List of countries by length of coastline

An example of the coastline paradox. If the coastline of Britain is measured using Fractal Unit = 200 km, then the length of the coastline = 2400 km (approx.)

Unit = 50 km, length = 3400 km (1000 km more).

This articles contains two lists of countries by length of coastline, in kilometers. A coastline of zero indicates that the country is landlocked.

Overview

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.

• The leftmost table includes data for 198 countries and 55 territories from The World Factbook, provided by the Central Intelligence Agency. The "coast/area ratio" column measures how many meters 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.
• The rightmost table includes data for 182 independent countries and 13 dependencies from the World Resources Institute, 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 kilometers. 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

The World Factbook

World Resources Institute

Rank Country Land area (km²) Coastline (km) Coast/area ratio (m/km²) — World 7008148940000000000148,940,000 7005356000000000000356,000 70002390000000000002.39 70001000000000000001 Canada 70069984670000000009,984,670 7005202080000000000202,080 700122220000000000022.22 70002000000000000002 Indonesia 70061811569000000001,811,569 700454716000000000054,716 700130200000000000030.20 — Greenland 70062166086000000002,166,086 700444087000000000044,087 700120350000000000020.35 70003000000000000003 Russia 700716377742000000016,377,742 700437653000000000037,653 70002300000000999992.30 70004000000000000004 Philippines 7005298170000000000298,170 700436289000000000036,289 7002121710000000000121.71 70005000000000000005 Japan 7005364485000000000364,485 700429751000000000029,751 700181630000000000081.63 70006000000000000006 Australia 70067682300000000007,682,300 700425760000000000025,760 70003350000000000003.35 70007000000000000007 Norway 7005304282000000000304,282 700425148000000000025,148 700182650000000000082.65 70008000000000000008 United States 70069161966000000009,161,966 700419924000000000019,924 70002170000000000002.17 — Antarctica 700714000000000000014,000,000 700417968000000000017,968 70001300000000000001.30 70009000000000000009 New Zealand 7005267710000000000267,710 700415134000000000015,134 700156530000000000056.53 700110000000000000010 China 70069569901000000009,569,901 700414500000000000014,500 70001520000000000001.52 700111000000000000011 Greece 7005130647000000000130,647 700413676000000000013,676 7002104680000000000104.68 700112000000000000012 United Kingdom 7005241930000000000241,930 700412429000000000012,429 700151370000000000051.37 700113000000000000013 Mexico 70061943945000000001,943,945 70039330000000000009,330 70004800000000000004.80 700114000000000000014 Italy 7005294140000000000294,140 70037600000000000007,600 700126000000000000026.00 700115000000000000015 Brazil 70068459417000000008,459,417 70037491000000000007,491 69998900000000000000.89 700116000000000000016 Denmark 700442434000000000042,434 70037314000000000007,314 7002172400000000000172.40 700117000000000000017 Turkey 7005770760000000000770,760 70037200000000000007,200 70009400000000000009.40 700118000000000000018 India 70062973193000000002,973,193 70037000000000000007,000 70002000000000000002.00 700119000000000000019 Chile 7005743812000000000743,812 70036435000000000006,435 70008650000000000008.65 700120000000000000020 Croatia 700455974000000000055,974 70036268000000000006,268 7002104200000000000104.20 700121000000000000021 Federated States of Micronesia 7002702000000000000702 70036112000000000006,112 70038710000000000008,710.00 700122000000000000022 Solomon Islands 700427986000000000027,986 70035313000000000005,313 7002189800000000000189.80 700123000000000000023 Papua New Guinea 7005452860000000000452,860 70035152000000000005,152 700111380000000000011.38 700124000000000000024 Argentina 70062736690000000002,736,690 70034989000000000004,989 70001820000000000001.82 700125000000000000025 Iceland 7005100250000000000100,250 70034970000000000004,970 700149600000000000049.60 700126000000000000026 Spain 7005498980000000000498,980 70034964000000000004,964 70009950000000999999.95 700127000000000000027 France 7005640427000000000640,427 70034853000000000004,853 70007580000000000007.58 700128000000000000028 Madagascar 7005581540000000000581,540 70034828000000000004,828 70008300000000000008.30 700129000000000000029 Malaysia 7005328657000000000328,657 70034675000000000004,675 700114220000000000014.22 700130000000000000030 Estonia 700442388000000000042,388 70033794000000000003,794 700189510000000000089.51 700131000000000000031 Cuba 7005109820000000000109,820 70033735000000000003,735 700134010000000000034.01 — Svalbard 700462045000000000062,045 70033587000000000003,587 700157810000000000057.81 700132000000000000032 Bahamas, the !The Bahamas 700410010000000000010,010 70033542000000000003,542 7002353800000000000353.80 700133000000000000033 Vietnam 7005310070000000000310,070 70033444000000000003,444 700111110000000000011.11 700134000000000000034 Thailand 7005510890000000000510,890 70033219000000000003,219 70006300000000000006.30 700135000000000000035 Sweden 7005410335000000000410,335 70033218000000000003,218 70007840000000000007.84 700136000000000000036 Colombia 70061038700000000001,038,700 70033208000000000003,208 70003090000000000003.09 — Coral Sea Islands 7000290000000000000<3 70033095000000000003,095 7006103000000000000>1.000.000 700137000000000000037 Somalia 7005627337000000000627,337 70033025000000000003,025 70004820000000000004.82 — French Southern and Antarctic Lands 70037667600000000007,667.6 70032948400000000002,948.4 7002400000000000000400.00 700138000000000000038 Venezuela 7005882050000000000882,050 70032800000000000002,800 70003200000000000003.20 700139000000000000039 South Africa 70061214470000000001,214,470 70032798000000000002,798 70002300000000999992.30 700140000000000000040 Ukraine 7005579330000000000579,330 70032782000000000002,782 70004800000000000004.80 700141000000000000041 Saudi Arabia 70062149690000000002,149,690 70032640000000000002,640 70001230000000000001.23 700142000000000000042 Vanuatu 700412189000000000012,189 70032528000000000002,528 7002207400000000000207.40 — French Polynesia 70033827000000000003,827 70032525000000000002,525 7002659800000000000659.80 700143000000000000043 Korea, North ! North Korea 7005120408000000000120,408 70032495000000000002,495 700120720000000000020.72 700144000000000000044 Panama 700474340000000000074,340 70032490000000000002,490 700133500000000000033.50 700145000000000000045 Mozambique 7005786380000000000786,380 70032470000000000002,470 70003140000000000003.14 700146000000000000046 Egypt 7005995450000000000995,450 70032450000000000002,450 70002460000000000002.46 700147000000000000047 Iran 70061531595000000001,531,595 70032440000000000002,440 70001590000000000001.59 700148000000000000048 Peru 70061279996000000001,279,996 70032414000000000002,414 70001890000000000001.89 700149000000000000049 Korea, South ! South Korea 700496920000000000096,920 70032413000000000002,413 700124900000000000024.90 700150000000000000050 Germany 7005348672000000000348,672 70032389000000000002,389 70006850000000000006.85 — New Caledonia 700418275000000000018,275 70032254000000000002,254 7002123300000000000123.30 700151000000000000051 Ecuador 7005276841000000000276,841 70032237000000000002,237 70008080000000000008.08 700152000000000000052 Eritrea 7005101000000000000101,000 70032234000000000002,234 700122100000000000022.10 700153000000000000053 Oman 7005309500000000000309,500 70032092000000000002,092 70006760000000000006.76 700154000000000000054 Myanmar 7005653508000000000653,508 70031930000000000001,930 70002950000000000002.95 700155000000000000055 Yemen 7005527968000000000527,968 70031906000000000001,906 70003610000000000003.61 700156000000000000056 Morocco 7005446300000000000446,300 70031835000000000001,835 70004140099999999994.14 700157000000000000057 Portugal 700491470000000000091,470 70031793000000000001,793 700119600000000000019.60 700158000000000000058 Haiti 700427560000000000027,560 70031771000000000001,771 700164260000000000064.26 700159000000000000059 Libya 70061759540000000001,759,540 70031770000000000001,770 70001010000000000001.01 700160000000000000060 Angola 70061246700000000001,246,700 70031600000000000001,600 70001300000000000001.30 700161000000000000061 Namibia 7005823290000000000823,290 70031572000000000001,572 70001910000000000001.91 700162000000000000062 Taiwan 700432260000000000032,260 70031566300000000001,566.3 700148550000000000048.55 700163000000000000063 Palau 7002459000000000000459 70031519000000000001,519 70033310000000000003,310.00 — Northern Mariana Islands 7002464000000000000464 70031482000000000001,482 70033190000000000003,190.00 700164000000000000064 Ireland 700468883000000000068,883 70031448000000000001,448 700121020000000000021.02 700165000000000000065 Tanzania 7005885800000000000885,800 70031424000000000001,424 70001610000000000001.61 700166000000000000066 Sri 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70031117000000000001,117 7002801900000000000801.90 — Western Sahara 7005266000000000000266,000 70031110000000000001,110 70004170000000000004.17 700174000000000000074 Pakistan 7005881912000000000881,912 70031046000000000001,046 70001360000000000001.36 700175000000000000075 Jamaica 700410831000000000010,831 70031022000000000001,022 700194360000000000094.36 700176000000000000076 Algeria 70062381741000000002,381,741 7002998000000000000998 69994200000000000000.42 700177000000000000077 Cape Verde 70034033000000000004,033 7002965000000000000965 7002239000000000000239.00 — Spratly Islands 7000490000000000000<5 7002926000000000000926 7005190000000000000≥200.000 700178000000000000078 Nicaragua 7005119990000000000119,990 7002910000000000000910 70007600000000000007.60 700179000000000000079 Gabon 7005257667000000000257,667 7002885000000000000885 70003430000000000003.43 700180000000000000080 Nigeria 7005910768000000000910,768 7002853000000000000853 69999400000000000000.94 700180000000000000080 Sudan 70061861484000000001,861,484 7002853000000000000853 69994600000000000000.46 700182000000000000082 Honduras 7005111890000000000111,890 7002832000000000000832 70007440000000000007.44 700183000000000000083 Mauritania 70061030700000000001,030,700 7002754000000000000754 69997300000000000000.73 — Hong Kong 70031054000000000001,054 7002733000000000000733 7002695000000000000695.00 700184000000000000084 Timor-Leste 700414874000000000014,874 7002706000000000000706 700147500000000000047.50 — British Indian Ocean Territory 700160000000000000060 7002698000000000000698 700410000000000000010,000.00 700185000000000000085 Uruguay 7005175015000000000175,015 7002660000000000000660 70003800000000000003.80 700186000000000000086 Cyprus 70039241000000000009,241 7002648000000000000648 700170100999990000070.10 700187000000000000087 Maldives 7002298000000000000298 7002644000000000000644 70032160000000000002,160.00 700188000000000000088 Bangladesh 7005130168000000000130,168 7002580000000000000580 70004500000000000004.50 700189000000000000089 Liberia 700496320000000000096,320 7002579000000000000579 70006010000000000006.01 700190000000000000090 Qatar 700411586000000000011,586 7002563000000000000563 700148600000000000048.60 700191000000000000091 Ghana 7005227533000000000227,533 7002539000000000000539 70002370000000000002.37 700192000000000000092 Kenya 7005569140000000000569,140 7002536000000000000536 69999400000000000000.94 700193000000000000093 Senegal 7005192530000000000192,530 7002531000000000000531 70002759900000999992.76 — Paracel Islands 70007750000000000007.75 7002518000000000000518 700466800000000000066,800.00 700194000000000000094 Ivory Coast 7005318003000000000318,003 7002515000000000000515 70001620000000000001.62 — Puerto Rico 70038870000000000008,870 7002501000000000000501 700156500000000000056.50 700195000000000000095 Kuwait 700417818000000000017,818 7002499000000000000499 700128000000000000028.00 700196000000000000096 Latvia 700462249000000000062,249 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7002106000000000000106 Guatemala 7005107159000000000107,159 7002400000000000000400 70004000000000000004.00 — Turks and Caicos Islands 7002948000000000000948 7002389000000000000389 7002410000000000000410.00 7002107000000000000107 Belize 700422806000000000022,806 7002386000000000000386 700116900999990000016.90 7002107000000000000107 Suriname 7005156000000000000156,000 7002386000000000000386 70002470000000000002.47 7002109000000000000109 Marshall Islands 7002181000000000000181 7002370400000000000370.4 70032050000000000002,050.00 — Curacao 7002444000000000000444 7002364000000000000364 7002820000000000000820.00 7002110000000000000110 Albania 700427398000000000027,398 7002362000000000000362 700113200000000000013.20 7002110000000000000110 Trinidad and Tobago 70035128000000000005,128 7002362000000000000362 700170600999990000070.60 7002112000000000000112 Bulgaria 7005108489000000000108,489 7002354000000000000354 70003259900000000003.26 7002113000000000000113 Guinea-Bissau 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Rank Country Coastline (km) — World 1,634,701 1 Canada 265,523 2 United States 133,312 3 Russia 110,310 4 Indonesia 95,181 5 Chile 78,563 6 Australia 66,530 7 Norway 53,199 8 Philippines 33,900 9 Brazil 33,379 10 Finland 31,119 11 China 30,017 12 Japan 29,020 13 Sweden 26,384 14 Mexico 23,761 15 Papua New Guinea 20,197 16 United Kingdom 19,717 17 New Zealand 17,209 18 India 17,181 19 Greece 15,147 20 Burma 14,708 21 Cuba 14,519 22 Korea, South 12,478 23 Vietnam 11,409 24 Bahamas, The 11,238 25 Madagascar 9,935 26 Solomon Islands 9,880 27 Malaysia 9,323 28 Italy 9,226 29 Iceland 8,506 30 Argentina 8,397 31 Turkey 8,140 32 Saudi Arabia 7,572 33 France 7,330 34 Spain 7,268 35 Thailand 7,066 36 Mozambique 6,942 37 Venezuela 6,762 38 Ireland 6,437 39 Egypt 5,898 40 Iran 5,891 41 Colombia 5,875 — French Polynesia 5,830 42 Croatia 5,664 43 Panama 5,637 44 Denmark 5,316 45 Ukraine 4,953 46 Fiji 4,638 47 Ecuador 4,597 48 Kazakhstan 4,528 49 Korea, North 4,009 50 Somalia 3,898 51 South Africa 3,751 52 Germany 3,624 — New Caledonia 3,624 53 Tanzania 3,461 54 Eritrea 3,446 55 Peru 3,362 56 Bangladesh 3,306 57 Guinea-Bissau 3,176 58 Yemen 3,149 59 Vanuatu 3,132 60 Nigeria 3,122 61 Estonia 2,956 62 United Arab Emirates 2,871 63 Portugal 2,830 64 Sri Lanka 2,825 65 Oman 2,810 66 Pakistan 2,599 67 Angola 2,252 68 Sudan 2,245 69 Marshall Islands 2,106 70 Costa Rica 2,069 71 Libya 2,025 72 Gabon 2,019 73 Morocco 2,009 74 Taiwan 2,007 75 Maldives 2,002 76 Belize 1,996 77 Haiti 1,977 78 Kiribati 1,961 79 Tunisia 1,927 80 Nicaragua 1,915 81 Netherlands 1,914 82 Honduras 1,878 83 Cameroon 1,799 84 Namibia 1,754 85 Uzbekistan 1,707 86 Sierra Leone 1,677 87 Guinea 1,615 88 Dominican Republic 1,612 89 Kenya 1,586 90 Algeria 1,557 91 Senegal 1,327 92 Micronesia, Federated States of 1,295 93 Turkmenistan 1,289 94 Mauritania 1,268 95 Guyana 1,154 96 Cambodia 1,127 97 Cape Verde 1,121 98 Uruguay 1,096 — Puerto Rico 1,094 99 Poland 1,032 — Hong Kong 955 100 Qatar 909 101 Tonga 909 102 Jamaica 895 103 Azerbaijan 871 104 Liberia 842 105 Côte d'Ivoire 797 — French Guiana 763 106 Ghana 758 107 Kuwait 756 108 El Salvador 756 109 Seychelles 747 110 Trinidad and Tobago 704 111 Romania 696 112 Cyprus 671 113 Albania 649 114 Suriname 620 115 Equatorial Guinea 603 — Guadeloupe 581 116 Latvia 566 117 Gambia 503 118 Mauritius 496 119 Comoros 469 120 Samoa 463 121 Bulgaria 457 122 Guatemala 445 123 Djibouti 443 — U.S. Virgin Islands 390 124 Georgia 376 — Martinique 369 — Netherlands Antilles 361 125 Lebanon 294 126 Antigua and Barbuda 289 127 Brunei 269 128 São Tomé and Príncipe 269 129 Singapore 268 130 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 264 131 Lithuania 258 132 Bahrain 255 133 Grenada 252 — Réunion 219 134 Syria 212 135 Congo, Republic of the 205 136 Israel 205 137 Malta 198 — Bermuda 180 138 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 177 139 Saint Lucia 166 140 Benin 153 141 Dominica 152 — Aruba 107 142 Iraq 105 143 Barbados 97 144 Belgium 76 145 Togo 53 146 Slovenia 41 — Macau 36 147 Jordan 27 148 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23 149 Afghanistan 0 149 Armenia 0 149 Austria 0 149 Belarus 0 149 Bhutan 0 149 Bolivia 0 149 Botswana 0 149 Burkina Faso 0 149 Burundi 0 149 Central African Republic 0 149 Chad 0 149 Czech Republic 0 149 Ethiopia 0 149 Hungary 0 149 Kyrgyzstan 0 149 Laos 0 149 Lesotho 0 149 Luxembourg 0 149 Macedonia, Republic of 0 149 Malawi 0 149 Mali 0 149 Moldova 0 149 Mongolia 0 149 Nepal 0 149 Niger 0 149 Paraguay 0 149 Rwanda 0 149 Slovakia 0 149 Swaziland 0 149 Switzerland 0 149 Tajikistan 0 149 Uganda 0 149 Zambia 0 149 Zimbabwe 0

See also

• List of countries bordering on two or more oceans

Further reading

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