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There's absolutely loads of Island nations in which their capital would be on an island by default. Some are obvious such as England or Australia. The following is courtesy of Wiki.

NameGeographic configurationGeologic locationPopulationArea (km²)Density (per km²) Antigua and BarbudaCentred on two major islandsContinental shelf85,632440194 AustraliaCentred on one major island[2]Australian continent22,547,8707,686,8482.93 BahamasSpread over a group of islandsContinental shelf330,00013,87823.27 BahrainCentred on one major islandContinental shelf791,0007501,189.5 BarbadosCentred on one major islandContinental shelf269,556430627 BruneiPart of a larger islandContinental shelf388,1905,76567.3 Cape VerdeSpread over a group of islandsOceanic567,0004,033125.5 ComorosSpread over a group of islandsOceanic798,0002,235275 CubaCentred on one major islandContinental shelf11,451,652110,861102 Cyprus[n 1]Centred on one major island (de jure)

Part of a larger island (de facto)Continental shelf793,9639,25185 DominicaCentred on one major islandContinental shelf72,660754105 Dominican RepublicPart of a larger islandContinental shelf10,990,00048,442208.2 East TimorPart of a larger islandContinental shelf1,066,58214,87476.2 Federated States of Micronesia[n 2]Spread over a group of islandsOceanic111,000702158.1 FijiSpread over a group of islandsOceanic849,00018,27446.4 GrenadaCentred on one major islandContinental shelf110,000344319.8 HaitiPart of a larger islandContinental shelf9,700,00027,750350 IcelandCentred on one major islandOceanic316,252103,0003.1 IndonesiaSpread over a group of IslandsTwo continental shelves237,556,3631,919,440124 IrelandPart of a larger islandContinental shelf4,239,8487027360 JamaicaCentred on one major islandContinental shelf2,847,23210,991252 JapanSpread over a group of islandsContinental shelf127,433,494377,873337 KiribatiSpread over a group of islandsOceanic98,000811135 MadagascarCentred on one major islandOceanic20,653,556587,04135.2 MaldivesSpread over a group of islandsOceanic329,1982981,105 MaltaCentred on one major islandContinental shelf404,5003161,282 Marshall Islands[n 2]Spread over a group of islandsOceanic62,000181342.5 MauritiusSpread over a group of islandsOceanic1,244,6632,040610 NauruSingle islandOceanic13,63521649 New ZealandCentred on two major islandsContinental shelf4,027,947268,68015 Northern Cyprus[n 1]Part of a larger islandContinental shelf285,3593,35578 Palau[n 2]Spread over a group of islandsOceanic20,00045943.6 Papua New GuineaPart of a larger islandContinental shelf6,732,000462,84014.5 PhilippinesSpread over a group of islandsContinental shelf88,574,614300,000295 Saint Kitts and NevisCentred on two major islandsContinental shelf51,300261164 Saint LuciaCentred on one major islandContinental shelf173,765616298 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCentred on one major islandContinental shelf120,000389307 SamoaSpread over a group of islandsOceanic179,0002,83163.2 São Tomé and PríncipeCentred on two major islandsContinental shelf163,0001,001169.1 SeychellesSpread over a group of islandsOceanic87,500455192 SingaporeCentred on one major islandContinental shelf4,553,0096946,561 Solomon IslandsSpread over a group of islandsOceanic523,00028,40018.1 Sri LankaCentred on one major islandContinental shelf20,650,00065,610314 Republic of China (Taiwan) [n 3]Centred on one major islandContinental shelf22,911,29236,188633 TongaSpread over a group of islandsOceanic104,000748139 Trinidad and TobagoCentred on two major islandsContinental shelf1,299,9535,131254.4 United KingdomCentred on one major islandContinental shelf60,587,300244,820246 TuvaluSpread over a group of islandsOceanic12,37326475.88 VanuatuSpread over a group of islandsOceanic243,30412,19019.7

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