Being an island nation (or a nation with lots of islands)
results in having a lot of coastline. Those with fjords,
like Canada and Norway, top everyone else with a complex
highly-indented coastline.
COUNTRY
1. Canada
2. Norway
3. Russia
4. Philippines
5. Japan
6. Australia
7. United States
8. New Zealand
9. China
10. United Kingdom
Two other landmasses would be in the top 10 if they were
independent nations: Greenland with 27,396 miles of
coastline and Antarctica with 11,165 miles.