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Which counties have a shorter coastline?

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Monaco has the shortest (4 km) coastline among all counties/territories. Countries or territories such as Monaco, Navassa Island, Clipperton Island, Gibraltar, Wake Island, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuvalu, Jordan, and Cocos (Keeling) Islands have less than 30 km of coastline.

Here is the list of 203 countries/territories and their coastline length in kilometers (sorted by coastline length in ascending order):

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

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