{
 "subject": "country",
 "metric": "coastline",
 "question": "What country has the most coastline?",
 "unit": "km of coastline",
 "definition": "The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea, as reported in The World Factbook. Coastline length depends on the scale of measurement (the \"coastline paradox\"), so figures from different sources are not directly comparable; landlocked countries have no coastline and are not ranked.",
 "source": {
  "name": "The World Factbook",
  "publisher": "Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)",
  "url": "https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/",
  "license": "Public domain",
  "licenseUrl": "https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/copyright-and-contributors/",
  "series": "Coastline"
 },
 "retrieved": "2026-10-05",
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