Coastline

What country has the most coastline?

Canada has the most coastline in the world, with 202,080 km of coast.

Ranking by km
#CountryShare of #1km
1 Canada 202,080
2 Indonesia 54,716
3 Russia 37,653
4 Philippines 36,289
5 Japan 29,751
6 Australia 25,760
7 Norway 25,148
8 United States 19,924
9 New Zealand 15,134
10 China 14,500
11 Greece 13,676
12 United Kingdom 12,429
13 Mexico 9,330
14 Italy 7,600
15 Brazil 7,491
16 Denmark 7,314
17 Türkiye 7,200
18 India 7,000
19 Chile 6,435
20 Micronesia 6,112
21 Croatia 5,835
22 Solomon Islands 5,313
23 Papua New Guinea 5,152
24 Argentina 4,989
25 Iceland 4,970
26 Spain 4,964
27 France 4,853
28 Madagascar 4,828
29 Malaysia 4,675
30 Estonia 3,794
31 Cuba 3,735
32 Bahamas 3,542
33 Vietnam 3,444
34 Thailand 3,219
35 Sweden 3,218
36 Colombia 3,208
37 Somalia 3,025
38 Morocco 2,945
39 Venezuela 2,800
40 South Africa 2,798
41 Ukraine 2,782
42 Saudi Arabia 2,640
43 Vanuatu 2,528
44 North Korea 2,495
45 Panama 2,490
46 Mozambique 2,470
47 Egypt 2,450
48 Iran 2,440
49 Peru 2,414
50 South Korea 2,413
51 Germany 2,389
52 Ecuador 2,237
53 Eritrea 2,234
54 Oman 2,092
55 Myanmar 1,930
56 Yemen 1,906
57 Portugal 1,793
58 Haiti 1,771
59 Libya 1,770
60 Angola 1,600
61 Namibia 1,572
62 Taiwan 1,566
63 Palau 1,519
64 Ireland 1,448
65 Tanzania 1,424
66 Sri Lanka 1,340
67 United Arab Emirates 1,318
68 Costa Rica 1,290
69 Dominican Republic 1,288
70 Finland 1,250
71 Tunisia 1,148
72 Kiribati 1,143
73 Fiji 1,129
74 Pakistan 1,046
75 Jamaica 1,022
76 Algeria 998
77 Cabo Verde 965
78 Nicaragua 910
79 Gabon 885
80 Nigeria 853
80 Sudan 853
82 Honduras 823
83 Mauritania 754
84 Timor-Leste 706
85 Uruguay 660
86 Cyprus 648
87 Maldives 644
88 Bangladesh 580
89 Liberia 579
90 Qatar 563
91 Ghana 539
92 Kenya 536
93 Senegal 531
94 Côte d'Ivoire 515
95 Kuwait 499
96 Latvia 498
97 Seychelles 491
98 Guyana 459
99 The Netherlands 451
100 Cambodia 443
101 Poland 440
102 Tonga 419
103 Samoa 403
104 Cameroon 402
104 Sierra Leone 402
106 Guatemala 400
107 Belize 386
107 Suriname 386
109 Marshall Islands 370
110 Albania 362
110 Trinidad and Tobago 362
112 Bulgaria 354
113 Guinea-Bissau 350
114 Comoros 340
115 Guinea 320
116 Djibouti 314
117 Georgia 310
118 El Salvador 307
119 Equatorial Guinea 296
120 Montenegro 294
121 Israel 273
122 Lebanon 225
122 Romania 225
124 Sao Tome and Principe 209
125 Malta 197
126 Singapore 193
126 Syria 193
128 Mauritius 177
129 Republic of the Congo 169
130 Bahrain 161
130 Brunei 161
132 Saint Lucia 158
133 Antigua and Barbuda 153
134 Dominica 148
135 Saint Kitts and Nevis 135
136 Benin 121
136 Grenada 121
138 Barbados 97
139 Lithuania 90
140 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 84
141 Gambia 80
142 Belgium 67
143 Iraq 58
144 Togo 56
145 Slovenia 47
146 DR Congo 37
147 Nauru 30
148 Jordan 26
149 Tuvalu 24
150 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20
151 Monaco 4

Key facts

Runners-up

Indonesia is 2nd and Russia 3rd.

Lead

Canada has 3.7× the figure of Indonesia.

Share of the total

Canada alone accounts for 28.1% of all 151 ranked countries.

Top 10

The ten largest together account for 64.2%.

Questions

What country has the most coastline?

Canada has the most coastline in the world, with 202,080 km of coast.

What country has the second most coastline?

Indonesia ranks second, with 54,716 km.

How many countries are in this ranking?

151 countries with data from Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Territories are not ranked.

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