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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 a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...
s with more than 100,000 people. For comparison,
continent A continent is any of several large geographical regions. Continents are generally identified by convention (norm), convention rather than any strict criteria. A continent could be a single large landmass, a part of a very large landmass, as ...
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landmass A landmass, or land mass, is a large region or area of land that is in one piece and not noticeably broken up by oceans. 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 fiel ...
es 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 Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...
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Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
) and
Honshu , historically known as , is the largest of the four main islands of Japan. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the list of islands by area, seventh-largest island in the world, and the list of islands by ...
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Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
) 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 million to 10 million


Population 100,000 to 1,000,000


Peninsulas and other areas not regarded as islands


See also

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List of islands by area This list includes all islands in the world larger than . For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also included after the list Islands Islands and greater Islands Islands Islands Islands Islands ...
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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. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are n ...
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List of Canadian islands by population This is a list of Canada, 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 popul ...
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List of Caribbean countries by population This list of Caribbean countries and dependencies by population is sorted by the mid-year normalized demographic projections from the United Nations, the change from the previous year, and the most recent official figure. Map Table ...
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List of European islands by population This is a list of islands in Europe ordered by population. Ten 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 are ...
* List of Indonesian islands by population * List of islands of South America * List of Oceanian countries by population * List of populated islands of the Great Lakes


Notes


References


External links


UN Environment Programme Islands Directory
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Islands This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water, and by other classifications. For rank-order lists, see the #Other lists of islands, other lists of islands below. Lists of islands by count ...
Population