List of countries by length of coastline

An example of the coastline paradox. 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.

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 (i.e., 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."

The World Factbook

World Resources Institute

Rank Country Land area (km²) Coastline (km) Coast/area ratio (m/km²) — World &10000000148940000000000148,940,000 &10000000000356000000000356,000 &100000000000000023900002.39 &100000000000000010000001 Canada &100000000090935070000009,093,507 &10000000000202080000000202,080 &1000000000000002221999922.22 &100000000000000020000002 Indonesia &100000000018115690000001,811,569 &1000000000005471600000054,716 &1000000000000003019999930.20 — Greenland &100000000021660860000002,166,086 &1000000000004408700000044,087 &1000000000000002035000020.35 &100000000000000030000003 Russia &1000000001637774200000016,377,742 &1000000000003765300000037,653 &100000000000000022999992.30 &100000000000000040000004 Philippines &10000000000298170000000298,170 &1000000000003628900000036,289 &10000000000000121709999121.71 &100000000000000050000005 Japan &10000000000364485000000364,485 &1000000000002975100000029,751 &1000000000000008162999981.63 &100000000000000060000006 Australia &100000000076823000000007,682,300 &1000000000002576000000025,760 &100000000000000033500003.35 &100000000000000070000007 Norway &10000000000304282000000304,282 &1000000000002514800000025,148 &1000000000000008265000082.65 &100000000000000080000008 United States &100000000091619660000009,161,966 &1000000000001992400000019,924 &100000000000000021699992.17 — Antarctica &1000000001400000000000014,000,000 &1000000000001796800000017,968 &100000000000000013000001.30 &100000000000000090000009 New Zealand &10000000000267710000000267,710 &1000000000001513400000015,134 &1000000000000005653000056.53 &1000000000000001000000010 China, People's Republic of ! People's Republic of China &100000000095699010000009,569,901 &1000000000001450000000014,500 &100000000000000015200001.52 &1000000000000001100000011 Greece &10000000000130647000000130,647 &1000000000001367600000013,676 &10000000000000104680000104.68 &1000000000000001200000012 United Kingdom &10000000000241930000000241,930 &1000000000001242900000012,429 &1000000000000005136999951.37 &1000000000000001300000013 Mexico &100000000019439450000001,943,945 &100000000000093300000009,330 &100000000000000047999994.80 &1000000000000001400000014 Italy &10000000000294140000000294,140 &100000000000076000000007,600 &1000000000000002600000026.00 &1000000000000001500000015 Brazil &100000000084594170000008,459,417 &100000000000074910000007,491 &100000000000000008900000.89 &1000000000000001600000016 Denmark &1000000000004243400000042,434 &100000000000073140000007,314 &10000000000000172400000172.40 &1000000000000001700000017 Turkey &10000000000769632000000769,632 &100000000000072000000007,200 &100000000000000094000009.40 &1000000000000001800000018 India &100000000029731930000002,973,193 &100000000000070000000007,000 &100000000000000020000002.00 &1000000000000001900000019 Chile &10000000000743812000000743,812 &100000000000064350000006,435 &100000000000000086500008.65 &1000000000000002000000020 Croatia &1000000000005597400000055,974 &100000000000062680000006,268 &10000000000000104200000104.20 &1000000000000002100000021 Federated States of Micronesia &10000000000000702000000702 &100000000000061120000006,112 &100000000000087100000008,710.00 &1000000000000002200000022 Solomon Islands &1000000000002798600000027,986 &100000000000053130000005,313 &10000000000000189800000189.80 &1000000000000002300000023 Papua New Guinea &10000000000452860000000452,860 &100000000000051520000005,152 &1000000000000001138000011.38 &1000000000000002400000024 Argentina &100000000027366900000002,736,690 &100000000000049890000004,989 &100000000000000018200001.82 &1000000000000002500000025 Iceland &10000000000100250000000100,250 &100000000000049700000004,970 &1000000000000004960000049.60 &1000000000000002600000026 Spain &10000000000498980000000498,980 &100000000000049640000004,964 &100000000000000099499999.95 &1000000000000002700000027 France &10000000000640427000000640,427 &100000000000048530000004,853 &100000000000000075800007.58 &1000000000000002800000028 Madagascar &10000000000581540000000581,540 &100000000000048280000004,828 &100000000000000083000008.30 &1000000000000002900000029 Malaysia &10000000000328657000000328,657 &100000000000046750000004,675 &1000000000000001422000014.22 &1000000000000003000000030 Estonia &1000000000004238800000042,388 &100000000000037940000003,794 &1000000000000008951000089.51 &1000000000000003100000031 Cuba &10000000000109820000000109,820 &100000000000037350000003,735 &1000000000000003400999934.01 — Svalbard &1000000000006204500000062,045 &100000000000035870000003,587 &1000000000000005781000057.81 &1000000000000003200000032 Bahamas, the !The Bahamas &1000000000001001000000010,010 &100000000000035420000003,542 &10000000000000353800000353.80 &1000000000000003300000033 Vietnam &10000000000310070000000310,070 &100000000000034440000003,444 &1000000000000001110999911.11 &1000000000000003400000034 Thailand &10000000000510890000000510,890 &100000000000032190000003,219 &100000000000000062999996.30 &1000000000000003500000035 Sweden &10000000000410335000000410,335 &100000000000032180000003,218 &100000000000000078399997.84 &1000000000000003600000036 Colombia &100000000010387000000001,038,700 &100000000000032080000003,208 &100000000000000030899993.09 — Coral Sea Islands &10000000000000002899999<3 &100000000000030950000003,095 &10000000001030000000000>1.000.000 &1000000000000003700000037 Somalia &10000000000627337000000627,337 &100000000000030250000003,025 &100000000000000048200004.82 — French Southern and Antarctic Lands &100000000000076676000007,667.6 &100000000000029484000002,948.4 &10000000000000400000000400.00 &1000000000000003800000038 Venezuela &10000000000882050000000882,050 &100000000000028000000002,800 &100000000000000032000003.20 &1000000000000003900000039 South Africa &100000000012144700000001,214,470 &100000000000027980000002,798 &100000000000000022999992.30 &1000000000000004000000040 Ukraine &10000000000579330000000579,330 &100000000000027820000002,782 &100000000000000047999994.80 &1000000000000004100000041 Saudi Arabia &100000000021496900000002,149,690 &100000000000026400000002,640 &100000000000000012299991.23 &1000000000000004200000042 Vanuatu &1000000000001218900000012,189 &100000000000025280000002,528 &10000000000000207400000207.40 — French Polynesia &100000000000038270000003,827 &100000000000025250000002,525 &10000000000000659799999659.80 &1000000000000004300000043 Korea, North ! 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Republic of China (Taiwan) &1000000000003226000000032,260 &100000000000015662999991,566.3 &1000000000000004854999948.55 &1000000000000006300000063 Palau &10000000000000459000000459 &100000000000015190000001,519 &100000000000033100000003,310.00 — Northern Mariana Islands &10000000000000464000000464 &100000000000014820000001,482 &100000000000031900000003,190.00 &1000000000000006400000064 Ireland &1000000000006888300000068,883 &100000000000014480000001,448 &1000000000000002101999921.02 &1000000000000006500000065 Tanzania &10000000000885800000000885,800 &100000000000014240000001,424 &100000000000000016100001.61 &1000000000000006600000066 Sri Lanka &1000000000006463000000064,630 &100000000000013400000001,340 &1000000000000002069999920.70 &1000000000000006700000067 United Arab Emirates &1000000000008360000000083,600 &100000000000013180000001,318 &1000000000000001580000015.80 &1000000000000006800000068 Costa Rica &1000000000005106000000051,060 &100000000000012900000001,290 &1000000000000002530000025.30 &1000000000000006900000069 Dominican Republic &1000000000004832000000048,320 &100000000000012880000001,288 &1000000000000002666000026.66 — Falkland Islands &1000000000001217300000012,173 &100000000000012880000001,288 &10000000000000105799999105.80 &1000000000000007000000070 Finland &10000000000303815000000303,815 &100000000000012500000001,250 &100000000000000041100004.11 &1000000000000007100000071 Tunisia &10000000000155360000000155,360 &100000000000011480000001,148 &100000000000000073899997.39 &1000000000000007200000072 Kiribati &10000000000000811000000811 &100000000000011430000001,143 &100000000000014100000001,410.00 &1000000000000007300000073 Fiji &1000000000001827400000018,274 &100000000000011290000001,129 &1000000000000006178000061.78 — Faroe Islands &100000000000013930000001,393 &100000000000011170000001,117 &10000000000000801899999801.90 — Western Sahara &10000000000266000000000266,000 &100000000000011100000001,110 &100000000000000041699994.17 &1000000000000007400000074 Pakistan &10000000000770875000000770,875 &100000000000010460000001,046 &100000000000000013600001.36 &1000000000000007500000075 Jamaica &1000000000001083100000010,831 &100000000000010220000001,022 &1000000000000009435999994.36 &1000000000000007600000076 Algeria &100000000023817410000002,381,741 &10000000000000998000000998 &100000000000000004200000.42 &1000000000000007700000077 Cape Verde &100000000000040330000004,033 &10000000000000965000000965 &10000000000000239000000239.00 — Spratly Islands &10000000000000004900000<5 &10000000000000926000000926 &10000000000190000000000≥200.000 &1000000000000007800000078 Nicaragua &10000000000119990000000119,990 &10000000000000910000000910 &100000000000000075999997.60 &1000000000000007900000079 Gabon &10000000000257667000000257,667 &10000000000000885000000885 &100000000000000034300003.43 &1000000000000008000000080 Nigeria &10000000000910768000000910,768 &10000000000000853000000853 &100000000000000009400000.94 &1000000000000008000000080 Sudan &100000000018614840000001,861,484 &10000000000000853000000853 &100000000000000004600000.46 &1000000000000008200000082 Honduras &10000000000111890000000111,890 &10000000000000832000000832 &100000000000000074400007.44 &1000000000000008300000083 Mauritania &100000000010307000000001,030,700 &10000000000000754000000754 &100000000000000007300000.73 — Hong Kong &100000000000010540000001,054 &10000000000000733000000733 &10000000000000695000000695.00 &1000000000000008400000084 Timor-Leste &1000000000001487400000014,874 &10000000000000706000000706 &1000000000000004750000047.50 — British Indian Ocean Territory &1000000000000006000000060 &10000000000000698000000698 &1000000000001000000000010,000.00 &1000000000000008500000085 Uruguay &10000000000175015000000175,015 &10000000000000660000000660 &100000000000000037999993.80 &1000000000000008600000086 Cyprus &100000000000092410000009,241 &10000000000000648000000648 &1000000000000007009999970.10 &1000000000000008700000087 Maldives &10000000000000298000000298 &10000000000000644000000644 &100000000000021600000002,160.00 &1000000000000008800000088 Bangladesh &10000000000130168000000130,168 &10000000000000580000000580 &100000000000000045000004.50 &1000000000000008900000089 Liberia &1000000000009632000000096,320 &10000000000000579000000579 &100000000000000060099996.01 &1000000000000009000000090 Qatar &1000000000001158600000011,586 &10000000000000563000000563 &1000000000000004860000048.60 &1000000000000009100000091 Ghana &10000000000227533000000227,533 &10000000000000539000000539 &100000000000000023700002.37 &1000000000000009200000092 Kenya &10000000000569140000000569,140 &10000000000000536000000536 &100000000000000009400000.94 &1000000000000009300000093 Senegal &10000000000192530000000192,530 &10000000000000531000000531 &100000000000000027599992.76 — Paracel Islands &100000000000000077500007.75 &10000000000000518000000518 &1000000000006680000000066,800.00 &1000000000000009400000094 Côte d'Ivoire &10000000000318003000000318,003 &10000000000000515000000515 &100000000000000016200001.62 — Puerto Rico &100000000000088700000008,870 &10000000000000501000000501 &1000000000000005650000056.50 &1000000000000009500000095 Kuwait &1000000000001781800000017,818 &10000000000000499000000499 &1000000000000002800000028.00 &1000000000000009600000096 Latvia &1000000000006224900000062,249 &10000000000000498000000498 &100000000000000080000008.00 &1000000000000009700000097 Seychelles &10000000000000455000000455 &10000000000000491000000491 &100000000000010800000001,080.00 &1000000000000009800000098 Guyana &10000000000196849000000196,849 &10000000000000459000000459 &100000000000000023300002.33 &1000000000000009900000099 Netherlands &1000000000003389300000033,893 &10000000000000451000000451 &1000000000000001330000013.30 &10000000000000100000000100 Cambodia &10000000000176515000000176,515 &10000000000000443000000443 &100000000000000025099992.51 &10000000000000101000000101 Poland 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&10000000000156000000000156,000 &10000000000000386000000386 &100000000000000024700002.47 &10000000000000109000000109 Marshall Islands &10000000000000181000000181 &10000000000000370399999370.4 &100000000000020500000002,050.00 — Curacao &10000000000000444000000444 &10000000000000364000000364 &10000000000000820000000820.00 &10000000000000110000000110 Albania &1000000000002739800000027,398 &10000000000000362000000362 &1000000000000001319999913.20 &10000000000000110000000110 Trinidad and Tobago &100000000000051280000005,128 &10000000000000362000000362 &1000000000000007059999970.60 &10000000000000112000000112 Bulgaria &10000000000108489000000108,489 &10000000000000354000000354 &100000000000000032599993.26 &10000000000000113000000113 Guinea-Bissau &1000000000002812000000028,120 &10000000000000350000000350 &1000000000000001200000012.00 &10000000000000114000000114 Comoros &100000000000022350000002,235 &10000000000000340000000340 &10000000000000150000000150.00 &10000000000000115000000115 Guinea 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&10000000000000122000000122 Romania &10000000000229891000000229,891 &10000000000000225000000225 &100000000000000009800000.98 &10000000000000124000000124 São Tomé and Príncipe &10000000000000964000000964 &10000000000000209000000209 &10000000000000217000000217.00 &10000000000000125000000125 Malta &10000000000000316000000316 &10000000000000252810000252.81 &10000000000000800000000800.00 &10000000000000126000000126 Singapore &10000000000000687000000687 &10000000000000193000000193 &10000000000000281000000281.00 &10000000000000126000000126 Syria &10000000000183630000000183,630 &10000000000000193000000193 &100000000000000010500001.05 — U.S. Virgin Islands &10000000000000346000000346 &10000000000000188000000188 &10000000000000543000000543.00 &10000000000000128000000128 Mauritius &100000000000020300000002,030 &10000000000000177000000177 &1000000000000008720000087.20 &10000000000000129000000129 Congo, Republic of the ! 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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

Further reading

• Eric Bird (2011). "1.5 Coastline length". Coastal Geomorphology: An Introduction. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-96435-3. http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=raVksgTZQSAC&pg=PT26.