Island nation

Island states worldwide (green: with land border to another state ; blue: without land border)

An island state is a state that consists of one or more islands or parts of islands and does not belong to any part of the land area of a continent . Island states are different from landlocked and coastal states .

Of the 195 sovereign states in the world recognized by the United Nations , 46, or around a quarter, are island states. There are also four other, only partially recognized island states.

The largest island state in terms of area is Indonesia , the next largest island states (in terms of area) Madagascar , Papua New Guinea , Japan , the Philippines , New Zealand and the United Kingdom . Australia is not mentioned in this list , although it is de facto an island state, it does not come under the term because Australia is an independent continent (see Australia (continent) or Australia and Oceania ).

Not all island states are completely isolated. The following list comments on those who have a land border .

List of island states

No.	State name	Capital	Area in km²	population	annotation
1	Indonesia	Jakarta	1,912,988	229,965,000	borders Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and East Timor
2	Madagascar	Antananarivo	587.041	20,653,556
3	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	462.840	6,732,000	borders with Indonesia: New Guinea Island
4th	Japan	Tokyo	377.837	127,380,000
5	Philippines	Manila	299.764	91,983,000
6th	New Zealand	Wellington	270,534	4,376,146
7th	United Kingdom	London	242.910	62.041.708	borders Ireland, Gibraltar is on the mainland
8th	Cuba	Havana	110,860	11,236,444
9	Iceland	Reykjavík	103,000	317,593
10	Ireland	Dublin	70.273	4,459,300	borders the United Kingdom: Northern Ireland
11	Sri Lanka	Colombo	65,610	20,650,000
12	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	48,730	9,507,133	borders Haiti: Hispaniola Island
-	Republic of China	Taipei	36.006	23,127,845	The Republic of China was not an island nation when it was founded in 1912. After the Chinese civil war , however, the Republic of China only controls the islands of Taiwan , Penghu , Kinmen , Matsu and a few other islands in the South China Sea . Mainland China has been controlled by the People's Republic of China since 1949 .
13	Haiti	Port-au-Prince	27,750	9,035,536	borders the Dominican Republic: Hispaniola Island
14th	Solomon Islands	Honiara	27,556	523,000
15th	Fiji	Suva	18,367	849,000
16	East Timor	Dili	14,409	1,134,000	borders with Indonesia: Timor Island
17th	Bahamas	Nassau	13,939	330,000
18th	Vanuatu	Port Vila	12,190	243304
19th	Jamaica	Kingston	10,991	2,825,928
20th	Republic of Cyprus	Nicosia	9,251	870,000	borders the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: Island of Cyprus
21st	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	5,765	388.190	borders Malaysia: Borneo Island
22nd	Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	5,128	1,299,953
23	Cape Verde	Praia	4.033	516,733
-	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Lefkoşa	3,355	294,406	borders the Republic of Cyprus: Island of Cyprus
24	Samoa	Apia	2,831	179,000
25th	Mauritius	Port Louis	2,040	1,284,264
26th	Comoros	Moroni	1,862	614,000
27	Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome	1,001	206.178
28	Kiribati	South Tarawa	811	112,850
29	Tonga	Nuku'alofa	748	104,000
30th	Dominica	Roseau	746	72,660
31	Bahrain	Manama	711	1,046,814
32	Micronesia	Palikir	702	111,000
33	Singapore	Singapore	683	4,987,600	has border crossings with Malaysia: Pulau Ujong Island on the coast
34	St. Lucia	Castries	616	173.765
35	Palau	Ngerulmud	508	20,750
36	Seychelles	Victoria	454	87,500
37	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	442	85,632
38	Barbados	Bridgetown	430	284,589
39	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	389	117,200
40	Grenada	St. George's	345	90,739
41	Malta	Valletta	316	413,609
42	Maldives	Times	298	319,000
43	St. Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	261	40.131
-	Niue	Alofi	260	1,350
-	Cook Islands	Avarua	236	11,500
44	Marshall Islands	Majuro	181	62,000
45	Tuvalu	Funafuti	26th	12,373
46	Nauru	Yaren	21st	13,770

See also

• List of shared islands
• List of states in the world
• Small island developing countries
• List of island lists (by state)
• List of the largest islands in the world

Remarks

1. ↑ The city ​​of Tokyo was dissolved in 1943, the capital function is performed by the 23 districts of Tokyo , which are considered separate cities. In addition, it is unclear whether Tokyo is also de jure the capital, as there has never been an explicit, official relocation of the capital from Kyoto to Tokyo (see capital of Japan ).
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} De facto island state , only partially recognized and not a member of the United Nations .
3. ↑ Yaren is not the capital Naurus, but the seat of government. Nauru has no official capital.