The World Factbook. 2008.
Coastline
Country | Coastline |
Afghanistan | 0 km (landlocked) |
Akrotiri | 56.3 km |
Albania | 362 km |
Algeria | 998 km |
American Samoa | 116 km |
Andorra | 0 km (landlocked) |
Angola | 1,600 km |
Anguilla | 61 km |
Antarctica | 17,968 km |
Antigua and Barbuda | 153 km |
Arctic Ocean | 45,389 km |
Argentina | 4,989 km |
Armenia | 0 km (landlocked) |
Aruba | 68.5 km |
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | 74.1 km |
Atlantic Ocean | 111,866 km |
Australia | 25,760 km |
Austria | 0 km (landlocked) |
Azerbaijan | 0 km (landlocked); note – Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (800 km est.) |
Bahamas, The | 3,542 km |
Bahrain | 161 km |
Bangladesh | 580 km |
Barbados | 97 km |
Belarus | 0 km (landlocked) |
Belgium | 66.5 km |
Belize | 386 km |
Benin | 121 km |
Bermuda | 103 km |
Bhutan | 0 km (landlocked) |
Bolivia | 0 km (landlocked) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20 km |
Botswana | 0 km (landlocked) |
Bouvet Island | 29.6 km |
Brazil | 7,491 km |
British Indian Ocean Territory | 698 km |
British Virgin Islands | 80 km |
Brunei | 161 km |
Bulgaria | 354 km |
Burkina Faso | 0 km (landlocked) |
Burma | 1,930 km |
Burundi | 0 km (landlocked) |
Cambodia | 443 km |
Cameroon | 402 km |
Canada | 202,080 km |
Cape Verde | 965 km |
Cayman Islands | 160 km |
Central African Republic | 0 km (landlocked) |
Chad | 0 km (landlocked) |
Chile | 6,435 km |
China | 14,500 km |
Christmas Island | 138.9 km |
Clipperton Island | 11.1 km |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 26 km |
Colombia | 3,208 km (Caribbean Sea 1,760 km, North Pacific Ocean 1,448 km) |
Comoros | 340 km |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 37 km |
Congo, Republic of the | 169 km |
Cook Islands | 120 km |
Coral Sea Islands | 3,095 km |
Costa Rica | 1,290 km |
Cote d’Ivoire | 515 km |
Croatia | 5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km) |
Cuba | 3,735 km |
Cyprus | 648 km |
Czech Republic | 0 km (landlocked) |
Denmark | 7,314 km |
Dhekelia | 27.5 km |
Djibouti | 314 km |
Dominica | 148 km |
Dominican Republic | 1,288 km |
Ecuador | 2,237 km |
Egypt | 2,450 km |
El Salvador | 307 km |
Equatorial Guinea | 296 km |
Eritrea | 2,234 km (mainland on Red Sea 1,151 km, islands in Red Sea 1,083 km) |
Estonia | 3,794 km |
Ethiopia | 0 km (landlocked) |
European Union | 65,992.9 km |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,288 km |
Faroe Islands | 1,117 km |
Fiji | 1,129 km |
Finland | 1,250 km |
France | total: 4,668 km metropolitan France: 3,427 km |
French Polynesia | 2,525 km |
French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): 28 km Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): Iles Kerguelen: 2,800 km Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): 35.2 km Europa Island (Iles Eparses): 22.2 km Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses): 35.2 km Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): 24.1 km Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): 3.7 km |
Gabon | 885 km |
Gambia, The | 80 km |
Gaza Strip | 40 km |
Georgia | 310 km |
Germany | 2,389 km |
Ghana | 539 km |
Gibraltar | 12 km |
Greece | 13,676 km |
Greenland | 44,087 km |
Grenada | 121 km |
Guam | 125.5 km |
Guatemala | 400 km |
Guernsey | 50 km |
Guinea | 320 km |
Guinea-Bissau | 350 km |
Guyana | 459 km |
Haiti | 1,771 km |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 101.9 km |
Holy See (Vatican City) | 0 km (landlocked) |
Honduras | 820 km |
Hong Kong | 733 km |
Hungary | 0 km (landlocked) |
Iceland | 4,970 km |
India | 7,000 km |
Indian Ocean | 66,526 km |
Indonesia | 54,716 km |
Iran | 2,440 km; note – Iran also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km) |
Iraq | 58 km |
Ireland | 1,448 km |
Isle of Man | 160 km |
Israel | 273 km |
Italy | 7,600 km |
Jamaica | 1,022 km |
Jan Mayen | 124.1 km |
Japan | 29,751 km |
Jersey | 70 km |
Jordan | 26 km |
Kazakhstan | 0 km (landlocked); note – Kazakhstan borders the Aral Sea, now split into two bodies of water (1,070 km), and the Caspian Sea (1,894 km) |
Kenya | 536 km |
Kiribati | 1,143 km |
Korea, North | 2,495 km |
Korea, South | 2,413 km |
Kosovo | 0 km (landlocked) |
Kosovo | 0 km (landlocked) |
Kuwait | 499 km |
Kyrgyzstan | 0 km (landlocked) |
Laos | 0 km (landlocked) |
Latvia | 498 km |
Lebanon | 225 km |
Lesotho | 0 km (landlocked) |
Liberia | 579 km |
Libya | 1,770 km |
Liechtenstein | 0 km (doubly landlocked) |
Lithuania | 99 km |
Luxembourg | 0 km (landlocked) |
Macau | 41 km |
Macedonia | 0 km (landlocked) |
Madagascar | 4,828 km |
Malawi | 0 km (landlocked) |
Malaysia | 4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607 km) |
Maldives | 644 km |
Mali | 0 km (landlocked) |
Malta | 196.8 km (does not include 56.01 km for the island of Gozo) |
Marshall Islands | 370.4 km |
Mauritania | 754 km |
Mauritius | 177 km |
Mayotte | 185.2 km |
Mexico | 9,330 km |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 6,112 km |
Moldova | 0 km (landlocked) |
Monaco | 4.1 km |
Mongolia | 0 km (landlocked) |
Montenegro | 293.5 km |
Montserrat | 40 km |
Morocco | 1,835 km |
Mozambique | 2,470 km |
Namibia | 1,572 km |
Nauru | 30 km |
Navassa Island | 8 km |
Nepal | 0 km (landlocked) |
Netherlands | 451 km |
Netherlands Antilles | 364 km |
New Caledonia | 2,254 km |
New Zealand | 15,134 km |
Nicaragua | 910 km |
Niger | 0 km (landlocked) |
Nigeria | 853 km |
Niue | 64 km |
Norfolk Island | 32 km |
Northern Mariana Islands | 1,482 km |
Norway | 25,148 km (includes mainland 2,650 km, as well as long fjords, numerous small islands, and minor indentations 22,498 km; length of island coastlines 58,133 km) |
Oman | 2,092 km |
Pacific Ocean | 135,663 km |
Pakistan | 1,046 km |
Palau | 1,519 km |
Panama | 2,490 km |
Papua New Guinea | 5,152 km |
Paracel Islands | 518 km |
Paraguay | 0 km (landlocked) |
Peru | 2,414 km |
Philippines | 36,289 km |
Pitcairn Islands | 51 km |
Poland | 491 km |
Portugal | 1,793 km |
Puerto Rico | 501 km |
Qatar | 563 km |
Romania | 225 km |
Russia | 37,653 km |
Rwanda | 0 km (landlocked) |
Saint Helena | Saint Helena: 60 km Ascension Island: NA Tristan da Cunha: 40 km |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 135 km |
Saint Lucia | 158 km |
Saint Martin | 58.9 km (for entire island) |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 120 km |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 84 km |
Samoa | 403 km |
San Marino | 0 km (landlocked) |
Sao Tome and Principe | 209 km |
Saudi Arabia | 2,640 km |
Senegal | 531 km |
Serbia | 0 km (landlocked) |
Seychelles | 491 km |
Sierra Leone | 402 km |
Singapore | 193 km |
Slovakia | 0 km (landlocked) |
Slovenia | 46.6 km |
Solomon Islands | 5,313 km |
Somalia | 3,025 km |
South Africa | 2,798 km |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | NA km |
Southern Ocean | 17,968 km |
Spain | 4,964 km |
Spratly Islands | 926 km |
Sri Lanka | 1,340 km |
Sudan | 853 km |
Suriname | 386 km |
Svalbard | 3,587 km |
Swaziland | 0 km (landlocked) |
Sweden | 3,218 km |
Switzerland | 0 km (landlocked) |
Syria | 193 km |
Taiwan | 1,566.3 km |
Tajikistan | 0 km (landlocked) |
Tanzania | 1,424 km |
Thailand | 3,219 km |
Timor-Leste | 706 km |
Togo | 56 km |
Tokelau | 101 km |
Tonga | 419 km |
Trinidad and Tobago | 362 km |
Tunisia | 1,148 km |
Turkey | 7,200 km |
Turkmenistan | 0 km; note – Turkmenistan borders the Caspian Sea (1,768 km) |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 389 km |
Tuvalu | 24 km |
Uganda | 0 km (landlocked) |
Ukraine | 2,782 km |
United Arab Emirates | 1,318 km |
United Kingdom | 12,429 km |
United States | 19,924 km |
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | Baker Island: 4.8 km Howland Island: 6.4 km Jarvis Island: 8 km Johnston Atoll: 34 km Kingman Reef: 3 km Midway Islands: 15 km Palmyra Atoll: 14.5 km |
Uruguay | 660 km |
Uzbekistan | 0 km (doubly landlocked); note – Uzbekistan includes the southern portion of the Aral Sea with a 420 km shoreline |
Vanuatu | 2,528 km |
Venezuela | 2,800 km |
Vietnam | 3,444 km (excludes islands) |
Virgin Islands | 188 km |
Wake Island | 19.3 km |
Wallis and Futuna | 129 km |
West Bank | 0 km (landlocked) |
Western Sahara | 1,110 km |
World | 356,000 km note: 94 nations and other entities are islands that border no other countries, they include: American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Baker Island, Barbados, Bermuda, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Clipperton Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominica, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guernsey, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Howland Island, Iceland, Isle of Man, Jamaica, Jan Mayen, Japan, Jarvis Island, Jersey, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Federated States of Micronesia, Midway Islands, Montserrat, Nauru, Navassa Island, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Palmyra Atoll, Paracel Islands, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Spratly Islands, Sri Lanka, Svalbard, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Virgin Islands, Wake Island, Wallis and Futuna, Taiwan |
Yemen | 1,906 km |
Zambia | 0 km (landlocked) |
Zimbabwe | 0 km (landlocked) |