List of countries by largest island

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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 states. This list only includes islands fully owned by a single country. Similarly, many of the world's largest islands belong to a handful of states, such as Canada and Indonesia; only the largest island of each country is listed here.

List[]

Rank State Name Total in km2 (mi2) Notes
1  Greenland (Denmark) Greenland 2,130,800
(822,700)		 It is thought that beneath the ice sheet Greenland may be three separate islands.[1]
2  Madagascar Madagascar 587,713
(226,917)
3  Canada Baffin Island 507,451
(195,928)
4  Indonesia Sumatra 443,066
(171,069)
5  Japan Honshu 225,800
(87,200)
6  United Kingdom Great Britain 209,331
(80,823)
7  New Zealand South Island 145,836
(56,308)
8  Philippines Luzon 109,965
(42,458)
9  Cuba Cuba 105,806
(40,852)
10  Iceland Iceland 101,826
(39,315)
11  Russia Sakhalin 72,493
(27,990)
12  Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 65,610
(25,330)
13  Australia Tasmania 65,022
(25,105)
14  Brazil Marajó 40,100
(15,500)		 World's largest fluvial island.
15  Norway Spitsbergen 38,981
(15,051)
16  Taiwan Taiwan 35,883
(13,855)
17  Papua New Guinea New Britain 35,145
(13,570)
18  China Hainan 33,210
(12,820)
19  Italy Sicily 25,662
(9,908)
20  New Caledonia (France) Grande Terre 16,372
(6,321)
21  Jamaica Jamaica 11,190
(4,320)
22  United States Hawaii 10,434
(4,029)
23  Fiji Viti Levu 10,388
(4,011)
24  Cyprus Cyprus 9,251
(3,572)
 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 8,897
(3,435)
26  France Corsica 8,741
(3,375)
27  Chile Chiloé 8,478
(3,273)
28  Greece Crete 8,350
(3,220)
29  Denmark Zealand (Sjælland) 7,031
(2,715)		 Largest Danish island not a part of Greenland.
30  Falkland Islands East Falkland 6,605
(2,550)
31  Solomon Islands Guadalcanal 5,353
(2,067)
32  Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad 5,009
(1,934)
33  Ecuador Isabela Island 4,711
(1,819)
34  Vanuatu Espiritu Santo 3,956
(1,527)
35  Spain Majorca 3,667
(1,416)
36  Yemen Socotra 3,607
(1,393)
37  Bahamas North Andros Island 3,439
(1,328)
38  Sweden Gotland 2,994
(1,156)
39  Estonia Saaremaa 2,672
(1,032)
40  Colombia Margarita Island 2,100
(810)
41  Equatorial Guinea Bioko 1,935
(747)
42  Slovakia Žitný ostrov 1,886
(728)		 Largest fluvial island in Europe.
43  Mauritius Mauritius 1,874
(724)
44  South Korea Jejudo 1,826
(705)
45  Samoa Savai'i 1,718
(663)
46  Finland Soisalo 1,635
(631)
47  Tanzania Unguja 1,575
(608)
48  India Middle Andaman Island 1,523
(588)
49  Iran Qeshm 1,488
(575)
50  Romania Letea 1,480
(570)
51  Bangladesh Bhola Island 1,441
(556)
52  Myanmar Ramree Island 1,350
(520)
53  Senegal Morfil 1,250
(480)
54  Mexico Tiburón Island 1,190
(460)
55  French Polynesia (France) Tahiti 1,069
(413)
56  Venezuela Margarita Island 1,020
(390)
57  Comoros Grand Comoro 1,013
(391)
58  Cape Verde Santiago 991
(383)
59  Netherlands Flevopolder 970
(370)		 World biggest Artificial island.
60  Germany Rügen 926.4
(357.7)
61  Kuwait Bubiyan 863
(333)
62  Guadeloupe Basse-Terre Island 847.8
(327.3)
63  Sao Tome Sao Tome 845
(326)
64  Thailand Phuket 800
(310)
66  Eritrea Dahlak Kebir 754.9
(291.5)[citation needed]
67  Portugal São Miguel Island 754
(291)
68  Dominica Dominica 750
(290)
69  Singapore Ujong Island 719.9
(278.0)
70  Haiti Gonâve Island 700
(270)
71  Oman Masirah 658
(254)
72  Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 622
(240)
73  Bahrain Bahrain Island 604
(233)
74  Sierra Leone Sherbro Island 600
(230)
75  Vietnam Phu Quoc 546
(211)
76  Guam Guam 543.9
(210.0)
77  Argentina Isla de los Estados 534
(206)
78  Tunisia Djerba 510
(200)
79  Democratic Republic of the Congo Sumba 500
(190)
80  Panama Coiba 494
(191)
82  Netherlands Antilles ( Netherlands) Curacao 444
(171)
83  Malaysia Banggi 441
(170)
84  Barbados Barbados 431
(166)
85  Croatia Krk/Cres 405.78
(156.67)
86  Saudi Arabia Farasan al Kabir 395
(153)
87  Kiribati Kiritimati 388
(150)
88  Hungary Szigetköz 375
(145)
 Faroe Islands ( Denmark) Streymoy 373
(144)
91  Palau Babeldaob 370
(140)
94  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent 345
(133)
95  Mozambique Inhacamba 340
(130) (ca.)
96  Micronesia Pohnpei 334
(129)
97  Grenada Grenada 306.00
(118.15)
97  United Arab Emirates Abu al Abyad 306
(118)
99  South Africa Marion Island 290
(110)
100  Turkey Imbros 279.2
(107.8)
101  Antigua and Barbuda Antigua 279
(108)
102  Nicaragua Ometepe 276
(107)
103  Uganda Bugala Island 275
(106)
104  Tonga Tongatapu 256
(99)
105  Malta Malta 246
(95)
106  Poland Wolin 246
(95)
107  Guinea Île Tristao 226
(87)
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( France) Miquelon 215
(83)
 U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Croix 212
(82)
 French Guiana 206.91
(79.89)
 Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 196
(76)
113  Ghana Island in south end of Lake Volta[citation needed] 190
(73)[citation needed]
 Aruba Aruba 180
(69)
114  Republic of the Congo Mbamu 180
(69)
 Northern Marianas Saipan 180
(69)
117  Kenya Pate 170
(66) (ca.)
 Netherlands Texel 160.9
(62.1)
119  Mauritania Tidra 156
(60)
120  Honduras Roatan 155
(60)
121  Republic of Ireland Achill 146
(56)
122  Seychelles Mahe 145
(56)
 American Samoa Tutuila 142.3
(54.9)
124  Guinea-Bissau Formosa 140
(54)
 Christmas Island Christmas Island 135
(52)
126  Belize Ambergris Caye 119
(46)[citation needed]
127  Laos Khong Island 110
(42) (ca.)
127  Dominican Republic Saona Island 110
(42)
129  East Timor Atauro Island 105
(41)
130  Sudan 104
(40)
131  Cambodia Koh Kong 100
(39)
132  Angola Tigres Island 98
(38)
 Anguilla Anguilla 91
(35)
134  Zambia 80
(31)
135  Afghanistan island in Pyandzh River 75
(29)
 Cook Islands Rarotonga 67
(26)
 Guernsey Guernsey 63.4
(24.5)
138  Serbia Ostrvo 60
(23) (ca.)
138  Turkmenistan Ogurja Ada 60
(23)
138  Ukraine Dzharylgach 60
(23)
 British Virgin Islands Tortola 55.7
(21.5)
142  Lithuania Rusnės Sala 55.6
(21.5)
143  North Korea Sinmido 52
(20)
144  Egypt Shakir? 41
(16)[citation needed]
144  Bulgaria Belene Island 41
(16)
 British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Garcia 30
(12)
147  El Salvador 25
(9.7)
148  Costa Rica Cocos Island 23.85
(9.21)
149  Tajikistan 22
(8.5)
150  Nauru Nauru 21.3
(8.2)
149  Latvia 21
(8.1)
150  Uruguay 19.16
(7.40)

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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