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. This is why there are different amounts given for a country's coastline.

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	Italy	294,020	1,932	7,600	9,532	25.849	79.7%
15	Brazil	8,456,510	15,735	7,367	23,102	0.871	31.9%
16	Denmark	42,394	68	7,314	7,382	172.524	99.1%
17	Turkey	770,760	2,627	7,200	9,827	9.341	73.3%
18	India	2,973,190	14,103	7,600	21,103	2.354	33.2%
19	Chile	748,800	6,171	6,435	12,606	8.594	51.0%
20	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	Democratic People's Republic of 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	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	The 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%

[edit] See also

• List of countries
• List of countries by area
• List of countries by population
• List of national capitals
• List of countries by continent
• List of countries and capitals in native languages

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Lists of countries with rankings

Geography
Area* · Coastline · Highest point · Compactness · Coast/area ratio · Northernmost point

Demographics
Population* (graphical · by density) · Population growth rate* · Life expectancy* · Infant mortality rate* · Fertility rate* · Birth rate* · Death rate* · Murder rate* · Human Development Index* · Income equality* · Literacy rate* · HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate* · People living with HIV/AIDS* · Unemployment rate* · Population living in poverty* · Immigrant population · Suicide rate

Economy
GDP:  nominal* (per capita*) · PPP* (per capita* · per capita per hour) · past (nominal · PPP) · future (nominal · PPP)  |  Current account balance* · Imports* · Exports* (per capita) · Agricultural output*  |  Debt:  external* · public*  |  Consumption:  electricity* · natural gas*

Politics and society
Political rights and civil liberties* · Press freedom* · Capital punishment* · Homosexuality law* · Abortion law* · Date of independence · Perception of corruption* · Ease of doing business* · Economic freedom* · Economic competitiveness* · Bribe Payers Index

Military
Military expenditures* · Number of active troops* · Conscription* · Possession of nuclear weapons* · UN peacekeepers currently deployed

Environment
* includes map Carbon dioxide emissions* (per capita*) · GDP per emissions* (per capita)

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