List of countries by length of coastline

An example of the coastline paradox. If the coastline of Britain is measured using a scale interval of 200 km (left), then the length of the coastline is about 2400 km. Using a scale interval of 50 km (right), the length of the coastline is about 3400 km.

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.^{[Note 1]} This "magnifying" effect is greater for convoluted coastlines than for relatively smooth ones. Treated as fractals, coastlines can however be measured. For example, the coast of Great Britain has a size of about 28000 km^1.43, which is called its Hausdorff measure.^[1]

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 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.
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."^[2]

List

Note: non-sovereign areas in italic

Country	The World Factbook^[3]		World Resources Institute^[2]		Land area km² (TWF)^[4]	Coast/area ratio (m/km²)
Country	#	km	#	km	Land area km² (TWF)^[4]	(TWF)	(WRI)
World^{[Note 2]}	—	7006116230600000000♠1,162,306	—	1,634,701	7008148940000000000♠148,940,000	7.80	11.0
Others^{[Note 3]}	—	7005356000000000000♠356,000
Canada	7000100000000000000♠1	7005202080000000000♠202,080	1	265,523	7006909350700000000♠9,093,507	22.2	29.2
Norway	7000200000000000000♠2	7004581330000000000♠58,133	7	53,199	7005304282000000000♠304,282	191	175
Indonesia	7000300000000000000♠3	7004547200000000000♠54,720	4	95,181	7006181156900000000♠1,811,569	30.2	52.5
Greenland^{[Note 4]}	—	7004440870000000000♠44,087			7006216608600000000♠2,166,086	20.4
Russia	7000400000000000000♠4	7004376530000000000♠37,653^{[Note 5]}	3	110,310	7007163777420000000♠16,377,742	2.30	6.74
Philippines	7000500000000000000♠5	7004362890000000000♠36,289	8	33,900	7005341353000000000♠341,353	122	114
Japan	7000600000000000000♠6	7004297510000000000♠29,751	12	29,020	7005364485000000000♠364,485	81.6	79.6
Australia	7000700000000000000♠7	7004257600000000000♠25,760	6	66,530	7006768230000000000♠7,682,300	3.35	8.66
United States	7000800000000000000♠8	7004199240000000000♠19,924	2	133,312	7006914759300000000♠9,147,593	2.18	14.6
Antarctica	—	7004179680000000000♠17,968			7007140000000000000♠14,000,000	1.28
New Zealand	7000900000000000000♠9	7004151340000000000♠15,134	17	17,209	7005264537000000000♠264,537	57.2	65.1
China	7001100000000000000♠10	7004145000000000000♠14,500	11	30,017	7006932641000000000♠9,326,410	1.55	3.22
Greece	7001110000000000000♠11	7004136760000000000♠13,676	19	15,147	7005131957000000000♠131,957	104	115
United Kingdom	7001120000000000000♠12	7004124290000000000♠12,429	16	19,717	7005241930000000000♠241,930	51.4	81.5
Mexico	7001130000000000000♠13	7003933000000000000♠9,330	14	23,761	7006194394500000000♠1,943,945	4.80	12.2
Italy	7001140000000000000♠14	7003760000000000000♠7,600	28	9,226	7005294140000000000♠294,140	25.8	31.4
Croatia	7001150000000000000♠15	7003736800000000000♠7,368^[5]	42	5,664	7004559740000000000♠55,974	112	101
Denmark	7001160000000000000♠16	7003731400000000000♠7,314	44	5,316	7004424340000000000♠42,434	172	125
Turkey	7001170000000000000♠17	7003720000000000000♠7,200	31	8,140	7005783562000000000♠783,562	9.19	10.4
India	7001180000000000000♠18	7003750000000000000♠7,500	18	17,181	7006297319300000000♠2,973,193	2.35	5.78
Chile	7001190000000000000♠19	7003643500000000000♠6,435	5	78,563	7005743812000000000♠743,812	8.65	106
Brazil	7001200000000000000♠20	7003749100000000000♠7,491	9	33,379	7006845941700000000♠8,459,417	0.886	3.95
Micronesia, Federated States of	7001210000000000000♠21	7003611200000000000♠6,112	92	1,295	7002702000000000000♠702	8,710	1,840
Solomon Islands	7001220000000000000♠22	7003531300000000000♠5,313	26	9,880	7004279860000000000♠27,986	190	353
Papua New Guinea	7001230000000000000♠23	7003515200000000000♠5,152	15	20,197	7005452860000000000♠452,860	11.4	44.6
Argentina	7001240000000000000♠24	7003498900000000000♠4,989	30	8,397	7006273669000000000♠2,736,690	1.82	3.07
Iceland	7001250000000000000♠25	7003497000000000000♠4,970	29	8,506	7005100250000000000♠100,250	49.6	84.8
Spain^{[Note 6]}	7001260000000000000♠26	7003496400000000000♠4,964	34	7,268	7005498980000000000♠498,980	9.95	14.6
Metropolitan France	7001270000000000000♠27	7003485300000000000♠4,853	33	7,330	7005640427000000000♠640,427	7.58	11.4
Madagascar	7001280000000000000♠28	7003482800000000000♠4,828	25	9,935	7005581540000000000♠581,540	8.30	17.1
Malaysia	7001290000000000000♠29	7003467500000000000♠4,675	27	9,323	7005328657000000000♠328,657	14.2	28.4
Estonia	7001300000000000000♠30	7003379400000000000♠3,794	61	2,956	7004423880000000000♠42,388	89.5	69.7
Cuba	7001310000000000000♠31	7003373500000000000♠3,735	21	14,519	7005109820000000000♠109,820	34.0	132
Svalbard	—	7003358700000000000♠3,587			7004620450000000000♠62,045	57.8
Bahamas, The	7001320000000000000♠32	7003354200000000000♠3,542	24	11,238	7004100100000000000♠10,010	354	1,120
Vietnam	7001330000000000000♠33	7003344400000000000♠3,444^{[Note 7]}	23	11,409	7005310070000000000♠310,070	11.1	36.8
Thailand	7001340000000000000♠34	7003321900000000000♠3,219	35	7,066	7005510890000000000♠510,890	6.30	13.8
Sweden	7001350000000000000♠35	7003321800000000000♠3,218	13	26,384	7005410335000000000♠410,335	7.84	64.3
Colombia	7001360000000000000♠36	7003320800000000000♠3,208	41	5,875	7006103870000000000♠1,038,700	3.09	5.66
Coral Sea Islands	—	7003309500000000000♠3,095			<3	>1,000,000
Somalia	7001370000000000000♠37	7003333300000000000♠3,333	50	3,898	7005627337000000000♠627,337	5.31	6.21
Iran	7001380000000000000♠38	7003329400000000000♠3,294^{[Note 8]}	40	5,891	7006163610000000000♠1,636,100	1.59	3.85
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	—	7003294840000000000♠2,948.4^{[Note 9]}			7003766760000000000♠7,667.6	385
Venezuela	7001390000000000000♠39	7003280000000000000♠2,800	37	6,762	7005882050000000000♠882,050	3.17	7.67
South Africa	7001400000000000000♠40	7003279800000000000♠2,798	51	3,751	7006121447000000000♠1,214,470	2.30	3.09
Ukraine	7001410000000000000♠41	7003278200000000000♠2,782	45	4,953	7005579330000000000♠579,330	4.80	8.55
Saudi Arabia	7001420000000000000♠42	7003264000000000000♠2,640	32	7,572	7006214969000000000♠2,149,690	1.23	3.52
Vanuatu	7001430000000000000♠43	7003252800000000000♠2,528	59	3,132	7004121890000000000♠12,189	207	257
French Polynesia	—	7003252500000000000♠2,525	—	5,830	7003382700000000000♠3,827	660	1,520
Korea, North	7001440000000000000♠44	7003249500000000000♠2,495	49	4,009	7005120408000000000♠120,408	20.7	33.3
Panama	7001450000000000000♠45	7003249000000000000♠2,490	43	5,637	7004743400000000000♠74,340	33.5	75.8
Mozambique	7001460000000000000♠46	7003247000000000000♠2,470	36	6,942	7005786380000000000♠786,380	3.14	8.83
Egypt	7001470000000000000♠47	7003245000000000000♠2,450	39	5,898	7005995450000000000♠995,450	2.46	5.92
Peru	7001480000000000000♠48	7003241400000000000♠2,414	55	3,362	7006127999600000000♠1,279,996	1.89	2.63
Korea, South	7001490000000000000♠49	7003241300000000000♠2,413	22	12,478	7004969200000000000♠96,920	24.9	129
Germany	7001500000000000000♠50	7003238900000000000♠2,389	52	3,624	7005348672000000000♠348,672	6.85	10.4
New Caledonia	—	7003225400000000000♠2,254	—	3,624	7004182750000000000♠18,275	123	198
Ecuador	7001510000000000000♠51	7003223700000000000♠2,237	47	4,597	7005276841000000000♠276,841	8.08	16.6
Eritrea	7001520000000000000♠52	7003223400000000000♠2,234^[5]	54	3,446	7005101000000000000♠101,000	22.1	34.1
Oman	7001530000000000000♠53	7003209200000000000♠2,092	65	2,810	7005309500000000000♠309,500	6.76	9.08
Burma	7001540000000000000♠54	7003193000000000000♠1,930	20	14,708	7005653508000000000♠653,508	2.95	22.5
Yemen	7001550000000000000♠55	7003190600000000000♠1,906	58	3,149	7005527968000000000♠527,968	3.61	5.96
Morocco	7001560000000000000♠56	7003183500000000000♠1,835	73	2,009	7005446300000000000♠446,300	4.11	4.50
Portugal	7001570000000000000♠57	7003179300000000000♠1,793	63	2,830	7004914700000000000♠91,470	19.6	30.9
Haiti	7001580000000000000♠58	7003177100000000000♠1,771	77	1,977	7004275600000000000♠27,560	64.3	71.7
Libya	7001590000000000000♠59	7003177000000000000♠1,770	71	2,025	7006175954000000000♠1,759,540	1.01	1.15
Angola	7001600000000000000♠60	7003160000000000000♠1,600	67	2,252	7006124670000000000♠1,246,700	1.28	1.81
Namibia	7001610000000000000♠61	7003157200000000000♠1,572	84	1,754	7005823290000000000♠823,290	1.91	2.13
Taiwan	7001620000000000000♠62	7003156630000000000♠1,566.3	74	2,007	7004322600000000000♠32,260	48.6	62.2
Palau	7001630000000000000♠63	7003151900000000000♠1,519			7002459000000000000♠459	3,310
Northern Mariana Islands	—	7003148200000000000♠1,482			7002464000000000000♠464	3,190
Ireland	7001640000000000000♠64	7003144800000000000♠1,448	38	6,437	7004688830000000000♠68,883	21.0	93.4
Tanzania	7001650000000000000♠65	7003142400000000000♠1,424	53	3,461	7005885800000000000♠885,800	1.61	3.91
Sri Lanka	7001660000000000000♠66	7003134000000000000♠1,340	64	2,825	7004646300000000000♠64,630	20.7	43.7
United Arab Emirates	7001670000000000000♠67	7003131800000000000♠1,318	62	2,871	7004836000000000000♠83,600	15.8	34.3
Costa Rica	7001680000000000000♠68	7003129000000000000♠1,290	70	2,069	7004510600000000000♠51,060	25.3	40.5
Dominican Republic	7001690000000000000♠69	7003128800000000000♠1,288	88	1,612	7004483200000000000♠48,320	26.7	33.4
Falkland Islands	—	7003128800000000000♠1,288			7004121730000000000♠12,173	106
Finland	7001700000000000000♠70	7003125000000000000♠1,250	10	31,119	7005303815000000000♠303,815	4.11	102
Tunisia	7001710000000000000♠71	7003114800000000000♠1,148	79	1,927	7005155360000000000♠155,360	7.39	12.4
Kiribati	7001720000000000000♠72	7003114300000000000♠1,143	78	1,961	7002811000000000000♠811	1,410	2,420
Fiji	7001730000000000000♠73	7003112900000000000♠1,129	46	4,638	7004182740000000000♠18,274	61.8	254
Faroe Islands	—	7003111700000000000♠1,117			7003139300000000000♠1,393	802
Western Sahara	—	7003111000000000000♠1,110			7005266000000000000♠266,000	4.17
Pakistan	7001740000000000000♠74	7003104600000000000♠1,046	66	2,599	7005881912000000000♠881,912	1.19	2.95
Jamaica	7001750000000000000♠75	7003102200000000000♠1,022	102	895	7004108310000000000♠10,831	94.4	82.6
Algeria	7001760000000000000♠76	7002998000000000000♠998	90	1,557	7006238174100000000♠2,381,741	0.419	0.654
Cape Verde	7001770000000000000♠77	7002965000000000000♠965	97	1,121	7003403300000000000♠4,033	239	278
Spratly Islands	—	7002926000000000000♠926			<5	>200,000
Nicaragua	7001780000000000000♠78	7002910000000000000♠910	80	1,915	7005119990000000000♠119,990	7.58	16.0
Gabon	7001790000000000000♠79	7002885000000000000♠885	72	2,019	7005257667000000000♠257,667	3.43	7.84
Nigeria	7001800000000000000♠80	7002853000000000000♠853	60	3,122	7005910768000000000♠910,768	0.937	3.43
Sudan	7001810000000000000♠81	7002853000000000000♠853	68	2,245	7006186148400000000♠1,861,484^[6]	0.458	1.21
Honduras	7001820000000000000♠82	7002832000000000000♠832^{[Note 10]}	82	1,878	7005111890000000000♠111,890	7.44	16.8
Mauritania	7001830000000000000♠83	7002754000000000000♠754	94	1,268	7006103070000000000♠1,030,700	0.732	1.23
Hong Kong	—	7002733000000000000♠733	—	955	7003105400000000000♠1,054	695	906
Timor-Leste	7001840000000000000♠84	7002706000000000000♠706			7004148740000000000♠14,874	47.5
British Indian Ocean Territory	—	7002698000000000000♠698			7001600000000000000♠60	11,600
Uruguay	7001850000000000000♠85	7002660000000000000♠660	98	1,096	7005175015000000000♠175,015	3.77	6.26
Cyprus	7001860000000000000♠86	7002648000000000000♠648	112	671	7003924100000000000♠9,241	70.1	72.6
Maldives	7001870000000000000♠87	7002644000000000000♠644	75	2,002	7002298000000000000♠298	2,160	6,720
Bangladesh	7001880000000000000♠88	7002580000000000000♠580	56	3,306	7005130168000000000♠130,168	4.46	25.4
Liberia	7001890000000000000♠89	7002579000000000000♠579	104	842	7004963200000000000♠96,320	6.01	8.74
Qatar	7001900000000000000♠90	7002563000000000000♠563	100	909	7004115860000000000♠11,586	48.6	78.5
Ghana	7001910000000000000♠91	7002539000000000000♠539	106	758	7005227533000000000♠227,533	2.37	3.33
Kenya	7001920000000000000♠92	7002536000000000000♠536	89	1,586	7005569140000000000♠569,140	0.942	2.79
Senegal	7001930000000000000♠93	7002531000000000000♠531	91	1,327	7005192530000000000♠192,530	2.76	6.89
Paracel Islands	—	7002518000000000000♠518			7000775000000000000♠7.75	66,800
Côte d'Ivoire	7001940000000000000♠94	7002515000000000000♠515	105	797	7005318003000000000♠318,003	1.62	2.51
Puerto Rico	—	7002501000000000000♠501	—	1,094	7003887000000000000♠8,870	56.5	123
Kuwait	7001950000000000000♠95	7002499000000000000♠499	107	756	7004178180000000000♠17,818	28.0	42.4
Latvia	7001960000000000000♠96	7002498000000000000♠498	116	566	7004622490000000000♠62,249	8.00	9.09
Seychelles	7001970000000000000♠97	7002491000000000000♠491	109	747	7002455000000000000♠455	1,080	1,640
Guyana	7001980000000000000♠98	7002459000000000000♠459	95	1,154	7005196849000000000♠196,849	2.33	5.86
Netherlands	7001990000000000000♠99	7002451000000000000♠451^{[Note 11]}	81	1,914	7004338930000000000♠33,893	13.3	56.5
Cambodia	7002100000000000000♠100	7002443000000000000♠443	96	1,127	7005176515000000000♠176,515	2.51	6.38
Poland	7002101000000000000♠101	7002440000000000000♠440	99	1,032	7005312679000000000♠312,679	1.41	3.30
Tonga	7002102000000000000♠102	7002419000000000000♠419	101	909	7002717000000000000♠717	584	1,270
Samoa	7002103000000000000♠103	7002403000000000000♠403	120	463	7003282100000000000♠2,821	143	164
Cameroon	7002104000000000000♠104	7002402000000000000♠402	83	1,799	7005469440000000000♠469,440	0.856	3.83
Sierra Leone	7002104000000000000♠104	7002402000000000000♠402	86	1,677	7004716200000000000♠71,620	5.61	23.4
Guatemala	7002106000000000000♠106	7002400000000000000♠400	122	445	7005107159000000000♠107,159	3.73	4.15
Turks and Caicos Islands	—	7002389000000000000♠389			7002948000000000000♠948	410
Belize	7002107000000000000♠107	7002386000000000000♠386	76	1,996	7004228060000000000♠22,806	16.9	87.5
Suriname	7002107000000000000♠107	7002386000000000000♠386	114	620	7005156000000000000♠156,000	2.47	3.97
Marshall Islands	7002109000000000000♠109	7002370400000000000♠370.4	69	2,106	7002181000000000000♠181	2,050	11,600
Curaçao	—	7002364000000000000♠364			7002444000000000000♠444	820
Albania	7002110000000000000♠110	7002362000000000000♠362	113	649	7004273980000000000♠27,398	13.2	23.7
Trinidad and Tobago	7002110000000000000♠110	7002362000000000000♠362	110	704	7003512800000000000♠5,128	70.6	137
Bulgaria	7002112000000000000♠112	7002354000000000000♠354	121	457	7005108489000000000♠108,489	3.26	4.21
Guinea-Bissau	7002113000000000000♠113	7002350000000000000♠350	57	3,176	7004281200000000000♠28,120	12.4	113
Comoros	7002114000000000000♠114	7002340000000000000♠340	119	469	7003223500000000000♠2,235	152	210
Guinea	7002115000000000000♠115	7002320000000000000♠320	87	1,615	7005245717000000000♠245,717	1.30	6.57
Djibouti	7002116000000000000♠116	7002314000000000000♠314	123	443	7004231800000000000♠23,180	13.5	19.1
Georgia	7002117000000000000♠117	7002310000000000000♠310	124	376	7004697000000000000♠69,700	4.45	5.39
El Salvador	7002118000000000000♠118	7002307000000000000♠307	108	756	7004207210000000000♠20,721	14.8	36.5
Equatorial Guinea	7002119000000000000♠119	7002296000000000000♠296	115	603	7004280510000000000♠28,051	10.6	21.5
Montenegro	7002120000000000000♠120	7002293500000000000♠293.5			13,812	51.37
Israel	7002121000000000000♠121	7002273000000000000♠273^{[Note 12]}	136	205	7004203300000000000♠20,330	13.4	10.1
Lebanon	7002122000000000000♠122	7002225000000000000♠225	125	294	7004102300000000000♠10,230	22.0	28.7
Romania	7002122000000000000♠122	7002225000000000000♠225	111	696	7005229891000000000♠229,891	0.979	3.03
São Tomé and Príncipe	7002124000000000000♠124	7002209000000000000♠209	128	269	7002964000000000000♠964	217	279
Malta	7002125000000000000♠125	7002252810000000000♠252.81	137	198	7002316000000000000♠316	800	627
Singapore	7002126000000000000♠126	7002193000000000000♠193	129	268	7002687000000000000♠687	281	390
Syria	7002126000000000000♠126	7002193000000000000♠193	134	212	7005183630000000000♠183,630	1.05	1.15
U.S. Virgin Islands	—	7002188000000000000♠188	—	390	7002346000000000000♠346	543	1,130
Mauritius	7002128000000000000♠128	7002177000000000000♠177	118	496	7003203000000000000♠2,030	87.2	244
Congo, Republic of the	7002129000000000000♠129	7002169000000000000♠169	135	205	7005341500000000000♠341,500	0.495	0.600
Bahrain	7002130000000000000♠130	7002161000000000000♠161	132	255	7002760000000000000♠760	212	336
Brunei	7002130000000000000♠130	7002161000000000000♠161	127	269	7003526500000000000♠5,265	30.6	51.1
Cayman Islands	—	7002160000000000000♠160			7002264000000000000♠264	606
Isle of Man	—	7002160000000000000♠160			7002572000000000000♠572	280
Saint Lucia	7002132000000000000♠132	7002158000000000000♠158	139	166	7002606000000000000♠606	261	274
Antigua and Barbuda	7002133000000000000♠133	7002153000000000000♠153	126	289	7002442600000000000♠442.6	346	653
Dominica	7002134000000000000♠134	7002148000000000000♠148	141	152	7002751000000000000♠751	197	202
Christmas Island	—	7002138900000000000♠138.9			7002135000000000000♠135	1,030
Saint Kitts and Nevis	7002135000000000000♠135	7002135000000000000♠135			7002261000000000000♠261	517
Wallis and Futuna	—	7002129000000000000♠129			7002142000000000000♠142	908
Guam	—	7002125500000000000♠125.5			7002544000000000000♠544	231
Jan Mayen	—	7002124100000000000♠124.1			7002377000000000000♠377	329
Benin	7002136000000000000♠136	7002121000000000000♠121	140	153	7005110622000000000♠110,622	1.09	1.38
Grenada	7002136000000000000♠136	7002121000000000000♠121	133	252	7002344000000000000♠344	352	733
Cook Islands	7002138000000000000♠138	7002120000000000000♠120			7002236000000000000♠236	508
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	—	7002120000000000000♠120			7002242000000000000♠242	496
American Samoa	—	7002116000000000000♠116			7002199000000000000♠199	583
Bermuda	—	7002103000000000000♠103	—	180	7001540000000000000♠54	1,910	3,330
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	—	7002101900000000000♠101.9			7002412000000000000♠412	247
Tokelau	—	7002101000000000000♠101			7001120000000000000♠12	8,420
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	—	7002100000000000000♠100^{[Note 13]}			7002308000000000000♠308	325
Barbados	7002139000000000000♠139	7001970000000000000♠97	143	97	7002430000000000000♠430	226	226
Lithuania	7002140000000000000♠140	7001900000000000000♠90	131	258	7004626800000000000♠62,680	1.44	4.12
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	—	7001857000000000000♠85.7			7001224100000000000♠22.41	3,820
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7002141000000000000♠141	7001840000000000000♠84	130	264	7002389000000000000♠389	216	679
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	—	7001838000000000000♠83.8			7002253800000000000♠253.8^[6]	330
British Virgin Islands	—	7001800000000000000♠80			7002151000000000000♠151	530
Gambia	7002142000000000000♠142	7001800000000000000♠80	117	503	7004100000000000000♠10,000	8.00	50.3
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	—	7001741009999900000♠74.1			7000500000000000000♠5	14,800
Jersey	—	7001700000000000000♠70			7002116000000000000♠116	603
Aruba	—	7001685000000000000♠68.5	—	107	7002180000000000000♠180	381	594
Belgium	7002143000000000000♠143	7001665000000000000♠66.5	144	76	7004302780000000000♠30,278	2.20	2.51
Niue	7002144000000000000♠144	7001640000000000000♠64			7002260000000000000♠260	246
Anguilla	—	7001610000000000000♠61			7001910000000000000♠91	670
Saint Martin	—	7001589000000000000♠58.9^{[Note 14]}			7001544000000000000♠54.4	1,080
Iraq	7002145000000000000♠145	7001580000000000000♠58	142	105	7005437367000000000♠437,367	0.133	0.240
Togo	7002146000000000000♠146	7001560000000000000♠56	145	53	7004543850000000000♠54,385	1.03	0.975
Pitcairn Islands	—	7001510000000000000♠51			7001470000000000000♠47	1,090
Guernsey	—	7001500000000000000♠50			7001780000000000000♠78	641
Slovenia	7002147000000000000♠147	7001466000000000000♠46.6	146	41	7004201510000000000♠20,151	2.31	2.03
Macau	—	7001410000000000000♠41	—	36	7001282000000000000♠28.2	1,450	1,280
Gaza Strip	—	7001400000000000000♠40			7002360000000000000♠360	111
Montserrat	—	7001400000000000000♠40			7002102000000000000♠102	392
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	7002148000000000000♠148	7001370000000000000♠37	138	177	7006226704800000000♠2,267,048	0.0163	0.0781
Norfolk Island	—	7001320000000000000♠32			7001360000000000000♠36	889
Nauru	7002149000000000000♠149	7001300000000000000♠30			7001210000000000000♠21	1,430
Bouvet Island	—	7001296000000000000♠29.6			7001490000000000000♠49	604
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	—	7001260000000000000♠26			7001140000000000000♠14	1,860
Jordan	7002150000000000000♠150	7001260000000000000♠26^{[Note 15]}	147	27	7004888020000000000♠88,802	0.293	0.304
Tuvalu	7002151000000000000♠151	7001240000000000000♠24			7001260000000000000♠26	923
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7002152000000000000♠152	7001200000000000000♠20	148	23	7004511870000000000♠51,187	0.391	0.449
Wake Island	—	7001193000000000000♠19.3			7000650000000000000♠6.5	2,970
Gibraltar	—	7001120000000000000♠12			7000650000000000000♠6.5	1,850
Clipperton Island	—	7001111000000000000♠11.1			7000600000000000000♠6	1,850
Navassa Island	—	7000800000000000000♠8			7000540000000000000♠5.4	1,480
Monaco	7002153000000000000♠153	7000410009999999999♠4.1			7000200000000000000♠2	2,050
Saint Barthélemy	—	NA			7001210000000000000♠21
Sint Maarten	—	NA^{[Note 16]}			7001340000000000000♠34	0.0147
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	—	NA			7003390300000000000♠3,903	0.000128
Kazakhstan	7002154000000000000♠154	0^{[Note 17]}	48	4,528	7006269970000000000♠2,699,700	0	1.68
Turkmenistan	7002155000000000000♠155	0^{[Note 18]}	93	1,289	7005469930000000000♠469,930	0	2.74
Azerbaijan	7002156000000000000♠156	0^{[Note 19]}	103	871	7004826290000000000♠82,629	0	10.5
West Bank	—	5000000000000000000♠0^{[Note 20]}			7003564000000000000♠5,640	0
Afghanistan	7002158000000000000♠158	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7005652230000000000♠652,230	0	0
Andorra	7002159000000000000♠159	5000000000000000000♠0			7002468000000000000♠468	0
Armenia	7002160000000000000♠160	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7004282030000000000♠28,203	0	0
Austria	7002161000000000000♠161	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7004824450000000000♠82,445	0	0
Belarus	7002162000000000000♠162	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7005202900000000000♠202,900	0	0
Bhutan	7002163000000000000♠163	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7004383940000000000♠38,394	0	0
Bolivia	7002164000000000000♠164	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7006108330100000000♠1,083,301	0	0
Botswana	7002165000000000000♠165	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7005566730000000000♠566,730	0	0
Burkina Faso	7002166000000000000♠166	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7005273800000000000♠273,800	0	0
Burundi	7002167000000000000♠167	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7004256800000000000♠25,680	0	0
Central African Republic	7002168000000000000♠168	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7005622984000000000♠622,984	0	0
Chad	7002169000000000000♠169	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7006125920000000000♠1,259,200	0	0
Czech Republic	7002170000000000000♠170	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7004772470000000000♠77,247	0	0
Ethiopia	7002171000000000000♠171	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7006100000000000000♠1,000,000	0	0
Hungary	7002172000000000000♠172	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7004896080000000000♠89,608	0	0
Kyrgyzstan	7002173000000000000♠173	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7005191801000000000♠191,801	0	0
Laos	7002174000000000000♠174	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7005230800000000000♠230,800	0	0
Lesotho	7002175000000000000♠175	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7004303550000000000♠30,355	0	0
Liechtenstein	7002176000000000000♠176	5000000000000000000♠0			7002160000000000000♠160	0
Luxembourg	7002177000000000000♠177	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7003258600000000000♠2,586	0	0
Macedonia	7002178000000000000♠178	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7004254330000000000♠25,433	0	0
Malawi	7002179000000000000♠179	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7004940800000000000♠94,080	0	0
Mali	7002180000000000000♠180	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7006122019000000000♠1,220,190	0	0
Moldova	7002181000000000000♠181	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7004328910000000000♠32,891	0	0
Mongolia	7002182000000000000♠182	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7006155355600000000♠1,553,556	0	0
Nepal	7002183000000000000♠183	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7005143351000000000♠143,351	0	0
Niger	7002184000000000000♠184	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7006126670000000000♠1,266,700	0	0
Paraguay	7002185000000000000♠185	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7005397302000000000♠397,302	0	0
Rwanda	7002186000000000000♠186	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7004246680000000000♠24,668	0	0
San Marino	7002187000000000000♠187	5000000000000000000♠0			7001610000000000000♠61	0
Serbia	7002188000000000000♠188	5000000000000000000♠0			7004883610000000000♠88,361	0
Slovakia	7002189000000000000♠189	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7004481050000000000♠48,105	0	0
South Sudan	7002190000000000000♠190	5000000000000000000♠0			7005644329000000000♠644,329^[6]	0
Swaziland	7002191000000000000♠191	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7004172040000000000♠17,204	0	0
Switzerland	7002192000000000000♠192	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7004399970000000000♠39,997	0	0
Tajikistan	7002193000000000000♠193	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7005141510000000000♠141,510	0	0
Uganda	7002194000000000000♠194	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7005197100000000000♠197,100	0	0
Uzbekistan	7002195000000000000♠195	0	85	1,707	7005425400000000000♠425,400	0	4.01
Vatican City	7002196000000000000♠196	5000000000000000000♠0			6999440000000000000♠0.44	0
Zambia	7002197000000000000♠197	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7005743398000000000♠743,398	0	0
Zimbabwe	7002198000000000000♠198	5000000000000000000♠0	149	0	7005386847000000000♠386,847	0	0
French Guiana			—	763
Guadeloupe			—	581
Martinique			—	369
Caribbean Netherlands			—	361
Réunion			—	219

Notes

↑ The 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.
↑ 95 nations and other entities are islands that border no other countries. For the list, see the reference below: "CIA World Factbook: Coastline".
↑ Greenland is an autonomous country within 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.
↑ Iran has an additional 784 km of coastline along the Caspian Sea, which is landlocked and Including 30 islands in the South and North Islands.
↑ Does not include Île Saint-Paul and Îles Crozet (data unavailable) or Adelie Land claim to Antarctica.
↑ 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).
↑ Figure represents coastline of 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

↑ Measuring the Size of Britains Coast (German): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/K%C3%BCstenl%C3%A4nge_Gro%C3%9Fbritanniens.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
1 2 "Coastal and Marine Ecosystems — Marine Jurisdictions: Coastline length". World Resources Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
↑ CIA World Factbook: Coastline
↑ CIA World Factbook: Area
1 2 Includes coastline of minor outlying islands.
1 2 3 Figure represents total area rather than land area.

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