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Top/bottom 20 Compact-Shaped countries (with lowest area/border+coastline ratio)

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Data from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_border/area_ratio
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_length_of_coastline
List of countries from 'Countries of the World' quiz
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Last updated: July 13, 2014
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MOST COMPACT COUNTRIES
A = Area
B = Borders
C = Coastline
K = 1,000 * √A / (B + C)
COUNTRY
2,040
0
177
255
Mauritius
17,364
535
0
246
Swaziland
389
0
84
234
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1,759,540
4,348
1,770
216
Libya
430
0
97
213
Barbados
26
0
24
212
Tuvalu
2,381,741
6,343
998
210
Algeria
25,713
766
0
209
Macedonia
2,149,690
4,431
2,640
207
Saudi Arabia
0.44
3.2
0
207
Vatican City
390,757
3,066
0
203
Zimbabwe
28,051
539
296
200
Equatorial Guinea
61
39
0
200
San Marino
527,968
1,746
1,906
198
Yemen
5,130
0
362
197
Trinidad and Tobago
1,267,000
5,697
0
197
Niger
1,104,300
5,328
0
197
Ethiopia
71,740
958
402
196
Sierra Leone
923,768
4,047
853
196
Nigeria
1,002,450
2,665
2,450
195
Egypt
LESS COMPACT COUNTRIES
A = Area
B = Borders
C = Coastline
K = 1,000 * √A / (B + C)
COUNTRY
702
0
6,112
4
Federated States of Micronesia
459
0
1,519
14
Palau
9,984,670
8,893
202,080
14
Canada
342,353
0
36,289
16
Philippines
323,802
2,551
25,148
20
Norway
377,930
0
29,751
20
Japan
1,904,569
2,830
54,716
23
Indonesia
131,990
1,228
13,676
24
Greece
811
0
1,143
24
Kiribati
300
0
644
26
Maldives
56,594
2,197
6,268
28
Croatia
43,094
68
7,314
28
Denmark
28,896
0
5,313
31
Solomon Islands
13,943
0
3,542
33
Bahamas
270,467
0
15,134
34
New Zealand
181
0
370
36
Marshall Islands
242,900
361
12,429
38
United Kingdom
452
0
491
43
Seychelles
12,189
0
2,528
43
Vanuatu
45,227
633
3,794
48
Estonia
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Jul 16, 2014
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