The world's geography reveals a multitude of wonders, one of which is its fascinating seascapes - a testament to an enormous variety of coastlines that edge the world's continents and islands. These coastlines offer significant geographic, economic, and social influences on the countries they belong to, shaping their cultures, livelihoods, economies, and biodiversity. Key findings from this diverse data include:
The top ten countries with the most expansive coastlines span from North America to Asia and down to Australia. The country with the longest coastline is Canada, boasting an impressive length of 202.1K kilometers. Not too far behind, Europe's Norway comes in with a coastline stretching 83.3K kilometers. Indonesia, the world's largest island country, ranks third with a coastline measuring 54.7K kilometers. Greenland, despite its icy disposition, takes the fourth spot with a coastline that extends 44.1K kilometers. Russia's mammoth size translates to a substantial coastline of 37.7K kilometers, while the Philippines, an archipelago country in Southeast Asia, isn't trailing far behind with a coastline of 36.3K kilometers. Japan, famous for its breathtaking landscapes, has a coastline length of 29.8K kilometers. Australia, the world's smallest continent and largest island, follows with a coastline of 25.8K kilometers. The United States comes in ninth, quite surprisingly, with a 19.9K-kilometer coastal perimeter. Lastly, New Zealand, a country known for its spectacular and diverse coastline, has a coastline length of 15.1K kilometers. 10 Countries with the Longest Coastlines:
The ten countries with the shortest coastlines are Monaco, Gibraltar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuvalu, Jordan, Nauru, Montserrat, Palestine, Macau, and Slovenia. Monaco has the shortest coastline in the world, measuring only 4 kilometers. Gibraltar follows with a coastline of 12 kilometers. Bosnia and Herzegovina has a slightly larger coastline of 20 kilometers. Tuvalu's coastline length is slightly longer at 24 kilometers, and Jordan ranks fifth with a coastline of 26 kilometers. Nauru has a coastline measuring 30 kilometers. Montserrat and Palestine share the seventh place, each having a coastline of 40 kilometers. Macau's coastline measures 41 kilometers, while Slovenia rounds up the top ten with a coastline of 47 kilometers. Here are the ten countries with the shortest coastlines:
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
362
#117
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.0K
#80
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
116
#149
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.6K
#63
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
61
#159
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
153
#141
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
5.0K
#25
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
69
#156
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
25.8K
#8
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
3.5K
#33
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
161
#136
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
580
#93
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
97
#151
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
67
#157
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
386
#115
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
121
#145
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
103
#150
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
20
#170
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
7.5K
#16
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
80
#155
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
161
#137
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
354
#119
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
443
#106
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
402
#110
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
202.1K
#1
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.0K
#81
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
160
#139
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
6.4K
#20
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
14.5K
#11
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
3.2K
#38
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
340
#121
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
120
#147
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.3K
#72
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
5.8K
#22
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
3.7K
#32
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
648
#91
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
7.3K
#17
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
314
#123
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
148
#142
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.3K
#73
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.2K
#55
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.5K
#49
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
307
#125
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
296
#126
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.2K
#56
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
3.8K
#31
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.1K
#77
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.3K
#74
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
4.9K
#28
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.5K
#45
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
885
#83
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
80
#154
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
310
#124
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.4K
#53
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
539
#96
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
12
#171
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
13.7K
#12
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
44.1K
#4
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
121
#146
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
126
#144
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
400
#112
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
320
#122
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
350
#120
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
459
#104
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.8K
#61
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
832
#86
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
733
#88
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
5.0K
#26
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
7.0K
#19
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
54.7K
#3
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.4K
#50
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
58
#161
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.4K
#68
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
160
#138
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
273
#128
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
7.6K
#15
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
515
#99
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.0K
#79
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
29.8K
#7
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
26
#168
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
536
#97
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.1K
#76
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
499
#101
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
498
#102
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
225
#131
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
579
#94
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.8K
#62
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
90
#152
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
41
#164
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
4.8K
#29
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
4.7K
#30
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
644
#92
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
253
#129
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
370
#116
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
754
#87
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
177
#134
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
9.3K
#14
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
6.1K
#21
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
4
#172
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
294
#127
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
40
#166
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.9K
#39
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.5K
#48
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.9K
#58
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.6K
#64
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
30
#167
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
451
#105
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.3K
#54
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
15.1K
#10
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
910
#82
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
853
#84
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
64
#158
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.5K
#46
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.5K
#67
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
83.3K
#2
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.1K
#57
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.0K
#78
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.5K
#66
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
40
#165
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.5K
#47
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
5.2K
#24
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.4K
#51
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
36.3K
#6
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
440
#107
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.8K
#60
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
501
#100
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
563
#95
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
169
#135
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
225
#130
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
37.7K
#5
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
135
#143
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
158
#140
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
59
#160
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
120
#148
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
84
#153
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
403
#109
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.6K
#43
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
531
#98
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
491
#103
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
402
#111
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
193
#133
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
47
#163
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
5.3K
#23
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
3.3K
#35
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.8K
#41
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.4K
#52
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
5.0K
#27
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.3K
#70
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
853
#85
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
386
#114
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
3.2K
#37
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
193
#132
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.6K
#65
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.4K
#69
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
3.2K
#36
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
706
#89
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
56
#162
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
419
#108
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
362
#118
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.1K
#75
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
7.2K
#18
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
389
#113
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
24
#169
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.8K
#42
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.3K
#71
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
12.4K
#13
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
19.9K
#9
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
660
#90
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.5K
#44
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
2.8K
#40
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
3.4K
#34
Metric
Value
Rank
Coastline Length
1.9K
#59
Region ↕ | Coastline Length ↕ |
---|---|
Albania | 362 |
Algeria | 1.0K |
American Samoa | 116 |
Angola | 1.6K |
Anguilla | 61 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 153 |
Argentina | 5.0K |
Aruba | 69 |
Australia | 25.8K |
Bahamas | 3.5K |
Bahrain | 161 |
Bangladesh | 580 |
Barbados | 97 |
Belgium | 67 |
Belize | 386 |
Benin | 121 |
Bermuda | 103 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20 |
Brazil | 7.5K |
British Virgin Islands | 80 |
Brunei | 161 |
Bulgaria | 354 |
Cambodia | 443 |
Cameroon | 402 |
Canada | 202.1K |
Cape Verde | 1.0K |
Cayman Islands | 160 |
Chile | 6.4K |
China | 14.5K |
Colombia | 3.2K |
Comoros | 340 |
Cook Islands | 120 |
Costa Rica | 1.3K |
Croatia | 5.8K |
Cuba | 3.7K |
Cyprus | 648 |
Denmark | 7.3K |
Djibouti | 314 |
Dominica | 148 |
Dominican Republic | 1.3K |
Ecuador | 2.2K |
Egypt | 2.5K |
El Salvador | 307 |
Equatorial Guinea | 296 |
Eritrea | 2.2K |
Estonia | 3.8K |
Fiji | 1.1K |
Finland | 1.3K |
France | 4.9K |
French Polynesia | 2.5K |
Gabon | 885 |
Gambia | 80 |
Georgia | 310 |
Germany | 2.4K |
Ghana | 539 |
Gibraltar | 12 |
Greece | 13.7K |
Greenland | 44.1K |
Grenada | 121 |
Guam | 126 |
Guatemala | 400 |
Guinea | 320 |
Guinea Bissau | 350 |
Guyana | 459 |
Haiti | 1.8K |
Honduras | 832 |
Hong Kong | 733 |
Iceland | 5.0K |
India | 7.0K |
Indonesia | 54.7K |
Iran | 2.4K |
Iraq | 58 |
Ireland | 1.4K |
Isle Of Man | 160 |
Israel | 273 |
Italy | 7.6K |
Ivory Coast | 515 |
Jamaica | 1.0K |
Japan | 29.8K |
Jordan | 26 |
Kenya | 536 |
Kiribati | 1.1K |
Kuwait | 499 |
Latvia | 498 |
Lebanon | 225 |
Liberia | 579 |
Libya | 1.8K |
Lithuania | 90 |
Macau | 41 |
Madagascar | 4.8K |
Malaysia | 4.7K |
Maldives | 644 |
Malta | 253 |
Marshall Islands | 370 |
Mauritania | 754 |
Mauritius | 177 |
Mexico | 9.3K |
Micronesia | 6.1K |
Monaco | 4 |
Montenegro | 294 |
Montserrat | 40 |
Morocco | 2.9K |
Mozambique | 2.5K |
Myanmar | 1.9K |
Namibia | 1.6K |
Nauru | 30 |
Netherlands | 451 |
New Caledonia | 2.3K |
New Zealand | 15.1K |
Nicaragua | 910 |
Nigeria | 853 |
Niue | 64 |
North Korea | 2.5K |
Northern Mariana Islands | 1.5K |
Norway | 83.3K |
Oman | 2.1K |
Pakistan | 1.0K |
Palau | 1.5K |
Palestine | 40 |
Panama | 2.5K |
Papua New Guinea | 5.2K |
Peru | 2.4K |
Philippines | 36.3K |
Poland | 440 |
Portugal | 1.8K |
Puerto Rico | 501 |
Qatar | 563 |
Republic of the Congo | 169 |
Romania | 225 |
Russia | 37.7K |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 135 |
Saint Lucia | 158 |
Saint Martin | 59 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 120 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 84 |
Samoa | 403 |
Saudi Arabia | 2.6K |
Senegal | 531 |
Seychelles | 491 |
Sierra Leone | 402 |
Singapore | 193 |
Slovenia | 47 |
Solomon Islands | 5.3K |
Somalia | 3.3K |
South Africa | 2.8K |
South Korea | 2.4K |
Spain | 5.0K |
Sri Lanka | 1.3K |
Sudan | 853 |
Suriname | 386 |
Sweden | 3.2K |
Syria | 193 |
Taiwan | 1.6K |
Tanzania | 1.4K |
Thailand | 3.2K |
Timor Leste | 706 |
Togo | 56 |
Tonga | 419 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 362 |
Tunisia | 1.1K |
Turkey | 7.2K |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 389 |
Tuvalu | 24 |
Ukraine | 2.8K |
United Arab Emirates | 1.3K |
United Kingdom | 12.4K |
United States | 19.9K |
Uruguay | 660 |
Vanuatu | 2.5K |
Venezuela | 2.8K |
Vietnam | 3.4K |
Yemen | 1.9K |