List of countries by length of coastline
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This is a list of countries by length of coastline, in kilometers, based on data for the year 2005 by the CIA World Factbook. [1] Coastline of 0 indicates that the country is landlocked. However, because length of coastline is a fractal measurement, measurements of a country's coastline at different scales will be different - the more detail, the longer the coastline will be.
Rank | Country | Land area (km²) |
Land boundary (km) |
Coastline (km) |
Total perimeter (km) |
Coast/Area Ratio (m/km²) |
Coast/Perimeter Ratio (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Canada | 9,220,970 | 8,893 | 202,080 | 210,973 | 21.915 | 95.8% |
2 | Norway | 324,220 | 2,515 | 83,281 | 85,796 | 256.866 | 97.1% |
3 | Indonesia | 1,826,440 | 2,830 | 54,716 | 57,546 | 29.958 | 95.1% |
4 | Russia | 16,995,800 | 19,917 | 37,653 | 57,570 | 2.215 | 65.4% |
5 | Philippines | 298,170 | - | 36,289 | 36,289 | 121.706 | 100.0% |
6 | Japan | 374,744 | - | 29,751 | 29,751 | 79.390 | 100.0% |
7 | Australia | 7,617,930 | - | 25,760 | 25,760 | 3.381 | 100.0% |
8 | United States | 9,158,960 | 12,219 | 19,924 | 32,143 | 2.175 | 62.0% |
9 | New Zealand | 268,680 | - | 15,134 | 15,134 | 56.327 | 100.0% |
10 | Greece | 130,800 | 1,160 | 14,880 | 16,040 | 113.761 | 92.8% |
11 | People's Republic of China | 9,326,410 | 22,147 | 14,500 | 36,647 | 1.555 | 39.6% |
12 | United Kingdom | 241,590 | 360 | 12,429 | 12,789 | 51.447 | 97.2% |
13 | Mexico | 1,923,040 | 4,538 | 9,330 | 13,868 | 4.852 | 67.3% |
14 | India | 2,973,190 | 14,103 | 7,600 | 21,103 | 2.354 | 33.2% |
15 | Italy | 294,020 | 1,932 | 7,600 | 9,532 | 25.849 | 79.7% |
16 | Brazil | 8,456,510 | 15,735 | 7,367 | 23,102 | 0.871 | 31.9% |
17 | Denmark | 42,394 | 68 | 7,314 | 7,382 | 172.524 | 99.1% |
18 | Turkey | 770,760 | 2,627 | 7,200 | 9,827 | 9.341 | 73.3% |
19 | Chile | 748,800 | 6,171 | 6,435 | 12,606 | 8.594 | 51.0% |
20 | Federated States of Micronesia | 702 | - | 6,112 | 6,112 | 8,706.553 | 100.0% |
21 | Croatia | 56,414 | 2,197 | 5,835 | 8,032 | 103.432 | 72.6% |
22 | Solomon Islands | 27,540 | - | 5,313 | 5,313 | 192.919 | 100.0% |
23 | Papua New Guinea | 452,860 | 820 | 5,152 | 5,972 | 11.377 | 86.3% |
24 | Argentina | 2,736,690 | 9,665 | 4,989 | 14,654 | 1.823 | 34.0% |
25 | Iceland | 100,329 | - | 4,988 | 4,988 | 49.716 | 100.0% |
26 | Spain | 499,542 | 1,918 | 4,964 | 6,882 | 9.937 | 72.1% |
27 | Madagascar | 581,540 | - | 4,828 | 4,828 | 8.302 | 100.0% |
28 | Malaysia | 328,550 | 2,669 | 4,675 | 7,344 | 14.229 | 63.7% |
29 | Estonia | 43,211 | 633 | 3,794 | 4,427 | 87.802 | 85.7% |
30 | Cuba | 110,860 | 29 | 3,735 | 3,764 | 33.691 | 99.2% |
31 | Bahamas | 10,070 | - | 3,542 | 3,542 | 351.738 | 100.0% |
32 | Vietnam | 325,360 | 4,639 | 3,444 | 8,083 | 10.585 | 42.6% |
33 | France | 545,630 | 2,889 | 3,427 | 6,316 | 6.281 | 54.3% |
34 | Thailand | 511,770 | 4,863 | 3,219 | 8,082 | 6.290 | 39.8% |
35 | Sweden | 410,934 | 2,205 | 3,218 | 5,423 | 7.831 | 59.3% |
36 | Colombia | 1,038,700 | 6,004 | 3,208 | 9,212 | 3.088 | 34.8% |
37 | Iran | 1,636,000 | 5,440 | 3,180 | 8,620 | 1.944 | 36.9% |
38 | Somalia | 627,337 | 2,366 | 3,025 | 5,391 | 4.822 | 56.1% |
39 | Kazakhstan | 2,669,800 | 12,012 | 2,964 | 14,976 | 1.110 | 19.8% |
40 | Venezuela | 882,050 | 4,993 | 2,800 | 7,793 | 3.174 | 35.9% |
41 | South Africa | 1,219,912 | 4,750 | 2,798 | 7,548 | 2.294 | 37.1% |
42 | Ukraine | 603,700 | 4,558 | 2,782 | 7,340 | 4.608 | 37.9% |
43 | Saudi Arabia | 2,217,949 | 4,415 | 2,640 | 7,055 | 1.190 | 37.4% |
44 | Vanuatu | 14,760 | - | 2,528 | 2,528 | 171.274 | 100.0% |
45 | DPR Korea | 120,410 | 1,673 | 2,495 | 4,168 | 20.721 | 59.9% |
46 | Panama | 75,990 | 555 | 2,490 | 3,045 | 32.767 | 81.8% |
47 | Mozambique | 784,090 | 4,571 | 2,470 | 7,041 | 3.150 | 35.1% |
48 | Egypt | 995,450 | 2,689 | 2,450 | 5,139 | 2.461 | 47.7% |
49 | Peru | 1,280,000 | 5,536 | 2,414 | 7,950 | 1.886 | 30.4% |
50 | Republic of Korea | 98,190 | 238 | 2,413 | 2,651 | 24.575 | 91.0% |
51 | Germany | 349,223 | 3,621 | 2,389 | 6,010 | 6.841 | 39.8% |
52 | Ecuador | 276,840 | 2,010 | 2,237 | 4,247 | 8.080 | 52.7% |
53 | Eritrea | 121,320 | 1,630 | 2,234 | 3,864 | 18.414 | 57.8% |
54 | Oman | 309,500 | 1,374 | 2,092 | 3,466 | 6.759 | 60.4% |
55 | Myanmar | 657,740 | 5,876 | 1,930 | 7,806 | 2.934 | 24.7% |
56 | Yemen | 527,970 | 1,746 | 1,906 | 3,652 | 3.610 | 52.2% |
57 | Morocco | 446,300 | 2,018 | 1,835 | 3,853 | 4.112 | 47.6% |
58 | Portugal | 91,951 | 1,214 | 1,793 | 3,007 | 19.500 | 59.6% |
59 | Haiti | 27,560 | 360 | 1,771 | 2,131 | 64.260 | 83.1% |
60 | Libya | 1,759,540 | 4,383 | 1,770 | 6,153 | 1.006 | 28.8% |
61 | Turkmenistan | 488,100 | 3,736 | 1,768 | 5,504 | 3.622 | 32.1% |
62 | Angola | 1,246,700 | 5,198 | 1,600 | 6,798 | 1.283 | 23.5% |
63 | Namibia | 825,418 | 3,824 | 1,572 | 5,396 | 1.904 | 29.1% |
64 | Republic of China (Taiwan) | 32,260 | - | 1,566 | 1,566 | 48.552 | 100.0% |
65 | Palau | 458 | - | 1,519 | 1,519 | 3,316.594 | 100.0% |
66 | Ireland | 68,890 | 360 | 1,448 | 1,808 | 21.019 | 80.1% |
67 | Tanzania | 886,037 | 3,402 | 1,424 | 4,826 | 1.607 | 29.5% |
68 | Sri Lanka | 64,740 | - | 1,340 | 1,340 | 20.698 | 100.0% |
69 | United Arab Emirates | 82,880 | 867 | 1,318 | 2,185 | 15.903 | 60.3% |
70 | Costa Rica | 50,660 | 639 | 1,290 | 1,929 | 25.464 | 66.9% |
71 | Dominican Republic | 48,380 | 275 | 1,288 | 1,563 | 26.623 | 82.4% |
72 | Tunisia | 155,360 | 1,424 | 1,148 | 2,572 | 7.389 | 44.6% |
73 | Kiribati | 717 | - | 1,143 | 1,143 | 1,594.142 | 100.0% |
74 | Fiji | 18,270 | - | 1,129 | 1,129 | 61.795 | 100.0% |
75 | Finland | 305,470 | 2,628 | 1,126 | 3,754 | 3.686 | 30.0% |
76 | Western Sahara | 266,000 | 2,046 | 1,110 | 3,156 | 4.173 | 35.2% |
77 | Pakistan | 778,720 | 6,774 | 1,046 | 7,820 | 1.343 | 13.4% |
78 | Jamaica | 10,830 | - | 1,022 | 1,022 | 94.367 | 100.0% |
79 | Algeria | 2,381,740 | 6,343 | 998 | 7,341 | 0.419 | 13.6% |
80 | Cape Verde | 4,033 | - | 965 | 965 | 239.276 | 100.0% |
81 | Nicaragua | 120,254 | 1,231 | 910 | 2,141 | 7.567 | 42.5% |
82 | Gabon | 257,667 | 2,551 | 885 | 3,436 | 3.435 | 25.8% |
83 | Nigeria | 910,768 | 4,047 | 853 | 4,900 | 0.937 | 17.4% |
84 | Sudan | 2,376,000 | 7,687 | 853 | 8,540 | 0.359 | 10.0% |
85 | Honduras | 111,890 | 1,520 | 820 | 2,340 | 7.329 | 35.0% |
86 | Azerbaijan | 86,100 | 2,013 | 800 | 2,813 | 9.292 | 28.4% |
87 | Mauritania | 1,030,400 | 5,074 | 754 | 5,828 | 0.732 | 12.9% |
88 | Timor-Leste | 15,007 | 228 | 706 | 934 | 47.045 | 75.6% |
89 | Uruguay | 173,620 | 1,564 | 660 | 2,224 | 3.801 | 29.7% |
90 | Cyprus | 9,240 | - | 648 | 648 | 70.130 | 100.0% |
91 | Maldives | 300 | - | 644 | 644 | 2,146.667 | 100.0% |
92 | Bangladesh | 133,910 | 4,246 | 580 | 4,826 | 4.331 | 12.0% |
93 | Liberia | 96,320 | 1,585 | 579 | 2,164 | 6.011 | 26.8% |
94 | Qatar | 11,437 | 60 | 563 | 623 | 49.226 | 90.4% |
95 | Ghana | 230,020 | 2,093 | 539 | 2,632 | 2.343 | 20.5% |
96 | Kenya | 569,250 | 3,446 | 536 | 3,982 | 0.942 | 13.5% |
97 | Latvia | 64,589 | 1,150 | 531 | 1,681 | 8.221 | 31.6% |
98 | Senegal | 192,000 | 2,640 | 531 | 3,171 | 2.766 | 16.7% |
99 | Côte d'Ivoire | 318,000 | 3,110 | 515 | 3,625 | 1.619 | 14.2% |
100 | Kuwait | 17,820 | 462 | 499 | 961 | 28.002 | 51.9% |
101 | Seychelles | 455 | - | 491 | 491 | 1,079.121 | 100.0% |
102 | Poland | 304,465 | 2,888 | 491 | 3,379 | 1.613 | 14.5% |
103 | Guyana | 196,850 | 2,462 | 459 | 2,921 | 2.332 | 15.7% |
104 | Netherlands | 33,883 | 1,027 | 451 | 1,478 | 13.311 | 30.5% |
105 | Cambodia | 176,520 | 2,572 | 443 | 3,015 | 2.510 | 14.7% |
106 | Uzbekistan | 425,400 | 6,221 | 420 | 6,641 | 0.987 | 6.3% |
107 | Tonga | 718 | - | 419 | 419 | 583.565 | 100.0% |
108 | Samoa | 2,850 | - | 403 | 403 | 141.404 | 100.0% |
109 | Sierra Leone | 71,620 | 958 | 402 | 1,360 | 5.613 | 29.6% |
110 | Cameroon | 469,440 | 4,591 | 402 | 4,993 | 0.856 | 8.1% |
111 | Guatemala | 108,430 | 1,687 | 400 | 2,087 | 3.689 | 19.2% |
112 | Belize | 22,800 | 516 | 386 | 902 | 16.930 | 42.8% |
113 | Suriname | 161,470 | 1,707 | 386 | 2,093 | 2.391 | 18.4% |
114 | Marshall Islands | 181 | - | 370 | 370 | 2,043.023 | 100.0% |
115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,128 | - | 362 | 362 | 70.593 | 100.0% |
116 | Albania | 27,398 | 720 | 362 | 1,082 | 13.213 | 33.5% |
117 | Bulgaria | 110,550 | 1,808 | 354 | 2,162 | 3.202 | 16.4% |
118 | Guinea-Bissau | 28,000 | 724 | 350 | 1,074 | 12.500 | 32.6% |
119 | Comoros | 2,170 | - | 340 | 340 | 156.682 | 100.0% |
120 | Guinea | 245,857 | 3,399 | 320 | 3,719 | 1.302 | 8.6% |
121 | Djibouti | 21,980 | 506 | 314 | 820 | 14.286 | 38.3% |
122 | Georgia | 69,700 | 1,461 | 310 | 1,771 | 4.448 | 17.5% |
123 | El Salvador | 20,720 | 545 | 307 | 852 | 14.817 | 36.0% |
124 | Montenegro | 13,812 | 625 | 294 | 919 | 21.286 | 32.0% |
125 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 | 539 | 296 | 835 | 10.552 | 35.4% |
126 | Israel | 20,330 | 1,017 | 273 | 1,290 | 13.428 | 21.2% |
127 | Lebanon | 10,280 | 454 | 225 | 679 | 21.887 | 33.1% |
128 | Romania | 230,340 | 2,508 | 225 | 2,733 | 0.977 | 8.2% |
129 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,001 | - | 209 | 209 | 208.791 | 100.0% |
130 | Singapore | 638 | - | 193 | 193 | 302.745 | 100.0% |
131 | Syria | 184,050 | 2,253 | 193 | 2,446 | 1.049 | 7.9% |
132 | Mauritius | 2,030 | - | 177 | 177 | 87.192 | 100.0% |
133 | Republic of the Congo | 341,500 | 5,504 | 169 | 5,673 | 0.495 | 3.0% |
134 | Bahrain | 620 | - | 161 | 161 | 259.677 | 100.0% |
135 | Brunei Darussalam | 5,270 | 381 | 161 | 542 | 30.550 | 29.7% |
136 | Saint Lucia | 610 | - | 158 | 158 | 259.016 | 100.0% |
137 | Antigua and Barbuda | 442 | - | 153 | 153 | 346.154 | 100.0% |
138 | Dominica | 754 | - | 148 | 148 | 196.286 | 100.0% |
139 | Malta | 316 | - | 140 | 140 | 443.038 | 100.0% |
140 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 261 | - | 135 | 135 | 517.241 | 100.0% |
141 | Grenada | 340 | - | 121 | 121 | 355.882 | 100.0% |
142 | Benin | 110,620 | 1,989 | 121 | 2,110 | 1.094 | 5.7% |
Cook Islands | 240 | - | 120 | 120 | 500.000 | 100.0% | |
143 | Lithuania | 65,200 | 1,273 | 99 | 1,372 | 1.518 | 7.2% |
144 | Barbados | 430 | - | 97 | 97 | 225.581 | 100.0% |
145 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 | - | 84 | 84 | 215.938 | 100.0% |
146 | Gambia | 10,000 | 740 | 80 | 820 | 8.000 | 9.8% |
147 | Belgium | 30,278 | 1,379 | 66 | 1,446 | 2.196 | 4.6% |
Niue | 260 | - | 64 | 64 | 246.154 | 100.0% | |
148 | Iraq | 432,162 | 3,631 | 58 | 3,689 | 0.134 | 1.6% |
149 | Togo | 54,385 | 1,647 | 56 | 1,703 | 1.030 | 3.3% |
150 | Slovenia | 20,253 | 1,334 | 47 | 1,381 | 2.301 | 3.4% |
151 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,267,600 | 10,744 | 37 | 10,781 | 0.016 | 0.3% |
152 | Nauru | 21 | - | 30 | 30 | 1,428.571 | 100.0% |
153 | Jordan | 88,884 | 1,619 | 26 | 1,645 | 0.293 | 1.6% |
154 | Tuvalu | 26 | - | 24 | 24 | 923.077 | 100.0% |
155 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,129 | 1,459 | 20 | 1,479 | 0.391 | 1.4% |
156 | Monaco | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2,102.564 | 48.2% |
157 | Afghanistan | 647,500 | 5,529 | - | 5,529 | - | 0.0% |
Andorra | 468 | 120 | - | 120 | - | 0.0% | |
Armenia | 28,400 | 1,254 | - | 1,254 | - | 0.0% | |
Austria | 82,738 | 2,562 | - | 2,562 | - | 0.0% | |
Burundi | 25,650 | 974 | - | 974 | - | 0.0% | |
Burkina Faso | 273,800 | 3,192 | - | 3,192 | - | 0.0% | |
Bhutan | 47,000 | 1,075 | - | 1,075 | - | 0.0% | |
Belarus | 207,600 | 3,098 | - | 3,098 | - | 0.0% | |
Bolivia | 1,084,390 | 6,743 | - | 6,743 | - | 0.0% | |
Botswana | 585,370 | 4,013 | - | 4,013 | - | 0.0% | |
Central African Republic | 622,984 | 5,203 | - | 5,203 | - | 0.0% | |
Chad | 1,259,200 | 5,968 | - | 5,968 | - | 0.0% | |
Czech Republic | 77,276 | 1,881 | - | 1,881 | - | 0.0% | |
Ethiopia | 1,119,683 | 5,311 | - | 5,311 | - | 0.0% | |
Hungary | 92,340 | 2,009 | - | 2,009 | - | 0.0% | |
Kyrgyzstan | 191,300 | 3,878 | - | 3,878 | - | 0.0% | |
Laos | 230,800 | 5,083 | - | 5,083 | - | 0.0% | |
Lesotho | 30,355 | 909 | - | 909 | - | 0.0% | |
Liechtenstein | 160 | 76 | - | 76 | - | 0.0% | |
Luxembourg | 2,586 | 359 | - | 359 | - | 0.0% | |
Malawi | 94,080 | 2,881 | - | 2,881 | - | 0.0% | |
Moldova | 33,371 | 1,389 | - | 1,389 | - | 0.0% | |
Mongolia | 1,565,000 | 8,114 | - | 8,114 | - | 0.0% | |
Republic of Macedonia | 24,856 | 748 | - | 748 | - | 0.0% | |
Mali | 1,220,000 | 7,243 | - | 7,243 | - | 0.0% | |
Nepal | 136,800 | 2,926 | - | 2,926 | - | 0.0% | |
Niger | 1,266,700 | 5,697 | - | 5,697 | - | 0.0% | |
Paraguay | 397,300 | 3,920 | - | 3,920 | - | 0.0% | |
Rwanda | 24,948 | 893 | - | 893 | - | 0.0% | |
Serbia | 88,361 | 2,027 | - | 2,027 | - | 0.0% | |
San Marino | 61 | 39 | - | 39 | - | 0.0% | |
Switzerland | 39,770 | 1,852 | - | 1,852 | - | 0.0% | |
Slovakia | 48,800 | 1,355 | - | 1,355 | - | 0.0% | |
Swaziland | 17,203 | 535 | - | 535 | - | 0.0% | |
Tajikistan | 142,700 | 3,651 | - | 3,651 | - | 0.0% | |
Uganda | 199,710 | 2,698 | - | 2,698 | - | 0.0% | |
Vatican City | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | - | 0.0% | |
Zambia | 740,724 | 5,664 | - | 5,664 | - | 0.0% | |
Zimbabwe | 386,670 | 3,066 | - | 3,066 | - | 0.0% |