Metric briefing
Coastline Length by Country
239 countries • km • CIA World Factbook (Frozen Snapshot)
Top country
Canada
Lowest country
Zimbabwe
Source
CIA World Factbook (Frozen Snapshot)
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What It Measures
Coastline length from the frozen public-domain CIA World Factbook snapshot.
At a Glance
World average
3.3K
Middle country
386
Low end
0
High end
202.1K
Countries
239
Data source
World Map
Highest & Lowest Coastline Length
Highest Coastline Length
Worth a Double Take
Biggest ranking jump: #1 Canada is 147.4K km higher than #2 Indonesia (202.1K km vs 54.7K km).
Another sharp ranking jump: #2 Indonesia is 10.6K km higher than #3 Greenland (54.7K km vs 44.1K km).
Another sharp ranking jump: #5 Philippines is 6.5K km higher than #6 Japan (36.3K km vs 29.8K km).