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DEFINITION:
The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenland | 774.75 km | 2011 | ||
| 2 | Palau | 73.72 km | 2011 | ||
| 3 | Federated States of Micronesia | 59.1 km | 2011 | ||
| 4 | Northern Mariana Islands | 27.84 km | 2011 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 22.01 km | 2005 | |||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 19.74 km | 2005 | |||
| 5 | Iceland | 15.58 km | 2011 | ||
| 6 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 12.26 km | 2011 | ||
| 7 | Kiribati | 11.52 km | 2011 | ||
| 8 | Vanuatu | 10.46 km | 2011 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 9.92 km | 2005 | |||
| 9 | Solomon Islands | 9.88 km | 2011 | ||
| 10 | The Bahamas | 9.67 km | 2011 | ||
| 11 | French Polynesia | 9.32 km | 2011 | ||
| 12 | New Caledonia | 8.87 km | 2011 | ||
| 13 | Marshall Islands | 7.06 km | 2011 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 7.01 km | 2011 | |||
| 14 | Canada | 5.86 km | 2011 | ||
| 15 | Seychelles | 5.62 km | 2011 | ||
| 16 | Norway | 5.08 km | 2011 | ||
| Tourist destinations average (profile) | 4.49 km | 2005 | |||
| 17 | Tonga | 4.01 km | 2011 | ||
| 18 | New Zealand | 3.44 km | 2011 | ||
| 19 | Estonia | 2.83 km | 2011 | ||
| 20 | Cayman Islands | 2.83 km | 2011 | ||
| 21 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.55 km | 2011 | ||
| 22 | Tuvalu | 2.44 km | 2011 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 2.41 km | 2005 | |||
| 23 | Samoa | 2.15 km | 2011 | ||
| 24 | American Samoa | 2.1 km | 2011 | ||
| 25 | Dominica | 2.07 km | 2011 | ||
| 26 | Cape Verde | 1.97 km | 2011 | ||
| 27 | Maldives | 1.94 km | 2011 | ||
| 28 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.74 km | 2011 | ||
| 29 | Bermuda | 1.6 km | 2011 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 1.5 km | 2011 | |||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 1.49 km | 2011 | |||
| 30 | Croatia | 1.36 km | 2011 | ||
| 31 | Denmark | 1.31 km | 2011 | ||
| 32 | Fiji | 1.3 km | 2011 | ||
| 33 | Belize | 1.22 km | 2011 | ||
| 34 | Greece | 1.21 km | 2011 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 1.2 km | 2011 | |||
| 35 | Australia | 1.15 km | 2011 | ||
| 36 | Grenada | 1.15 km | 2011 | ||
| 37 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.14 km | 2011 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 0.937 km | 2011 | |||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 0.937 km | 2005 | |||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 0.927 km | 2011 | |||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 0.899 km | 2011 | |||
| 38 | Saint Lucia | 0.881 km | 2011 | ||
| 39 | Guam | 0.78 km | 2011 | ||
| 40 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.768 km | 2011 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 0.754 km | 2005 | |||
| Europe average (profile) | 0.744 km | 2005 | |||
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 0.735 km | 2011 | ||
| 42 | Suriname | 0.729 km | 2011 | ||
| 43 | Namibia | 0.709 km | 2011 | ||
| 44 | Oman | 0.692 km | 2011 | ||
| 45 | Aruba | 0.672 km | 2011 | ||
| 46 | Panama | 0.666 km | 2011 | ||
| 47 | East Timor | 0.6 km | 2011 | ||
| 48 | Cyprus | 0.58 km | 2011 | ||
| 49 | Guyana | 0.58 km | 2011 | ||
| 50 | Gabon | 0.555 km | 2011 | ||
| 51 | Comoros | 0.486 km | 2011 | ||
| 52 | Malta | 0.472 km | 2011 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 0.428 km | 2011 | |||
| European Union average (profile) | 0.423 km | 2011 | |||
| 53 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.413 km | 2011 | ||
| 54 | Brunei | 0.396 km | 2011 | ||
| 55 | Philippines | 0.382 km | 2011 | ||
| 56 | Jamaica | 0.378 km | 2011 | ||
| 57 | Eritrea | 0.377 km | 2011 | ||
| 58 | Chile | 0.372 km | 2011 | ||
| 59 | Djibouti | 0.371 km | 2011 | ||
| 60 | Barbados | 0.344 km | 2011 | ||
| 61 | Sweden | 0.341 km | 2011 | ||
| 62 | Cuba | 0.331 km | 2011 | ||
| 63 | Ireland | 0.316 km | 2011 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 0.313 km | 2005 | |||
| 64 | Somalia | 0.305 km | 2011 | ||
| 65 | Qatar | 0.295 km | 2011 | ||
| 66 | Libya | 0.29 km | 2011 | ||
| 67 | Costa Rica | 0.272 km | 2011 | ||
| 68 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.272 km | 2011 | ||
| 69 | Russia | 0.263 km | 2011 | ||
| 70 | Latvia | 0.242 km | 2011 | ||
| 71 | Japan | 0.233 km | 2011 | ||
| 72 | Finland | 0.232 km | 2011 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 0.23 km | 2005 | |||
| 73 | Indonesia | 0.224 km | 2011 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 0.223 km | 2011 | |||
| 74 | Madagascar | 0.223 km | 2011 | ||
| 75 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.215 km | 2011 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 0.205 km | 2011 | |||
| 76 | Mauritania | 0.204 km | 2011 | ||
| 77 | United Kingdom | 0.198 km | 2011 | ||
| 78 | Uruguay | 0.195 km | 2011 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 0.178 km | 2005 | |||
| 79 | Haiti | 0.177 km | 2011 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 0.173 km | 2005 | |||
| 80 | Portugal | 0.17 km | 2011 | ||
| 81 | Malaysia | 0.163 km | 2011 | ||
| 82 | Kuwait | 0.16 km | 2011 | ||
| 83 | Nicaragua | 0.154 km | 2011 | ||
| 84 | United Arab Emirates | 0.148 km | 2011 | ||
| 85 | Ecuador | 0.147 km | 2011 | ||
| 86 | Liberia | 0.142 km | 2011 | ||
| 87 | Mauritius | 0.138 km | 2011 | ||
| 88 | Puerto Rico | 0.136 km | 2011 | ||
| 89 | European Union | 0.13 km | 2011 | ||
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 0.127 km | 2011 | ||
| 91 | Italy | 0.125 km | 2011 | ||
| 92 | Bahrain | 0.125 km | 2011 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 0.124 km | 2011 | |||
| 93 | Argentina | 0.122 km | 2011 | ||
| 94 | Albania | 0.115 km | 2011 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 0.113 km | 2005 | |||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 0.112 km | 2011 | |||
| 95 | Monaco | 0.11 km | 2011 | ||
| 96 | Tunisia | 0.108 km | 2011 | ||
| 97 | Spain | 0.108 km | 2011 | ||
| 98 | Honduras | 0.105 km | 2011 | ||
| 99 | Hong Kong | 0.104 km | 2011 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 0.103 km | 2005 | |||
| 100 | North Korea | 0.101 km | 2011 | ||
| 101 | Mozambique | 0.1 km | 2011 | ||
| 102 | Turkey | 0.0986 km | 2011 | ||
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0951 km | 2011 | ||
| 104 | Venezuela | 0.0949 km | 2011 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 0.0945 km | 2005 | |||
| 105 | Yemen | 0.0818 km | 2011 | ||
| 106 | Peru | 0.0815 km | 2011 | ||
| 107 | Angola | 0.0793 km | 2011 | ||
| 108 | Mexico | 0.0782 km | 2011 | ||
| 109 | Macau | 0.0751 km | 2011 | ||
| 110 | Georgia | 0.0691 km | 2011 | ||
| 111 | Sierra Leone | 0.0685 km | 2011 | ||
| 112 | Colombia | 0.0681 km | 2011 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 0.0663 km | 2005 | |||
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 0.0642 km | 2011 | ||
| 114 | United States | 0.0639 km | 2011 | ||
| 115 | Ukraine | 0.0609 km | 2011 | ||
| 116 | Morocco | 0.0572 km | 2011 | ||
| 117 | South Africa | 0.0553 km | 2011 | ||
| 118 | France | 0.0524 km | 2011 | ||
| 119 | Lebanon | 0.0513 km | 2011 | ||
| 120 | El Salvador | 0.0491 km | 2011 | ||
| 121 | South Korea | 0.0485 km | 2011 | ||
| 122 | Thailand | 0.0484 km | 2011 | ||
| 123 | Bulgaria | 0.0482 km | 2011 | ||
| 124 | The Gambia | 0.0461 km | 2011 | ||
| 125 | Senegal | 0.0398 km | 2011 | ||
| 126 | Vietnam | 0.0392 km | 2011 | ||
| 127 | Brazil | 0.038 km | 2011 | ||
| 128 | Singapore | 0.0372 km | 2011 | ||
| 129 | Burma | 0.0369 km | 2011 | ||
| 130 | Israel | 0.0352 km | 2011 | ||
| 131 | Iran | 0.0324 km | 2011 | ||
| 132 | Egypt | 0.0309 km | 2011 | ||
| 133 | Tanzania | 0.0307 km | 2011 | ||
| 134 | Cambodia | 0.0303 km | 2011 | ||
| 135 | Lithuania | 0.0297 km | 2011 | ||
| 136 | Germany | 0.0292 km | 2011 | ||
| 137 | Guinea | 0.0287 km | 2011 | ||
| 138 | Guatemala | 0.0272 km | 2011 | ||
| 139 | Netherlands | 0.027 km | 2011 | ||
| 140 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0266 km | 2011 | ||
| 141 | Algeria | 0.0264 km | 2011 | ||
| 142 | Sudan | 0.0234 km | 2011 | ||
| 143 | Slovenia | 0.0227 km | 2011 | ||
| 144 | Ghana | 0.0217 km | 2011 | ||
| 145 | Cameroon | 0.019 km | 2011 | ||
| 146 | Kenya | 0.0128 km | 2011 | ||
| 147 | Benin | 0.0124 km | 2011 | ||
| 148 | Poland | 0.0114 km | 2011 | ||
| 149 | China | 0.0108 km | 2011 | ||
| 150 | Romania | 0.0105 km | 2011 | ||
| 151 | Syria | 0.00879 km | 2011 | ||
| 152 | Togo | 0.00865 km | 2011 | ||
| 153 | Belgium | 0.00602 km | 2011 | ||
| 154 | Pakistan | 0.00594 km | 2011 | ||
| 155 | India | 0.00573 km | 2011 | ||
| 156 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.00521 km | 2011 | ||
| 157 | Nigeria | 0.0052 km | 2011 | ||
| 158 | Jordan | 0.00421 km | 2011 | ||
| 159 | Bangladesh | 0.00379 km | 2011 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 0.00338 km | 2005 | |||
| 160 | Iraq | 0.00183 km | 2011 | ||
| 161 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.000579 km | 2011 | ||
| =162 | Turkmenistan | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Ethiopia | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Swaziland | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Burkina Faso | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Tajikistan | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Afghanistan | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Slovakia | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Malawi | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Central African Republic | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Liechtenstein | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Luxembourg | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Andorra | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Rwanda | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Moldova | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Uzbekistan | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Nepal | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Hungary | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Paraguay | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Botswana | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Bolivia | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Azerbaijan | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Lesotho | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Czech Republic | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | San Marino | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Mongolia | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Laos | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Armenia | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Mali | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Chad | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Austria | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Uganda | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Niger | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Belarus | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Switzerland | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Burundi | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Bhutan | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Zambia | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Kazakhstan | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =162 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 0.0 | 2005 |
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Interesting observations about Geography > Coastline per 1000
- Kiribati ranked first for coastline per 1000 amongst Hot countries in 2011.
- Greenland ranked first for coastline per 1000 amongst Christian countries in 2011.
- Iceland ranked first for coastline per 1000 amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2011.
- Canada ranked second for coastline per 1000 amongst Former British colonies in 2011.
- Maldives ranked first for coastline per 1000 amongst Muslim countries in 2011.
- Palau ranked first for coastline per 1000 amongst Catholic countries in 2011.
- The Bahamas ranked first for coastline per 1000 amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2011.
- Estonia ranked first for coastline per 1000 amongst Emerging markets in 2011.
- Germany ranked last for coastline per 1000 amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2011.
- Oman ranked first for coastline per 1000 amongst Middle Eastern and North Africa in 2011.