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Question: List of countries by the length of coastline?

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Canada has the longest coastline (202,080 km), and Monaco has the shortest (4 km). Canada, Norway, Indonesia, Greenland, and Russia are the top 5 counties with the longest coastline.

Here is the list of 200+ countries and their coastline length in kilometers (sorted in descending order): source

  1.  Canada (202,080 km)
  2.  Norway (83,281 km)
  3.  Indonesia (54,716 km)
  4.  Greenland (44,087 km)
  5.  Russia (37,653 km)
  6.  Philippines (36,289 km)
  7.  Japan (29,751 km)
  8.  Australia (25,760 km)
  9.  United States (19,924 km)
  10.  Antarctica (17,968 km)
  11.  New Zealand (15,134 km)
  12.  China (14,500 km)
  13.  Greece (13,676 km)
  14.  United Kingdom (12,429 km)
  15.  Mexico (9,330 km)
  16.  Italy (7,600 km)
  17.  Brazil (7,491 km)
  18.  Denmark (7,314 km)
  19.  Turkey (7,200 km)
  20.  India (7,000 km)
  21.  Chile (6,435 km)
  22. Federated States of Micronesia (6,112 km)
  23.  Croatia (5,835 km)
  24.  Solomon Islands (5,313 km)
  25.  Papua New Guinea (5,152 km)
  26.  Argentina (4,989 km)
  27.  Iceland (4,970 km)
  28.  Spain (4,964 km)
  29.  France (4,853 km)
  30.  Madagascar (4,828 km)
  31.  Malaysia (4,675 km)
  32.  Estonia (3,794 km)
  33.  Cuba (3,735 km)
  34.  Svalbard (3,587 km)
  35.  Bahamas (3,542 km)
  36.  Vietnam (3,444 km)
  37.  Somalia (3,333 km)
  38.  Thailand (3,219 km)
  39.  Sweden (3,218 km)
  40.  Colombia (3,208 km)
  41.  Coral Sea Islands (3,095 km)
  42.  French Southern and Antarctic Lands (2,948 km)
  43.  Morocco (2,945 km)
  44.  Venezuela (2,800 km)
  45.  South Africa (2,798 km)
  46.  Ukraine (2,782 km)
  47.  Saudi Arabia (2,640 km)
  48.  Vanuatu (2,528 km)
  49.  French Polynesia (2,525 km)
  50.  Korea, North (2,495 km)
  51.  Panama (2,490 km)
  52.  Mozambique (2,470 km)
  53.  Egypt (2,450 km)
  54.  Iran (2,440 km)
  55.  Peru (2,414 km)
  56.  Korea, South (2,413 km)
  57.  Germany (2,389 km)
  58.  New Caledonia (2,254 km)
  59.  Ecuador (2,237 km)
  60.  Eritrea (2,234 km)
  61.  Oman (2,092 km)
  62.  Myanmar (1,930 km)
  63.  Yemen (1,906 km)
  64.  Portugal (1,793 km)
  65.  Haiti (1,771 km)
  66.  Libya (1,770 km)
  67.  Angola (1,600 km)
  68.  Namibia (1,572 km)
  69.  Republic of China (Taiwan) (1,566 km)
  70.  Palau (1,519 km)
  71.  Northern Mariana Islands (1,482 km)
  72.  Republic of Ireland (1,448 km)
  73.  Tanzania (1,424 km)
  74.  Sri Lanka (1,340 km)
  75.  United Arab Emirates (1,318 km)
  76.  Costa Rica (1,290 km)
  77.  Dominican Republic (1,288 km)
  78.  Falkland Islands (1,288 km)
  79.  Finland (1,250 km)
  80.  Tunisia (1,148 km)
  81.  Kiribati (1,143 km)
  82.  Fiji (1,129 km)
  83.  Faroe Islands (1,117 km)
  84.  Pakistan (1,046 km)
  85.  Jamaica (1,022 km)
  86.  Algeria (998 km)
  87.  Cape Verde (965 km)
  88.   Spratly Islands (926 km)
  89.  Nicaragua (910 km)
  90.  Gabon (885 km)
  91.  Nigeria (853 km)
  92.  Sudan (853 km)
  93.  Honduras (832 km)
  94.  Mauritania (754 km)
  95.  Hong Kong (733 km)
  96.  Timor-Leste (706 km)
  97.  British Indian Ocean Territory (698 km)
  98.  Uruguay (660 km)
  99.  Cyprus (648 km)
  100.  Maldives (644 km)
  101.  Bangladesh (580 km)
  102.  Liberia (579 km)
  103.  Qatar (563 km)
  104.  Ghana (539 km)
  105.  Kenya (536 km)
  106.  Senegal (531 km)
  107.   Paracel Islands (518 km)
  108.  Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) (515 km)
  109.  Puerto Rico (501 km)
  110.  Kuwait (499 km)
  111.  Latvia (498 km)
  112.  Seychelles (491 km)
  113.  Guyana (459 km)
  114.  Netherlands (451 km)
  115.  Cambodia (443 km)
  116.  Poland (440 km)
  117.  Tonga (419 km)
  118.  Samoa (403 km)
  119.  Cameroon (402 km)
  120.  Sierra Leone (402 km)
  121.  Guatemala (400 km)
  122.  Turks and Caicos Islands (389 km)
  123.  Belize (386 km)
  124.  Suriname (386 km)
  125.  Marshall Islands (370 km)
  126.  Curaçao (364 km)
  127.  Albania (362 km)
  128.  Trinidad and Tobago (362 km)
  129.  Bulgaria (354 km)
  130.  Guinea-Bissau (350 km)
  131.  Comoros (340 km)
  132.  Guinea (320 km)
  133.  Djibouti (314 km)
  134.  Georgia (310 km)
  135.  El Salvador (307 km)
  136.  Equatorial Guinea (296 km)
  137.  Montenegro (294 km)
  138.  Israel (273 km)
  139.  Malta (253 km)
  140.  Lebanon (225 km)
  141.  Romania (225 km)
  142.  São Tomé and Príncipe (209 km)
  143.  Singapore (193 km)
  144.  Syria (193 km)
  145.  U.S. Virgin Islands (188 km)
  146.  Mauritius (177 km)
  147.  Congo, Republic of the (169 km)
  148.  Bahrain (161 km)
  149.  Brunei (161 km)
  150.  Cayman Islands (160 km)
  151.  Isle of Man (160 km)
  152.  Saint Lucia (158 km)
  153.  Antigua and Barbuda (153 km)
  154.  Dominica (148 km)
  155.  Christmas Island (139 km)
  156.  Saint Kitts and Nevis (135 km)
  157.  Wallis and Futuna (129 km)
  158.  Guam (126 km)
  159.  Jan Mayen (124 km)
  160.  Benin (121 km)
  161.  Grenada (121 km)
  162.  Cook Islands (120 km)
  163.  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (120 km)
  164.  American Samoa (116 km)
  165.  Bermuda (103 km)
  166.  Heard Island and McDonald Islands (102 km)
  167.  Tokelau (101 km)
  168.  Barbados (97 km)
  169.  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (94 km)
  170.  Lithuania (90 km)
  171.  United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges (86 km)
  172.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (84 km)
  173.  Akrotiri and Dhekelia (84 km)
  174.  British Virgin Islands (80 km)
  175.  Gambia (80 km)
  176.  Ashmore and Cartier Islands (74 km)
  177.  Jersey (70 km)
  178.  Aruba (69 km)
  179.  Belgium (67 km)
  180.  Niue (64 km)
  181.  Anguilla (61 km)
  182.  Saint Martin (59 km)
  183.  Iraq (58 km)
  184.  Togo (56 km)
  185.  Pitcairn Islands (51 km)
  186.  Guernsey (50 km)
  187.  Slovenia (47 km)
  188.  Macau (41 km)
  189.  Gaza Strip (Palestine) (40 km)
  190.  Montserrat (40 km)
  191. Democratic Republic of the  Congo (37 km)
  192.  Norfolk Island (32 km)
  193.  Nauru (30 km)
  194.  Bouvet Island (30 km)
  195.  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (26 km)
  196.  Jordan (26 km)
  197.  Tuvalu (24 km)
  198.  Bosnia and Herzegovina (20 km)
  199.  Wake Island (19 km)
  200.  Gibraltar (12 km)
  201.  Clipperton Island (11 km)
  202.  Navassa Island (8 km)
  203.  Monaco (4 km)

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