700 0 0
    image North Macedonia 0 0 25,433 0 0
    image Paraguay 0 0 397,302 0 0
    image Rwanda 0 0 24,668 0 0
    image San Marino 0 61 0
    image Serbia 0 77,474 0
    image Slovakia 0 0 48,105 0 0
    image South Sudan 0 644,329 0
    image Swaziland 0 0 17,204 0 0
    image  Switzerland 0 0 39,997 0 0
    image Tajikistan 0 0 141,510 0 0
    image Uganda 0 0 197,100 0 0
    image Uzbekistan 0 1,707 425,400 0 4.01
    image Vatican City 0 0.44 0
    image Zambia 0 0 743,398 0 0
    image Zimbabwe 0 0 386,847 0 0
    image French Guiana 763
    image Guadeloupe 581
    image Martinique 369
    image Caribbean Netherlands 361
    image Réunion 219

    See also

    • Coastal India
    • Coastline of Brazil
    • Coastline of China
    • Coastline of Malta
    • Coastline of New Zealand
    • Coastline of the United Kingdom
    • Coastline of Western Australia
    • List of countries bordering on two or more oceans
    • List of U.S. states by coastline

    Notes

    1. The smaller the scale interval mathematically, the more detailed and the "greater the scale of the map", in common usage. See scale (map).
    2. World total includes countries not listed and coastline for disputed areas.
    3. Includes coastline of outlying islands.
    4. The European Union is included because it has certain attributes associated with independent countries: its own flag, anthem, currency (for most members), parliament and other law-making abilities, as well as diplomatic representation and a common foreign and security policy when dealing with external partners. However, because the EU is not a federation in the strict sense, it does not receive a ranking in this list.
    5. Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.
    6. Russia has an additional 850 km of coastline along the Caspian Sea, which is landlocked.
    7. Includes coastline length for the Canary Islands.
    8. Excludes minor outlying islands.
    9. Does not include Saint Paul Island and the Crozet Islands (data unavailable) or the Adélie Land claim to Antarctica.
    10. Iran has an additional 740 km of coastline along the Caspian Sea, which is landlocked.
    11. Includes coastline in the Gulf of Fonseca (163 km).
    12. In 1900, the Dutch coastline measured approximately 1400 km. It has significantly been reduced by the closing of the Zuiderzee by the Afsluitdijk in 1932 (250 km) and the closing of several sea arms by the Delta Works (700 km).
    13. Israel has an additional coastline along the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee (both landlocked), with a total length of 63 km.
    14. Excluding Ascension Island (data unavailable).
    15. Includes Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, and Palmyra Atoll.
    16. Figure represents total area rather than land area.
    17. Figure represents the coastline of the entire island, including Sint Maarten (administered by the Netherlands).
    18. Jordan has an additional 50 km of coastline along the Dead Sea, which is landlocked.
    19. Coastline included in figure for Saint Martin (administered by France).
    20. Kazakhstan has a coastline with the Caspian Sea, which is landlocked, with a total length of 1,894 km.
    21. Turkmenistan has a coastline with the Caspian Sea, which is landlocked, with a total length of 1,768 km.
    22. Azerbaijan has a 713-km coastline along the Caspian Sea, which is landlocked.
    23. The West Bank has a 40-km coastline along the Dead Sea, which is landlocked.

    References

    1. "Coastal and Marine Ecosystems — Marine Jurisdictions: Coastline length". World Resources Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
    2. "Coastline - The World Factbook". www.cia.gov.
    3. "Field Listing :: Area — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency". October 22, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22.

    Further reading

    • Eric Bird (2011). "1.5 Coastline length". Coastal Geomorphology: An Introduction. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-96435-3.

    This article contains a list of countries by length of coastline in kilometers Though the coastline paradox stipulates that coastlines do not have a well defined length there are various methods in use to measure coastlines through ratios and other metrics A coastline of zero indicates that the country is landlocked OverviewAn example of the coastline paradox If measured using an interval of 125 mi 200 km the coast of Great Britain has a length of about 1 500 mi 2 400 km Using an interval of 30 mi 50 km the length is about 2 100 mi 3 400 km The coastline paradox states that a coastline does not have a well defined length Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal being different at different scale intervals distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken The smaller the scale interval meaning the more detailed the measurement the longer the coastline will be This magnifying effect is greater for convoluted coastlines than for relatively smooth ones Data marked The World Factbook or TWF covers 198 countries and 55 territories from the book published by the Central Intelligence Agency In addition to coastline lengths this is the source of the land area used to calculate the coast area ratio for both TWF and WRI see below coastline measurement This ratio measures how many metres of coastline correspond to every square kilometer of land area The ratio illustrates the ease of accessibility to the country s coast from every point in its interior Therefore an island country like Maldives or a country carved by the sea like Greece is more likely to have a high ratio while a landlocked country will have a ratio of zero Note that the scales at which The World Factbook figures were measured are not stated nor is it known whether the figures are all reported using the same scale thus the figures are not necessarily comparable across different countries Data marked World Resources Institute or WRI covers 182 independent countries and 13 dependencies based on data calculated in 2000 from the World Vector Shoreline United States Defense Mapping Agency 1989 It may include territories whose status have changed According to their technical notes the coastline length was derived from the World Vector Shoreline database at 1 250 000 scale The estimates were calculated using a Geographic Information System GIS and an underlying database consistent for the entire world The methodology used to estimate length is based on the following 1 A country s coastline is made up of individual lines and an individual line has two or more vertices and or nodes 2 The length between two vertices is calculated on the surface of a sphere 3 The sum of the lengths of the pairs of vertices is aggregated for each individual line and 4 the sum of the lengths of individual lines was aggregated for a country In general the coastline length of islands that are part of a country but are not overseas territories are included in the coastline estimate for that country e g Canary Islands are included in Spain Coastline length for overseas territories and dependencies are listed separately Disputed areas are not included in country or regional totals ListData are from the CIA World Factbook and the World Resources Institute Non sovereign areas are listed in italics Location Coastline km Land area km2 Coast area ratio m km2 Coast area0 5 ratio CIA Note CIA WRI CIA WRI World 356 000 1 634 701 148 940 000 2 39 11 0 29 2 Canada 202 080 265 523 9 093 507 22 2 29 2 67 Norway 83 281 53 199 304 282 274 175 151 Indonesia 54 716 95 181 1 811 569 30 2 52 5 40 7 European Union 53 563 4 236 351 12 6 26 Greenland 44 087 2 166 086 20 4 30 Russia 37 653 110 310 16 377 742 2 30 6 74 9 3 Philippines 36 289 33 900 298 170 122 114 66 5 Japan 29 751 29 020 364 485 81 6 79 6 49 3 Australia 25 760 66 530 7 682 300 3 35 8 66 9 29 United States 19 924 133 312 9 147 593 2 18 14 6 6 59 Antarctica 17 968 14 200 000 1 27 4 77 New Zealand 15 134 17 209 264 537 57 2 65 1 29 4 China 14 500 30 017 9 326 410 1 55 3 22 4 75 Greece 13 676 15 147 130 647 105 116 37 8 United Kingdom 12 429 19 717 241 930 51 4 81 5 25 3 Mexico 9 330 23 761 1 943 945 4 80 12 2 6 69 Italy 7 600 9 226 294 140 25 8 31 4 14 Brazil 7 491 33 379 8 358 140 0 896 3 99 2 59 Denmark 7 314 5 316 42 434 172 126 35 5 Turkey 7 200 8 140 769 632 9 36 10 6 8 21 India 7 000 17 181 2 973 193 2 35 5 78 4 06 Chile 6 435 78 563 743 812 8 65 106 7 46 Micronesia 6 112 1 295 702 8 710 1 840 231 Croatia 5 835 5 664 55 974 112 101 24 7 Solomon Islands 5 313 9 880 27 986 190 353 31 8 Papua New Guinea 5 152 20 197 452 860 11 4 44 6 7 66 Argentina 4 989 8 397 2 736 690 1 82 3 07 3 02 Iceland 4 970 8 506 100 250 49 6 84 8 15 7 Spain 4 964 7 268 498 980 9 95 14 6 7 03 France 4 853 7 330 640 427 7 58 11 4 6 06 Madagascar 4 828 9 935 581 540 8 30 17 1 6 33 Malaysia 4 675 9 323 328 657 14 2 28 4 8 15 Estonia 3 794 2 956 42 388 89 5 69 7 18 4 Cuba 3 735 14 519 109 820 34 0 132 11 3 Svalbard 3 587 62 045 57 8 14 4 Bahamas 3 542 11 238 10 010 354 1 120 35 4 Vietnam 3 444 11 409 310 070 11 1 36 8 6 18 Somalia 3 333 3 898 627 337 4 82 6 21 4 21 Thailand 3 219 7 066 510 890 6 30 13 8 4 5 Sweden 3 218 26 384 410 335 7 84 64 3 5 02 Colombia 3 208 5 875 1 038 700 3 09 5 66 3 15 Coral Sea Islands 3 095 lt 3 gt 1 000 000 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 2 948 4 7 667 6 385 33 7 Morocco 2 945 2 009 716 550 2 56 2 80 3 48 Venezuela 2 800 6 762 882 050 3 17 7 67 2 98 South Africa 2 798 3 751 1 214 470 2 30 3 09 2 54 Ukraine 2 782 4 953 579 330 4 80 8 55 3 66 Saudi Arabia 2 640 7 572 2 149 690 1 23 3 52 1 8 Vanuatu 2 528 3 132 12 189 207 257 22 9 French Polynesia 2 525 5 830 3 827 660 1 520 40 8 North Korea 2 495 4 009 120 408 20 7 33 3 7 19 Panama 2 490 5 637 74 340 33 5 75 8 9 13 Mozambique 2 470 6 942 786 380 3 14 8 83 2 79 Egypt 2 450 5 898 995 450 2 46 5 92 2 46 Iran 2 440 5 891 1 531 595 1 59 3 85 1 97 Peru 2 414 3 362 1 279 996 1 89 2 63 2 13 South Korea 2 413 12 478 96 920 24 9 129 7 75 Germany 2 389 3 624 348 672 6 85 10 4 4 05 New Caledonia 2 254 3 624 18 275 123 198 16 7 Ecuador 2 237 4 597 276 841 8 08 16 6 4 25 Eritrea 2 234 3 446 101 000 22 1 34 1 7 03 Oman 2 092 2 810 309 500 6 76 9 08 3 76 Myanmar 1 930 14 708 653 508 2 95 22 5 2 39 Yemen 1 906 3 149 527 968 3 61 5 96 2 62 Portugal 1 793 2 830 91 470 19 6 30 9 5 93 Haiti 1 771 1 977 27 560 64 3 71 7 10 7 Libya 1 770 2 025 1 759 540 1 01 1 15 1 33 Angola 1 600 2 252 1 246 700 1 28 1 81 1 43 Namibia 1 572 1 754 823 290 1 91 2 13 1 73 Taiwan 1 566 3 2 007 32 260 48 6 62 2 8 72 Palau 1 519 459 3 310 70 9 Northern Mariana Islands 1 482 464 3 190 68 8 Ireland 1 448 6 437 68 883 21 0 93 4 5 52 Tanzania 1 424 3 461 885 800 1 61 3 91 1 51 Sri Lanka 1 340 2 825 64 630 20 7 43 7 5 27 United Arab Emirates 1 318 2 871 83 600 15 8 34 3 4 56 Costa Rica 1 290 2 069 51 060 25 3 40 5 5 71 Dominican Republic 1 288 1 612 48 320 26 7 33 4 5 86 Falkland Islands 1 288 12 173 106 11 7 Finland 1 250 31 119 303 815 4 11 102 2 27 Tunisia 1 148 1 927 155 360 7 39 12 4 2 91 Kiribati 1 143 1 961 811 1 410 2 420 40 1 Fiji 1 129 4 638 18 274 61 8 254 8 35 Faroe Islands 1 117 1 393 802 29 9 Pakistan 1 046 2 599 770 875 1 36 3 37 1 19 Jamaica 1 022 895 10 831 94 4 82 6 9 82 Algeria 998 1 557 2 381 740 0 419 0 654 0 647 Cape Verde 965 1 121 4 033 239 278 15 2 Spratly Islands 926 lt 5 gt 200 000 Nicaragua 910 1 915 119 990 7 58 16 0 2 63 Gabon 885 2 019 257 667 3 43 7 84 1 74 Nigeria 853 3 122 910 768 0 937 3 43 0 894 Sudan 853 2 245 1 731 671 0 493 1 30 0 648 Honduras 832 1 878 111 890 7 44 16 8 2 49 Mauritania 754 1 268 1 030 700 0 732 1 23 0 743 Hong Kong 733 955 1 073 683 890 22 4 Timor Leste 706 14 874 47 5 5 79 British Indian Ocean Territory 698 60 11 600 90 1 Uruguay 660 1 096 175 015 3 77 6 26 1 58 Cyprus 648 671 9 241 70 1 72 6 6 74 Maldives 644 2 002 298 2 160 6 720 37 3 Bangladesh 580 3 306 148 470 4 46 25 4 1 61 Liberia 579 842 96 320 6 01 8 74 1 87 Qatar 563 909 11 586 48 6 78 5 5 23 Ghana 539 758 227 533 2 37 3 33 1 13 Kenya 536 1 586 569 140 0 942 2 79 0 71 Senegal 531 1 327 192 530 2 76 6 89 1 21 Paracel Islands 518 7 75 66 800 186 Ivory Coast 515 797 318 003 1 62 2 51 0 913 Puerto Rico 501 1 094 8 959 55 9 122 5 29 Kuwait 499 756 17 818 28 0 42 4 3 74 Latvia 498 566 62 249 8 00 9 09 2 Seychelles 491 747 455 1 080 1 640 23 Guyana 459 1 154 196 849 2 33 5 86 1 03 Netherlands 451 1 914 33 893 13 3 56 5 2 45 Cambodia 443 1 127 176 515 2 51 6 38 1 05 Poland 440 1 032 304 255 1 45 3 39 0 798 Tonga 419 909 717 584 1 270 15 6 Samoa 403 463 2 821 143 164 7 59 Cameroon 402 1 799 472 710 0 850 3 81 0 585 Sierra Leone 402 1 677 71 620 5 61 23 4 1 5 Guatemala 400 445 107 159 3 73 4 15 1 22 Turks and Caicos Islands 389 948 410 12 6 Belize 386 1 996 22 806 16 9 87 5 2 56 Suriname 386 620 156 000 2 47 3 97 0 977 Marshall Islands 370 4 2 106 181 2 050 11 600 27 5 Curacao 364 444 820 17 3 Albania 362 649 27 398 13 2 23 7 2 19 Trinidad and Tobago 362 704 5 128 70 6 137 5 06 Bulgaria 354 457 108 489 3 26 4 21 1 07 Guinea Bissau 350 3 176 28 120 12 4 113 2 09 Comoros 340 469 2 235 152 210 7 19 Guinea 320 1 615 245 717 1 30 6 57 0 646 Djibouti 314 443 23 180 13 5 19 1 2 06 Georgia 310 376 69 700 4 45 5 39 1 17 El Salvador 307 756 20 721 14 8 36 5 2 13 Equatorial Guinea 296 603 28 051 10 6 21 5 1 77 Montenegro 293 5 13 452 21 82 2 53 Israel 273 205 21 497 12 7 9 54 1 86 Malta 252 8 198 316 800 627 14 2 Lebanon 225 294 10 230 22 0 28 7 2 22 Romania 225 696 229 891 0 979 3 03 0 469 Sao Tome and Principe 209 269 964 217 279 6 73 Singapore 193 268 709 2 272 378 7 25 Syria 193 212 185 887 1 04 1 14 0 448 U S Virgin Islands 188 390 346 543 1 130 10 1 Mauritius 177 496 2 030 87 2 244 3 93 Congo Republic of the 169 205 341 500 0 495 0 600 0 289 Bahrain 161 255 760 212 336 5 84 Brunei 161 269 5 265 30 6 51 1 2 22 Cayman Islands 160 264 606 9 85 Isle of Man 160 572 280 6 69 Saint Lucia 158 166 606 261 274 6 42 Antigua and Barbuda 153 289 442 6 346 653 7 27 Dominica 148 152 751 197 202 5 4 Christmas Island 138 9 135 1 030 12 Saint Kitts and Nevis 135 261 517 8 36 Wallis and Futuna 129 142 908 10 8 Guam 125 5 544 231 5 38 Jan Mayen 124 1 377 329 6 39 Benin 121 153 110 622 1 09 1 38 0 364 Grenada 121 252 344 352 733 6 52 Cook Islands 120 236 508 7 81 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 120 242 496 7 71 American Samoa 116 224 518 7 75 Bermuda 103 180 54 1 910 3 330 14 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 101 9 412 247 5 02 Tokelau 101 12 8 420 29 2 Barbados 97 97 430 226 226 4 68 Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 94 394 239 4 74 Lithuania 90 258 62 680 1 44 4 12 0 359 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges 85 7 22 41 3 820 18 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 84 264 389 216 679 4 26 Akrotiri and Dhekelia 83 8 253 8 330 5 26 British Virgin Islands 80 151 530 6 51 Gambia 80 503 10 120 7 91 49 7 0 795 Ashmore and Cartier Islands 74 1 5 14 800 33 1 Jersey 70 116 603 6 5 Aruba 68 5 107 180 381 594 5 11 Belgium 66 5 76 30 278 2 20 2 51 0 382 Niue 64 260 246 3 97 Anguilla 61 91 670 6 39 Saint Martin 58 9 54 4 1 080 7 99 Iraq 58 105 437 367 0 133 0 240 0 0877 Togo 56 53 54 385 1 03 0 975 0 24 Pitcairn Islands 51 47 1 090 7 44 Guernsey 50 78 641 5 66 Slovenia 46 6 41 20 151 2 31 2 03 0 328 Macau 41 36 28 2 1 450 1 280 7 72 Gaza Strip Palestine 40 360 111 2 11 Montserrat 40 102 392 3 96 Congo Democratic Republic of the 37 177 2 267 048 0 0163 0 0781 0 0246 Norfolk Island 32 36 889 5 33 Nauru 30 21 1 430 6 55 Bouvet Island 29 6 49 604 4 23 Cocos Keeling Islands 26 14 1 860 6 95 Jordan 26 27 88 802 0 293 0 304 0 0872 Tuvalu 24 26 923 4 71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 23 51 187 0 391 0 449 0 0884 Wake Island 19 3 6 5 2 970 7 57 Gibraltar 12 6 5 1 850 4 71 Clipperton Island 11 1 6 1 850 4 53 Navassa Island 8 5 4 1 480 3 44 Monaco 4 1 2 2 050 2 9 Saint Barthelemy NA 25 Sint Maarten NA 34 0 0147 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands NA 3 903 0 000128 Kazakhstan 0 4 528 2 699 700 0 1 68 Turkmenistan 0 1 289 469 930 0 2 74 Azerbaijan 0 871 82 629 0 10 5 West Bank Palestine 0 5 640 0 Afghanistan 0 0 652 230 0 0 Andorra 0 468 0 Armenia 0 0 28 203 0 0 Austria 0 0 82 445 0 0 Belarus 0 0 202 900 0 0 Bhutan 0 0 38 394 0 0 Bolivia 0 0 1 083 301 0 0 Botswana 0 0 566 730 0 0 Burkina Faso 0 0 273 800 0 0 Burundi 0 0 25 680 0 0 Central African Republic 0 0 622 984 0 0 Chad 0 0 1 259 200 0 0 Czech Republic 0 0 77 247 0 0 Ethiopia 0 0 1 096 570 0 0 Hungary 0 0 89 608 0 0 Kosovo 0 10 887 0 Kyrgyzstan 0 0 191 801 0 0 Laos 0 0 230 800 0 0 Lesotho 0 0 30 355 0 0 Liechtenstein 0 160 0 Luxembourg 0 0 2 586 0 0 Malawi 0 0 94 080 0 0 Mali 0 0 1 220 190 0 0 Moldova 0 0 32 891 0 0 Mongolia 0 0 1 553 556 0 0 Nepal 0 0 143 351 0 0 Niger 0 0 1 266 700 0 0 North Macedonia 0 0 25 433 0 0 Paraguay 0 0 397 302 0 0 Rwanda 0 0 24 668 0 0 San Marino 0 61 0 Serbia 0 77 474 0 Slovakia 0 0 48 105 0 0 South Sudan 0 644 329 0 Swaziland 0 0 17 204 0 0 Switzerland 0 0 39 997 0 0 Tajikistan 0 0 141 510 0 0 Uganda 0 0 197 100 0 0 Uzbekistan 0 1 707 425 400 0 4 01 Vatican City 0 0 44 0 Zambia 0 0 743 398 0 0 Zimbabwe 0 0 386 847 0 0 French Guiana 763 Guadeloupe 581 Martinique 369 Caribbean Netherlands 361 Reunion 219See alsoCoastal India Coastline of Brazil Coastline of China Coastline of Malta Coastline of New Zealand Coastline of the United Kingdom Coastline of Western Australia List of countries bordering on two or more oceans List of U S states by coastlineNotesThe smaller the scale interval mathematically the more detailed and the greater the scale of the map in common usage See scale map World total includes countries not listed and coastline for disputed areas Includes coastline of outlying islands The European Union is included because it has certain attributes associated with independent countries its own flag anthem currency for most members parliament and other law making abilities as well as diplomatic representation and a common foreign and security policy when dealing with external partners However because the EU is not a federation in the strict sense it does not receive a ranking in this list Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark Russia has an additional 850 km of coastline along the Caspian Sea which is landlocked Includes coastline length for the Canary Islands Excludes minor outlying islands Does not include Saint Paul Island and the Crozet Islands data unavailable or the Adelie Land claim to Antarctica Iran has an additional 740 km of coastline along the Caspian Sea which is landlocked Includes coastline in the Gulf of Fonseca 163 km In 1900 the Dutch coastline measured approximately 1400 km It has significantly been reduced by the closing of the Zuiderzee by the Afsluitdijk in 1932 250 km and the closing of several sea arms by the Delta Works 700 km Israel has an additional coastline along the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee both landlocked with a total length of 63 km Excluding Ascension Island data unavailable Includes Baker Island Howland Island Jarvis Island Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Midway Atoll and Palmyra Atoll Figure represents total area rather than land area Figure represents the coastline of the entire island including Sint Maarten administered by the Netherlands Jordan has an additional 50 km of coastline along the Dead Sea which is landlocked Coastline included in figure for Saint Martin administered by France Kazakhstan has a coastline with the Caspian Sea which is landlocked with a total length of 1 894 km Turkmenistan has a coastline with the Caspian Sea which is landlocked with a total length of 1 768 km Azerbaijan has a 713 km coastline along the Caspian Sea which is landlocked The West Bank has a 40 km coastline along the Dead Sea which is landlocked References Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Marine Jurisdictions Coastline length World Resources Institute Archived from the original on 2012 04 19 Retrieved 2012 03 18 Coastline The World Factbook www cia gov Field Listing Area The World Factbook Central Intelligence Agency October 22 2020 Archived from the original on 2020 10 22 Further readingEric Bird 2011 1 5 Coastline length Coastal Geomorphology An Introduction John Wiley and Sons ISBN 978 1 119 96435 3

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