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Field Listing :: Coastline

This entry gives the total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.

Country	Coastline(km)


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 (713 km)


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


Curacao	364 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: 4,853 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	Caribbean Sea 669 km; Gulf of Fonseca 163 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)


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	90 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 (excludes 56.01 km for the island of Gozo)


Marshall Islands	370.4 km


Mauritania	754 km


Mauritius	177 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


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	440 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, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	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


Sint Maarten	364 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 South Sandwich Islands	NA


South Sudan	0 km (landlocked)


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: 95 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, Curacao, 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, 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, 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, Sint Maarten, 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)

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