Coastline in Africa

What country in Africa has the most coastline?

Madagascar has the most coastline in Africa, with 4,828 km of coast.

Ranking by km
#CountryShare of #1km
1 Madagascar 4,828
2 Somalia 3,025
3 Morocco 2,945
4 South Africa 2,798
5 Mozambique 2,470
6 Egypt 2,450
7 Eritrea 2,234
8 Libya 1,770
9 Angola 1,600
10 Namibia 1,572
11 Tanzania 1,424
12 Tunisia 1,148
13 Algeria 998
14 Cabo Verde 965
15 Gabon 885
16 Nigeria 853
16 Sudan 853
18 Mauritania 754
19 Liberia 579
20 Ghana 539
21 Kenya 536
22 Senegal 531
23 Côte d'Ivoire 515
24 Seychelles 491
25 Cameroon 402
25 Sierra Leone 402
27 Guinea-Bissau 350
28 Comoros 340
29 Guinea 320
30 Djibouti 314
31 Equatorial Guinea 296
32 Sao Tome and Principe 209
33 Mauritius 177
34 Republic of the Congo 169
35 Benin 121
36 Gambia 80
37 Togo 56
38 DR Congo 37

Key facts

Runners-up

Somalia is 2nd and Morocco 3rd in Africa.

Lead

Madagascar has 1.6× the figure of Somalia.

Share of the total

Madagascar alone accounts for 12.1% of all 38 ranked countries in Africa.

Top 10

The ten largest together account for 64.2%.

Questions

What country in Africa has the most coastline?

Madagascar has the most coastline in Africa, with 4,828 km of coast.

What country in Africa has the second most coastline?

Somalia ranks second in Africa, with 3,025 km.

How many countries are in this ranking?

38 countries in Africa with data from Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Territories are not ranked.

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