Which coastline is longer?
All right, let's get into this.
Very first one, Egypt and Peru.
I feel like it must be Egypt
'cause like, a whole half of it is against the sea.
I'm gonna go with Egypt.
5,000 compared to 3,000.
It was quite close.
Okay, next is Haiti and Egypt.
Well, I think Egypt's quite a lot bigger
but Haiti is more islandy so maybe it adds up more.
Nah, I'm gonna go with Egypt. Egypt's pretty big.
Yeah, there we go.
Japan and Haiti.
It must be Japan, right?
Yeah, look at that. 29,000 kilometres.
Okay, that's what happens when you got a big old island
with lots of islands in the islands
and island, island, island.
Latvia. Nah, there is no way that Latvia is beating Japan.
I got, I misunderstood the game. (laughs)
"Quick, go get a map."
I know maps, I've looked up maps before. Shut up.
Our score to beat is three. (laughs)
Finland and Columbia.
Columbia, it's kind of only really its top bit
that has a coastline, I think.
Finland's got a big droopy coastline around the bottom
and then a bit up the top as well.
It's got to be Finland, surely.
Yeah, look at that. 31,000 kilometres.
Thank you very much.
Okay, next one. Iceland.
Iceland's all coastline,
it doesn't border anything else,
but Finland is just way bigger, so.
Look at that though.
See, it just shows you when it's all coastlines,
just an island country,
there's gonna be all kinds of little squiggly meanders.
Them kilometres, they're gonna add up.
Iceland and Ghana.
Ooh. So Ghana is landlocked on three sides, isn't it?
It's only the bottom that's got coastline.
I'm gonna say Iceland, but I might be wrong.
Yes, it actually turns out to be an easy one.
Seychelles, you would think that all of the islands
are just too small to really add up that much coastline.
But 700 isn't very much.
I should probably go with Seychelles, you know.
I'm gonna go with Seychelles.
Oh, it was so close.
"Do you not know what a country is?"
This is really quite embarrassing for me, to be fair.
Okay, we'll play again.
Portugal and Norway.
Right, this is the one, okay?
We're gonna get to double figures.
I think of them as somewhat similar sizes
and they both kind of border other countries
in the same sort of way, like all on one side.
But Norway is probably longer,
so I'm gonna go with Norway.
53,000. What the, oh my God!
I need to have a look at a map.
Oh my God.
I mean, obviously Mercator projection does mess it up a bit
but Norway is way, way longer than Portugal.
Svalbard, that's what's gonna add it all up.
Oh my, Norway is so much bigger than Portugal.
Genuinely thought they were like kind of
about the same size.
So yeah, all of this is obviously coastline
and then all of this around here's coastline as well.
Geez, that's embarrassing.
Okay, obviously Norway's gonna win that one
between Sao Tomé and Principe.
Next we have got the Seychelles which was...,
I can't quite remember, to be honest.
Yeah, it was a bit higher.
Cool, that's fine.
New high score on the horizon.
Got to be Haiti. Just short of 2,000 for Haiti.
Okay, I'll try and remember that.
Bosnia famously has an incredibly small coastline
because Croatia's just hogging it all,
so I am gonna say Haiti wins that one.
Oh my God. Just 23 kilometres!
Just in case you've never seen it,
it is actually kind of mental.
So here is Bosnia
and you can see that Croatia
just like slides all the way down the coast
and all they are left with is this tiny little gap.
And then Croatia even own this bit as well,
this like exclave.
That is just ridiculous. That's so unfair.
And then they're landlocked the rest of the way around.
Okay, we're on a new high score.
Vanuatu must beat that.
Yeah, there we've go. 3,000.
23, I can't get over that. That is ridiculous.
Finland. It's gonna be big.
I'm gonna click it. Yeah, 31K.
Okay then, Equatorial Guinea.
Finland's tough to beat, surely.
Right, let's get to double figures.
Vietnam.
Between Equatorial Guinea and Vietnam,
it's definitely got a much longer coastline.
The next one is going to be United States of America,
possibly one of the biggest coastlines in the world.
Big thanks to Alaska for a lot of contribution there.
I'm gonna click that.
Oh, 133,000 and we're on double figures now.
So what is the longest country's coastline?
I am assuming it's Russia,
like the top bit along the Arctic.
Ah, but maybe United States wins, you know?
'Cause there's just more opportunity for coastline
'cause it's less landlocked.
I think United States might have the edge over Russia
but maybe I'm totally wrong there.
Brazil's obviously gonna have a massive one.
I'm gonna guess it's United States.
Well, I guess we'll find out
if any of those other countries pop up.
Okay, US obviously winning that one. Demolishing Croatia.
Next, Puerto Rico.
Croatia, I think.
We're fine, we're fine.
Very difficult working out scale
between two countries that are just nowhere near each other,
that are totally different continents.
Georgia and Puerto Rico.
Georgia's got a lot of countries surrounding it.
I don't think there's that much opportunity for coastline.
I'm on 12. I'm quite nervous.
I can't obviously look at a map,
but I will after this guess.
I am going to go with Georgia though.
(Jack groaning)
We're in the top 10% now, we're making progress.
Good, right.
Where are you, Georgia? Let's get a look at you.
You're right there.
It's literally just this bit here
and then comparing that to Puerto Rico.
Ah, it goes all the way around
but he's only a dinky little fella.
Okay, let's see if we can beat 12.
Barbados and Fiji.
I'm going Barbados.
Oh no. Oh dear me.
Barbados is way smaller than I thought it was.
Thailand and Comoros.
Comoros, lots of little islands.
Thailand's quite long, so I think I'll go with Thailand.
Yeah, 7,000 compared to 400.
Okay, can we beat 12?
Russia. Here's where we find out, does it beat the US?
So it was 133,000 for the United States of America.
Yeah, United States is bigger.
They've got the edge on the largest country
just because Russia is landlocked
all around its whole bottom half, basically.
Trinidad and Tobago.
I am sorry but I think Russia's got that one in the bag.
Now, we want Brazil to pop up.
That's what I'm next most interested in.
Libya's another quite easy one between these two.
What is next?
Croatia? I can't remember what it was.
I think it was about 4K though, so I'm gonna click it.
It's 5K, which is surprising
'cause I think of Libya as being much, much larger.
So this distance here is apparently smaller
than this distance here.
These islands are probably counted aren't they?
And look. Look how long and streaky they are.
Yeah, I get it. Fair enough.
Croatia and Hong Kong.
Well, we've seen that Croatia's pretty big.
Hong Kong I think of as pretty small.
So yeah, Croatia wins it.
What's the next one?
It's Brazil.
This is it. (claps) All our answers are being answered.
That's not right. All our questions are being answered.
Does Brazil have a longer coastline
than the United States of America?
Let's find out.
Nowhere near.
The US has over a 100,000 kilometres more coastline.
Get me on a map. Let me have a little look.
So it's adding up all this,
which is nothing to be sniffed at.
That's a long map.
But United States has got all of these bits,
it goes round onto the bottom,
it goes all the way up,
and then you've obviously got Hawaii
but that's not gonna add much.
But then Alaska, that's what does it, isn't it?
Yeah, it's definitely Alaska doing all heavy lifting there.
That adds a lot. All these meanders up and around.
This is obviously gonna be Brazil.
33,000 compared to Cameroon.
We have a score of eight now.
Can I beat 12?
Yemen. (groans)
I think Yemen's surprisingly large, you now?
I'm gonna go with Yemen.
It's got to be, yeah, about 3K.
We're gonna get to double figures now.
Australia's definitely beating that.
The largest island in the world, right?
Is that right?
All right, I'm wrong about Australia.
Greenland is, which makes sense
but apparently some people classify it as a continent
so they're not quite sure where it goes on the list.
Either way, I do not care right now.
Australia definitely has a longer coastline than Poland,
66,000.
We've made it to 11. We just need two more.
Oh, I don't remember what Barbados was.
I think it was three digits though.
It's two digits.
Barbados is tiny.
I'm gonna have to have a look at it on the map.
Oh my God, it's absolutely tiny!
I always thought Barbados
as like just being lots and lots of little islands.
But it's a really tiny, dinky little fella
and he's kind of been left out
by these other Caribbean guys.
They're all hanging out in their cool curve
and then poor Barbados is over on the side.
It's a pretty spot though, isn't it?
I'll sit in that hammock right now.
A tricky one for the crucial new high score.
Brunei V Barbados.
Brunei is very small
but is its coastline less than 97 kilometres,
which is already very small?
I think I'm gonna pick Brunei.
This is a gamble. (inhales)
Yes, we're okay.
200. Oh new high score.
Taiwan. Flag not to be mistaken with the Maldives.
Taiwan, Brunei.
Taiwan's an island, goes all the way around.
I think Brunei borders a couple of other countries,
so I'm gonna go with Taiwan.
Yeah, just adds up easy doesn't it?
Let's make it to 20.
I'm gonna go France. That's nice and easy, 7,000.
And then next, Marshall Islands.
There's a lot of Marshall Islands so I could be wrong here,
but I'm gonna go with France. (groans)
Yeah, we're fine, we're fine. (laughs)
16, Qatar.
I'm gonna say Marshall Islands.
Oh, I'm okay, I'm okay.
We've made it to 17.
Very, very nice.
Cuba's big. It's definitely an easy win.
Yeah. 14,000 coastline.
Right, we might actually make it to 20.
Cambodia surrounds a lot of countries.
I don't think it can beat 14,000 but I might be wrong.
Yeah, we're fine, we're fine.
For reference, let me get a look at Cambodia.
So it's just this bit here that's actually coastline.
Everything else is landlocked.
The shape of Laos and Cambodia
is really quite odd, isn't it?
The way it like does this curve round thing.
While I'm here, I'm hoping Myanmar will pop up
because I've just seen this big long fella
and that's gonna add a lot.
I always visualise Myanmar as just this bit here
but it's got all this
little like secret little slinkier leg at the bottom.
Cambodia and Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan surrounds a lot of countries.
I would've dared to say that it's even landlocked.
I guess all it needs is a dinky little connection to the sea
and then it's on the list.
It's a gamble, but I think I'm gonna click Kazakhstan.
I'm just feeling kind of crazy.
Yeah, 4,500. Where's that then?
Ah, look, it's just this bit around the Caspian Sea.
Every other bit connects to another country
apart from this quite significant stretch
around here, look at that.
Okay, Indonesia on the other hand, ooh.
Wasn't thinking about Indonesia
when I was thinking about longest coastlines in the world.
Indonesia's one of them countries that goes under the radar
as like one of the biggest countries in the world
'cause it's definitely top five.
And if you were to put it on top of the US,
it like goes all the way across
and it's got so many islands,
so much access to the ocean,
that I think it potentially might have
a longer coastline than the US,
so let's find out.
No, it doesn't. 95,000.
Still an absolutely massive coastline, of course.
But the US is still sitting up there.
Okay, Mauritius and Indonesia.
Indonesia obviously gonna win that.
We're about to double our score.
Oh no.
Kiribati and Mauritius.
These little oceanic countries are so tricky!
I don't know, oh God!
I'm gonna go with Mauritius.
Oh no.
No.
22's good.
We're in the top 1% now,
which is better than the start of this video
when it was telling me to go look at a map.
Okay, I'm gonna have one last game
and if I get to at least 15,
you have to subscribe.
That's the rule, okay?
Macau, I don't know anything about Macau.
I've never even heard of Macau. (laugh)
I don't know. I'll go with Tonga.
Tonga's not much.
Where's Macau?
It's just a region of China for whatever reason
and it does not have that much access to the ocean.
Yeah, that's a dinky fella.
Somalia and Tonga.
Somalia goes all the way around the horn of Africa,
that is a clear winner there.
3,800.
What did I need to get?
Was it at least 15 for you to subscribe?
Well, I think we should be okay clicking on Peru.
Don't shake your head like that at me, Lewis.
Okay, well I guess you don't have to subscribe.
No problem. I'd still appreciate if you did, though.
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