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Afghanistan0 km (landlocked)
Akrotiri56.3 km
Albania362 km
Algeria998 km
American Samoa116 km
Andorra0 km (landlocked)
Angola1,600 km
Anguilla61 km
Antarctica17,968 km
Antigua and Barbuda153 km
Arctic Ocean45,389 km
Argentina4,989 km
Armenia0 km (landlocked)
Aruba68.5 km
Ashmore and Cartier Islands74.1 km
Atlantic Ocean111,866 km
Australia25,760 km
Austria0 km (landlocked)
Azerbaijan0 km (landlocked); note - Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (713 km)
Bahamas, The3,542 km
Bahrain161 km
Bangladesh580 km
Barbados97 km
Belarus0 km (landlocked)
Belgium66.5 km
Belize386 km
Benin121 km
Bermuda103 km
Bhutan0 km (landlocked)
Bolivia0 km (landlocked)
Bosnia and Herzegovina20 km
Botswana0 km (landlocked)
Bouvet Island29.6 km
Brazil7,491 km
British Indian Ocean Territory698 km
British Virgin Islands80 km
Brunei161 km
Bulgaria354 km
Burkina Faso0 km (landlocked)
Burma1,930 km
Burundi0 km (landlocked)
Cambodia443 km
Cameroon402 km
Canada202,080 km

note: the Canadian Arctic Archipelago - consisting of 36,563 islands, several of them some of the world's largest - contributes to Canada easily having the longest coastline in the world
Cayman Islands160 km
Central African Republic0 km (landlocked)
Chad0 km (landlocked)
Chile6,435 km
China14,500 km
Christmas Island138.9 km
Clipperton Island11.1 km
Cocos (Keeling) Islands26 km
Colombia3,208 km (Caribbean Sea 1,760 km, North Pacific Ocean 1,448 km)
Comoros340 km
Congo, Democratic Republic of the37 km
Congo, Republic of the169 km
Cook Islands120 km
Coral Sea Islands3,095 km
Costa Rica1,290 km
Cote d'Ivoire515 km
Croatia5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km)
Cuba3,735 km
Curacao364 km
Cyprus648 km
Denmark7,314 km
Dhekelia27.5 km
Djibouti314 km
Dominica148 km
Dominican Republic1,288 km
Ecuador2,237 km
Egypt2,450 km
El Salvador307 km
Equatorial Guinea296 km
Eritrea2,234 km (mainland on Red Sea 1,151 km, islands in Red Sea 1,083 km)
Estonia3,794 km
Ethiopia0 km (landlocked)
European Union53,563.9 km
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)1,288 km
Faroe Islands1,117 km
Fiji1,129 km
Finland1,250 km
France4,853 km

metropolitan France: 3,427 km
French Polynesia2,525 km
French Southern and Antarctic LandsIle Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): 28 km
Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul):
Iles Kerguelen: 2,800 km
Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): 35.2 km
Europa Island (Iles Eparses): 22.2 km
Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses): 35.2 km
Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): 24.1 km
Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): 3.7 km
Gabon885 km
Gambia, The80 km
Gaza Strip40 km
Georgia310 km
Germany2,389 km
Ghana539 km
Gibraltar12 km
Greece13,676 km
Greenland44,087 km
Grenada121 km
Guam125.5 km
Guatemala400 km
Guernsey50 km
Guinea320 km
Guinea-Bissau350 km
Guyana459 km
Haiti1,771 km
Heard Island and McDonald Islands101.9 km
Holy See (Vatican City)0 km (landlocked)
Honduras823 km (Caribbean Sea 669 km, Gulf of Fonseca 163 km)
Hong Kong733 km
Hungary0 km (landlocked)
Iceland4,970 km
India7,000 km
Indian Ocean66,526 km
Indonesia54,716 km
Iran2,440 km - note: Iran also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km)
Iraq58 km
Ireland1,448 km
Israel273 km
Italy7,600 km
Jamaica1,022 km
Jan Mayen124.1 km
Japan29,751 km
Jersey70 km
Jordan26 km
Kazakhstan0 km (landlocked); note - Kazakhstan borders the Aral Sea, now split into two bodies of water (1,070 km), and the Caspian Sea (1,894 km)
Kenya536 km
Kiribati1,143 km
Korea, North2,495 km
Korea, South2,413 km
Kosovo0 km (landlocked)
Kuwait499 km
Kyrgyzstan0 km (landlocked)
Laos0 km (landlocked)
Latvia498 km
Lebanon225 km
Lesotho0 km (landlocked)
Liberia579 km
Libya1,770 km
Liechtenstein0 km (doubly landlocked)
Lithuania90 km
Luxembourg0 km (landlocked)
Macau41 km
Madagascar4,828 km
Malawi0 km (landlocked)
Malaysia4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607 km)
Maldives644 km
Mali0 km (landlocked)
Malta196.8 km (excludes 56 km for the island of Gozo)
Marshall Islands370.4 km
Mauritania754 km
Mauritius177 km
Mexico9,330 km
Micronesia, Federated States of6,112 km
Moldova0 km (landlocked)
Monaco4.1 km
Mongolia0 km (landlocked)
Montenegro293.5 km
Montserrat40 km
Morocco2,945 km
Mozambique2,470 km
Namibia1,572 km
Nauru30 km
Navassa Island8 km
Nepal0 km (landlocked)
Netherlands451 km
New Caledonia2,254 km
New Zealand15,134 km
Nicaragua910 km
Niger0 km (landlocked)
Nigeria853 km
Niue64 km
Norfolk Island32 km
Northern Mariana Islands1,482 km
Norway25,148 km (includes mainland 2,650 km, as well as long fjords, numerous small islands, and minor indentations 22,498 km; length of island coastlines 58,133 km)
Oman2,092 km
Pacific Ocean135,663 km
Pakistan1,046 km
Palau1,519 km
Panama2,490 km
Papua New Guinea5,152 km
Paracel Islands518 km
Paraguay0 km (landlocked)
Peru2,414 km
Philippines36,289 km
Pitcairn Islands51 km
Poland440 km
Portugal1,793 km
Puerto Rico501 km
Qatar563 km
Romania225 km
Russia37,653 km
Rwanda0 km (landlocked)
Saint Kitts and Nevis135 km
Saint Lucia158 km
Saint Martin58.9 km (for entire island)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon120 km
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines84 km
Samoa403 km
San Marino0 km (landlocked)
Sao Tome and Principe209 km
Saudi Arabia2,640 km
Senegal531 km
Serbia0 km (landlocked)
Seychelles491 km
Sierra Leone402 km
Singapore193 km
Sint Maarten58.9 km (for entire island)
Slovakia0 km (landlocked)
Slovenia46.6 km
Solomon Islands5,313 km
Somalia3,025 km
South Africa2,798 km
South Sudan0 km (landlocked)
Southern Ocean17,968 km
Spain4,964 km
Spratly Islands926 km
Sri Lanka1,340 km
Sudan853 km
Suriname386 km
Svalbard3,587 km
Sweden3,218 km
Switzerland0 km (landlocked)
Syria193 km
Taiwan1,566.3 km
Tajikistan0 km (landlocked)
Tanzania1,424 km
Thailand3,219 km
Togo56 km
Tokelau101 km
Tonga419 km
Trinidad and Tobago362 km
Tunisia1,148 km
Turkey7,200 km
Turkmenistan0 km (landlocked); note - Turkmenistan borders the Caspian Sea (1,768 km)
Turks and Caicos Islands389 km
Tuvalu24 km
Uganda0 km (landlocked)
Ukraine2,782 km
United Arab Emirates1,318 km
United Kingdom12,429 km
United States19,924 km
Uruguay660 km
Uzbekistan0 km (doubly landlocked); note - Uzbekistan includes the southern portion of the Aral Sea with a 420 km shoreline
Vanuatu2,528 km
Venezuela2,800 km
Vietnam3,444 km (excludes islands)
Virgin Islands188 km
Wake Island19.3 km
Wallis and Futuna129 km
West Bank0 km (landlocked)
World356,000 km

note: 95 nations and other entities are islands that border no other countries, they include: American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Baker Island, Barbados, Bermuda, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cabo Verde, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Clipperton Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Dominica, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guernsey, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Howland Island, Iceland, Isle of Man, Jamaica, Jan Mayen, Japan, Jarvis Island, Jersey, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Federated States of Micronesia, Midway Islands, Montserrat, Nauru, Navassa Island, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Palmyra Atoll, Paracel Islands, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Solomon Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Spratly Islands, Sri Lanka, Svalbard, Taiwan, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Virgin Islands, Wake Island, Wallis and Futuna
Yemen1,906 km
Zambia0 km (landlocked)
Zimbabwe0 km (landlocked)

Source: CIA Factbook