List of islands by population: Information from Answers.com

This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population. It includes all islands with population greater than 100,000. For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown.

1 Continental land masses
2 Islands ordered by population
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

Continental land masses

Afro-Eurasia — 5,500 million people
Americas — 900 million people
Australia^[1] — 21 million people
Antarctica — 0–1,000 people^[2]

Islands ordered by population

Population over 10,000,000

Ranking	Island	State	Population	Density (/km²)
1	Java	Indonesia	124,000,000 (2005)^[3]^[4]	936.6
2	Honshū	Japan	103,000,000 (2005)^[5]^[6]	451.8
3	Great Britain	United Kingdom	56,800,000 (2001)^[7] ^[8]	281.3
4	Luzon	Philippines	46,228,000 (2007)^[9]^[10]	538.9
5	Sumatra	Indonesia	45,000,000 (2005)^[3]^[11]	90.4
6	Taiwan	Republic of China	22,200,000 (2000)^[3]	657
7	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	20,700,000 (2005)^[12]	315.5
8	Mindanao	Philippines	19,793,000 (2007)^[9]^[13]	209.1
9	Madagascar	Madagascar	18,600,000 (2005)^[12]	34.1
10	Hispaniola	Haiti and Dominican Republic	17,400,000 (2005)^[12]	241.5
11	Borneo	Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei	16,000,000 (2000)^[3]^[14]	21.5
12	Sulawesi	Indonesia	16,000,000 (2005)^[3]^[15]	97
13	Kyūshū	Japan	13,350,000 (2005)^[5]^[16]	371
14	Salsette (Mumbai)	India	13,175,000 (2001)^[17]^[18]	30,217
15	Cuba	Cuba	11,075,000 (2002)^[3]	103.3

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

Ranking	Island	State	Population
16	Hainan	People's Republic of China	7,620,000 (2000)^[3]^[19]
17	Long Island	United States	7,560,000 (2007)^[20]
18	New Guinea	Papua New Guinea and Indonesia	6,400,000 (2000)^[3]^[21]
19	Ireland	Ireland and United Kingdom	5,900,000 (2006)^[22]^[7]
20	Hokkaidō	Japan	5,625,000 (2005)^[5]
21	Sicily	Italy	5,017,000 (2007)^[23]
22	Singapore	Singapore	4,326,000 (2005)^[12]
23	Negros	Philippines	4,102,000 (2007)^[9]
24	Shikoku	Japan	4,100,000 (2005)^[5]
25	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico (territory of the United States)	3,940,000 (2007)^[24]
26	Panay	Philippines	3,823,000 (2007)^[9]^[25]
27	Madura	Indonesia	3,525,000 (2005)^[3]
28	Bali	Indonesia	3,380,000 (2005)^[3]
29	Cebu	Philippines	3,293,000 (2007)^[9]
30	North Island	New Zealand	3,059,000 (2006)^[26]
31	Jamaica	Jamaica	2,650,000 (2005)^[12]
32	Lombok	Indonesia	2,536,000 (2004) ^[27]
33	Zhongshan Dao	People's Republic of China	2,275,000 (2002)^[3]^[12]^[28]
34	Zealand	Denmark	2,275,000 (2005)^[29]
35	Timor	Indonesia and East Timor	2,220,000 (2000)^[30]^[12]^[31]
36	Leyte	Philippines	2,113,000 (2007)^[9]
37	Island of Montreal	Canada	1,800,000 (2001)^[32]
38	Bhola Island (Dakhin Shahbazpur)	Bangladesh	1,675,000 (2001)^[3]^[33]
39	Sardinia	Italy	1,659,000 (2007) ^[23]
40	Samar	Philippines	1,650,000 (2007)^[9]^[34]
41	Manhattan Island	United States	1,621,000 (2007)^[20]
42	Flores	Indonesia	1,600,000 (2003)^[30]
43	Sumbawa	Indonesia	1,540,000 (2004)^[27]
44	Okinawa Island	Japan	1,250,000 (2005)^[5]
45	Mauritius	Mauritius	1,245,000 (2005)^[12]
46	Bohol	Philippines	1,230,000 (2007)^[9]
47	Hong Kong Island	Hong Kong ( People's Republic of China)	1,180,591 (2007 estimate)^[35]
48	Mindoro	Philippines	1,158,000 (2007)^[9]
49	Xiamen Island	China	1,077,000 (2000 census)^[36]
50	São Luís Island	Brazil	1,075,000 (2000)^[37]
51	Trinidad	Trinidad and Tobago	1,030,000 (2000)^[3]
52	South Island	New Zealand	1,008,000 (2006)^[38]

Population 100,000 to 1,000,000

Ranking	Island	State	Population
53	Oahu	United States	876,151 (2000 census)^[39]
54	Tenerife	Spain	865,070 (2007 estimate)
55	Cyprus	Cyprus	855,000 (2006 estimate)
56	Gran Canaria	Spain	815,379 (2007 estimate)
57	Majorca	Spain	814,275 (2007 estimate)
58	Réunion	France	793,000 (2007 estimate)
59	Masbate	Philippines	768,939 (2007 estimate)
60	Batam	Indonesia	700,000
61	Pulau Pinang	Malaysia	678,000
62	Sakhalin	Russia	673,100 (2005 estimate)
63	Chongming	China	658,461 (2000 census)
64	Vancouver Island	Canada	656,312 (2001 census)
65	Nias	Indonesia	639,675
66	Bangka	Indonesia	626,955
67	Crete	Greece	623,666 (2005 estimate)
68	Zanzibar (Unguja)	Tanzania	619,832
69	Viti Levu	Fiji	580,000
70	Jeju	South Korea	560,000 (2004 estimate)
71	Bahrain	Bahrain	539,100 (incl. Sitra Island)
72	Zhoushan	China	502,667 (2000 census)^[40]
73	Buton	Indonesia	500,000
74	Tasmania	Australia	489,600 (2006 estimate)
75	Newfoundland	Canada	479,105 (2006 census)
76	Staten Island	United States	477,377 (2006 estimate)
77	Governador Island	Brazil	450,000
78	Jolo	Philippines	447,600
79	Funen	Denmark	447,060 (2006 estimate)
80	Margarita Island	Venezuela	436,900 (2007 estimate)
81	Palawan	Philippines	430,000
82	Sumba	Indonesia	425,000
83	New Britain	Papua New Guinea	404,641 (2000 census)
84	Martinique	France	401,000 (2007 estimate)
85	Sandwip	Bangladesh	400,000
86	Malta	Malta	373,955 (2005 census)
87	Pemba	Tanzania	350,000
88	Grande Comore	Comoros	345,000 (2005 estimate)
89	Île Jésus	Canada	339,101
90	Mactan	Philippines	333,845 (2007 census)
91	Haitan	China	332,146 (2000 census)
92	Flevopolder	Netherlands	317,000(2007)
93	Santa Catarina (island)	Brazil	315,000 (2006 estimate)
94	Phuket	Thailand	313,835 (2007)^[41]
95	Iceland	Iceland	311,396 (2007 estimate)
96	Vendsyssel-Thy	Denmark	306,373 (2003)
97	Ambon	Indonesia	300,000
98	Vitória	Brazil	300,000
99	Corsica	France	281,000 (2007 estimate)
100	Abu Dhabi (island)	United Arab Emirates	280,385
101	Barbados	Barbados	279,254 (2005 estimate)
102	Anjouan	Comoros	270,000
103	Santiago	Cape Verde	266,161 (2005)
104	Basilan	Philippines	259,796
105	Muna	Indonesia	248,000
106	Seram	Indonesia	247,000
107	Madeira	Portugal	245,806 (2006 estimate)
108	Euboea	Greece	218,032 (2005 estimate)
109	Marinduque	Philippines	217,392
110	New Providence	Bahamas	210,832 (2000 census)
112	Grande Terre	New Caledonia, part of France	205,939 (2004 census)
113	Belitung	Indonesia	204,776
114	Vasilievsky Island	Russia	202,650 (2002 census)^[42].
115	Tsing Yi	Hong Kong, part of China	200,402 (2007 estimate)^[43]
116	Bintan	Indonesia	200,000
117	Marajó	Brazil	200,000
118	Qeshm	Iran	200,000
119	Grande-Terre	Guadeloupe, part of France	197,603 (2006 census)
120	Geojedo	South Korea	187,593
121	Basse-Terre	Guadeloupe, part of France	186,661 (2006 census)
122	Tahiti	French Polynesia, part of France	178,133 (2007 census)
123	Guam	Guam, organized unincorporated territory of United States	173,456 (2007 estimate)
124	Lulu Island	Canada	168,162
125	Alor	Indonesia	168,000
126	Grande Terre	Mayotte, part of France	162,036 (2007 census)
127	Halmahera	Indonesia	162,000
128	Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia	160,765 (2005 census)
129	Amager	Denmark	160,064 (2006 estimate)
130	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	160,000
131	Hawaii	United States	158,400 (2003 estimate)
132	Awaji	Japan	157,000 (2005)
133	Carmen, Campeche	Mexico	155,000 (2005)
134	Ukerewe	Tanzania	150,000
135	Portsea Island	United Kingdom	147,088
136	Mombasa	Kenya	146,334
137	Cape Breton Island	Canada	147,454 (2001 census)
138	Tablas	Philippines	144,000
139	Chiloé	Chile	140,376 (2002 census)
140	Guimaras	Philippines	140,000
141	Malaita	Solomon Islands	140,000 (2006)
142	Isle of Wight	United Kingdom	140,000 (2005 estimate)
143	Djerba	Tunisia	139,517 (2004 census)
144	Curaçao	Netherlands Antilles	138,000 (2006 estimate)
145	Prince Edward Island	Canada	135,851 (2006 estimate)
146	Upolu	Samoa	134,400 (2001 census)
147	São Tomé	São Tomé and Príncipe	139,000 (2004 estimate)
149	Mannar Island	Sri Lanka	132,000
150	Biliran	Philippines	132,000
151	Lanzarote	Spain	131,708 (2007 estimate)
152	São Miguel	Portugal	131,609 (2001 census)
153	Hisingen	Sweden	130,497 (2007)
154	Bioko	Equatorial Guinea	130,000 (2005)
155	Vanua Levu	Fiji	130,000
156	Bantayan	Philippines	129,154 (2007 census)
157	Ibiza	Spain	117,698 (2007 estimate)
158	Maui	United States	117,644 (2000 census)
159	Rhodes	Greece	117,007 (2001 census)
160	Daishan	China	113,983 (2000 census)^[44]
161	Guadalcanal	Solomon Islands	109,382 (1999 census)
162	Buru	Indonesia	109,251
163	Saint Vincent	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	108,600 (2000)
164	Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego	Argentina and Chile	107,983
165	Corfu	Greece	107,879 (2001 census)
166	Muharraq	Bahrain	103,576
167	Aruba	Aruba	103,484 (2006 estimate)
168	South Andaman Island	India	100,000+
169	San Andrés Island\|Isla San Andrés	Colombia	100,000

References

^ It is generally accepted that Australia is not an island; if it were considered as such it would rank seventh.
^ Antarctica has no permanent residents, but there are usually at least 1,000 people (mostly research personnel) living at its bases.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Geohive.com Country data
^ Composed of 6 provinces excluding the four regencies comprising Madura island
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Japan Census of 2005 - Provisional results
^ Composed of 34 prefectures including minor outlying islands
^ ^a ^b United Kingdom Census of 2001. Composed of the constituent countries of England, Scotland, and Wales but excluding the administrative units of Isle of Wight, Eilean Siar, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, and Isle of Anglesey. Note that the figure still includes minor outlying islands with a total population of a few thousand.
^ [1] General Register Office of Scotland Occasional Paper No. 10 highlighting that in 2001 a total of 99,739 people lived in the islands of Scotland.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Philippines 2007 Census
^ Composed of 7 administrative regions excluding island provinces
^ Composed of 8 provinces including minor outlying islands
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h United Nations World Population Prospects (2004 edition)
^ 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
^ Indian Census
^ Composed of the municipal corporations of Greater Mumbai and Thane
^ Data refers to Hainan Province
^ ^a ^b United States Census 2007 estimates
^ Composed of 14 provinces of Papua New Guinea and 2 provinces of Indonesia
^ Ireland Census of 2006
^ ^a ^b Istat estimates for 2007
^ U.S. Census Bureau Estimates for Puerto Rico (2007)
^ Composed of 4 provinces
^ New Zealand Census of 2006
^ ^a ^b Biro Pusat Statistik - Nusa Tenggara Barat
^ Data refers to Zhongshan (prefecture level city), Xiangzhou District (in Zhuhai prefecture level city), and Macau SAR. Note that this area is not generally referred to as an island; see article for more details.
^ Statbank Denmark
^ ^a ^b Biro Pusat Statistik - Nusa Tenggara Timur
^ Composed of 5 Indonesian regencies and the sovereign state of East Timor
^ Canada Census of 2001
^ Data refers to Bhola District which includes minor outlying islands
^ Composed of 3 provinces
^ District Council Election 2007. The sum of the population in Central & Western, Wan Chai, Eastern, and Southern Districts, minus the population in constituency areas D2 to D7, which are on Ap Lei Chau island.
^ China Census of 2000. Data has not include outlying islands such as Gulangyu isle, Dadeng island, etc.
^ Brazil Census of 2000
^ Statistics New Zealand 2007 estimate
^ Honolulu County and Census Tract 114.98, Honolulu County United States Census Bureau
^ Statistical Information of Zhoushan,line 2(the part of Dinghai District) plus line 31(the part of Putuo District)
^ "Registered population continues to rise". Phuket Gazette. 2007-11-29. http://www.phuketgazette.com/news/index.asp?fromsearch=yes&Id=6126. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
^ ???????????????? ????? (Vasilieostrovsky District) (Russian)
^ District Council Election 2007 - Kwai Tsing. The sum of the population in constituency areas S18 to S28
^ Statistical Information of Zhoushan,line 26

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