Coastline by Country

Analysis

Global Rankings

Rank	Country	Coastline (km)
1	Canada	202,080 km
2	Indonesia	54,716 km
3	Greenland	44,087 km
4	Russia	37,653 km
5	Philippines	36,289 km
6	Japan	29,751 km
7	Australia	25,760 km
8	Norway	25,148 km
9	United States	19,924 km
10	New Zealand	15,134 km
11	China	14,500 km
12	Greece	13,676 km
13	United Kingdom	12,429 km
14	Mexico	9,330 km
15	Italy	7,600 km
16	Brazil	7,491 km
17	Denmark	7,314 km
18	Turkey	7,200 km
19	India	7,000 km
20	Chile	6,435 km
21	Micronesia, Federated States of	6,112 km
22	Croatia	5,835 km
23	Solomon Islands	5,313 km
24	Papua New Guinea	5,152 km
25	Argentina	4,989 km
26	Iceland	4,970 km
27	Spain	4,964 km
28	France	4,853 km
29	Madagascar	4,828 km
30	Malaysia	4,675 km
31	Estonia	3,794 km
32	Cuba	3,735 km
33	Svalbard	3,587 km
34	Bahamas	3,542 km
35	Vietnam	3,444 km
36	Thailand	3,219 km
37	Sweden	3,218 km
38	Colombia	3,208 km
39	Somalia	3,025 km
40	Venezuela	2,800 km
41	South Africa	2,798 km
42	Ukraine	2,782 km
43	Saudi Arabia	2,640 km
44	Vanuatu	2,528 km
45	French Polynesia	2,525 km
46	North Korea	2,495 km
47	Panama	2,490 km
48	Mozambique	2,470 km
49	Egypt	2,450 km
50	Iran	2,440 km
51	Peru	2,414 km
52	South Korea	2,413 km
53	Germany	2,389 km
54	New Caledonia	2,254 km
55	Ecuador	2,237 km
56	Eritrea	2,234 km
57	Oman	2,092 km
58	Burma	1,930 km
59	Yemen	1,906 km
60	Morocco	1,835 km
61	Portugal	1,793 km
62	Haiti	1,771 km
63	Libya	1,770 km
64	Angola	1,600 km
65	Namibia	1,572 km
66	Taiwan	1,566 km
67	Palau	1,519 km
68	Northern Mariana Islands	1,482 km
69	Ireland	1,448 km
70	Tanzania	1,424 km
71	Sri Lanka	1,340 km
72	United Arab Emirates	1,318 km
73	Costa Rica	1,290 km
74	Dominican Republic	1,288 km
75	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	1,288 km
76	Finland	1,250 km
77	Tunisia	1,148 km
78	Kiribati	1,143 km
79	Fiji	1,129 km
80	Faroe Islands	1,117 km
81	Western Sahara	1,110 km
82	Pakistan	1,046 km
83	Jamaica	1,022 km
84	Algeria	998 km
85	Cabo Verde	965 km
86	Nicaragua	910 km
87	Gabon	885 km
88	Nigeria	853 km
89	Sudan	853 km
90	Honduras	823 km
91	Mauritania	754 km
92	Hong Kong	733 km
93	Timor-Leste	706 km
94	British Indian Ocean Territory	698 km
95	Uruguay	660 km
96	Cyprus	648 km
97	Maldives	644 km
98	Bangladesh	580 km
99	Liberia	579 km
100	Qatar	563 km
101	Ghana	539 km
102	Kenya	536 km
103	Senegal	531 km
104	Cote d'Ivoire	515 km
105	Puerto Rico	501 km
106	Kuwait	499 km
107	Latvia	498 km
108	Seychelles	491 km
109	Guyana	459 km
110	Netherlands	451 km
111	Cambodia	443 km
112	Poland	440 km
113	Tonga	419 km
114	Samoa	403 km
115	Cameroon	402 km
116	Sierra Leone	402 km
117	Guatemala	400 km
118	Turks and Caicos Islands	389 km
119	Belize	386 km
120	Suriname	386 km
121	Marshall Islands	370 km
122	Trinidad and Tobago	362 km
123	Albania	362 km
124	Bulgaria	354 km
125	Guinea-Bissau	350 km
126	Comoros	340 km
127	Guinea	320 km
128	Djibouti	314 km
129	Georgia	310 km
130	El Salvador	307 km
131	Equatorial Guinea	296 km
132	Montenegro	294 km
133	Israel	273 km
134	Romania	225 km
135	Lebanon	225 km
136	Sao Tome and Principe	209 km
137	Malta	197 km
138	Singapore	193 km
139	Syria	193 km
140	Virgin Islands	188 km
141	Mauritius	177 km
142	Republic of the Congo	169 km
143	Brunei	161 km
144	Bahrain	161 km
145	Cayman Islands	160 km
146	Isle of Man	160 km
147	Saint Lucia	158 km
148	Antigua and Barbuda	153 km
149	Dominica	148 km
150	Christmas Island	139 km
151	Saint Kitts and Nevis	135 km
152	Wallis and Futuna	129 km
153	Guam	126 km
154	Benin	121 km
155	Grenada	121 km
156	Cook Islands	120 km
157	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	120 km
158	American Samoa	116 km
159	Bermuda	103 km
160	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	102 km
161	Tokelau	101 km
162	Barbados	97 km
163	Lithuania	90 km
164	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	84 km
165	Gambia	80 km
166	British Virgin Islands	80 km
167	Jersey	70 km
168	Aruba	68 km
169	Belgium	66 km
170	Niue	64 km
171	Anguilla	61 km
172	Saint Martin	59 km
173	Iraq	58 km
174	Togo	56 km
175	Pitcairn Islands	51 km
176	Guernsey	50 km
177	Slovenia	47 km
178	Macau	41 km
179	Montserrat	40 km
180	Democratic Republic of the Congo	37 km
181	Norfolk Island	32 km
182	Nauru	30 km
183	Bouvet Island	30 km
184	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	26 km
185	Jordan	26 km
186	Tuvalu	24 km
187	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20 km
188	Gibraltar	12 km
189	Monaco	4 km
190	Botswana	0 km
191	Burkina Faso	0 km
192	Burundi	0 km
193	Central African Republic	0 km
194	Chad	0 km
195	Ethiopia	0 km
196	Lesotho	0 km
197	Malawi	0 km
198	Mali	0 km
199	Niger	0 km
200	Rwanda	0 km
201	Swaziland	0 km
202	Uganda	0 km
203	Zambia	0 km
204	Zimbabwe	0 km
205	Kazakhstan	0 km
206	Kyrgyzstan	0 km
207	Tajikistan	0 km
208	Turkmenistan	0 km
209	Uzbekistan	0 km
210	Laos	0 km
211	Mongolia	0 km
212	Andorra	0 km
213	Austria	0 km
214	Belarus	0 km
215	Czech Republic	0 km
216	Holy See (Vatican City)	0 km
217	Hungary	0 km
218	Liechtenstein	0 km
219	Luxembourg	0 km
220	Macedonia	0 km
221	Moldova	0 km
222	San Marino	0 km
223	Serbia	0 km
224	Slovakia	0 km
225	Switzerland	0 km
226	Armenia	0 km
227	Azerbaijan	0 km
228	Bolivia	0 km
229	Paraguay	0 km
230	Afghanistan	0 km
231	Bhutan	0 km
232	Nepal	0 km

The Strategic Value of Coastline Length

A country's coastline determines its access to maritime trade, fishing resources, and naval defense. Long coastlines can boost economic activity through ports and tourism, but also require significant investment in security and environmental management. Coastal regions are often more densely populated and economically vibrant. However, they are also vulnerable to climate change, sea level rise, and natural disasters. Understanding coastline length helps explain a nation's economic opportunities and environmental risks.

Sources

Rankings are based on the most recent data available and may vary over time as new data is released. This list uses the latest available data from The World Factbook.