Countries by Coastline Length — Full List 2026

Name: Countries by Coastline Length 2024
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Which countries have the longest coastlines? This ranking lists every nation by total coastline length in kilometers, from Canada's massive 202,080 km shoreline to landlocked nations with zero coastline.

246 countries ranked·Source: CIA World Factbook·Last updated: 2024

#	Country	Region	Coastline Length (km)
1	Canada	North America	202,080
2	Indonesia	East and Southeast Asia	54,716
3	Greenland	North America	44,087
4	Russia	Central Asia	37,653
5	Philippines	East and Southeast Asia	36,289
6	Japan	East and Southeast Asia	29,751
7	Australia	Australia-Oceania	25,760
8	Norway	Europe	25,148
9	United States	North America	19,924
10	New Zealand	Australia-Oceania	15,134
11	China	East and Southeast Asia	14,500
12	Greece	Europe	13,676
13	United Kingdom	Europe	12,429
14	Mexico	North America	9,330
15	Italy	Europe	7,600
16	Brazil	South America	7,491
17	Denmark	Europe	7,314
18	Turkey	Middle East	7,200
19	India	South Asia	7,000
20	Chile	South America	6,435
21	Federated States of Micronesia	Australia-Oceania	6,112
22	Croatia	Europe	5,835
23	Solomon Islands	Australia-Oceania	5,313
24	Papua New Guinea	East and Southeast Asia	5,152
25	Argentina	South America	4,989
26	Iceland	Europe	4,970
27	Spain	Europe	4,964
28	France	Europe	4,853
29	Madagascar	Africa	4,828
30	Malaysia	East and Southeast Asia	4,675
31	Estonia	Europe	3,794
32	Cuba	Central America and Caribbean	3,735
33	Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago)	Europe	3,587
34	The Bahamas	Central America and Caribbean	3,542
35	Vietnam	East and Southeast Asia	3,444
36	Thailand	East and Southeast Asia	3,219
37	Sweden	Europe	3,218
38	Colombia	South America	3,208
39	Coral Sea Islands	Australia-Oceania	3,095
40	Somalia	Africa	3,025
41	Morocco	Africa	2,945
42	Venezuela	South America	2,800
43	South Africa	Africa	2,798
44	Ukraine	Europe	2,782
45	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	2,640
46	Vanuatu	Australia-Oceania	2,528
47	French Polynesia	Australia-Oceania	2,525
48	North Korea	East and Southeast Asia	2,495
49	Panama	Central America and Caribbean	2,490
50	Mozambique	Africa	2,470

51	Egypt	Africa	2,450
52	Iran	Middle East	2,440
53	Peru	South America	2,414
54	South Korea	East and Southeast Asia	2,413
55	Germany	Europe	2,389
56	New Caledonia	Australia-Oceania	2,254
57	Ecuador	South America	2,237
58	Eritrea	Africa	2,234
59	Oman	Middle East	2,092
60	Burma	East and Southeast Asia	1,930
61	Yemen	Middle East	1,906
62	Portugal	Europe	1,793
63	Haiti	Central America and Caribbean	1,771
64	Libya	Africa	1,770
65	Angola	Africa	1,600
66	Namibia	Africa	1,572
67	Taiwan	East and Southeast Asia	1,566.3
68	Palau	Australia-Oceania	1,519
69	Northern Mariana Islands	Australia-Oceania	1,482
70	Ireland	Europe	1,448
71	Tanzania	Africa	1,424
72	Sri Lanka	South Asia	1,340
73	United Arab Emirates	Middle East	1,318
74	Costa Rica	Central America and Caribbean	1,290
75	The Dominican	Central America and Caribbean	1,288
76	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	South America	1,288
77	Finland	Europe	1,250
78	Tunisia	Africa	1,148
79	Kiribati	Australia-Oceania	1,143
80	Fiji	Australia-Oceania	1,129
81	Faroe Islands	Europe	1,117
82	Western Sahara	Africa	1,110
83	Pakistan	South Asia	1,046
84	Jamaica	Central America and Caribbean	1,022
85	Algeria	Africa	998
86	Cabo Verde	Africa	965
87	Spratly Islands	East and Southeast Asia	926
88	Nicaragua	Central America and Caribbean	910
89	Gabon	Africa	885
90	Nigeria	Africa	853
91	Sudan	Africa	853
92	Honduras	Central America and Caribbean	823
93	Mauritania	Africa	754
94	Hong Kong	East and Southeast Asia	733
95	Timor-Leste	East and Southeast Asia	706
96	British Indian Ocean Territory	South Asia	698
97	Uruguay	South America	660
98	Cyprus	Europe	648
99	Maldives	South Asia	644
100	Bangladesh	South Asia	580
101	Liberia	Africa	579
102	Qatar	Middle East	563
103	Ghana	Africa	539
104	Kenya	Africa	536
105	Senegal	Africa	531
106	Paracel Islands	East and Southeast Asia	518
107	Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	515
108	Puerto Rico	Central America and Caribbean	501
109	Kuwait	Middle East	499
110	Latvia	Europe	498
111	Seychelles	Africa	491
112	Guyana	South America	459
113	Netherlands	Europe	451
114	Cambodia	East and Southeast Asia	443
115	Poland	Europe	440
116	Tonga	Australia-Oceania	419
117	Samoa	Australia-Oceania	403
118	Sierra Leone	Africa	402
119	Cameroon	Africa	402
120	Guatemala	Central America and Caribbean	400
121	Turks and Caicos Islands	Central America and Caribbean	389
122	Suriname	South America	386
123	Belize	Central America and Caribbean	386
124	Marshall Islands	Australia-Oceania	370.4
125	Curacao	Central America and Caribbean	364
126	Trinidad and Tobago	Central America and Caribbean	362
127	Albania	Europe	362
128	Bulgaria	Europe	354
129	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	350
130	Comoros	Africa	340
131	Guinea	Africa	320
132	Djibouti	Africa	314
133	Georgia	Middle East	310
134	El Salvador	Central America and Caribbean	307
135	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	296
136	Montenegro	Europe	293.5
137	Israel	Middle East	273
138	Romania	Europe	225
139	Lebanon	Middle East	225
140	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	209
141	Malta	Europe	196.8
142	Syria	Middle East	193
143	Singapore	East and Southeast Asia	193
144	Virgin Islands	Central America and Caribbean	188
145	Mauritius	Africa	177
146	Congo (Brazzaville)	Africa	169
147	Brunei	East and Southeast Asia	161
148	Bahrain	Middle East	161
149	Isle of Man	Europe	160
150	Cayman Islands	Central America and Caribbean	160
151	Saint Lucia	Central America and Caribbean	158
152	Antigua and Barbuda	Central America and Caribbean	153
153	Dominica	Central America and Caribbean	148
154	Christmas Island	Australia-Oceania	138.9
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Central America and Caribbean	135
156	Wallis and Futuna	Australia-Oceania	129
157	Guam	Australia-Oceania	125.5
158	Jan Mayen	Europe	124.1
159	Grenada	Central America and Caribbean	121
160	Benin	Africa	121
161	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	North America	120
162	Cook Islands	Australia-Oceania	120
163	American Samoa	Australia-Oceania	116
164	Bermuda	North America	103
165	Tokelau	Australia-Oceania	101
166	Barbados	Central America and Caribbean	97
167	Lithuania	Europe	90
168	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Central America and Caribbean	84
169	British Virgin Islands	Central America and Caribbean	80
170	The Gambia	Africa	80
171	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Australia-Oceania	74.1
172	Jersey	Europe	70
173	Aruba	Central America and Caribbean	68.5
174	Belgium	Europe	66.5
175	Niue	Australia-Oceania	64
176	Anguilla	Central America and Caribbean	61
177	Sint Maarten	Central America and Caribbean	58.9
178	Saint Martin	Central America and Caribbean	58.9
179	Iraq	Middle East	58
180	Akrotiri	Europe	56.3
181	Togo	Africa	56
182	Pitcairn Islands	Australia-Oceania	51
183	Guernsey	Europe	50
184	Slovenia	Europe	46.6
185	Macau	East and Southeast Asia	41
186	Montserrat	Central America and Caribbean	40
187	Gaza, Gaza Strip	Middle East	40
188	DRC	Africa	37
189	Norfolk Island	Australia-Oceania	32
190	Nauru	Australia-Oceania	30
191	Dhekelia	Europe	27.5
192	Jordan	Middle East	26
193	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Australia-Oceania	26
194	Tuvalu	Australia-Oceania	24
195	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	20
196	Wake Island	Australia-Oceania	19.3
197	Gibraltar	Europe	12
198	Clipperton Island	North America	11.1
199	Navassa Island	Central America and Caribbean	8
200	Monaco	Europe	4.1
201	Kosovo	Europe	0
202	Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia	0
203	Mongolia	East and Southeast Asia	0
204	Belarus	Europe	0
205	Turkmenistan	Central Asia	0
206	Moldova	Europe	0
207	Uganda	Africa	0
208	Azerbaijan	Middle East	0
209	Austria	Europe	0
210	Laos	East and Southeast Asia	0
211	Lesotho	Africa	0
212	Armenia	Middle East	0
213	Uzbekistan	Central Asia	0
214	Mali	Africa	0
215	Andorra	Europe	0
216	Liechtenstein	Europe	0
217	Malawi	Africa	0
218	West Bank	Middle East	0
219	Luxembourg	Europe	0
220	Zambia	Africa	0
221	Eswatini	Africa	0
222	Zimbabwe	Africa	0
223	Ethiopia	Africa	0
224	Rwanda	Africa	0
225	Paraguay	South America	0
226	Afghanistan	South Asia	0
227	Holy See (Vatican City)	Europe	0
228	San Marino	Europe	0
229	Hungary	Europe	0
230	Serbia	Europe	0
231	Czechia	Europe	0
232	North Macedonia	Europe	0
233	Slovakia	Europe	0
234	South Sudan	Africa	0
235	Niger	Africa	0
236	Chad	Africa	0
237	Central African Republic	Africa	0
238	Burundi	Africa	0
239	Burkina Faso	Africa	0
240	Nepal	South Asia	0
241	Switzerland	Europe	0
242	Tajikistan	Central Asia	0
243	Botswana	Africa	0
244	Bolivia	South America	0
245	Bhutan	South Asia	0
246	Kazakhstan	Central Asia	0

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@misc{bamwor_countries_by_coastline_length_2024_2024,
  author = {Bamwor},
  title = {Countries by Coastline Length 2024},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://bamwor.com/en/countries-by-coastline},
  note = {Bamwor World Encyclopedia. Accessed 2026-03-15}
}

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