This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population, which includes all islands with more than 100,000 people. For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown, in italics. The population of the world's islands is over 730 million, approximately 9% of the world's total population. Of those, only Java (Indonesia) and Honshu (Japan) have populations over 1% of the global 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.
data-sort-type="number" rowspan=2 | Ranking ! | Island | Population | data-sort-type="number" colspan=2 | Density ! | Largest Settlement | Countries |
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per km2 | per sq mi |
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– | Africa–Eurasia | 6,729,986,135 (2020) | 72.4disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Pearl River Delta | Multiple (in Africa, in Asia, in Europe) |
– | America (landmass) | 1,027,067,740 (2020) | 23.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table | São Paulo | Multiple |
1 | | | 1196disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Indonesia |
2 | | 102,579,606 (2020 census)[1] [2] | 450disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Tokyo | Japan |
3 | | 65,686,000 (mid-2022)[3] | 287disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | United Kingdom |
4 | | 64,260,312 (2021) | 480disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Philippines |
5 | | 59,185,500 (2021)[4] [5] | 125disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Indonesia |
6 | | 28,479,665 (2021) | 43.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Madagascar |
7 | | 27,021,036 (2021)[6] | 261.4disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Philippines |
– | Australia (landmass) | 25,294,065 (2021 estimate) | 3.2disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Australia |
8 | Taiwan | 23,865,820 (2021)[7] | 657disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | |
9 | | 23,729,378 (2022)[8] | 24414disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | India (Maharashtra) |
10 | | 23,720,000 (2020, admin, prelim)[9] [10] [11] | 26.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Indonesia (Kalimantan),, Malaysia |
11 | | 22,278,000 (2020, national popclocks July 1) | 277disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Dominican Republic, Haiti |
12 | | 21,919,000 (2021)[12] | 310disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Sri Lanka |
13 | | 20,160,000 (2020, admin, prelim)[13] | 97disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Indonesia |
14 | | 14,800,000 (2020 RI, admin, prelim, 2020 PNG est)[14] | 15disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Indonesia (Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea |
15 | | 12,346,465 (2020 census)[15] | 336disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Japan |
16 | | 11,318,747 (2021)[16] | 103.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Cuba |
17 | | 10,081,232 (2020)[17] | 290disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | China (Hainan) | |
data-sort-type="number" rowspan=2 | Ranking ! | Island | Population | data-sort-type="number" colspan=2 | Density ! | Countries |
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per km2 | per sq mi |
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18 | | 8,063,262 (2020)[18] | 2262.37disp=tableNaNdisp=table | United States |
19 | | 7,026,636 (2022)[19] [20] | 77.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table | , United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) |
20 | | 5,882,440 (2021)[21] | 7704disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Singapore |
21 | | 5,214,795 (2020 census)[22] | 67disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Japan |
22 | | 4,801,468 (2022)[23] | 190disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Italy |
23 | Negros | 4,656,945 (2020) | 331.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Philippines |
24 | | 4,542,926 (2020)[24] | 358disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Philippines |
25 | | 4,317,404 (2020) | 750disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Indonesia |
26 | Cebu | 4,311,040 (2020) | 670disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Philippines |
27 | Madura | 4,004,564 (2020) | 744disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Indonesia |
28 | | | 34.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table | New Zealand |
29 | | 3,627,359 (2020 census)[25] | 198disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Japan |
30 | | 3,311,044 (2014)[26] | 803.88disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Indonesia |
31 | | 3,285,874 (2020)[27] | 350.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table | United States ( Puerto Rico) |
32 | | 3,182,693 (2014)[28] [29] [30] | 107.6disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Indonesia (part of) and |
33 | | 2,950,210 (2015) | 266disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Jamaica |
34 | | 2,890,000 (2015)[31] | 1784disp=tableNaNdisp=table | China (Guangdong and) |
35 | | 2,626,970 (2020) | 324.2disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Philippines |
36 | | 2,287,740 (2017)[32] [33] | 327.4disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Denmark |
37 | | 2,087,000 (2022 estimate).[34] [35] Data excludes the outlying island of Gulangyu. | 11848.4disp=tableNaNdisp=table | China (Fujian) |
38 | | 2,014,221 (2016 estimate on 2011 census data)[36] [37] | 4022.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Canada |
39 | | 1,831,000 (2010) | 122.2disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Indonesia |
40 | | 1,819,000 (2020 census)[38] | 19890disp=tableNaNdisp=table | China (Guangdong) |
41 | | 1,758,000 (2011)[39] | 1179.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Bangladesh (Barisal) |
42 | | 1,751,267 (2010)[40] [41] | 140disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Philippines |
43 | | 1,694,251 (2020)[42] | 28873disp=tableNaNdisp=table | United States |
44 | | 1,579,181 (2022) | 69disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Italy |
45 | | 1,391,340 (2014)[43] | 101.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Indonesia |
46 | | 1,381,459 (2014 estimate)[44] | 978disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Brazil |
47 | Unguja (Zanzibar) | 1,346,332 (2022 census)[45] | 866disp=tableNaNdisp=table | |
48 | | 1,335,733 (2020 census)[46] | 1105disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Japan |
49 | | 1,331,473 (2015) | 117.2disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Philippines |
50 | | 1,270,876 (2021)[47] | 16390disp=tableNaNdisp=table | China ( Hong Kong) |
51 | | 1,268,437 (2024 estimate)[48] | 136disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Cyprus, (Recognised only by Turkey), United Kingdom (Akrotiri and Dhekelia) |
52 | | 1,267,145 (2011 census)[49] | 266disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Trinidad and Tobago |
53 | | | 7.9disp=tableNaNdisp=table | New Zealand |
54 | | 1,219,265 (2014)[50] | 618.24disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Mauritius |
55 | Bohol | 1,211,000 (2015)[51] | 290disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Philippines |
56 | | 1,169,000 (2022 estimate)[52] | 8170disp=tableNaNdisp=table | China (Fujian) |
57 | | 1,153,860 (2012 BPS Civil Survey)[53] | 750disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Indonesia |
58 | | 1,095,000 (2014 Estimate)[54] | 1556disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Bahrain |
59 | Oahu | 1,016,508 (2020)[55] | 657.9disp=tableNaNdisp=table | United States | |
data-sort-type="number" | Region ! | | Population ! | | Density (km2) ! | | Density (sq mi) ! | | Country ! | | Notes |
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| 1,100,071 (2011) | 51.05disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Peninsula (connected to mainland by a narrow isthmus which is crossed by a canal with no lock) |
Södertörn | 797,334 (2015) | 664.4disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Sweden | Peninsula (connected to mainland by a narrow isthmus which is crossed by a canal) |
Delmarva | 681,030 (2000) | 48.21disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Peninsula (connected to mainland by a narrow isthmus which is crossed by a canal with no lock) |
| 657,000 (2021) | 2096disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Peninsula (connected to mainland by a narrow isthmus which is crossed by a canal) |
| 362,336 (2021) | 373.54disp=tableNaNdisp=table | ( Netherlands) | Artificial island |
| 210,000 (2010) | 238disp=tableNaNdisp=table | United States | Peninsula (connected to mainland by isthmus which is crossed by a canal with no lock) |
| 188,213 (2021) | 3000disp=tableNaNdisp=table | | Artificial island |
| 129,648 (2016)[127] | NaNdisp=tableNaNdisp=table[128] | China | Islands joined by a causeway and subsequently land reclamation |
| 108,869 (2020) | 2507.44disp=tableNaNdisp=table | Indonesia | Peninsula within Lake Toba (connected to the island of Sumatra by a narrow isthmus which is crossed by a canal with no lock) |
| 105,180 (2008) | 14000disp=tableNaNdisp=table | (Pyongyang) | Artificial island between Pothong River and Pothonggang Canal | |