List of the most populous islands in the world

The list of the most populous islands on earth includes the islands of the earth with over 100,000 inhabitants. About 730 million people live on islands, which is about 11% of the world's population.

Land masses

• Africa-Eurasia - about 5.9 billion inhabitants
• America - about 900 million people
• Australia - about 28.5 million inhabitants
• Antarctica - 1000-4000

Islands sorted by inhabitants

Over 10,000,000 residents

space	island	Country	Residents	Population density (per km²)
1	Java	Indonesia	132,941,000 (2010)	1071, 0
2	Honshu	Japan	104,000,000 (2010)	451.8
3	Great Britain	United Kingdom	60,462,600 (2010)	276, 0
4th	Sumatra	Indonesia	47,010,000 (2010)	90.4
5	Luzon	Philippines	46,228,000 (2007)	538.9
6th	Taiwan	Taiwan	23,232,125 (2012)	657, 0
7th	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	20,860,000 (2010)	315.5
8th	Madagascar	Madagascar	20,714,000 (2010)	34.1
9	Hispaniola	Dominican Republic . Haiti	19,920,000 (2010)	241.5
10	Mindanao	Philippines	19,793,000 (2007)	209.1
11	Borneo	Brunei . Malaysia . Indonesia	19,712,000 (2010)	26.3
12	Sulawesi	Indonesia	17,360,000 (2010)	97, 0
13	Salsette	India	15,111,974 (2011)	24,414, 0
14th	Kyushu	Japan	13,200,000 (2010)	371, 0
15th	Cuba	Cuba	11,150,000 (2007)	103.3

1,000,000 to 10,000,000 residents

space	island	Country	Residents
16	Hainan	People's Republic of China	8,671,500 (2010)
17th	long Island	United States	7,560,000 (2007)
18th	New Guinea	Papua New Guinea and Indonesia	6,400,000 (2000)
19th	Ireland	Ireland and United Kingdom	6,000,000 (2006)
20th	Hokkaidō	Japan	5,507,500 (2010)
21st	Ujong	Singapore	5,076,700 (2010)
22nd	Sicily	Italy	5,017,000 (2007)
23	Negros	Philippines	4,102,000 (2007)
24	Shikoku	Japan	3,977,200 (2010)
25th	Bali	Indonesia	3,891,000 (2010)
26th	Panay	Philippines	3,823,000 (2007)
27	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico (outer areas of the United States )	3,725,800 (2010)
28	Madura	Indonesia	3,621,000 (2010)
29	Cebu	Philippines	3,293,000 (2007)
30th	Lombok	Indonesia	3,160,000 (2010)
31	North island	New Zealand	3,059,000 (2006)
32	Timor	Indonesia and East Timor	2,786,000 (2010)
33	Jamaica	Jamaica	2,741,000 (2010)
34	Zhongshan Dao	People's Republic of China ( Guangdong )	2,275,000 (2002)
35	Zealand	Denmark	2,275,000 (2005)
36	Leyte	Philippines	2,113,000 (2007)
37	Île de Montréal	Canada	1,854,442 (2006)
38	Xiamen	People's Republic of China ( Fujian )	1,847,047 (2010 census)
39	Flores	Indonesia	1,831,000 (2010)
40	Bhola Island	Bangladesh	1,675,000 (2001)
41	Sardinia	Italy	1,659,000 (2007)
42	Samar	Philippines	1,650,000 (2007)
43	Manhattan	United States	1,621,000 (2007)
44	Sumbawa	Indonesia	1,330,000 (2010)
45	Mauritius	Mauritius	1,299,000 (2010)
46	Okinawa Hontō	Japan	1,287,000 (2010)
47	Bohol	Philippines	1,230,000 (2007)
48	Hong Kong Island	Hong Kong ( People's Republic of China )	1,180,591 (2007 estimated)
49	Mindoro	Philippines	1,158,000 (2007)
50	Cyprus	Cyprus	1,088,503 (2010 estimated)
51	São Luís	Brazil ( Maranhão )	1,075,000 (2000)
52	Trinidad	Trinidad and Tobago	1,030,000 (2000)
53	South island	New Zealand	1,008,000 (2006)

100,000 to 1,000,000 residents

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space	island	Country	Residents
54	Oahu	United States ( Hawaii )	953,207 (2010 census)
55	Tenerife	Spain ( Canary Islands )	906,854 (2010 census)
56	Mallorca	Spain ( Balearic Islands )	862,397 (2009 census)
57	Penang	Malaysia	860,000 (2010 estimated)
58	Gran Canaria	Spain (Canary Islands)	838,397 (2009 census)
59	Reunion	France	793,000 (2007 estimated)
60	Masbate	Philippines	768,939 (2007 estimated)
61	Vancouver Island	Canada ( British Columbia )	748,937 (2009 estimated)
62	Batam	Indonesia	700,000
63	Sakhalin	Russia	673,100 (2005 estimated)
64	Chongming Dao ( Shanghai )	People's Republic of China ( Shanghai )	658,461 (2000 census)
65	Nias	Indonesia	639.675
66	Bangka	Indonesia	626.955
67	Crete	Greece	623,666 (2005 estimated)
68	Zanzibar ( Unguja )	Tanzania	619.832
69	Viti Levu	Fiji	580,000
70	Jeju	South Korea	560,000 (2004 estimated)
71	Bahrain	Bahrain	539.100 (including Sitra Island)
72	Tasmania	Australia	507,626 (2010 estimated)
73	Zhoushan	People's Republic of China ( Zhejiang )	502,667 (2000 census)
74	Buton	Indonesia	500,000
75	Newfoundland	Canada ( Newfoundland and Labrador )	479,105 (2006 census)
76	Staten Island	United States	477,377 (estimated 2006)
77	Ilha do Governador	Brazil	450,000
78	Jolo	Philippines	447,600
79	Funen	Denmark	447,060 (estimated 2006)
80	Isla Margarita	Venezuela	436,900 (2007 estimated)
81	Palawan	Philippines	430,000
82	Sumba	Indonesia	425,000
83	New Britain	Papua New Guinea	404,641 (2000 census)
84	Martinique	France ( Caribbean Sea )	401,000 (2007 estimated)
85	Sandwip	Bangladesh	400,000
86	Malta	Malta	373,955 (2005 census)
87	Laval (Île Jésus)	Canada	368,709
88	Pemba	Tanzania	350,000
89	Grande Comore	Comoros	345,000 (2005 estimated)
90	Île Jésus	Canada ( Québec )	339.101
91	Mactan	Philippines	333,845 (2007 census)
92	Haitan	People's Republic of China ( Fujian )	332,146 (2000 census)
93	Flevopolder	Netherlands	317,000 (2007)
94	Santa Catarina	Brazil	315,000 (2006 estimated)
95	Phuket	Thailand	313,835 (2007)
96	Iceland	Iceland	311,396 (2007 estimated)
97	Vendsyssel-Thy	Denmark	306,373 (2003)
98	Ambon (island)	Indonesia	300,000
99	Vitória	Brazil ( Espírito Santo )	300,000
100	Corsica	France	281,000 (2007 estimated)
101	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	280.385
102	Barbados	Barbados	279,254 (2005 estimated)
103	Anjouan	Comoros	270,000
104	Santiago	Cape Verde	266,161 (2005)
105	Basilan	Philippines	259.796
106	Muna	Indonesia	248,000
107	Seram	Indonesia	247,000
108	Madeira	Portugal	245,806 (2006 estimated)
109	Euboea	Greece	218,032 (2005 estimated)
110	Marinduque	Philippines	217.392
111	New Providence	Bahamas	210,832 (2000 census)
112	New Caledonia	New Caledonia . sui generis collectivity from France	205,939 (2004 census)
113	Belitung	Indonesia	204.776
114	Vasilyevsky Island	Russia	202,650 (2002 census).
115	Tsing Yi	Hong Kong . People's Republic of China Special Administrative Region	200,402 (2007 estimated)
116	Bintan	Indonesia	200,000
117	Marajó	Brazil ( Pará )	200,000
118	Qeschm	Iran	200,000
119	Grande Terre	Guadeloupe . Overseas department of France	197,603 (2006 census)
120	Geojedo	South Korea	187,593
121	Basse-Terre	Guadeloupe . Overseas department of France	186,661 (2006 census)
122	Hawaii	United States ( Hawaii )	185,079 (2010 census)
123	Tahiti	French Polynesia . overseas collectivity from France	178,133 (2007 census)
124	Guam	Guam . organized by United States	173,456 (2007 estimated)
125	Lulu Island	Canada	168.162
126	Alor	Indonesia	168,000
127	Mayotte	Mayotte . Overseas department of France	162,036 (2007 census)
128	Halmahera	Indonesia	162,000
129	Saint Lucia	St. Lucia	160,765 (2005 census)
130	Amager	Denmark	160,064 (2006 estimated)
131	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	160,000
132	Awaji-shima	Japan	157,000 (2005)
133	Ciudad del Carmen	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 ( Nova Scotia )	147,454 (2001 census)
138	Tablas	Philippines	144,000
139	Prince Edward Island	Canada	140,402 (2010 estimated)
140	Chiloe	Chile	140,376 (2002 census)
141	Guimaras	Philippines	140,000
142	Malaita	Solomon Islands	140,000 (2006)
143	Isle of Wight	United Kingdom	140,000 (2005 estimated)
144	Djerba	Tunisia	139,517 (2004 census)
145	Curacao	Netherlands Antilles	138,000 (estimated in 2006)
146	Upolu	Samoa	134,400 (2001 census)
147	Sao Tome	Sao Tome and Principe	139,000 (2004 estimated)
148	Biliran	Philippines	132,000
149	Lanzarote	Spain (Canary Islands)	131,708 (2007 estimated)
150	São Miguel	Portugal ( Azores )	131,609 (2001 census)
151	Hisingen	Sweden	130,497 (2007)
152	Bio	Equatorial Guinea	130,000 (2005)
153	Vanua Levu	Fiji	130,000
154	Bantayan	Philippines	129,154 (2007 census)
155	Ibiza	Spain (Balearic Islands)	117,698 (2007 estimated)
156	Maui	United States ( Hawaii )	117,644 (2000 census)
157	Rhodes	Greece	117,007 (2001 census)
158	Daishan	People's Republic of China ( Zhejiang )	113,983 (2000 census)
159	Guadalcanal	Solomon Islands	109,382 (1999 census)
160	Buru	Indonesia	109,251
161	St. Vincent	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	108,600 (2000)
162	Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego	Argentina and Chile	107.983
163	Corfu	Greece	107,879 (2001 census)
164	Muharraq Island	Bahrain	103,576
165	Aruba	Aruba	103,484 (2006 estimated)
166	South Andaman Island	India	100,000+
167	San Andrés	Colombia	100,000
168	Labuan	Malaysia	100,000 (2010 estimated)

See also

• List of the largest islands in the world
• List of European islands by population

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German Foundation for World Population, Info & Service, country database , accessed on January 14, 2011
2. ↑ Antarctica has no real population. However, around 4,000 people live in the over 80 research stations in summer and around 1,000 in winter, although the exact number varies greatly.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Geohive.com Country data ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Consisting of 6 provinces with the exception of the four districts of the island of Madura
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Census in Japan, October 2010 ( MS Excel ; 975 kB)
6. ↑ Consists of 34 prefectures including smaller outlying islands
7. ↑ [1] ( ZIP ; 81 kB), England , Scotland and Wales .
8. ↑ Consists of eight provinces, including smaller outsourced islands.
9. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} 2007 Census Philippines ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Consisting of seven administrative districts without island provinces
11. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} [2] United Nations World Population Prospects (2010)
12. ↑ Consisting of six administrative districts without island provinces
13. ↑ http://www.citypopulation.de/Malaysia_d.html
14. ↑ Consisting of four Indonesian provinces, 2 Malaysian states, 1 Malaysian territory and the sovereign state of Brunei.
15. ↑ Consists of 6 provinces
16. ↑ Mumbai , Thane and Mira-Bhayandar
17. ↑ Consisting of seven prefectures
18. ^ Population of Cuba without Isla de la Juventud
19. ↑ http://www.citypopulation.de/China-UA_d.html Data refer to the entire province of Hainan
20. ↑ ^{a b} 2007 United States Census
21. ↑ Consisting of 14 provinces of Papua New Guinea and 2 provinces of Indonesia.
22. ↑ Ireland 2006 census
23. ↑ Statistics from Singapore - the most important indicators ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
24. ↑ ^{a b} Istat.it estimates for 2007
25. ↑ http://www.citypopulation.de/Indonesia-MU_d.html
26. ↑ Consists of 4 provinces
27. ↑ US Census Bureau Puerto Rico Census Data (2010)
28. ↑ http://www.citypopulation.de/Indonesia-MU_d.html
29. ↑ New Zealand 2006 Census
30. ↑ Biro Pusat Statistics - Nusa Tenggara Timur ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
31. ↑ Consisting of 5 Indonesian districts and the sovereign state of East Timor.
32. ↑ Data refer to Zhongshan, Xiangzhou District, and Macau. Note that this area is not commonly referred to as an island, see article for more details.
33. ↑ StatBank Denmark
34. ↑ census of 2001
35. ↑ China census of 2010 for Siming District Xiamen Island  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . The data does not include the offshore island of Gulangyu .  
36. ↑ http://www.citypopulation.de/Indonesia-MU_d.html
37. ↑ Data refer to the Bhola district , which comprises small offshore islands
38. ↑ Consists of 3 provinces
39. ↑ Biro Pusat Statistics - Nusa Tenggara Barat ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
40. ↑ District council election 2007 ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The total of the population in Central and West, Wan Chai, East and South counties, minus the population in constituency areas D2 to D7, who live on Ap Lei Chau Island. 
41. ↑ Republic of Cyprus : 803,147 and TRNC : 285,356 = 1,088,503. Source for the Republic of Cyprus - "Total population as of 1 January", Eurostat , source for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus - North Cyprus' State Planning Organization
42. ↑ Brazil 2000 census
43. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Statistics New Zealand Estimate 2007
44. ↑ census.gov ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
45. ↑ Vancouver Island population figures for 2008 . Bcstats.gov.bc.ca. January 15, 2009. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 19, 2011. 
46. ↑ 2006 Census - Laval
47. ↑ Registered population continues to rise , Phuket Gazette. November 29, 2007. Accessed December 8, 2007.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
48. ↑ Василеостровский район ( Memento from April 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Vasilieostrovsky District)
49. ↑ District Council Election 2007 - Kwai Tsing ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . The sum of the population in constituencies S18 to S28 
50. ↑ Statistical information from Zhoushan, line 26 ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.