List of islands by populationThis 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
- Africa-Eurasia - 5,000,000,000 people
- Americas - 900,000,000 people
- Australia - 20,000,000 people
- Antarctica - 0 people
Islands
| Ranking
| Island
| State
| Population
|
| 1
| Java
| Indonesia
| 124,000,000 (2005)[Geohive.com Country data]
|
| 2
| Honshū
| Japan
| 103,000,000 (2005)[Japan Census of 2005 - Provisional results]
|
| 3
| Great Britain
| United Kingdom
| 57,100,000 (2001)[United Kingdom Census of 2001]
|
| 4
| Sumatra
| Indonesia
| 45,000,000 (2005) |
| 5
| Luzon
| Philippines
| 39,500,000 (2000)[Philippines Census of 2000]
|
| 6
| Taiwan
| Taiwan (Republic of China)
| 22,200,000 (2000) |
| 7
| Sri Lanka
| Sri Lanka
| 20,700,000 (2005)[United Nations World Population Prospects (2004 edition)]
|
| 8
| Madagascar
| Madagascar
| 18,600,000 (2005) |
| 9
| Hispaniola
| Dominican Republic and Haiti
| 17,400,000 (2005) |
| 10
| Mindanao
| Philippines
| 16,825,000 (2000) |
| 11
| Borneo
| Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei
| 16,000,000 (2000) |
| 12
| Sulawesi
| Indonesia
| 16,000,000 (2005) |
| 13
| Kyūshū
| Japan
| 13,350,000 (2005) |
| 14
| Salsette
| India
| 13,175,000 (2001)[India Census of 2001]
|
| 15
| Cuba
| Cuba
| 11,075,000 (2002) |
| 16
| Hainan
| China
| 7,620,000 (2000) |
| 17
| Long Island
| United States
| 7,536,000 (2005)[United States Census 2005 estimates]
|
| 18
| New Guinea
| Papua New Guinea and Indonesia
| 6,400,000 (2000) |
| 19
| Hokkaidō
| Japan
| 5,625,000 (2005) |
| 20
| Ireland
| Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom
| 5,600,000 (2002)[Ireland Census of 2002] |
| 21
| Sicily
| Italy
| 4,950,000 (2001)[Italy Census of 2001]
|
| 22
| Singapore
| Singapore
| 4,326,000 (2005) |
| 23
| Shikoku
| Japan
| 4,100,000 (2005) |
| 24
| Puerto Rico
| United States
| 3,800,000 (2000) |
| 25
| Negros
| Philippines
| 3,700,000 (2000) |
| 26
| Madura
| Indonesia
| 3,525,000 (2005) |
| 27
| Panay
| Philippines
| 3,500,000 (2000) |
| 28
| Bali
| Indonesia
| 3,380,000 (2005) |
| 29
| Cebu
| Philippines
| 3,350,000 (2000) |
| 30
| North Island
| New Zealand
| 2,830,000 (2001)[New Zealand Census of 2001]
|
| 31
| Jamaica
| Jamaica
| 2,650,000 (2005) |
| 32
| Lombok
| Indonesia
| 2,536,000 (2004) [Biro Pusat Statistik - Nusa Tenggara Barat]
|
| 33
| Zhongchan Dao
| People's Republic of China
| 2,275,000 (2002) |
| 34
| Zealand
| Denmark
| 2,275,000 (2005)[Statbank Denmark]
|
| 35
| Timor
| Indonesia and East Timor
| 2,220,000 (2000)[Biro Pusat Statistik - Nusa Tenggara Timur] |
| 36
| Leyte
| Philippines
| 1,950,000 (2000) |
| 37
| Island of Montreal
| Canada
| 1,800,000 (2001)[Canada Census of 2001]
|
| 38
| Dakhin Shahbazpur
| Bangladesh
| 1,675,000 (2001) |
| 39
| Sardinia
| Italy
| 1,625,000 (2001) |
| 40
| Flores
| Indonesia
| 1,600,000 (2003) |
| 41
| Manhattan
| United States
| 1,593,000 (2005) |
| 42
| Sumbawa
| Indonesia
| 1,540,000 (2004)[Biro Pusat Statistik - Nusa Tenggara Barat]
|
| 43
| Samar
| Philippines
| 1,500,000 (2000) |
| 44
| Hong Kong Island
| Hong Kong ( People's Republic of China)
| 1,335,000 (2001) |
| 45
| Okinawa
| Japan
| 1,250,000 (2005) |
| 46
| Mauritius
| Mauritius
| 1,245,000 (2005) |
| 47
| Bohol
| Philippines
| 1,137,000 (2000)[Philippines Census of 2000]
|
| 48
| São Luís, Maranhão
| Brazil
| 1,075,000 (2000)[Brazil Census of 2000]
|
| 49
| Mindoro
| Philippines
| 1,062,000 (2000)[Philippines Census of 2000]
|
| 50
| Trinidad
| Trinidad and Tobago
| 1,030,000 (2000) |
Footnotes
- - It is generally accepted that Australia is not an island - if it were considered as such it would rank eighth.
- - Antarctica has no permanent residents, but there are usually at least 1,000 people (mostly research personnel) living at its bases.
- - Composed of 6 provinces excluding the four regencies comprising Madura island
- - Composed of 34 prefectures including minor outlying islands
- - Composed of 8 provinces including minor outlying islands
- - Composed of 7 administrative regions excluding island provinces
- - Composed of 6 administrative regions excluding island provinces
- - Composed of 4 Indonesian provinces, 2 Malaysian states, and the sovereign state of Brunei
- - Composed of 6 provinces
- - Composed of 7 prefectures
- - Composed of the municipal corporations of Greater Mumbai and Thane
- - Data refers to Hainan Province
- - Composed of 14 provinces of Papua New Guinea and 2 provinces of Indonesia
- - Data refers to Bhola District which includes minor outlying islands
- - Data refers to Zhongshan (prefecture level city), Xiangzhou District (in Zhuhai prefecture level city), and Macau SAR.
- - Composed of 5 Indonesian regencies and the sovereign state of East Timor
References
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