Which country has a shorter coastline? (This or That 9/5)

[9-5-2022] Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage “This or That” Quiz Question:

Which country has a shorter coastline?

List of countries sorted by name:

Albania (476 km)
Belgium (69 km)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (20 km)
Brunei (160 km)
Cambodia (440 km)
Comoros (340 km)
Djibouti (314 km)
El Salvador (307 km)
Ghana (537 km)
Guatemala (330 km)
Guinea (320 km)
Guinea-Bissau (350 km)
Guyana (459 km)
Iraq (58 km)
Ivory Coast (515 km)
Kuwait (499 km)
Latvia (531 km)
Liberia (680 km)
Nauru (30 km)
Puerto Rico (501 km)
Sierra Leone (483 km)
Singapore (193 km)
Suriname (386 km)
Togo (56 km)
Tonga (419 km)
Tuvalu (24 km)

If you have different options, you can look at the following table for the correct answers. To answer this question correctly, you need to know the length of the coastline of both countries. Check the following table for the rank column. A country with a smaller rank has a shorter coastline.

E.g., if the rank of country A is 35 and that of country B is 40, the correct answer is A.

List of 200 countries and territories with coastline length:

CountryLength of coastline (in KM)Rank
Akrotiri and Dhekelia8432
Albania36276
Algeria998118
American Samoa11640
Angola1,600137
Anguilla6123
Antarctica17,968194
Antigua and Barbuda15351
Argentina4,989178
Aruba6926
Ashmore and Cartier Islands7428
Australia25,760196
Bahamas3,542169
Bahrain16155
Bangladesh580103
Barbados9736
Belgium6725
Belize38680
Benin12143
Bermuda10339
Bosnia and Herzegovina206
Bouvet Island3011
Brazil7,491187
British Indian Ocean Territory698107
British Virgin Islands8029
Brunei16156
Bulgaria35475
Cambodia44389
Cameroon40284
Canada202,080203
Cape Verde965117
Cayman Islands16053
Chile6,435183
China14,500192
Christmas Island13949
Clipperton Island113
Cocos (Keeling) Islands268
Colombia3,208164
Comoros34073
Congo, Republic of the16957
Cook Islands12041
Coral Sea Islands3,095163
Costa Rica1,290128
Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)51596
Croatia5,835181
Cuba3,735171
Curaçao36478
Cyprus648105
Democratic Republic of the  Congo3713
Denmark7,314186
Djibouti31471
Dominica14850
Dominican Republic1,288126
Ecuador2,237145
Egypt2,450151
El Salvador30769
Equatorial Guinea29668
Eritrea2,234144
Estonia3,794172
Falkland Islands1,288127
Faroe Islands1,117121
Federated States of Micronesia6,112182
Fiji1,129122
Finland1,250125
France4,853175
French Polynesia2,525155
French Southern and Antarctic Lands2,948162
Gabon885114
Gambia8030
Gaza Strip (Palestine)4014
Georgia31070
Germany2,389147
Ghana539100
Gibraltar124
Greece13,676191
Greenland44,087200
Grenada12144
Guam12646
Guatemala40083
Guernsey5018
Guinea32072
Guinea-Bissau35074
Guyana45991
Haiti1,771139
Heard Island and McDonald Islands10238
Honduras832111
Hong Kong733109
Iceland4,970177
India7,000184
Indonesia54,716201
Iran2,440150
Iraq5821
Isle of Man16054
Israel27366
Italy7,600188
Jamaica1,022119
Jan Mayen12445
Japan29,751197
Jersey7027
Jordan269
Kenya53699
Kiribati1,143123
Korea, North2,495154
Korea, South2,413148
Kuwait49994
Latvia49893
Lebanon22563
Liberia579102
Libya1,770138
Lithuania9034
Macau4116
Madagascar4,828174
Malaysia4,675173
Maldives644104
Malta25365
Marshall Islands37079
Mauritania754110
Mauritius17758
Mexico9,330189
Monaco41
Montenegro29467
Montserrat4015
Morocco2,945161
Mozambique2,470152
Myanmar1,930142
Namibia1,572136
Nauru3010
Navassa Island82
Netherlands45190
New Caledonia2,254146
New Zealand15,134193
Nicaragua910115
Nigeria853112
Niue6424
Norfolk Island3212
Northern Mariana Islands1,482133
Norway83,281202
Oman2,092143
Pakistan1,046120
Palau1,519134
Panama2,490153
Papua New Guinea5,152179
Paracel Islands51897
Peru2,414149
Philippines36,289198
Pitcairn Islands5119
Poland44088
Portugal1,793140
Puerto Rico50195
Qatar563101
Republic of China (Taiwan)1,566135
Republic of Ireland1,448132
Romania22564
Russia37,653199
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha9435
Saint Kitts and Nevis13548
Saint Lucia15852
Saint Martin5922
Saint Pierre and Miquelon12042
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines8431
Samoa40386
São Tomé and Príncipe20962
Saudi Arabia2,640157
Senegal53198
Seychelles49192
Sierra Leone40285
Singapore19360
Slovenia4717
Solomon Islands5,313180
Somalia3,333167
South Africa2,798159
Spain4,964176
Spratly Islands926116
Sri Lanka1,340130
Sudan853113
Suriname38681
Svalbard3,587170
Sweden3,218165
Syria19361
Tanzania1,424131
Thailand3,219166
Timor-Leste706108
Togo5620
Tokelau10137
Tonga41987
Trinidad and Tobago36277
Tunisia1,148124
Turkey7,200185
Turks and Caicos Islands38982
Tuvalu247
U.S. Virgin Islands18859
Ukraine2,782158
United Arab Emirates1,318129
United Kingdom12,429190
United States19,924195
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges8633
Uruguay660106
Vanuatu2,528156
Venezuela2,800160
Vietnam3,444168
Wake Island195
Wallis and Futuna12947
Yemen1,906141

Today’s “Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz” has ten answers to the “This or That?” question. Each answer carries 5 points, and the wrong answer does not earn any points. Earn five points per question—up to 50 points total—when you answer correctly. So, select only the correct answers.

If you find other answers, please mention them in the comment.

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