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Total Coastline Coverage by Country

Authored By Staff Writer | Last Updated: 12/2012

Coastlines open a nation to invasion from the sea.

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Coastline Coverage is the complete coverage of land access to open deep water sources. Lengthy coastlines require a larger financial and material commitment concerning self-defense and, as a result, many nations have developed amphibious assault forces and specialized coastal patrol craft to minimize a concentrated attack from the sea. For the purpose of the GFP ranking, a lengthy coastline coverage requires a heightened commitment to self-defense and, as such, island nations are particularly vulnerable.


The values below are displayed in Kilometers (km). Landlocked nations (ex: Austria) are not included in this list nor penalized for lacking coastline.

1
202,080
2
54,716
3
37,653
4
36,289
5
29,751
6
25,760
7
25,148
8
19,924
9
14,500
10
13,676
11
12,429
12
9,330
13
7,600
14
7,491
15
7,314
16
7,200
17
7,000
18
6,435
19
5,835
20
4,989
21
4,964
22
4,853
23
4,675
24
3,444
25
3,219
26
3,218
27
3,208
28
2,800
29
2,798
30
2,782
31
2,640
32
2,495
33
2,490
34
2,450
35
2,440
36
2,413
37
2,389
38
1,906
39
1,793
40
1,770
41
1,566
42
1,318
43
1,250
44
1,046
45
998
46
853
47
660
48
563
49
536
50
499
51
440
52
310
53
273
54
225
55
225
56
193
57
193
58
67
59
58
60
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Sources: US Library of Congress; CIA.gov/CIA World Factbook; EIA.gov; wikipedia.com; energy.eu; SIPRI.org. Some values estimated based on factors available when official sources are lacking.

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