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World Coastline length Ranking Map In the available data, Canada has the highest recorded value at 202,080 km (rank #1); Japan ranks #6 at 29,751 km. Coverage: 224 countries and territories. Reference years: Canada 2025; Japan 2025. Coastline totals depend strongly on map scale and measurement method, so sources can report different lengths.
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Compare coastline length across the world. Compare coastline length by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.
Japan 29,751 km
Japan, world rank 6 for Coastline length, 29,751 km
Fiji: 1,129 km Tanzania: 1,424 km Western Sahara: 1,110 km Canada: 202,080 km United States: 19,924 km Kazakhstan: 0 km Uzbekistan: 0 km Papua New Guinea: 5,152 km Indonesia: 54,716 km Argentina: 4,989 km Chile: 6,435 km Democratic Republic of the Congo: 37 km Somalia: 3,025 km Kenya: 536 km Sudan: 853 km Chad: 0 km Haiti: 1,771 km Dominican Republic: 1,288 km Russia: 37,653 km Bahamas: 3,542 km Falkland Islands: 1,288 km Norway: 25,148 km Greenland: 44,087 km Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 706 km South Africa: 2,798 km Lesotho: 0 km Mexico: 9,330 km Uruguay: 660 km Brazil: 7,491 km Bolivia: 0 km Peru: 2,414 km Colombia: 3,208 km Panama: 2,490 km Costa Rica: 1,290 km Nicaragua: 910 km Honduras: 823 km El Salvador: 307 km Guatemala: 400 km Belize: 386 km Venezuela: 2,800 km Guyana: 459 km Suriname: 386 km France: 4,853 km Ecuador: 2,237 km Puerto Rico: 501 km Jamaica: 1,022 km Cuba: 3,735 km Zimbabwe: 0 km Botswana: 0 km Namibia: 1,572 km Senegal: 531 km Mali: 0 km Mauritania: 754 km Benin: 121 km Niger: 0 km Nigeria: 853 km Cameroon: 402 km Togo: 56 km Ghana: 539 km Côte d’Ivoire: 515 km Guinea: 320 km Guinea-Bissau: 350 km Liberia: 579 km Sierra Leone: 402 km Burkina Faso: 0 km Central African Republic: No data Republic of the Congo: 169 km Gabon: 885 km Equatorial Guinea: 296 km Zambia: 0 km Malawi: 0 km Mozambique: 2,470 km Eswatini: 0 km Angola: 1,600 km Burundi: 0 km Israel: 273 km Lebanon: 225 km Madagascar: 4,828 km Palestine: No data Gambia: 80 km Tunisia: 1,148 km Algeria: 998 km Jordan: 26 km United Arab Emirates: No data Qatar: 563 km Kuwait: 499 km Iraq: 58 km Oman: 2,092 km Vanuatu: 2,528 km Cambodia: 443 km Thailand: 3,219 km Laos: 0 km Myanmar: 1,930 km Vietnam: 3,444 km North Korea: 2,495 km South Korea: 2,413 km Mongolia: 0 km India: 7,000 km Bangladesh: 580 km Bhutan: 0 km Nepal: 0 km Pakistan: 1,046 km Afghanistan: 0 km Tajikistan: 0 km Kyrgyzstan: 0 km Turkmenistan: 0 km Iran: 2,440 km Syria: 193 km Armenia: 0 km Sweden: 3,218 km Belarus: 0 km Ukraine: 2,782 km Poland: 440 km Austria: 0 km Hungary: 0 km Moldova: 0 km Romania: 225 km Lithuania: 90 km Latvia: 498 km Estonia: 3,794 km Germany: 2,389 km Bulgaria: 354 km Greece: 13,676 km Türkiye: 7,200 km Albania: 362 km Croatia: 5,835 km Switzerland: 0 km Luxembourg: 0 km Belgium: 67 km Netherlands: 451 km Portugal: 1,793 km Spain: 4,964 km Ireland: 1,448 km New Caledonia: 2,254 km Solomon Islands: 5,313 km New Zealand: 15,134 km Australia: 25,760 km Sri Lanka: 1,340 km China: 14,500 km Taiwan: 1,566 km Italy: 7,600 km Denmark: 7,314 km United Kingdom: 12,429 km Iceland: 4,970 km Azerbaijan: 0 km Georgia: 310 km Philippines: 36,289 km Malaysia: 4,675 km Brunei: 161 km Slovenia: 47 km Finland: 1,250 km Slovakia: 0 km Czechia: 0 km Eritrea: 2,234 km Japan: 29,751 km Paraguay: 0 km Yemen: 1,906 km Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 648 km Morocco: 2,945 km Egypt: 2,450 km Libya: 1,770 km Ethiopia: 0 km Djibouti: 314 km Somaliland: No data Uganda: 0 km Rwanda: 0 km Bosnia and Herzegovina: 20 km North Macedonia: 0 km Serbia: 0 km Montenegro: 294 km Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 362 km South Sudan: 0 km Japan Canada 1 Indonesia 2 Greenland 3 Russia 4 Philippines 5 Uzbekistan 182 Burkina Faso 182 Zambia 182 Uganda 182 North Macedonia 182 Australia United States China Mexico Norway New Zealand United Kingdom Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Coastline lengthRankings 6/224 29,751 km
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #6 for coastline length. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Canada 202,080 km 2 Indonesia 54,716 km 3 Greenland 44,087 km 4 Russia 37,653 km 5 Philippines 36,289 km
182 Zambia 0 km 182 Uzbekistan 0 km 182 Burkina Faso 0 km 182 North Macedonia 0 km 182 Uganda 0 km 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Coastline length ranking map Compare coastline length by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 224 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Canada (202,080 km), #2 Indonesia (54,716 km), #3 Greenland (44,087 km)
Japan’s position World #6 (29,751 km)
Data period 2025 All displayed observations use the reference period above. Check the source and definition before interpreting small differences.
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Coastline length Full ranking224 countries #66 Northern Mariana Islands 1,482 km Profile #71 Dominican Republic 1,288 km Profile #114 Turks and Caicos Islands 389 km Profile #119 Trinidad and Tobago 362 km Profile #133 Sao Tome and Principe 209 km Profile #137 U.S. Virgin Islands 188 km Profile #139 Republic of the Congo 169 km Profile #145 Antigua and Barbuda 153 km Profile #147 St. Kitts and Nevis 135 km Profile #152 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 120 km Profile #159 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 84 km Profile #160 British Virgin Islands 80 km Profile #167 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 59 km Profile #167 St. Martin (French part) 59 km Profile #175 Democratic Republic of the Congo 37 km Profile #179 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 km Profile