List of countries by length of coastline
List
Note: non-sovereign areas in italic

List of countries by length of coastline

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: Note: non-sovereign areas in italic

Country	The World Factbook	World Resources Institute	Land area km2 (TWF)	Coast/area ratio (m/km2)

#	km	#	km	(TWF)	(WRI)

World	—	1,162,306	—	1,634,701	148,940,000	7.80	11.0

Others	—	356,000

Canada	1	202,080	1	265,523	9,093,507	22.2	29.2

Norway	2	58,133	7	53,199	304,282	191	175

Indonesia	3	54,720	4	95,181	1,811,569	30.2	52.5

Greenland	—	44,087	2,166,086	20.4

Russia	4	37,653	3	110,310	16,377,742	2.30	6.74

Philippines	5	36,289	8	33,900	341,353	122	114

Japan	6	29,751	12	29,020	364,485	81.6	79.6

Australia	7	25,760	6	66,530	7,682,300	3.35	8.66

United States	8	19,924	2	133,312	9,147,593	2.18	14.6

Antarctica	—	17,968	14,000,000	1.28

New Zealand	9	15,134	17	17,209	264,537	57.2	65.1

China	10	14,500	11	30,017	9,326,410	1.55	3.22

Greece	11	13,676	19	15,147	131,957	104	115

United Kingdom	12	12,429	16	19,717	241,930	51.4	81.5

Mexico	13	9,330	14	23,761	1,943,945	4.80	12.2

Italy	14	7,782	28	9,226	294,140	25.8	31.4

Denmark	15	7,314	44	5,316	42,434	172	125

Turkey	16	7,200	31	8,140	783,562	9.19	10.4

India	17	7,500	18	17,181	2,973,193	2.35	5.78

Chile	18	6,435	5	78,563	743,812	8.65	106

Brazil	19	7,491	9	33,379	8,459,417	0.886	3.95

Micronesia, Federated States of	20	6,112	92	1,295	702	8,710	1,840

Croatia	21	5,835	42	5,664	55,974	112	101

Solomon Islands	22	5,313	26	9,880	27,986	190	353

Papua New Guinea	23	5,152	15	20,197	452,860	11.4	44.6

Argentina	24	4,989	30	8,397	2,736,690	1.82	3.07

Iceland	25	4,970	29	8,506	100,250	49.6	84.8

Spain	26	4,964	34	7,268	498,980	9.95	14.6

Metropolitan France	27	4,853	33	7,330	640,427	7.58	11.4

Madagascar	28	4,828	25	9,935	581,540	8.30	17.1

Malaysia	29	4,675	27	9,323	328,657	14.2	28.4

Estonia	30	3,794	61	2,956	42,388	89.5	69.7

Cuba	31	3,735	21	14,519	109,820	34.0	132

Svalbard	—	3,587	62,045	57.8

Bahamas, The	32	3,542	24	11,238	10,010	354	1,120

Vietnam	33	3,444	23	11,409	310,070	11.1	36.8

Thailand	34	3,219	35	7,066	510,890	6.30	13.8

Sweden	35	3,218	13	26,384	410,335	7.84	64.3

Colombia	36	3,208	41	5,875	1,038,700	3.09	5.66

Coral Sea Islands	—	3,095	<3	>1,000,000

Somalia	37	3,333	50	3,898	627,337	5.31	6.21

Iran	38	3,294	40	5,891	1,636,100	1.59	3.85

French Southern and Antarctic Lands	—	2,948.4	7,667.6	385

Venezuela	39	2,800	37	6,762	882,050	3.17	7.67

South Africa	40	2,798	51	3,751	1,214,470	2.30	3.09

Ukraine	41	2,782	45	4,953	579,330	4.80	8.55

Saudi Arabia	42	2,640	32	7,572	2,149,690	1.23	3.52

Vanuatu	43	2,528	59	3,132	12,189	207	257

French Polynesia	—	2,525	—	5,830	3,827	660	1,520

Korea, North	44	2,495	49	4,009	120,408	20.7	33.3

Panama	45	2,490	43	5,637	74,340	33.5	75.8

Mozambique	46	2,470	36	6,942	786,380	3.14	8.83

Egypt	47	2,450	39	5,898	995,450	2.46	5.92

Peru	48	2,414	55	3,362	1,279,996	1.89	2.63

Korea, South	49	2,413	22	12,478	96,920	24.9	129

Germany	50	2,389	52	3,624	348,672	6.85	10.4

New Caledonia	—	2,254	—	3,624	18,275	123	198

Ecuador	51	2,237	47	4,597	276,841	8.08	16.6

Eritrea	52	2,234	54	3,446	101,000	22.1	34.1

Oman	53	2,092	65	2,810	309,500	6.76	9.08

Burma	54	1,930	20	14,708	653,508	2.95	22.5

Yemen	55	1,906	58	3,149	527,968	3.61	5.96

Morocco	56	1,835	73	2,009	446,300	4.11	4.50

Portugal	57	1,793	63	2,830	91,470	19.6	30.9

Haiti	58	1,771	77	1,977	27,560	64.3	71.7

Libya	59	1,770	71	2,025	1,759,540	1.01	1.15

Angola	60	1,600	67	2,252	1,246,700	1.28	1.81

Namibia	61	1,572	84	1,754	823,290	1.91	2.13

Taiwan	62	1,566.3	74	2,007	32,260	48.6	62.2

Palau	63	1,519	459	3,310

Northern Mariana Islands	—	1,482	464	3,190

Ireland	64	1,448	38	6,437	68,883	21.0	93.4

Tanzania	65	1,424	53	3,461	885,800	1.61	3.91

Sri Lanka	66	1,340	64	2,825	64,630	20.7	43.7

United Arab Emirates	67	1,318	62	2,871	83,600	15.8	34.3

Costa Rica	68	1,290	70	2,069	51,060	25.3	40.5

Dominican Republic	69	1,288	88	1,612	48,320	26.7	33.4

Falkland Islands	—	1,288	12,173	106

Finland	70	1,250	10	31,119	303,815	4.11	102

Tunisia	71	1,148	79	1,927	155,360	7.39	12.4

Kiribati	72	1,143	78	1,961	811	1,410	2,420

Fiji	73	1,129	46	4,638	18,274	61.8	254

Faroe Islands	—	1,117	1,393	802

Western Sahara	—	1,110	266,000	4.17

Pakistan	74	1,046	66	2,599	881,912	1.19	2.95

Jamaica	75	1,022	102	895	10,831	94.4	82.6

Algeria	76	998	90	1,557	2,381,741	0.419	0.654

Cape Verde	77	965	97	1,121	4,033	239	278

Spratly Islands	—	926	<5	>200,000

Nicaragua	78	910	80	1,915	119,990	7.58	16.0

Gabon	79	885	72	2,019	257,667	3.43	7.84

Nigeria	80	853	60	3,122	910,768	0.937	3.43

Sudan	81	853	68	2,245	1,861,484	0.458	1.21

Honduras	82	832	82	1,878	111,890	7.44	16.8

Mauritania	83	754	94	1,268	1,030,700	0.732	1.23

Hong Kong	—	733	—	955	1,054	695	906

Timor-Leste	84	706	14,874	47.5

British Indian Ocean Territory	—	698	60	11,600

Uruguay	85	660	98	1,096	175,015	3.77	6.26

Cyprus	86	648	112	671	9,241	70.1	72.6

Maldives	87	644	75	2,002	298	2,160	6,720

Bangladesh	88	580	56	3,306	130,168	4.46	25.4

Liberia	89	579	104	842	96,320	6.01	8.74

Qatar	90	563	100	909	11,586	48.6	78.5

Ghana	91	539	106	758	227,533	2.37	3.33

Kenya	92	536	89	1,586	569,140	0.942	2.79

Senegal	93	531	91	1,327	192,530	2.76	6.89

Paracel Islands	—	518	7.75	66,800

Côte d'Ivoire	94	515	105	797	318,003	1.62	2.51

Puerto Rico	—	501	—	1,094	8,870	56.5	123

Kuwait	95	499	107	756	17,818	28.0	42.4

Latvia	96	498	116	566	62,249	8.00	9.09

Seychelles	97	491	109	747	455	1,080	1,640

Guyana	98	459	95	1,154	196,849	2.33	5.86

Netherlands	99	451	81	1,914	33,893	13.3	56.5

Cambodia	100	443	96	1,127	176,515	2.51	6.38

Poland	101	440	99	1,032	312,679	1.41	3.30

Tonga	102	419	101	909	717	584	1,270

Samoa	103	403	120	463	2,821	143	164

Cameroon	104	402	83	1,799	469,440	0.856	3.83

Sierra Leone	104	402	86	1,677	71,620	5.61	23.4

Guatemala	106	400	122	445	107,159	3.73	4.15

Turks and Caicos Islands	—	389	948	410

Belize	107	386	76	1,996	22,806	16.9	87.5

Suriname	107	386	114	620	156,000	2.47	3.97

Marshall Islands	109	370.4	69	2,106	181	2,050	11,600

Curaçao	—	364	444	820

Albania	110	362	113	649	27,398	13.2	23.7

Trinidad and Tobago	110	362	110	704	5,128	70.6	137

Bulgaria	112	354	121	457	108,489	3.26	4.21

Guinea-Bissau	113	350	57	3,176	28,120	12.4	113

Comoros	114	340	119	469	2,235	152	210

Guinea	115	320	87	1,615	245,717	1.30	6.57

Djibouti	116	314	123	443	23,180	13.5	19.1

Georgia	117	310	124	376	69,700	4.45	5.39

El Salvador	118	307	108	756	20,721	14.8	36.5

Equatorial Guinea	119	296	115	603	28,051	10.6	21.5

Montenegro	120	293.5	13,812	51.37

Israel	121	273	136	205	20,330	13.4	10.1

Lebanon	122	225	125	294	10,230	22.0	28.7

Romania	122	225	111	696	229,891	0.979	3.03

São Tomé and Príncipe	124	209	128	269	964	217	279

Malta	125	252.81	137	198	316	800	627

Singapore	126	193	129	268	687	281	390

Syria	126	193	134	212	183,630	1.05	1.15

U.S. Virgin Islands	—	188	—	390	346	543	1,130

Mauritius	128	177	118	496	2,030	87.2	244

Congo, Republic of the	129	169	135	205	341,500	0.495	0.600

Bahrain	130	161	132	255	760	212	336

Brunei	130	161	127	269	5,265	30.6	51.1

Cayman Islands	—	160	264	606

Isle of Man	—	160	572	280

Saint Lucia	132	158	139	166	606	261	274

Antigua and Barbuda	133	153	126	289	442.6	346	653

Dominica	134	148	141	152	751	197	202

Christmas Island	—	138.9	135	1,030

Saint Kitts and Nevis	135	135	261	517

Wallis and Futuna	—	129	142	908

Guam	—	125.5	544	231

Jan Mayen	—	124.1	377	329

Benin	136	121	140	153	110,622	1.09	1.38

Grenada	136	121	133	252	344	352	733

Cook Islands	138	120	236	508

Saint Pierre and Miquelon	—	120	242	496

American Samoa	—	116	199	583

Bermuda	—	103	—	180	54	1,910	3,330

Heard Island and McDonald Islands	—	101.9	412	247

Tokelau	—	101	12	8,420

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	—	100	308	325

Barbados	139	97	143	97	430	226	226

Lithuania	140	90	131	258	62,680	1.44	4.12

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	—	85.7	22.41	3,820

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	141	84	130	264	389	216	679

Akrotiri and Dhekelia	—	83.8	253.8	330

British Virgin Islands	—	80	151	530

Gambia	142	80	117	503	10,000	8.00	50.3

Ashmore and Cartier Islands	—	74.1	5	14,800

Jersey	—	70	116	603

Aruba	—	68.5	—	107	180	381	594

Belgium	143	66.5	144	76	30,278	2.20	2.51

Niue	144	64	260	246

Anguilla	—	61	91	670

Saint Martin	—	58.9	54.4	1,080

Iraq	145	58	142	105	437,367	0.133	0.240

Togo	146	56	145	53	54,385	1.03	0.975

Pitcairn Islands	—	51	47	1,090

Guernsey	—	50	78	641

Slovenia	147	46.6	146	41	20,151	2.31	2.03

Macau	—	41	—	36	28.2	1,450	1,280

Gaza Strip	—	40	360	111

Montserrat	—	40	102	392

Congo, Democratic Republic of the	148	37	138	177	2,267,048	0.0163	0.0781

Norfolk Island	—	32	36	889

Nauru	149	30	21	1,430

Bouvet Island	—	29.6	49	604

Cocos (Keeling) Islands	—	26	14	1,860

Jordan	150	26	147	27	88,802	0.293	0.304

Tuvalu	151	24	26	923

Bosnia and Herzegovina	152	20	148	23	51,187	0.391	0.449

Wake Island	—	19.3	6.5	2,970

Gibraltar	—	12	6.5	1,850

Clipperton Island	—	11.1	6	1,850

Navassa Island	—	8	5.4	1,480

Monaco	153	4.1	2	2,050

Saint Barthélemy	—	NA	21

Sint Maarten	—	NA	34	0.0147

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	—	NA	3,903	0.000128

Kazakhstan	154	0	48	4,528	2,699,700	0	1.68

Turkmenistan	155	0	93	1,289	469,930	0	2.74

Azerbaijan	156	0	103	871	82,629	0	10.5

West Bank	—	0	5,640	0

Afghanistan	158	0	149	0	652,230	0	0

Andorra	159	0	468	0

Armenia	160	0	149	0	28,203	0	0

Austria	161	0	149	0	82,445	0	0

Belarus	162	0	149	0	202,900	0	0

Bhutan	163	0	149	0	38,394	0	0

Bolivia	164	0	149	0	1,083,301	0	0

Botswana	165	0	149	0	566,730	0	0

Burkina Faso	166	0	149	0	273,800	0	0

Burundi	167	0	149	0	25,680	0	0

Central African Republic	168	0	149	0	622,984	0	0

Chad	169	0	149	0	1,259,200	0	0

Czech Republic	170	0	149	0	77,247	0	0

Ethiopia	171	0	149	0	1,000,000	0	0

Hungary	172	0	149	0	89,608	0	0

Kyrgyzstan	173	0	149	0	191,801	0	0

Laos	174	0	149	0	230,800	0	0

Lesotho	175	0	149	0	30,355	0	0

Liechtenstein	176	0	160	0

Luxembourg	177	0	149	0	2,586	0	0

Malawi	178	0	149	0	94,080	0	0

Mali	179	0	149	0	1,220,190	0	0

Moldova	180	0	149	0	32,891	0	0

Mongolia	181	0	149	0	1,553,556	0	0

Nepal	182	0	149	0	143,351	0	0

Niger	183	0	149	0	1,266,700	0	0

North Macedonia	184	0	149	0	25,433	0	0

Paraguay	185	0	149	0	397,302	0	0

Rwanda	186	0	149	0	24,668	0	0

San Marino	187	0	61	0

Serbia	188	0	88,361	0

Slovakia	189	0	149	0	48,105	0	0

South Sudan	190	0	644,329	0

Swaziland	191	0	149	0	17,204	0	0

Switzerland	192	0	149	0	39,997	0	0

Tajikistan	193	0	149	0	141,510	0	0

Uganda	194	0	149	0	197,100	0	0

Uzbekistan	195	0	85	1,707	425,400	0	4.01

Vatican City	196	0	0.44	0

Zambia	197	0	149	0	743,398	0	0

Zimbabwe	198	0	149	0	386,847	0	0

French Guiana	—	763

Guadeloupe	—	581

Martinique	—	369

Caribbean Netherlands	—	361

Réunion	—	219

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The United Kingdom has the 12th-longest coastline in the world.

final_sentence: The United Kingdom has the 12th-longest coastline in the world.