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This is a 'list of islands in the world ordered by population'. It includes all islands with a population of more than 1,000,000 people. See also the list of islands and the list of islands by area. The list also includes some islands in the area between 100,000-1,000,000 people, but this section is incomplete.

Contents

Land masses

Islands ordered by population

Population over 1,000,000

Population 100,000 to 1,000,000

Footnotes

References

See also

External links

Land masses

#Africa-Eurasia - 5,000,000,000 people
#Americas - 900,000,000 people
#Australia - 21,000,000 people
#Antarctica - 0 people

Islands ordered by population

Population over 1,000,000

Ranking	Island	State	Population
1	Java	Indonesia	124,000,000 (2005)[1]
2	Honshū	Japan	103,000,000 (2005)[2]
3	Great Britain	United Kingdom	57,100,000 (2001)[3]
4	Sumatra	Indonesia	45,000,000 (2005)
5	Luzon	Philippines	39,500,000 (2000)[4]
6	Taiwan	Republic of China	22,200,000 (2000)
7	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	20,700,000 (2005)[5]
8	Madagascar	Madagascar	18,600,000 (2005)
9	Hispaniola	Dominican Republic and Haiti	17,400,000 (2005)
10	Mindanao	Philippines	16,825,000 (2000)
11	Borneo	Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei	16,000,000 (2000)
12	Sulawesi	Indonesia	16,000,000 (2005)
13	Kyūshū	Japan	13,350,000 (2005)
14	Salsette	India	13,175,000 (2001)[6]
15	Cuba	Cuba	11,075,000 (2002)
16	Hainan	People's Republic of China	7,620,000 (2000)
17	Long Island	United States	7,536,000 (2005)[7]
18	New Guinea	Papua New Guinea and Indonesia	6,400,000 (2000)
19	Ireland	Ireland and United Kingdom	5,900,000 (2006)[8]
20	Hokkaidō	Japan	5,625,000 (2005)
21	Sicily	Italy	4,950,000 (2001)[9]
22	Pulau Ujong (Singapore Island)	Singapore	4,326,000 (2005)
23	Shikoku	Japan	4,100,000 (2005)
24	Puerto Rico	United States	3,800,000 (2000)
25	Negros	Philippines	3,700,000 (2000)
26	Madura	Indonesia	3,525,000 (2005)
27	Panay	Philippines	3,500,000 (2000)
28	Bali	Indonesia	3,380,000 (2005)
29	Cebu	Philippines	3,350,000 (2000)
30	North Island	New Zealand	3,059,421 (2006)[10]
31	Jamaica	Jamaica	2,650,000 (2005)
32	Lombok	Indonesia	2,536,000 (2004) [11]
33	Zhongchan Dao	People's Republic of China	2,275,000 (2002)
34	Zealand	Denmark	2,275,000 (2005)[12]
35	Timor	Indonesia and East Timor	2,220,000 (2000)[13]
36	Leyte	Philippines	1,950,000 (2000)
37	Island of Montreal	Canada	1,800,000 (2001)[14]
38	Bhola Island (Dakhin Shahbazpur)	Bangladesh	1,675,000 (2001)
39	Sardinia	Italy	1,625,000 (2001)
40	Flores	Indonesia	1,600,000 (2003)
41	Manhattan Island	United States	1,575,000 (2005)
42	Sumbawa	Indonesia	1,540,000 (2004)[11]
43	Samar	Philippines	1,500,000 (2000)
44	Hong Kong Island	Hong Kong ( People's Republic of China)	1,335,000 (2001)
45	Okinawa	Japan	1,250,000 (2005)
46	Mauritius	Mauritius	1,245,000 (2005)
47	Bohol	Philippines	1,137,000 (2000)[4]
48	São Luís, Maranhão	Brazil	1,075,000 (2000)[17]
49	Mindoro	Philippines	1,062,000 (2000)[4]
50	Trinidad	Trinidad and Tobago	1,030,000 (2000)
51	Oahu	United States	1,012,000 (2007 estimate)

Population 100,000 to 1,000,000

Island	State	Population
South Island	New Zealand	991,100 (2006 estimate)
Cyprus	Cyprus	855,000 (2006 estimate)
Tenerife	Spain	852,945 (2006 census)
Gran Canaria	Spain	807,049 (2006 census)
Majorca	Spain	790,763 (2006 census)
Réunion	France	785,200 (2006 estimate)
Batam	Indonesia	700,000
Chongming Island	China	694,600
Penang	Malaysia	678,000
Sakhalin	Russia	673,100
Nias	Indonesia	639,675
Vancouver Island	Canada	638,213
Crete	Greece	634,000
Bangka Island	Indonesia	626,955
Zanzibar (Unguja)	Zanzibar, part of Tanzania	619,832
Viti Levu	Fiji	580,000
Cheju	South Korea	560,000
Masbate Island	Philippines	555,573
Bahrain	Bahrain	539,100 (incl.Sitra Island)
Buton	Indonesia	500,000
Tasmania	Australia	487,000
Newfoundland	Canada	466,172
Governador Island	Brazil	450,000
Jolo	Philippines	447,600
Funen	Denmark	447,060 (2006 estimate)
Staten Island	United States	443,728
Zhoushan Island	China	440,000
Masbate Island	Philippines	435,200
Palawan Island	Philippines	430,000
Sumba	Indonesia	425,000
Isla Margarita	Venezuela	420,000
New Britain	Papua New Guinea	404,641
Malta	Malta	402,000 (2006 estimate)
Sandwip	Bangladesh	400,000
Martinique	France	399,000 (2006 estimate)
Grande Comore	Comoros	345,000
Île Jésus	Canada	339,101
Xiamen Island	China	309,000
Vendsyssel-Thy	Denmark	303,606
Ambon	Indonesia	300,000
Iceland	Iceland	300,000
Jolo	Philippines	300,000
Abu Dhabi (island)	United Arab Emirates	280,385
Barbados	Barbados	279,000
Corsica	France	275,000
Santiago	Cape Verde	266,161
Basilan	Philippines	259,796
Muna Island	Indonesia	248,000
Seram	Indonesia	247,000
Madeira	Portugal	241,000
Anjouan	Comoros	240,000
Pemba	Tanzania	220,000
Euboea	Greece	218,000
Marinduque	Philippines	217,392
Grande Terre	New Caledonia	215,000
Belitung	Indonesia	204,776
Mayotte	Mayotte	201,234
Bintan	Indonesia	200,000
Marajó	Brazil	200,000
Qeshm	Iran	200,000
Grande-Terre	Guadeloupe	196,000
Tsing Yi	Hong Kong, part of China	193,432
Geojedo	South Korea	187,593
Basse-Terre	Guadeloupe	172,693 (1999 census)
Guam	Guam, organized unincorporated territory of United States	170,000
Tahiti	French Polynesia	169,677 (2002 census)
Lulu Island	Canada	168,162
Alor Island	Indonesia	168,000
Curaçao	Netherlands Antilles	164,579
Halmahera	Indonesia	162,000
Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia	160,765
Amager	Denmark	160,064
Bougainville Island	Papua New Guinea	160,000
Awaji Island	Japan	157,000
Chiloé Island	Chile	154,775
Ukerewe Island	Tanzania	150,000
Hawaii	United States	148,677
Portsea Island	United Kingdom	147,088
Mombasa Island	Kenya	146,334
Cape Breton Island	Canada	144,741
Tablas Island	Philippines	144,000
Guimaras Island	Philippines	140,000
Malaita	Solomon Islands	140,000
São Miguel Island	Portugal	140,000
Isle of Wight	United Kingdom	140,000
New Providence	Bahamas	135,437
Prince Edward Island	Canada	135,294
Upolu	Samoa	134,400
São Tomé Island	São Tomé and Príncipe	133,600
Biliran Island	Philippines	132,000
Bioko	Equatorial Guinea	130,000
Rhodes	Greece	130,000
Vanua Levu	Fiji	130,000
Djerba	Tunisia	120,000
Maui	United States	117,644
Lanzarote	Spain	114,715
Ibiza	Spain	111,000
Corfu	Greece	110,000
Guadalcanal	Solomon Islands	109,382
Buru	Indonesia	109,251
Lesbos	Greece	108,000
Saint Vincent	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	108,000
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego	Argentina and Chile	107,983
Muharraq Island	Bahrain	103,576
Aruba	Aruba	103,000
South Andaman Island	India	100,000+
San Andrés Island	Colombia	100,000

Footnotes

★ - It is generally accepted that Australia is not an island - if it were considered as such it would rank eighth.

★ - Antarctica has no permanent residents, but there are usually at least 1,000 people (mostly research personnel) living at its bases.

★ - Composed of 6 provinces excluding the four regencies comprising Madura island

★ - Composed of 34 prefectures including minor outlying islands

★ - Composed of 8 provinces including minor outlying islands

★ - Composed of 7 administrative regions excluding island provinces

★ - Composed of 6 administrative regions excluding island provinces

★ - Composed of 4 Indonesian provinces, 2 Malaysian states, and the sovereign state of Brunei

★ - Composed of 6 provinces

★ - Composed of 7 prefectures

★ - Composed of the municipal corporations of Greater Mumbai and Thane

★ - Data refers to Hainan Province

★ - Composed of 14 provinces of Papua New Guinea and 2 provinces of Indonesia

★ - Data refers to Bhola District which includes minor outlying islands

★ - Data refers to Zhongshan (prefecture level city), Xiangzhou District (in Zhuhai prefecture level city), and Macau SAR.

★ - Composed of 5 Indonesian regencies and the sovereign state of East Timor

★ - Composed of 4 provinces

★ - Composed of 3 provinces

References

1. Geohive.com Country data
2. Japan Census of 2005 - Provisional results
3. United Kingdom Census of 2001
4. Philippines Census of 2000
5. United Nations World Population Prospects (2004 edition)
6. India Census of 2001
7. United States Census 2005 estimates
8. Ireland Census of 2006
9. Italy Census of 2001
10. New Zealand Census of 2006
11. Biro Pusat Statistik - Nusa Tenggara Barat
12. Statbank Denmark
13. Biro Pusat Statistik - Nusa Tenggara Timur
14. Canada Census of 2001
15. Biro Pusat Statistik - Nusa Tenggara Barat
16. Philippines Census of 2000
17. Brazil Census of 2000
18. Philippines Census of 2000

See also

★ List of European islands by population

★ List of Canadian islands by population

★ List of inhabited islands of Croatia

★ List of islands of Scotland

★ List of islands by highest point

★ List of islands by area

★ List of countries by population

★ List of countries and outlying territories by area

★ http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beboede_danske_øer (a list of inhabited islands of Denmark in Danish)

★ http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svenska_öar (a list of islands of Sweden with area and population in Swedish)

★ http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_norske_øyer (a list of islands of Norway with area in Norwegian)

★ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_südamerikanischer_Inseln (a list of South American islands with area and population in German)

External links

★ UN Environment Programme Islands Directory

★ Most populous islands