Countries That Touch the Sea: A Continental Breakdown

Coastal Nations of the World

Of 195 UN-recognized countries, 44 are landlocked. The remaining ~151 have coastline. Here's a continental snapshot (not exhaustive, reflects generally recognized sovereign states):

Europe (40+)

Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, UK, Ireland, Iceland, Malta, Cyprus, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, Monaco, etc.

Africa (38)

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Angola, DRC, Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara (disputed), Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé & Príncipe, Cape Verde, Comoros, Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar.

Asia (35+)

Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea.

North America (12 mainland + 13 island)

Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama. Caribbean: Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts & Nevis, Dominica.

South America (12)

Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana (France), Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia (lost coast 1884, but maintains naval force on Lake Titicaca).

Oceania (14 sovereign + territories)

Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Nauru.

Notes

• Some coastlines are disputed (South China Sea, Arctic, Kashmir).
• Caspian Sea = lake (no ocean outlet) — littoral states not "coastal" in oceanic sense.
• Landlocked but with naval forces: Bolivia, Paraguay, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Mongolia, Austria, Switzerland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia, Belarus, Moldova, Vatican, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Andorra, Eswatini, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, South Sudan, Chad, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, CAR, Ethiopia (lost coast 1993).