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SOURCE
CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
DEFINITION
territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal State extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the LOS Convention (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
Geography Statistics > Maritime claims > Territorial sea (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Liberia: |
200 nm
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| #2 |
Somalia: |
200 nm
|
|
| #3 |
Peru: |
200 nm
|
|
| #4 |
Congo, Republic of the: |
200 nm
|
|
| #5 |
Ecuador: |
200 nm
|
|
| #6 |
Benin: |
200 nm
|
|
| #7 |
Togo: |
30 nm
|
|
| #8 |
Saint Helena: |
12 nm
|
|
| #9 |
Suriname: |
12 nm
|
|
| #10 |
Brazil: |
12 nm
|
|
| #11 |
Argentina: |
12 nm
|
|
| #12 |
Cape Verde: |
12 nm
|
|
| #13 |
Lebanon: |
12 nm
|
|
| #14 |
Kiribati: |
12 nm
|
|
| #15 |
Qatar: |
12 nm
|
|
| #16 |
Madagascar: |
12 nm
|
|
| #17 |
Norway: |
12 nm
|
|
| #18 |
Solomon Islands: |
12 nm
|
|
| #19 |
United Kingdom: |
12 nm
|
|
| #20 |
Sweden: |
12 nm
|
|
| #21 |
Vietnam: |
12 nm
|
|
| #22 |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: |
12 nm
|
|
| #23 |
Poland: |
12 nm
|
|
| #24 |
Comoros: |
12 nm
|
|
| #25 |
New Caledonia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #26 |
Bermuda: |
12 nm
|
|
| #27 |
Romania: |
12 nm
|
|
| #28 |
American Samoa: |
12 nm
|
|
| #29 |
New Zealand: |
12 nm
|
|
| #30 |
Kuwait: |
12 nm
|
|
| #31 |
Uruguay: |
12 nm
|
|
| #32 |
Libya: |
12 nm
|
|
| #33 |
Nicaragua: |
12 nm
|
|
| #34 |
Tuvalu: |
12 nm
|
|
| #35 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
12 nm
|
|
| #36 |
Turks and Caicos Islands: |
12 nm
|
|
| #37 |
Nigeria: |
12 nm
|
|
| #38 |
Sierra Leone: |
12 nm
|
|
| #39 |
Papua New Guinea: |
12 nm
|
|
| #40 |
Spain: |
12 nm
|
|
| #41 |
Niue: |
12 nm
|
|
| #42 |
Netherlands: |
12 nm
|
|
| #43 |
Ukraine: |
12 nm
|
|
| #44 |
Dominica: |
12 nm
|
|
| #45 |
Venezuela: |
12 nm
|
|
| #46 |
Cuba: |
12 nm
|
|
| #47 |
Portugal: |
12 nm
|
|
| #48 |
Antigua and Barbuda: |
12 nm
|
|
| #49 |
Vanuatu: |
12 nm
|
|
| #50 |
Belgium: |
12 nm
|
|
| #51 |
Cook Islands: |
12 nm
|
|
| #52 |
Chile: |
12 nm
|
|
| #53 |
Côte d'Ivoire: |
12 nm
|
|
| #54 |
Christmas Island: |
12 nm
|
|
| #55 |
Costa Rica: |
12 nm
|
|
| #56 |
Angola: |
12 nm
|
|
| #57 |
Brunei: |
12 nm
|
|
| #58 |
Algeria: |
12 nm
|
|
| #59 |
Croatia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #60 |
Korea, North: |
12 nm
|
|
| #61 |
Bulgaria: |
12 nm
|
|
| #62 |
Latvia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #63 |
Cyprus: |
12 nm
|
|
| #64 |
Wallis and Futuna: |
12 nm
|
|
| #65 |
Burma: |
12 nm
|
|
| #66 |
Lithuania: |
12 nm
|
|
| #67 |
Djibouti: |
12 nm
|
|
| #68 |
United States: |
12 nm
|
|
| #69 |
Albania: |
12 nm
|
|
| #70 |
United Arab Emirates: |
12 nm
|
|
| #71 |
East Timor: |
12 nm
|
|
| #72 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
12 nm
|
|
| #73 |
Namibia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #74 |
Seychelles: |
12 nm
|
|
| #75 |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): |
12 nm
|
|
| #76 |
Senegal: |
12 nm
|
|
| #77 |
Eritrea: |
12 nm
|
|
| #78 |
Slovenia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #79 |
Egypt: |
12 nm
|
|
| #80 |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: |
12 nm
|
|
| #81 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
12 nm
|
|
| #82 |
Tonga: |
12 nm
|
|
| #83 |
El Salvador: |
12 nm
|
|
| #84 |
Tanzania: |
12 nm
|
|
| #85 |
Estonia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #86 |
Malaysia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #87 |
Nauru: |
12 nm
|
|
| #88 |
Aruba: |
12 nm
|
|
| #89 |
Gabon: |
12 nm
|
|
| #90 |
Ashmore and Cartier Islands: |
12 nm
|
|
| #91 |
Ghana: |
12 nm
|
|
| #92 |
Australia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #93 |
Fiji: |
12 nm
|
|
| #94 |
Bahamas, The: |
12 nm
|
|
| #95 |
Georgia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #96 |
Bahrain: |
12 nm
|
|
| #97 |
Finland: |
12 nm
|
|
| #98 |
Bangladesh: |
12 nm
|
|
| #99 |
French Southern and Antarctic Lands: |
12 nm
|
|
| #100 |
Barbados: |
12 nm
|
|
| #101 |
France: |
12 nm
|
|
| #102 |
Denmark: |
12 nm
|
|
| #103 |
Gambia, The: |
12 nm
|
|
| #104 |
Cambodia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #105 |
French Polynesia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #106 |
Canada: |
12 nm
|
|
| #107 |
Germany: |
12 nm
|
|
| #108 |
Cayman Islands: |
12 nm
|
|
| #109 |
Netherlands Antilles: |
12 nm
|
|
| #110 |
China: |
12 nm
|
|
| #111 |
Greece: |
12 nm
|
|
| #112 |
Clipperton Island: |
12 nm
|
|
| #113 |
Norfolk Island: |
12 nm
|
|
| #114 |
Colombia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #115 |
Guatemala: |
12 nm
|
|
| #116 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
12 nm
|
|
| #117 |
Grenada: |
12 nm
|
|
| #118 |
Tunisia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #119 |
Guam: |
12 nm
|
|
| #120 |
Mauritania: |
12 nm
|
|
| #121 |
Northern Mariana Islands: |
12 nm
|
|
| #122 |
Micronesia, Federated States of: |
12 nm
|
|
| #123 |
Honduras: |
12 nm
|
|
| #124 |
Mozambique: |
12 nm
|
|
| #125 |
Haiti: |
12 nm
|
|
| #126 |
Maldives: |
12 nm
|
|
| #127 |
Guinea: |
12 nm
|
|
| #128 |
Marshall Islands: |
12 nm
|
|
| #129 |
Guyana: |
12 nm
|
|
| #130 |
Mauritius: |
12 nm
|
|
| #131 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
12 nm
|
|
| #132 |
Mexico: |
12 nm
|
|
| #133 |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands: |
12 nm
|
|
| #134 |
Monaco: |
12 nm
|
|
| #135 |
Oman: |
12 nm
|
|
| #136 |
Morocco: |
12 nm
|
|
| #137 |
Ireland: |
12 nm
|
|
| #138 |
Pakistan: |
12 nm
|
|
| #139 |
Jamaica: |
12 nm
|
|
| #140 |
Virgin Islands: |
12 nm
|
|
| #141 |
Iceland: |
12 nm
|
|
| #142 |
Navassa Island: |
12 nm
|
|
| #143 |
Israel: |
12 nm
|
|
| #144 |
Russia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #145 |
India: |
12 nm
|
|
| #146 |
Saudi Arabia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #147 |
Iraq: |
12 nm
|
|
| #148 |
Saint Lucia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #149 |
Indonesia: |
12 nm
|
|
| #150 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: |
12 nm
|
|
| #151 |
Man, Isle of: |
12 nm
|
|
| #152 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
12 nm
|
|
| #153 |
Iran: |
12 nm
|
|
| #154 |
Samoa: |
12 nm
|
|
| #155 |
Italy: |
12 nm
|
|
| #156 |
São Tomé and Príncipe: |
12 nm
|
|
| #157 |
Panama: |
12 nm
|
|
| #158 |
South Africa: |
12 nm
|
|
| #159 |
Puerto Rico: |
12 nm
|
|
| #160 |
Sri Lanka: |
12 nm
|
|
| #161 |
Malta: |
12 nm
|
|
| #162 |
Tokelau: |
12 nm
|
|
| #163 |
Wake Island: |
12 nm
|
|
| #164 |
Sudan: |
12 nm
|
|
| #165 |
Yemen: |
12 nm
|
|
| #166 |
Syria: |
12 nm
|
|
| #167 |
Mayotte: |
12 nm
|
|
| #168 |
Taiwan: |
12 nm
|
|
| #169 |
Kenya: |
12 nm
|
|
| #170 |
Thailand: |
12 nm
|
|
| #171 |
Cameroon: |
12 nm
|
|
| #172 |
Dominican Republic: |
6 nm
|
|
| #173 |
Bouvet Island: |
4 nm
|
|
| #174 |
Svalbard: |
4 nm
|
|
| #175 |
Jan Mayen: |
4 nm
|
|
| #176 |
Coral Sea Islands: |
3 nm
|
|
| #177 |
Guernsey: |
3 nm
|
|
| #178 |
Gibraltar: |
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