List of islands by population

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This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population. It includes all islands with a population of more than 1,000,000 people. See also the list of islands and the list of islands by area.

Land masses

  1. Africa-Eurasia - 5,000,000,000 people
  2. Americas - 900,000,000 people
  3. AustraliaTemplate:Fn - 20,000,000 people
  4. AntarcticaTemplate:Fn - 0 people

Islands

Ranking Island State Population
1 Java Indonesia 124,000,000 (2005)[1]Template:Fn
2 Honshu Japan 103,000,000 (2005)[2]Template:Fn
3 Great Britain United Kingdom 57,100,000 (2001)[3]
4 Sumatra Indonesia 45,000,000 (2005)[1]Template:Fn
5 Luzon Philippines 39,500,000 (2000)[4]Template:Fn
6 Taiwan Republic of China 22,200,000 (2000)[1]
7 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 20,700,000 (2005)[5]
8 Madagascar Madagascar 18,600,000 (2005)[5]
9 Hispaniola Dominican Republic and Haiti 17,400,000 (2005)[5]
10 Mindanao Philippines 16,825,000 (2000)[4]Template:Fn
11 Borneo Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei 16,000,000 (2000)[1]Template:Fn
12 Sulawesi Indonesia 16,000,000 (2005)[1]Template:Fn
13 Kyushu Japan 13,350,000 (2005)[2]Template:Fn
14 Salsette India 13,175,000 (2001)[6]Template:Fn
15 Cuba Cuba 11,075,000 (2002)[1]
16 Hainan China 7,620,000 (2000)[1]Template:Fn
17 Long Island United States 7,536,000 (2005)[7]
18 New Guinea Papua New Guinea and Indonesia 6,400,000 (2000)[1]Template:Fn
19 Hokkaido Japan 5,625,000 (2005)[2]
20 Ireland Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom 5,600,000 (2002)[8][3]
21 Sicily Italy 4,950,000 (2001)[9]
22 Singapore Singapore 4,326,000 (2005)[5]
23 Shikoku Japan 4,100,000 (2005)[2]
24 Puerto Rico commonwealth of United States 3,800,000 (2000)[1]
25 Negros Philippines 3,700,000 (2000)[4]
26 Madura Indonesia 3,525,000 (2005)[1]
27 Panay Philippines 3,500,000 (2000)[4]
28 Bali Indonesia 3,375,000 (2005)[1]
29 Cebu Philippines 3,350,000 (2000)[4]
30 North Island New Zealand 2,825,000 (2001)[10]
32 Jamaica Jamaica 2,650,000 (2005)[5]
31 Lombok Indonesia 2,536,000 (2004) [11]
33 Zhongchan Dao People's Republic of China 2,275,000 (2002)[1][5]Template:Fn
34 Zealand Denmark 2,275,000 (2005)[12]
35 Timor Indonesia and East Timor 2,220,000 (2000)[13][5]
36 Leyte Philippines 1,950,000 (2000)[4]
37 Island of Montreal Canada 1,800,000 (2001)[14]
38 Dakhin Shahbazpur Bangladesh 1,675,000 (2001)[1]Template:Fn
39 Sardinia Italy 1,625,000 (2001) [9]
40 Flores Indonesia 1,600,000 (2003)[13]
41 Manhattan United States 1,593,000 (2005)[7]
42 Sumbawa Indonesia 1,540,000 (2004)[11]
43 Samar Philippines 1,500,000 (2000)[4]
44 Vitória Brazil 1,425,000 (2000)[15]
45 Hong Kong Island Hong Kong (People's Republic of China) 1,335,000 (2001)[1]
46 Okinawa Japan 1,250,000 (2005)[2]
47 Mauritius Mauritius 1,245,000 (2005)[5]
48 São Luís, Maranhão Brazil 1,075,000 (2000)[15]
49 Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago 1,030,000 (2000)[1]

Footnotes

  • Template:Fnb - It is generally accepted that Australia is not an island - if it were considered as such it would rank seventh.
  • Template:Fnb - Antarctica has no permanent residents, but there are usually at least 1,000 people (mostly research personnel) living at its bases.
  • Template:Fnb - Composed of 7 provinces excluding the four regencies comprising Madura island
  • Template:Fnb - Composed of 34 prefectures including minor outlying islands
  • Template:Fnb - Composed of 8 provinces including minor outlying islands
  • Template:Fnb - Composed of 7 administrative regions excluding island provinces
  • Template:Fnb - Composed of 6 administrative regions excluding island provinces
  • Template:Fnb - Composed of 4 Indonesian provinces, 2 Malaysian states, and the sovereign state of Brunei
  • Template:Fnb - Composed of 6 provinces
  • Template:Fnb - Composed of 7 prefectures
  • Template:Fnb - Composed of the municipal corporations of Greater Mumbai and Thane
  • Template:Fnb - Data refers to Hainan Province
  • Template:Fnb - Composed of 14 provinces of Papua New Guinea and 2 provinces of Indonesia
  • Template:Fnb - Data refers to Bhola District which includes minor outlying islands
  • Template:Fnb - Data refers to Zhongshan (prefecture level city), Xiangzhou District (in Zhuhai prefecture level city), and Macau SAR.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Geohive.com Country data
  2. ^ a b c d e Japan Census of 2005 - Provisional results
  3. ^ a b United Kingdom Census of 2001
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Philippines Census of 2000
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h United Nations World Population Prospects (2004 edition)
  6. ^ India Census of 2001
  7. ^ a b United States Census 2005 estimates
  8. ^ Ireland Census of 2002
  9. ^ a b Italy Census of 2001
  10. ^ New Zealand Census of 2001
  11. ^ a b Biro Pusat Statistik - Nusa Tenggara Barat
  12. ^ Statbank Denmark
  13. ^ a b Biro Pusat Statistik - Nusa Tenggara Timur
  14. ^ Canada Census of 2001
  15. ^ a b Brazil Census of 2000

See also


External links

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