Countries with Pacific Ocean Coastlines: 10 Major Nations Listed

Ten major countries claim Pacific coastlines (west to east around the basin):

1. United States (CA, OR, WA, AK; plus HI, Guam, Am. Samoa)
2. Canada (BC, Yukon; Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii)
3. Mexico (Baja to Chiapas—10 states)
4. Chile (entire western flank; one of world's longest coastlines)
5. Peru (Lima, Trujillo, Arequipa on coast)
6. Ecuador (Guayaquil, Manta ports)
7. Colombia (Chocó region; Buenaventura port)
8. Russia (Siberia, Far East; Vladivostok, Petropavlovsk)
9. China (SE provinces; Shanghai = busiest port)
10. Japan (archipelago; Sea of Japan + open Pacific)

Many smaller nations (Central/South America, Oceania) also border the Pacific.