Units: Kilometers
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| Coastal and Marine Ecosystems — Marine Jurisdictions: Coastline length Units: Kilometers |
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| World | ||
| World {1} | 1,634,700.7 | |
| 2000 | ||
| Region/Classification | ||
| Asia (excluding Middle East) | 288,459.0 | |
| Central America & Caribbean | 73,703.0 | |
| Europe | 325,892.3 | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 47,281.9 | |
| North America | 398,835.2 | |
| Oceania | 137,772.4 | |
| South America | 144,566.8 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 63,124.4 | |
| Developed Countries | 850,213.4 | |
| Developing Countries | 629,421.4 | |
| ISO | 2000 | |
| Country | ||
| Afghanistan | AFG | 0.0 |
| Albania | ALB | 648.7 |
| Algeria | DZA | 1,557.3 |
| Angola | AGO | 2,251.8 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | ATG | 289.0 |
| Argentina | ARG | 8,396.8 |
| Armenia | ARM | 0.0 |
| Aruba | ABW | 107.1 |
| Australia | AUS | 66,530.3 |
| Austria | AUT | 0.0 |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | 871.3 |
| Bahamas | BHS | 11,238.3 |
| Bahrain | BHR | 254.8 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 3,306.4 |
| Barbados | BRB | 96.9 |
| Belarus | BLR | 0.0 |
| Belgium | BEL | 76.2 |
| Belize | BLZ | 1,996.1 |
| Benin | BEN | 152.7 |
| Bermuda | BMU | 179.7 |
| Bhutan | BTN | 0.0 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 0.0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 23.0 |
| Botswana | BWA | 0.0 |
| Brazil | BRA | 33,379.0 |
| Brunei Darussalam | BRN | 269.4 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 456.8 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 0.0 |
| Burundi | BDI | 0.0 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 1,126.8 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 1,798.7 |
| Canada | CAN | 265,523.2 |
| Cape Verde | CPV | 1,120.9 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | 797.3 |
| Central African Rep | CAF | 0.0 |
| Chad | TCD | 0.0 |
| Chile | CHL | 78,563.2 |
| China | CHN | 30,016.7 |
| Colombia | COL | 5,874.5 |
| Comoros | COM | 468.8 |
| Congo | COG | 205.1 |
| Congo, Dem Rep | COD | 176.8 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 2,068.5 |
| Croatia | HRV | 5,663.5 |
| Cuba | CUB | 14,519.3 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 671.3 |
| Czech Rep | CZE | 0.0 |
| Denmark | DNK | 5,316.2 |
| Djibouti | DJI | 442.8 |
| Dominica | DMA | 151.7 |
| Dominican Rep | DOM | 1,611.8 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 4,597.0 |
| Egypt | EGY | 5,898.0 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 756.1 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 602.6 |
| Eritrea | ERI | 3,446.0 |
| Estonia | EST | 2,956.0 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 0.0 |
| Fiji | FJI | 4,637.5 |
| Finland | FIN | 31,119.1 |
| France | FRA | 7,329.8 |
| French Guiana | GUF | 762.9 |
| French Polynesia | PYF | 5,829.5 |
| Gabon | GAB | 2,019.1 |
| Gambia | GMB | 502.7 |
| Georgia | GEO | 376.0 |
| Germany | DEU | 3,623.7 |
| Ghana | GHA | 757.8 |
| Greece | GRC | 15,146.7 |
| Grenada | GRD | 251.5 |
| Guadeloupe | GLP | 580.9 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 444.7 |
| Guinea | GIN | 1,614.5 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 3,176.0 |
| Guyana | GUY | 1,154.1 |
| Haiti | HTI | 1,977.2 |
| Honduras | HND | 1,878.3 |
| Hong Kong | HKG | 954.5 |
| Hungary | HUN | 0.0 |
| Iceland | ISL | 8,505.8 |
| India | IND | 17,181.3 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 95,180.8 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep | IRN | 5,890.5 |
| Iraq | IRQ | 105.4 |
| Ireland | IRL | 6,437.1 |
| Israel | ISR | 204.9 |
| Italy | ITA | 9,225.8 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 894.9 |
| Japan | JPN | 29,019.7 |
| Jordan | JOR | 26.6 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 4,527.8 |
| Kenya | KEN | 1,586.1 |
| Kiribati | KIR | 1,960.8 |
| Korea, Dem People's Rep | PRK | 4,009.3 |
| Korea, Rep | KOR | 12,478.2 |
| Kuwait | KWT | 756.4 |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 0.0 |
| Lao People's Dem Rep | LAO | 0.0 |
| Latvia | LVA | 565.5 |
| Lebanon | LBN | 294.2 |
| Lesotho | LSO | 0.0 |
| Liberia | LBR | 842.0 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | LBY | 2,025.3 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 257.7 |
| Luxembourg | LUX | 0.0 |
| Macau | MAC | 36.0 |
| Macedonia, FYR | MKD | 0.0 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 9,935.2 |
| Malawi | MWI | 0.0 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 9,323.4 |
| Maldives | MDV | 2,001.8 |
| Mali | MLI | 0.0 |
| Malta | MLT | 197.8 |
| Marshall Islands | MHL | 2,106.4 |
| Martinique | MTQ | 369.0 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 1,268.4 |
| Mauritius | MUS | 495.7 |
| Mexico | MEX | 23,761.3 |
| Micronesia, Fed States | FSM | 1,294.6 |
| Moldova, Rep | MDA | 0.0 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 0.0 |
| Morocco | MAR | 2,008.5 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 6,941.9 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 14,708.2 |
| Namibia | NAM | 1,753.6 |
| Nepal | NPL | 0.0 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 1,913.8 |
| Netherlands Antilles | ANT | 361.2 |
| New Caledonia | NCL | 3,623.6 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 17,208.6 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 1,914.8 |
| Niger | NER | 0.0 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 3,121.9 |
| Norway | NOR | 53,198.6 |
| Oman | OMN | 2,809.5 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 2,599.1 |
| Panama | PAN | 5,637.1 |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | 20,196.8 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 0.0 |
| Peru | PER | 3,361.7 |
| Philippines | PHL | 33,900.0 |
| Poland | POL | 1,032.3 |
| Portugal | PRT | 2,830.1 |
| Puerto Rico | PRI | 1,094.0 |
| Qatar | QAT | 909.1 |
| Réunion | REU | 219.0 |
| Romania | ROU | 695.5 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | 110,310.0 |
| Rwanda | RWA | 0.0 |
| Samoa | WSM | 463.4 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | STP | 269.0 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 7,572.2 |
| Senegal | SEN | 1,327.2 |
| Seychelles | SYC | 746.5 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | 1,677.1 |
| Singapore | SGP | 268.2 |
| Slovakia | SVK | 0.0 |
| Slovenia | SVN | 41.2 |
| Solomon Islands | SLB | 9,880.4 |
| Somalia | SOM | 3,898.4 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 3,750.9 |
| Spain {2} | ESP | 7,268.1 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 2,824.8 |
| St. Lucia | LCA | 165.9 |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines | VCT | 264.1 |
| Sudan | SDN | 2,244.9 |
| Suriname | SUR | 619.8 |
| Swaziland | SWZ | 0.0 |
| Sweden | SWE | 26,383.8 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 0.0 |
| Syrian Arab Rep | SYR | 212.4 |
| Taiwan | TWN | 2,007.4 |
| Tajikistan | TJK | 0.0 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 3,460.5 |
| Thailand | THA | 7,066.3 |
| Togo | TGO | 52.7 |
| Tonga | TON | 908.5 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 704.2 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 1,926.8 |
| Turkey | TUR | 8,139.6 |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | 1,289.4 |
| U.S.S.R. (former) | 0.0 | |
| Uganda | UGA | 0.0 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 4,953.0 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | 2,870.6 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 19,716.6 |
| United States | USA | 133,312.0 |
| Uruguay | URY | 1,095.7 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 1,707.2 |
| Vanuatu | VUT | 3,132.1 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 6,762.1 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | 11,409.1 |
| Virgin Islands | VIR | 389.6 |
| Yemen | YEM | 3,148.6 |
| Zambia | ZMB | 0.0 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | 0.0 |
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| Footnotes |
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| 1 - World |
| World total includes countries not listed and coastline for disputed areas. |
| 2 - Spain |
| Includes coastline length for the Canary Islands. |
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| Source: Coastal length data are based on the World Vector Shoreline, United States Defense Mapping Agency, 1989. Figures were calculated by L. Pruett and J. Cimino, unpublished data, Global Maritime Boundaries Database (GMBD), Veridian - MRJ Technology Solutions, (Fairfax, Virginia, January, 2000). |
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