List of islands by area
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This is a list of islands in the world ordered by area. It includes all islands with an area greater than 2,500 km² (970 square miles). For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown.
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Land masses
These figures are rough approximations only
- Africa-Eurasia (84,000,000 km²)
- Americas (41,000,000 km²)
- Antarctica (13,000,000 km²)
- Australia (7,600,000 km²)
Islands over 2,500 km²
| Rank | Island’s Name | Area (km²) | Area (sq mi) | Country/Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenland | 2,130,800 | 822,706 |
Greenland, a self-governed territory of Denmark |
| 2 | New Guinea | 785,753 | 303,381 |
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
| 3 | Borneo | 748,168 | 288,869 |
Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia |
| 4 | Madagascar | 587,713 | 226,917 |
Madagascar |
| 5 | Baffin Island | 507,451 | 195,928 |
Canada |
| 6 | Sumatra | 443,066 | 171,069 |
Indonesia |
| 7 | Honshu | 225,800 | 87,182 |
Japan |
| 8 | Great Britain | 218,595 | 84,400 | |
| 9 | Victoria Island | 217,291 | 83,897 |
Canada |
| 10 | Ellesmere Island | 196,236 | 75,767 |
Canada |
| 11 | Sulawesi | 180,681 | 69,761 |
Indonesia |
| 12 | South Island of New Zealand | 145,836 | 56,308 |
New Zealand |
| 13 | Java | 138,794 | 53,589 |
Indonesia |
| 14 | North Island of New Zealand | 111,583 | 43,082 |
New Zealand |
| 15 | Luzon | 109,965 | 42,458 |
Philippines |
| 16 | Newfoundland | 108,860 | 42,031 |
Canada |
| 17 | Cuba main island | 105,806 | 40,852 |
Cuba |
| 18 | Iceland main island | 101,826 | 39,315 |
Iceland |
| 19 | Mindanao | 97,530 | 36,657 |
Philippines |
| 20 | Ireland | 81,638 | 31,521 |
Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom |
| 21 | Hokkaido | 78,719 | 30,394 |
Japan |
| 22 | Hispaniola | 73,929 | 28,544 |
Dominican Republic and Haiti |
| 23 | Sakhalin | 72,493 | 28,376 |
Russia |
| 24 | Banks Island | 70,028 | 27,038 |
Canada |
| 25 | Sri Lanka main island | 67,654 | 26,121 |
Sri Lanka |
| 26 | Tasmania main island | 65,022 | 25,105 |
Australia |
| 27 | Devon Island | 55,247 | 21,331 |
Canada |
| 28 | Alexander Island | 49,070 | 18,946 | |
| 29 | Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego | 47,401 | 18,302 |
Argentina and Chile |
| 30 | Northern Island (Ostrov Severny) of Novaya Zemlya | 47,079 | 18,177 |
Russia |
| 31 | Berkner Island | 43,873 | 16,939 | |
| 32 | Axel Heiberg Island | 43,178 | 16,671 |
Canada |
| 33 | Melville Island | 42,149 | 16,274 |
Canada |
| 34 | Southampton Island | 41,214 | 15,913 |
Canada |
| 35 | Marajó | 40,100 | 15,483 |
Brazil (largest littoral island in the world) |
| 36 | Spitsbergen | 38,981 | 15,051 | Svalbard, overseas territory of
Norway |
| 37 | Kyushu | 37,437 | 14,455 |
Japan |
| 38 | New Britain | 35,145 | 13,570 |
Papua New Guinea |
| 39 | Taiwan Island | 34,507 | 13,323 |
Republic of China, de facto independent state (Note: claimed by People's Republic of China) |
| 40 | Prince of Wales Island | 33,339 | 12,872 |
Canada |
| 41 | Southern Island (Ostrov Yuzhny) of Novaya Zemlya | 33,246 | 12,836 |
Russia |
| 42 | Hainan | 33,210 | 12,822 |
People's Republic of China |
| 43 | Vancouver Island | 31,285 | 12,079 |
Canada |
| 44 | Timor | 28,418 | 10,972 |
Timor-Leste (East Timor) and Indonesia |
| 45 | Sicily | 25,662 | 9,908 |
Italy |
| 46 | Somerset Island | 24,786 | 9,570 |
Canada |
| 47 | Kotelny / Faddeyesky | 24,000 | 9,266 |
Russia |
| 48 | Sardinia | 23,949 | 9,247 |
Italy |
| 49 | Bananal | 20,000 | 7,722 |
Brazil (world's largest fluvial island) |
| 50 | Shikoku | 18,545 | 7,160 |
Japan |
| 51 | Halmahera | 18,040 | 6,865 |
Indonesia |
| 52 | Ceram | 17,454 | 6,621 |
Indonesia |
| 53 | Main island of New Caledonia | 16,648 | 6,467 | New Caledonia, self-governing overseas territory of
France |
| 54 | Bathurst Island | 16,042 | 6,194 |
Canada |
| 55 | Prince Patrick Island | 15,848 | 6,119 |
Canada |
| 56 | Thurston Island | 15,700 | 6,050 | |
| 57 | Sumbawa | 14,386 | 5,965 |
Indonesia |
| 58 | Nordaustlandet | 14,247 | 5,486 | Svalbard, overseas territory of
Norway |
| 59 | Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii | 14,204 | 5,471 |
Russia |
| 60 | Flores | 14,154 | 5,520 |
Indonesia |
| 61 | King William Island | 13,111 | 5,062 |
Canada |
| 62 | Negros | 13,074 | 4,906 |
Philippines |
| 63 | Samar | 12,849 | 5,050 |
Philippines |
| 64 | Palawan | 12,189 | 4,550 |
Philippines |
| 65 | Panay | 12,011 | 4,446 |
Philippines |
| 66 | Tupinambarana | 11,850 | 4,550 |
Brazil |
| 67 | Yos Sudarso | 11,742 | 4,500 |
Indonesia |
| 68 | Bangka | 11,413 | 4,375 |
Indonesia |
| 69 | Ellef Ringnes Island | 11,295 | 4,361 |
Canada |
| 70 | Bolshevik | 11,206 | 4,368 |
Russia |
| 71 | Jamaica | 11,190 | 4,244 |
Jamaica |
| 72 | Bylot Island | 11,067 | 4,273 |
Canada |
| 73 | Sumba | 10,711 | 4,306 |
Indonesia |
| 74 | Mindoro | 10,572 | 3,759 |
Philippines |
| 75 | Viti Levu | 10,531 | 4,011 |
Fiji |
| 76 | Big Island of Hawai‘i | 10,434 | 4,021 |
USA |
| 77 | Cape Breton Island | 10,311 | 3,981 |
Canada |
| 78 | Prince Charles Island | 9,521 | 3,676 |
Canada |
| 79 | Bougainville | 9,318 | 3,880 |
Papua New Guinea |
| 80 | Kodiak Island | 9,293 | 3,588 |
USA |
| 81 | Cyprus | 9,234 | 3,572 |
Republic of Cyprus and Akrotiri and Dhekelia, sovereign base areas of the United Kingdom (Note: Includes the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a de facto self-governing country, albeit not recognized by the UN.) |
| 82 | Puerto Rico | 9,100 | 3,435 |
Puerto Rico, commonwealth associated with the USA |
| 83 | Komsomolets Island | 8,812 | 3,477 |
Russia |
| 84 | Corsica | 8,741 | 3,351 |
France |
| 85 | Qeqertarsuatsiaq (Disko) | 8,612 | 3,312 |
Greenland, a self-governed territory of Denmark |
| 86 | Carney Island | 8,500 | 3,300 | |
| 87 | Chiloé | 8,478 | 3,241 |
Chile |
| 88 | Buru | 8,473 | 3,670 |
Indonesia |
| 89 | Crete | 8,350 | 3,190 |
Greece |
| 90 | Anticosti | 7,941 | 3,066 |
Canada |
| 91 | Roosevelt Island | 7,910 | 2,900 | |
| 92 | Wrangel (Vrangelya) | 7,866 | 3,030 |
Russia |
| 93 | New Ireland | 7,404 | 3,344 |
Papua New Guinea |
| 94 | Leyte | 7,368 | 2,785 |
Philippines |
| 95 | Sjælland | 7,180 | 2,715 |
Denmark |
| 96 | Cornwallis Island | 6,995 | 2,701 |
Canada |
| 97 | Prince of Wales Island | 6,675 | 2,577 |
USA |
| 98 | Kerguelen main island (Desolation Island) | 6,617 | 2,577 |
French Southern Territories, overseas territory of France |
| 99 | East Falkland | 6,605 | 2,550 |
Falkland Islands, overseas territory of the UK (Note: claimed by Argentina) |
| 100 | Siple Island | 6,390 | 2,500 | |
| 101 | Graham Island | 6,361 | 2,456 |
Canada |
| 102 | Novaya Sibir | 6,201 | 2,394 |
Russia |
| 103 | Melville Island | 5,765 | 2,234 |
Australia |
| 104 | Prince Edward Island | 5,620 | 2,170 |
Canada |
| 105 | Vanua Levu | 5,587 | 2,137 |
Fiji |
| 106 | Wellington | 5,556 | 2,145 |
Chile |
| 107 | Coats Island | 5,498 | 2,123 |
Canada |
| 108 | Bali | 5,416 | 2,147 |
Indonesia |
| 109 | Chichagof Island | 5,388 | 2,080 |
USA |
| 110 | Guadalcanal | 5,353 | 2,047 |
Solomon Islands |
| 111 | Amund Ringnes | 5,255 | 2,029 |
Canada |
| 112 | Bolshoy Lyakhovsky | 5,157 | 1,776 |
Russia |
| 113 | St. Lawrence Island | 5,135 | 1,983 |
USA |
| 114 | Riesco | 5,110 | 1,973 |
Chile |
| 115 | Mackenzie King Island | 5,048 | 1,949 |
Canada |
| 116 | Trinidad | 5,009 | 1,864 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
| 117 | Caviana | 5,000 | 1,930 |
Brazil |
| 118 | Kolguyev | 4,968 |
Russia | |
| 119 | Edgeoya | 4,940 | 1,942 | Svalbard, overseas territory of
Norway |
| 120 | Gurupá | 4,864 | 1,878 |
Brazil |
| 121 | Isabela | 4,711 | 1,790 |
Ecuador |
| 122 | Vendsyssel-Thy | 4,685 | 1,809 |
Denmark (Physically part of the Jutland peninsula until 1825) |
| 123 | Lombok | 4,625 | 2,098 |
Indonesia |
| 124 | West Falkland | 4,531 | 1,750 |
Falkland Islands, overseas territory of the UK (Note: claimed by Argentina) |
| 125 | Belitung | 4,478 | 1,853 |
Indonesia |
| 126 | Cebu | 4,468 | 1,707 |
Philippines |
| 127 | Adelaide Island | 4,463 | ||
| 128 | Stefansson Island | 4,463 | 1,723 |
Canada |
| 129 | Madura | 4,429 | 2,042 |
Indonesia |
| 130 | Butung | 4,408 | 1,620 |
Indonesia |
| 131 | Kangaroo Island | 4,374 | 1,705 |
Australia |
| 132 | Admiralty Island | 4,362 | 1,684 |
USA |
| 133 | Nunivak Island | 4,209 | 1,625 |
USA |
| 134 | Unimak Island | 4,119 | 1,590 |
USA |
| 135 | Hoste | 4,117 | 1,590 |
Chile |
| 136 | Spaatz Island | 4,100 | 1,600 | |
| 137 | Baranof Island | 4,064 | 1,569 |
USA |
| 138 | Nias | 4,048 | 1,569 |
Indonesia |
| 139 | Espiritu Santo | 3,956 | 1,420 |
Vanuatu |
| 140 | Milne Land | 3,913 | 1,511 |
Greenland, a self-governed territory of Denmark |
| 141 | Malaita | 3,836 | 1,572 |
Solomon Islands |
| 142 | Siberut | 3,828 | 1,470 |
Indonesia |
| 143 | Bohol | 3,821 | 1,492 |
Philippines |
| 144 | South Georgia | 3,718 | 1,450 |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, overseas territory of the UK (Note: claimed by Argentina) |
| 145 | Euboea | 3,707 | 1,411 |
Greece |
| 146 | Santa Inés | 3,688 | 1,407 |
Chile |
| 147 | Majorca | 3,667 | 1,405 |
Spain |
| 148 | Santa Isabel | 3,665 | 1,460 |
Solomon Islands |
| 149 | Long Island of New York | 3,629 | 1,401 |
USA |
| 150 | Socotra | 3,607 | 1,382 |
Yemen |
| 151 | Wetar | 3,600 | 1,400 |
Indonesia |
| 152 | Traill | 3,542 | 1,367 |
Greenland, a self-governed territory of Denmark |
| 153 | Bear Island | 3,500 | 1,300 | |
| 154 | North Andros Island | 3,439 | 1,328 |
Bahamas |
| 155 | Vaygach | 3,329 | 1,306 |
Russia |
| 156 | Masbate | 3,268 | 1,262 |
Philippines |
| 157 | Iturup (Etorofu) | 3,238 | 1,212 |
Russia (Note: claimed by Japan) |
| 158 | San Cristobal | 3,190 | 1,206 |
Solomon Islands |
| 159 | Mansel Island | 3,180 | 1,228 |
Canada |
| 160 | Waigeo | 3,154 | 1,180 |
Indonesia |
| 161 | Yamdena | 3,100 | 1,200 |
Indonesia |
| 162 | Gotland | 3,027 | 1,159 |
Sweden |
| 163 | Fyn | 3,012 | 1,153 |
Denmark |
| 164 | Akimiski Island | 3,001 | 1,159 |
Canada |
| 165 | Choiseul | 2,971 | 1,145 |
Solomon Islands |
| 166 | Revillagigedo Island | 2,965 | 1,145 |
USA |
| 167 | Guest Island | 2,950 | 1,139 | |
| 168 | Taliabu | 2,913 | 1,120 |
Indonesia |
| 169 | Muna | 2,889 | 1,124 |
Indonesia |
| 170 | Zemlya Georga | 2,821 | 1,070 |
Russia |
| 171 | Kupreanof Island | 2,813 | 1,086 |
USA |
| 172 | Borden Island | 2,794 | 1,079 |
Canada |
| 173 | North Andaman Island | 2,781 | 1,074 |
India |
| 174 | Manitoulin Island | 2,766 | 1,068 |
Canada (world's largest freshwater lake island) |
| 175 | Unalaska Island | 2,722 | 1,051 |
USA |
| 176 | Saaremaa | 2,672 | 1,032 |
Estonia |
| 177 | Moresby Island | 2,608 | 1,007 |
Canada |
| 178 | James Ross Island | 2,598 | 1,004 | |
| 179 | Obi Islands | 2,542 | 981 |
Indonesia |
| 180 | Réunion | 2,535 | 970 |
France (overseas department) |
Islands over 1,000 km²
This section of the list is not comprehensive; it shows how the areas of other large islands compare.
Note: Australia, at 7,600,000 km², is considered to be a continental landmass, rather than an island. Australia is much larger than Greenland, the largest island.
Other notable islands
This section of the list is far from comprehensive.
References
For islands over 2,500 km², figures without citations are taken from the [United Nations Environment Programme list of islands by area]. Other figures are from the following sources:- [World Island Info]
- [Atlas of Canada]
- Unsourced / Wikipedia article
See also
- List of islands (by country)
- List of islands by name
- List of islands by population
- List of islands by highest point
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