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This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population, which includes all
island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
s with more than 100,000 people. For comparison,
continent A continent is any of several large landmasses. Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven geographical regions are commonly regarded as continents. Ordered from largest in area to smallest, these seven ...
al
landmass A landmass, or land mass, is a large region or area of land. The term is often used to refer to lands surrounded by an ocean or sea, such as a continent or a large island. In the field of geology, a landmass is a defined section of continental ...
es are also shown, in italics. The population of the world's islands is over 730 million, approximately 11% of the world's total population. Of those, only
Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List ...
(
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
) and
Honshu , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separ ...
(
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
) have populations over 1% of the global population.


Islands ordered by population

Due to the uncertainty of what exactly constitutes a geographic island, as opposed to an administrative region, please see comments about what is included in the figures: the statistics for some "islands" include other nearby islands.


Population over 10 million


Population 1,000,000 to 10,000,000


Population 500,000 to 1,000,000


Population 100,000 to 500,000


Peninsulas and other areas not regarded as islands


See also

* Recursive islands and lakes *
List of European islands by population This is a list of islands in Europe ordered by population. Nine islands on the list are not geographically in Europe, but listed since they politically belong. The list is not complete. European Islands See also * List of European islands by a ...
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List of Caribbean island countries by population This list of Caribbean countries and dependent territories is sorted by the mid-year normalized demographic projections. Table See also *List of Caribbean islands by area * List of Caribbean islands by political affiliation *List of metropolita ...
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List of Canadian islands by population This is a list of Canadian islands listed by population. Only natural islands with a population of more than 5,000 are listed. Man-made islands, such as those created by canals are excluded. Notes Population calculated by adding the population of ...
* List of Indonesian islands by population *
List of islands by highest point This is a list of islands in the world ordered by their highest point; it lists islands with peaks by elevation. At the end of this article continental landmasses are also included for comparison. Island countries and territories listed are tho ...
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List of islands by area This list of islands by area includes all islands in the world larger than and most of the islands over , sorted in descending order by area. For comparison, four very large continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continen ...
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List of European islands by area This is a list of islands in Europe ordered by area (excluding the Canaries). Islands over 200 km2 Islands 100–200 km2 Islands 50–100 km2 Data for some islands is missing, particularly for some Arctic islands in Russia and Svalbard ...
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List of countries by population This is a list of countries and dependencies by population. It includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with inclusion within the list being primarily based on the ...
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List of countries and outlying territories by area This is a list of the world's countries and their dependent territories by land, water and total area, ranked by total area. Entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which includes sovereign s ...
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List of islands of South America The following are lists of the islands of South America by country. Argentina Atlantic Ocean islands *'' Isla Apipé'' *'' Isla Bermejo'' *''Isla de los Estados'' *'' Isla de San Martín'' *'' Isla del Cerrito'' *'' Isla Martín García'' *'' ...
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List of islands by population density The following is a list of islands, sorted by population density, and including islands that are connected to other land masses by a route other than sea or air, such as a bridge or a tunnel. Most densely populated islands (over 1,000 people per ...
* List of populated islands of the Great Lakes


Notes

Population calculated by adding the population of
Richmond, British Columbia Richmond is a coastal city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. It occupies almost the entirety of Lulu Island (excluding Queensborough), between the two estuarine distributaries of the Fraser River. Encompassing the ad ...
(209,937) and
Queensborough, New Westminster Queensborough is a neighbourhood in the city of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. It is on the eastern tip of Lulu Island on the Fraser River. At the north end of Queensborough is a new development called Port Royal. To the south is Tho ...
(10,311), then subtracting the population of
Sea Island (British Columbia) Sea Island is an island in the Fraser River estuary in the city of Richmond, British Columbia. It is located south of the city of Vancouver and north and west of Lulu Island. Sea Island is the home to Vancouver International Airport (''YVR''), a n ...
(819).


References


External links


UN Environment Programme Islands Directory
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