List_of_islands_by_area

This is a list of islands in the world ordered by area. It includes all islands with an area greater than 2,500 km² (970 square miles). For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown.

Contents 1 Continental land masses 2 Islands over 250,000 km² 3 Islands 25,000 km²–250,000 km² 4 Islands 10,000 km²–25,000 km² 5 Islands 5,000 km²–10,000 km² 6 Islands 2,500 km²–5,000 km² 7 Islands 1,000 km²–2,500 km² 8 Islands 500 km²–1,000 km² 9 References 10 See also 11 External links

Continental land masses

These figures are rough approximations only.

Rank	Continent	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
1	Afro-Eurasia	84,400,000	32,500,000	Various
2	Americas	42,300,000	16,400,000	Various
3	Antarctica	13,000,000	5,000,000	None ( Argentina,  Australia,  Chile,  France,  New Zealand,  Norway and the  United Kingdom have territorial claims)
4	Australia	7,600,000	2,900,000	Australia

Note: Australia, at 7,600,000 km², is here considered a continental landmass rather than an island. Australia is more than three times the size of Greenland, the largest island. However, Australia is sometimes considered \'The Island Continent\'.http://www.dfat.gov.au/aib/island_continent.html

Islands over 250,000 km²

Although an island is, in general, any land mass that is completely surrounded by water, some definitions exclude land masses large enough to be considered continents. Placing Australia in the latter category (even though arguments can be made whether it is technically a continent, or merely part of the larger continent called Australasia) makes Greenland the largest island. For the sake of classification the list of islands will begin with Greenland.

Rank	Island’s Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
1	Greenland	2,130,800Joshua Calder\'s World Island Info	822,706	Greenland, self-governing territory of  Denmark
2	New Guinea	785,753	303,381	Indonesia and  Papua New Guinea
3	Borneo	748,168	288,869	Brunei,  Indonesia and  Malaysia
4	Madagascar	587,713	226,917	Madagascar
5	Baffin Island	507,451Atlas of Canada	195,928	Canada ( Nunavut)
6	Sumatra	443,066	171,069	Indonesia

Islands 25,000 km²–250,000 km²

Rank	Island’s Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
7	Honshū	225,800	87,182	Japan
8	Great Britain	218,595Unsourced / Wikipedia article	84,400	United Kingdom ( England,  Scotland and  Wales)
9	Victoria Island	217,291	83,897	Canada ( Northwest Territories and  Nunavut)
10	Ellesmere Island	196,236	75,767	Canada ( Nunavut)
11	Sulawesi	180,681	69,761	Indonesia
12	South Island	145,836	56,308	New Zealand
13	Java	138,794	53,589	Indonesia
14	North Island	111,583	43,082	New Zealand
15	Luzon	109,965	42,458	Philippines
16	Newfoundland	108,860	42,031	Canada ( Newfoundland and Labrador)
17	Cuba main island	105,806	40,852	Cuba
18	Iceland (main island)	101,826	39,315	Iceland
19	Mindanao	97,530	36,657	Philippines
20	Ireland	81,638	31,521	Republic of Ireland and  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
21	Hokkaidō	78,719	30,394	Japan
22	Hispaniola	73,929	28,544	Dominican Republic and  Haiti
23	Sakhalin	72,493	28,376	Russia
24	Banks Island	70,028	27,038	Canada ( Northwest Territories)
25	Sri Lanka main island	65,268	25,200	Sri Lanka
26	Tasmania (main island)	64,519Australian Government Geoscience Australia	24,911	Australia ( Tasmania)
27	Devon Island	55,247	21,331	Canada ( Nunavut, largest uninhabited island in the world)
28	Alexander Island	49,070	18,946	Antarctica
29	Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego	47,401	18,302	Argentina and  Chile
30	Northern Island (Ostrov Severny)	47,079	18,177	Russia
31	Berkner Island	43,873	16,939	Antarctica
32	Axel Heiberg Island	43,178	16,671	Canada ( Nunavut)
33	Melville Island	42,149	16,274	Canada ( Northwest Territories and  Nunavut)
34	Southampton Island	41,214	15,913	Canada ( Nunavut)
35	Marajó	40,100	15,483	Brazil (largest littoral island in the world)
36	Spitsbergen	38,981	15,051	Norway (Svalbard)
37	Kyūshū	37,437	14,455	Japan
38	New Britain	35,145	13,570	Papua New Guinea
39	Taiwan	35,801	13,323	Republic of China (Taiwan) (claimed by  People\'s Republic of China)
40	Prince of Wales Island	33,339	12,872	Canada ( Nunavut)
41	Southern Island (Ostrov Yuzhny)	33,246	12,836	Russia
42	Hainan	33,210	12,822	People\'s Republic of China
43	Vancouver Island	31,285	12,079	Canada ( British Columbia)
44	Timor	28,418	10,972	East Timor and  Indonesia
45	Sicily	25,662	9,908	Italy

Islands 10,000 km²–25,000 km²

Rank	Island’s Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
46	Somerset Island	24,786	9,570	Canada ( Nunavut)
47	Kotelny / Faddeyesky	24,000	9,266	Russia
48	Sardinia	23,949	9,247	Italy
49	Bananal	20,000	7,722	Brazil (world\'s largest fluvial island)
50	Shikoku	18,545	7,160	Japan
51	Halmahera	18,040	6,865	Indonesia
52	Ceram	17,454	6,621	Indonesia
53	New Caledonia (main island)	16,648	6,467	New Caledonia, self-governing overseas territory of  France
54	Bathurst Island	16,042	6,194	Canada ( Nunavut)
55	Prince Patrick Island	15,848	6,119	Canada ( Northwest Territories)
56	Thurston Island	15,700	6,050	Antarctica
57	Sumbawa	14,386	5,965	Indonesia
58	Nordaustlandet	14,247	5,486	Norway (Svalbard)
59	Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii	14,204	5,471	Russia
60	Flores	14,154	5,464	Indonesia
61	King William Island	13,111	5,062	Canada ( Nunavut)
62	Negros	13,074	5,048	Philippines
63	Samar	12,849	4,961	Philippines
64	Palawan	12,189	4,706	Philippines
65	Panay	12,011	4,637	Philippines
66	Tupinambarana	11,850	4,576	Brazil
67	Yos Sudarso	11,742	4,534	Indonesia
68	Bangka	11,413	4,407	Indonesia
69	Ellef Ringnes Island	11,295	4,361	Canada ( Nunavut)
70	Bolshevik	11,206	4,327	Russia
71	Jamaica	11,190	4,320	Jamaica
72	Bylot Island	11,067	4,273	Canada ( Nunavut)
73	Sumba	10,711	4,135	Indonesia
74	Mindoro	10,572	4,082	Philippines
75	Viti Levu	10,531	4,066	Fiji
76	Hawai\'i (Big Island)	10,434	4,029	United States ( Hawaii)
77	Cape Breton Island	10,311	3,981	Canada ( Nova Scotia)

Islands 5,000 km²–10,000 km²

Rank	Island’s Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
78	Prince Charles Island	9,521	3,676	Canada ( Nunavut)
79	Bougainville	9,318	3,598	Papua New Guinea
80	Kodiak Island	9,293	3,588	United States ( Alaska)
81	Cyprus	9,234	3,572	Cyprus Note #1: After independence of the island in 1960, the  United Kingdom retained, by international treaty, sovereignty over Akrotiri and Dhekelia, known as "sovereign base areas of the United Kingdom" Note #2: The Turkish-occupied north of the island is self-proclaimed as the  Northern Cyprus, a de facto self-governing country, albeit not recognized by the UN.
82	Puerto Rico	9,100	3,435	Puerto Rico, commonwealth associated with the  United States
83	Komsomolets Island	8,812	3,402	Russia
84	Corsica	8,741	3,351	France
85	Qeqertarsuaq (Disko)	8,612	3,312	Greenland, self-governing territory of  Denmark
86	Carney Island	8,500	3,300	Antarctica
87	Chiloé	8,478	3,273	Chile
88	Buru	8,473	3,271	Indonesia
89	Crete	8,312	3,209	Greece
90	Anticosti	7,941	3,066	Canada ( Quebec)
91	Roosevelt Island	7,910	3,054	Antarctica
92	Wrangel (Vrangelya)	7,866	3,037	Russia
93	New Ireland	7,404	2,859	Papua New Guinea
94	Leyte	7,368	2,785	Philippines
95	Sjælland	7,180	2,715	Denmark
96	Cornwallis Island	6,995	2,701	Canada ( Nunavut)
97	Prince of Wales Island	6,675	2,577	United States ( Alaska)
98	Kerguelen main island (Desolation Island)	6,617	2,555	French Southern and Antarctic Lands, overseas territory of  France
99	East Falkland	6,605	2,550	Falkland Islands, overseas territory of the  United Kingdom (also claimed by  Argentina)
100	Siple Island	6,390	2,500	Antarctica
101	Graham Island	6,361	2,456	Canada ( British Columbia)
102	Novaya Sibir	6,201	2,394	Russia
103	Melville Island	5,765	2,234	Australia ( Northern Territory)
104	Prince Edward Island	5,620	2,170	Canada ( Prince Edward Island)
105	Vanua Levu	5,587	2,157	Fiji
106	Wellington Island	5,556	2,145	Chile
107	Coats Island	5,498	2,123	Canada ( Nunavut)
108	Bali	5,416	2,091	Indonesia
109	Chichagof Island	5,388	2,080	United States ( Alaska)
110	Guadalcanal	5,353	2,047	Solomon Islands
111	Amund Ringnes	5,255	2,029	Canada ( Nunavut)
112	Bolshoy Lyakhovsky	5,157	1,991	Russia
113	St. Lawrence Island	5,135	1,983	United States ( Alaska)
114	Riesco	5,110	1,973	Chile
115	Mackenzie King Island	5,048	1,949	Canada ( Northwest Territories and  Nunavut)
116	Trinidad	5,009	1,864	Trinidad and Tobago

Islands 2,500 km²–5,000 km²

Rank	Island’s Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
117	Caviana	5,000	1,930	Brazil
118	Kolguyev	4,968	1,918	Russia
119	Edgeøya	4,940	1,907	Norway (Svalbard)
120	Gurupá	4,864	1,878	Brazil
121	Isabela	4,711	1,819	Ecuador
122	Vendsyssel-Thy	4,685	1,809	Denmark (Physically part of the Jutland peninsula until 1825)
123	Lombok	4,625	1,786	Indonesia
124	West Falkland	4,531	1,750	Falkland Islands, overseas territory of the  United Kingdom (also claimed by  Argentina)
125	Belitung	4,478	1,729	Indonesia
126	Cebu	4,468	1,725	Philippines
127	Adelaide Island	4,463	1,723	Antarctica
128	Stefansson Island	4,463	1,723	Canada ( Nunavut)
129	Madura	4,429	1,710	Indonesia
130	Butung	4,408	1,699	Indonesia
131	Kangaroo Island	4,374	1,689	Australia ( South Australia)
132	Admiralty Island	4,362	1,684	United States ( Alaska)
133	Nunivak Island	4,209	1,625	United States ( Alaska)
134	Unimak Island	4,119	1,590	United States ( Alaska)
135	Hoste	4,117	1,590	Chile
136	Spaatz Island	4,100	1,583	Antarctica
137	Baranof Island	4,064	1,569	United States ( Alaska)
138	Nias	4,048	1,563	Indonesia
139	Espiritu Santo	3,956	1,527	Vanuatu
140	Milne Land	3,913	1,511	Greenland, self-governing territory of  Denmark
141	Malaita	3,836	1,481	Solomon Islands
142	Siberut	3,828	1,478	Indonesia
143	Bohol	3,821	1,475	Philippines
144	South Georgia	3,718	1,450	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, overseas territory of the  United Kingdom (also claimed by  Argentina)
145	Santa Inés	3,688	1,424	Chile
146	Majorca	3,667	1,416	Spain
147	Santa Isabel	3,665	1,415	Solomon Islands
148	Euboea	3,655	1,411	Greece
149	Long Island	3,629	1,401	United States ( New York)
150	Socotra	3,607	1,393	Yemen
151	Wetar	3,600	1,390	Indonesia
152	Traill	3,542	1,367	Greenland, self-governing territory of  Denmark
153	Bear Island, Antarctica	3,500	1,351	Antarctica
154	North Andros Island	3,439	1,328	Bahamas
155	Vaygach	3,329	1,306	Russia
156	Masbate	3,268	1,262	Philippines
157	Iturup (Etorofu)	3,238	1,250	Russia (also claimed by  Japan)
158	San Cristobal	3,190	1,232	Solomon Islands
159	Mansel Island	3,180	1,228	Canada ( Nunavut)
160	Waigeo	3,154	1,218	Indonesia
161	Yamdena	3,100	1,200	Indonesia
162	Gotland	3,027	1,169	Sweden
163	Fyn	3,012	1,163	Denmark
164	Akimiski Island	3,001	1,159	Canada ( Nunavut)
165	Choiseul	2,971	1,147	Solomon Islands
166	Revillagigedo Island	2,965	1,145	United States ( Alaska)
167	Taliabu	2,913	1,120	Indonesia
168	Muna	2,889	1,115	Indonesia
169	Zemlya Georga	2,821	1,089	Russia
170	Kupreanof Island	2,813	1,086	United States ( Nunavut)
171	Borden Island	2,794	1,079	Canada ( Northwest Territories and  Nunavut)
172	North Andaman Island	2,781	1,074	India
173	Manitoulin Island	2,766	1,068	Canada ( Ontario, world\'s largest freshwater lake island)
174	Unalaska Island	2,722	1,051	United States ( Alaska)
175	Saaremaa	2,672	1,032	Estonia
176	Moresby Island	2,608	1,007	Canada ( British Columbia)
177	James Ross Island	2,598	1,004	Antarctica
178	Obi	2,542	981	Indonesia
179	Réunion	2,535	970	France (overseas department)

Islands 1,000 km²–2,500 km²

This section of the list might not be complete, but covers almost all of the islands in the world over 1,000 km². The area of some Antarctic islands is uncertain.

Island’s Name	Area		Country
	(km²)	(sq mi)
Navarino Island	2,473	955	Chile
Paramushir	2,471	954	Russia
Ross Island	2,460	950	Antarctica
Ymer Island	2,437	941	Greenland, self-governing territory of  Denmark
Anvers Island	2,432	939	Antarctica
Cornwall Island	2,358	872	Canada ( Nunavut)
Peleng	2,345	905	Indonesia
Groote Eylandt	2,285	882	Australia ( Northern Territory)
Yapen	2,278	880	Indonesia
Morotai	2,266	875	Indonesia
Princess Royal Island	2,251	869	Canada ( British Columbia)
Juventud	2,237	864	Cuba
Wilczek Land (Zemlya Vilcheka)	2,203	851	Russia
Hinnøya	2,198	849	Norway
Nelson Island	2,183	843	United States ( Alaska)
Lewis and Harris	2,179	841	United Kingdom ( Scotland)
Richards Island	2,165	836	Canada ( Northwest Territories)
Trangan	2,149	830	Indonesia
Alor Island	2,120	819	Indonesia
Margarita Island (Colombia)	2,100	811	Colombia (an inland fluvial island in the Magdalena River, not to be confused with the Caribbean Venezuelan island)
Laut Island	2,062	794	Indonesia
Malakula	2,041	788	Vanuatu
New Georgia	2,037	786	Solomon Islands
Misool	2,034	785	Indonesia
Tenerife	2,034	785	Spain
Magdalena Island, Aysen, Chile	2,025	782	Chile
René-Levasseur	2,020	780	Canada, ( Quebec, largest artificial island)
Bioko	2,017	779	Equatorial Guinea
Ayon Island	2,000	772	Russia
Karaginsky Island	2,000	772	Russia
Kuiu Island	1,962	758	United States ( Alaska)
Manus	1,940	749	Papua New Guinea
Biak	1,904	735	Indonesia
Bacan	1,900	734	Indonesia
Maui	1,888	729	United States ( Hawaii)
Bintan	1,866	720	Indonesia
Mauritius	1,836	709	Mauritius
Jeju-do	1,825	705	South Korea
Bely Island	1,810	699	Russia
Afognak	1,809	698	United States ( Alaska)
Umnak	1,793	692	United States ( Alaska)
Bolshoy Shantar Island	1,766	682	Russia
Bolshoy Begichev Island	1,764	681	Russia
Simeulue Island	1,754	677	Indonesia
Stewart Island/Rakiura	1,746	674	New Zealand
Kobroor	1,723	665	Indonesia
Air Force Island	1,720	664