Home Rankings Coastline ◭ Land · Rankings How much coast is there? Coastline, 213 countries & territories. Total length of the boundary between land and sea, as reported by the CIA World Factbook. Coastline length depends on measurement scale (the coastline paradox), so compare orders of magnitude, not decimals.
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Source: CIA World Factbook· 2026 edition about the data
The ranking Highest first ⇅ 1 Canada 202,080 km 2026 edition 4 Russia 37,653 km 2026 edition 6 Japan 29,751 km 2026 edition 8 Norway 25,148 km 2026 edition 11 China 14,500 km 2026 edition 12 Greece 13,676 km 2026 edition 14 Mexico 9,330 km 2026 edition 15 Italy 7,600 km 2026 edition 16 Brazil 7,491 km 2026 edition 19 India 7,000 km 2026 edition 20 Chile 6,435 km 2026 edition 27 Spain 4,964 km 2026 edition 28 France 4,853 km 2026 edition 32 Cuba 3,735 km 2026 edition 36 Sweden 3,218 km 2026 edition 47 Panama 2,490 km 2026 edition 49 Egypt 2,450 km 2026 edition 50 Iran 2,440 km 2026 edition Show all 213