List of islands by population density
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The following is a list of islands on earth, sorted by population density with most densed and least density of inhabited island.
Most densely populated islands
| # | Island | Country | Population | Area km² |
Density (per km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz del Islote |  Colombia |
1,247 | 0.01 | 124,700 |
| 2 | Migingo Island |  Kenya |
400 | 0.004 | 100,000 |
| 3 | Ap Lei Chau |  Hong Kong |
86,782 | 1.32 | 66,755 |
| 4 | Malé |  Maldives |
92,555 | 1.952 | 47,415.5 |
| 5 | Salsette Island |  India |
13,175,000 | 436 | 30,217 |
| 6 | Manhattan |  United States |
1,634,795 | 59.47 | 27,485 |
| 7 | Hong Kong Island | Hong Kong |
1,268,112 | 80.4 | 15,915 |
| 8 | Singapore |  Singapore |
4,987,600 | 710.2 | 6,814 |
| 9 | Isola dei Pescatori |  Italy |
208 | 0.034 | 6,118 |
| 10 | Lindau (island) |  Germany |
3,000 | 0.68 | 4,412 |
| 11 | Montréal |  Canada |
1,854,442 | 499 | 3,716 |
| 12 | Majuro |  Marshall Islands |
25,400 | 9.7 | 2,618.6 |
| 13 | Long Island | United States |
7,448,618 | 1401 | 2110 |
| 14 | Frauenchiemsee | Germany |
300 | 0.155 | 1,935 |
| 15 | Amager |  Denmark |
160,030 | 96.3 | 1,662 |
| 16 | Java |  Indonesia |
130,000,000 | 132,187 | 1,026 |
| 17 | Taiwan |  Republic of China |
23,000,000 | 35,801 | 636 |
| 18 | Aquidneck Island | United States |
60,870 | 98 | 621.1 |
| 19 | Honshū |  Japan |
103,000,000 | 230,500 | 447 [1] |
| 20 | Luzon |  Philippines |
46,228,000 | 104,688[2][3] | 441.6[4] |
| 21 | Puerto Rico |  Puerto Rico |
3,994,259 | 9,104 | 438 |
| 22 | Sri Lanka (main island) |  Sri Lanka |
21,184,000 | 65,268 | 325 |
| 23 | Great Britain |  United Kingdom |
57,100,000 | 209,331 | 273 |
| 24 | Mindanao | Philippines |
18,133,864 | 94,630[5][3] | 173 |
| 25 | Sumatra | Indonesia |
45,000,000 | 470,000 | 96 [6] |
| 25 | Ebeye | Marshall Islands |
12,000 | 0.36 | 33,333.3 |
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Least densely populated islands
There are numerous uninhabited islands. The largest uninhabited island of the world is Devon Island. For islands with no residents, see deserted island.
References
- ^ Composed of 34 prefectures including minor outlying islands
- ^ "Luzon (island, Philippines)". Britannica. Retrieved 04 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Eur (2002). "Far East and Australasia 2003, 34th edition". Routledge. Retrieved 04 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Composed of 7 administrative regions excluding island provinces
- ^ "Mindanao (island, Philippines)". Britannica. Retrieved 04 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Composed of 8 provinces including minor outlying islands