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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)
 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 8,897
(3,435)
–  France Corsica 8,741
(3,375)
24  Chile Chiloé 8,478
(3,273)
25  Greece Crete 8,350
(3,220)
–  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  India North Andaman Island 2,781
(1,074)
36  Estonia Saaremaa 2,672
(1,032)
37  Colombia Margarita Island 2,100
(810)
38  Equatorial Guinea Bioko 1,935
(747)
39  Slovakia Žitný ostrov 1,886
(728)		 Largest fluvial island in Europe.
40  Mauritius Mauritius 1,874
(724)
41  South Korea Jejudo 1,826
(705)
42  Samoa Savai'i 1,718
(663)
43  Finland Soisalo 1,635
(631)
44  Tanzania Unguja 1,575
(608)
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  Germany Rügen 926.4
(357.7)
 Guadeloupe Basse-Terre Island 847.8
(327.3)
55  Sao Tome Sao Tome 845
(326)
56  Thailand Phuket 800
(310)
57  Eritrea Dahlak Kebir 754.9
(291.5)[citation needed]
58  Portugal São Miguel Island 754
(291)
59  Dominica Dominica 750
(290)
60  Haiti Gonâve Island 700
(270)
61  Kuwait Bubiyan 863
(333)
62  Oman Masirah 658
(254)
64  Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 622
(240)
63  Bahrain Bahrain Island 604
(233)
64  Sierra Leone Sherbro Island 600
(230)
65  Singapore Ujong Island 719.9
(278.0)
66  Vietnam Phu Quoc 546
(211)
66  Guam Guam 543.9
(210.0)
67  Argentina Isla de los Estados 534
(206)
68  Tunisia Djerba 510
(200)
69  Democratic Republic of the Congo Sumba 500
(190)
70  Panama Coiba 494
(191)
71  Netherlands Antilles ( Netherlands) Curacao 444
(171)
72  Malaysia Banggi 441
(170)
73  Barbados Barbados 431
(166)
74  Croatia Krk/Cres 405.78
(156.67)
75  Saudi Arabia Farasan al Kabir 395
(153)
76  Kiribati Kiritimati 388
(150)
77  Hungary Szigetköz 375
(145)
 Faroe Islands ( Denmark) Streymoy 373
(144)
78  Palau Babeldaob 370
(140)
79  Saint Vincent Saint Vincent 345
(133)
80  Mozambique Inhacamba 340
(130) (ca.)
81  Micronesia Pohnpei 334
(129)
82  Grenada Grenada 306.00
(118.15)
83  United Arab Emirates Abu al Abyad 306
(118)
84  South Africa Maria Island 290
(110)
85  Turkey Imbros 279.2
(107.8)
86  Antigua and Barbuda Antigua 279
(108)
87  Nicaragua Ometepe 276
(107)
88  Uganda Bugala Island 275
(106)
89  Tonga Tongatapu 256
(99)
90  Malta Malta 246
(95)
91  Poland Wolin 246
(95)
92  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)
93  Ghana Island in south end of Lake Volta[citation needed] 190
(73)[citation needed]
 Aruba Aruba 180
(69)
94  Republic of the Congo Mbamu 180
(69)
 Northern Marianas Saipan 180
(69)
95  Kenya Pate 170
(66) (ca.)
 Netherlands Texel 160.9
(62.1)
96  Mauritania Tidra 156
(60)
97  Honduras Roatan 155
(60)
98  Ireland Achill 146
(56)
99  Seychelles Mahe 145
(56)
 American Samoa Tutuila 142.3
(54.9)
100  Guinea-Bissau Formosa 140
(54)
 Christmas Island Christmas Island 135
(52)
101  Belize Ambergris Caye 119
(46)[citation needed]
102  Laos Khong Island 110
(42) (ca.)
103  Dominican Republic Saona Island 110
(42)
104  East Timor Atauro Island 105
(41)
105  Sudan Mograt Island 104
(40)
106  Cambodia Koh Kong 100
(39)
107  Angola Tigres Island 98
(38)
 Anguilla Anguilla 91
(35)
108  Zambia Mbabala Island 80
(31)
109  Afghanistan island in Pyandzh River 75
(29)
 Cook Islands Rarotonga 67
(26)
 Guernsey Guernsey 63.4
(24.5)
110  Serbia Ostrvo 60
(23) (ca.)
111  Turkmenistan Ogurja Ada 60
(23)
112  Ukraine Dzharylgach 60
(23)
 British Virgin Islands Tortola 55.7
(21.5)
113  Lithuania Rusnės Sala 55.6
(21.5)
114  North Korea Sinmido 52
(20)
115  Egypt Shakir? 41
(16)[citation needed]
116  Bulgaria Belene Island 41
(16)
 British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Garcia 30
(12)
117  El Salvador Espiritu Santo 25
(9.7)
118  Costa Rica Cocos Island 23.85
(9.21)
119  Tajikistan Severnyy 22
(8.5)
120  Nauru Nauru 21.3
(8.2)
121  Latvia Doles Sala 21
(8.1)
122  Malawi Likoma Island 17
(6.6)
123  Ethiopia Dek Island 16
(6.2)		 In Lake Tana.
124  Zimbabwe Namembere Island 10
(3.9)
125  Rwanda Gombo Island 9
(3.5)
126  Somalia Koyaama 6
(2.3)
127  Albania Sazan Island 5.7
(2.2)
128  Tuvalu Vaitupu 4.9
(1.9)
129  Djibouti Moucha Island 3.994
(1.542)
130  Libya Marakib 1
(0.39) (ca.)
131  Guatemala Cayo Grande 0.5
(0.19)
132  North Macedonia Golem Grad 0.25
(0.097) (ca.)
133  Lebanon Palmier Island 0.25
(0.097)
134  Brunei Muara Besar unknown

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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