List of countries by largest island

The following is a list of countries by largest island. It does not include divided islands; several of the world's largest islands, such as New Guinea, Borneo, Ireland and Hispaniola, are divided between two or three countries. This list only includes islands fully owned by a single country. Similarly, many of the world's largest islands belong to a handful of countries, such as Indonesia; only the largest island of each country is listed here.

List

Rank State Name Total in km2 (mi2) Notes
 Greenland (Denmark) Greenland 2,130,800
(822,700)		 It is thought that beneath the ice sheet Greenland may be three separate islands.[1]
1  Madagascar Madagascar 587,713
(226,917)
2  Canada Baffin Island 507,451
(195,928)
3  Indonesia Sumatra 443,066
(171,069)
4  Japan Honshu 225,800
(87,200)
5  United Kingdom Great Britain 209,331
(80,823)
6  New Zealand South Island 145,836
(56,308)
7  Philippines Luzon 109,965
(42,458)
8  Cuba Cuba 105,806
(40,852)
9  Iceland Iceland 103,000
(40,000)
10  Russia Sakhalin 72,493
(27,990)
11  Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 65,610
(25,330)
12  Australia Tasmania 65,022
(25,105)
13  Brazil Marajó 40,100
(15,500)		 World's largest fluvial island.
14  Norway Spitsbergen 38,981
(15,051)
15  Taiwan Taiwan 35,883
(13,855)
16  Papua New Guinea New Britain 35,145
(13,570)
17  China Hainan 33,210
(12,820)
18  Italy Sicily 25,662
(9,908)
 New Caledonia (France) Grande Terre 16,372
(6,321)
19  Jamaica Jamaica 11,190
(4,320)
20  United States Hawaii 10,434
(4,029)
21  Fiji Viti Levu 10,388
(4,011)
22  Cyprus Cyprus 9,251
(3,572)		 Figure includes claims by Northern Cyprus, as well as the UN Buffer Zone and Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 8,897
(3,435)
23  Metropolitan France Corsica 8,741
(3,375)
24  Chile Chiloé 8,478
(3,273)
25  Greece Crete 8,350
(3,220)
26  Denmark Zealand (Sjælland) 7,031
(2,715)		 Largest Danish island not a part of Greenland.
 Falkland Islands East Falkland 6,605
(2,550)
27  Solomon Islands Guadalcanal 5,353
(2,067)
28  Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad 5,009
(1,934)
29  Ecuador Isabela Island 4,711
(1,819)
30  Vanuatu Espiritu Santo 3,956
(1,527)
31  Spain Majorca 3,667
(1,416)
32  Yemen Socotra 3,607
(1,393)
33  Bahamas North Andros Island 3,439
(1,328)
34  Sweden Gotland 2,994
(1,156)
35  Estonia Saaremaa 2,672
(1,032)
36  Colombia Margarita Island 2,100
(810)
37  Equatorial Guinea Bioko 1,935
(747)
38  Slovakia Žitný ostrov 1,886
(728)		 Largest fluvial island in Europe.
39  Mauritius Mauritius 1,874
(724)
40  South Korea Jejudo 1,826
(705)
41  Samoa Savai'i 1,718
(663)
42  Finland Soisalo 1,635
(631)
43  Tanzania Unguja 1,575
(608)
44  India Middle Andaman Island 1,523
(588)
45  Iran Qeshm 1,488
(575)
46  Romania Letea 1,480
(570)
47  Bangladesh Bhola Island 1,441
(556)
48  Myanmar Ramree Island 1,350
(520)
49  Senegal Morfil 1,250
(480)
50  Mexico Tiburón Island 1,190
(460)
 French Polynesia (France) Tahiti 1,069
(413)
51  Venezuela Margarita Island 1,020
(390)
52  Comoros Grand Comoro 1,013
(391)
53  Cape Verde Santiago 991
(383)
54  Netherlands Flevopolder 970
(370)		 World's largest artificial island.
55  Germany Rügen 926.4
(357.7)
56  Kuwait Bubiyan 863
(333)
 Guadeloupe Basse-Terre Island 847.8
(327.3)
57  São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 845
(326)
58  Thailand Phuket 800
(310)
59  Eritrea Dahlak Kebir 754.9
(291.5)
60  Portugal São Miguel Island 754
(291)
61  Dominica Dominica 750
(290)
62  Singapore Singapore Island 719.9
(278.0)
63  Haiti Gonâve Island 700
(270)
64  Oman Masirah 658
(254)
65  Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 622
(240)
66  Bahrain Bahrain Island 604
(233)
67  Sierra Leone Sherbro Island 600
(230)
68  Vietnam Phu Quoc 546
(211)
 Guam Guam 543.9
(210.0)
69  Argentina Isla de los Estados 534
(206)
70  Tunisia Djerba 510
(200)
71  Democratic Republic of the Congo Sumba 500
(190)
72  Panama Coiba 494
(191)
 Caribbean Netherlands ( Netherlands) Curacao 444
(171)
73  Malaysia Banggi 441
(170)
74  Barbados Barbados 431
(166)
75  Croatia Krk/Cres 405.78
(156.67)
76  Saudi Arabia Farasan al Kabir 395
(153)
77  Kiribati Kiritimati 388
(150)
78  Hungary Szigetköz 375
(145)
 Faroe Islands ( Denmark) Streymoy 373
(144)
79  Palau Babeldaob 370
(140)
80  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent 345
(133)
81  Mozambique Inhacamba 340
(130) (ca.)
82  Micronesia Pohnpei 334
(129)
83  Grenada Grenada 306.00
(118.15)
84  United Arab Emirates Abu al Abyad 306
(118)
85  South Africa Marion Island 290
(110)
86  Turkey Imbros 279.2
(107.8)
87  Antigua and Barbuda Antigua 279
(108)
88  Nicaragua Ometepe 276
(107)
89  Uganda Bugala Island 275
(106)
90  Tonga Tongatapu 256
(99)
91  Malta Malta 246
(95)
92  Poland Wolin 246
(95)
93  Guinea Île Tristao 226
(87)
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( France) Miquelon 215
(83)
 U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Croix 212
(82)
 French Guiana Cayenne Island 206.91
(79.89)
 Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 196
(76)
94  Ghana Island in south end of Lake Volta 190
(73)
95  Republic of the Congo Mbamu 180
(69)
 Northern Marianas Saipan 180
(69)
96  Kenya Pate 170
(66) (ca.)
97  Mauritania Tidra 156
(60)
98  Honduras Roatan 155
(60)
Hong Kong Lantau Island 147

(57)

99 Ireland Achill 146
(56)
100  Seychelles Mahe 145
(56)
 American Samoa Tutuila 142.3
(54.9)
101  Guinea-Bissau Formosa 140
(54)
 Christmas Island Christmas Island 135
(52)
102  Belize Ambergris Caye 119
(46)
103  Laos Khong Island 110
(42) (ca.)
104  Dominican Republic Saona Island 110
(42)
105  East Timor Atauro Island 105
(41)
106  Sudan Mograt Island 104
(40)
107  Cambodia Koh Kong 100
(39)
108  Angola Tigres Island 98
(38)
 Anguilla Anguilla 91
(35)
109  Zambia Mbabala Island 80
(31)
110 Afghanistan island in Pyandzh River 75
(29)
111  Cook Islands Rarotonga 67
(26)
 Guernsey Guernsey 63.4
(24.5)
112  Serbia Ostrvo 60
(23) (ca.)
113  Turkmenistan Ogurja Ada 60
(23)
114  Ukraine Dzharylhach 60
(23)
 British Virgin Islands Tortola 55.7
(21.5)
115  Lithuania Rusnės Sala 55.6
(21.5)
116  North Korea Sinmido 52
(20)
117  Egypt Shadwan Island 42
(16)
118  Bulgaria Belene Island 41
(16)
 British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Garcia 30
(12)
119  El Salvador Espiritu Santo 25
(9.7)
120  Costa Rica Cocos Island 23.85
(9.21)
121  Tajikistan Severnyy 22
(8.5)
122  Nauru Nauru 21.3
(8.2)
123  Latvia Doles Sala 21
(8.1)
124  Uruguay Isla del Queguay Grande 19.16
(7.40)
125  Tuvalu Funafuti 2.4
(0.93)
126  Syria Arwad 0.2 (0.08)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Greenland's huge ice sheet is melting far faster than scientists expected", San Francisco Chronicle, 2 July 2006.
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