List of islands by population density

The following is a list of islands, sorted by population density, and including islands that connect to other island or inland with land mean of transportation (e.g. bridge or tunnel).

Most densely populated islands (over 1,000 people per km²)

RankIslandCountrySurrounded byPopulationArea
km²		Density
(per km²)		Coordinates
1Ilet a Brouee[1] HaitiCaribbean Sea5000.004125,00018°07′42″N 73°35′26″W / 18.12833°N 73.59056°W / 18.12833; -73.59056
2Ap Lei Chau Hong KongAberdeen Channel, East Lamma Channel86,7821.3266,75522°14′30″N 114°9′20″E / 22.24167°N 114.15556°E / 22.24167; 114.15556
3Migingo Island KenyaLake Victoria1310.00265,5000°52′59″S 33°56′20″E / 0.88306°S 33.93889°E / -0.88306; 33.93889
4Ile de Fadiouth (Joal-Fadiouth) SenegalAtlantic Ocean9,0000.1560,00014°9′9″N 16°49′24″W / 14.15250°N 16.82333°W / 14.15250; -16.82333
5Nasingin (Getafe, Bohol) PhilippinesCamotes Sea2,0450.0455,14310°10′49″N 124°8′7″E / 10.18028°N 124.13528°E / 10.18028; 124.13528
6Nocnocan (Talibon, Bohol) PhilippinesCamotes Sea1,9130.0454,23810°14′45″N 124°24′14″E / 10.24583°N 124.40389°E / 10.24583; 124.40389
7Malé MaldivesIndian Ocean92,5551.95247,4164°10′30″N 73°30′32″E / 4.17500°N 73.50889°E / 4.17500; 73.50889
8Ebeye Marshall IslandsPacific Ocean15,0000.36041,6678°46′49″N 167°44′14″E / 8.78028°N 167.73722°E / 8.78028; 167.73722
9Bungin Island[2][3][4] IndonesiaBali Sea3,5000.08541,1768°28′38″S 116°59′42″E / 8.47722°S 116.99500°E / -8.47722; 116.99500
10Santa Cruz del Islote[5] ColombiaCaribbean Sea4850.01240,4179°47′9″N 75°51′33″W / 9.78583°N 75.85917°W / 9.78583; -75.85917
11Bilangbilangan (Tubigon, Bohol) PhilippinesCebu Strait4440.0138,1279°59′15″N 123°52′56″E / 9.98750°N 123.88222°E / 9.98750; 123.88222
12Ilha de Moçambique MozambiqueIndian Ocean54,3151.536,21015°2′18″S 40°44′1″E / 15.03833°S 40.73361°E / -15.03833; 40.73361
13Cuaming (Inabanga, Bohol) PhilippinesCebu Strait2,9510.1030,60910°6′45″N 123°59′13″E / 10.11250°N 123.98694°E / 10.11250; 123.98694
14Pangapasan (Tubigon, Bohol) PhilippinesCebu Strait5140.0230,1289°59′52″N 123°56′26″E / 9.99778°N 123.94056°E / 9.99778; 123.94056
15Pandanon (Getafe, Bohol) PhilippinesCamotes Sea2,2280.0729,75110°10′48″N 124°5′6″E / 10.18000°N 124.08500°E / 10.18000; 124.08500
16Calituban (Talibon, Bohol) PhilippinesCamotes Sea4,1450.1527,97610°14′36″N 124°17′43″E / 10.24333°N 124.29528°E / 10.24333; 124.29528
17Mocaboc (Tubigon, Bohol) PhilippinesCebu Strait6240.0227,64210°4′16″N 123°55′40″E / 10.07111°N 123.92778°E / 10.07111; 123.92778
18Manhattan (New York City) United StatesMouth of Hudson River, East River, Harlem River, New York Harbor1,634,79559.4727,48940°43′40″N 73°59′40″W / 40.72778°N 73.99444°W / 40.72778; -73.99444
19Lagos Island Nigeria212,7009.2626,955
20Salsette Island (Mumbai) IndiaBranches of Ulhas River (Vasai Creek, Thane Creek) Arabian Sea15,111,97461924,41419°12′N 72°54′E / 19.200°N 72.900°E / 19.200; 72.900
21Île Saint-Louis (Paris) FranceSeine River2,4650.1122,40948°51′6″N 2°21′23″E / 48.85167°N 2.35639°E / 48.85167; 2.35639
22Arwad SyriaMediterranean Sea4,4030.222,01534°51′22″N 35°51′32″E / 34.85611°N 35.85889°E / 34.85611; 35.85889
23Bagongbanwa (Tubigon, Bohol) PhilippinesCebu Strait1,0430.0521,27410°3′18″N 123°53′57″E / 10.05500°N 123.89917°E / 10.05500; 123.89917
24Lilla Essingen (Stockholm) SwedenMälaren4,8310.2321,00459°19′30″N 18°0′15″E / 59.32500°N 18.00417°E / 59.32500; 18.00417
25Roosevelt Island (New York City) United StatesEast River11,6610.619,580
26Tsing Yi Hong Kong200,40010.6918,74622°20′44″N 114°6′0″E / 22.34556°N 114.10000°E / 22.34556; 114.10000
27Vasilyevsky Island (Saint Petersburg) Russia202,65010.918,592
28Djarrit Marshall Islands7,1030.38918,260
29Södermalm (Stockholm) SwedenMälaren, Baltic Sea99,6855.7117,458
30Ubay Island (Tubigon, Bohol) PhilippinesCebu Strait1960.0117,30610°1′29″N 123°58′0″E / 10.02472°N 123.96667°E / 10.02472; 123.96667
31Hong Kong Island Hong Kong1,289,50080.416,038
32Sisak Island (Sisak) CroatiaKupa15,8971.115,897
33Malingin (Bien Unido, Bohol) PhilippinesCamotes Sea1,6910.1115,22310°9′35″N 124°26′42″E / 10.15972°N 124.44500°E / 10.15972; 124.44500
34Reimersholme (Stockholm) SwedenMälaren2,3240.1614,525
35Kungsholmen (Stockholm) SwedenMälaren56,754 (2007)3.9114,515
36Pulau Buluh (Batam) Indonesia2,5090.1814,0001°1′1″N 103°55′40″E / 1.01694°N 103.92778°E / 1.01694; 103.92778
37Noordereiland (Rotterdam) Netherlands3,2950.06713,513
38São Vicente Island (Santos) Brazilapprox. 760,00057.413,240
39Guindacpan (Talibon, Bohol) PhilippinesCamotes Sea2,2160.1712,49610°13′36″N 124°16′57″E / 10.22667°N 124.28250°E / 10.22667; 124.28250
40Gilutongan (Cordova, Cebu) PhilippinesCebu Strait1,6400.1312,31810°12′13″N 123°59′19″E / 10.20361°N 123.98861°E / 10.20361; 123.98861
41Lübeck Old Town Germanyapprox. 12,0001.0012,000
42Venice Center Italyapprox. 60,0005.0012,000
43Mantatao (Calape, Bohol) PhilippinesCebu Strait8490.7111,8559°59′39″N 123°51′15″E / 9.99417°N 123.85417°E / 9.99417; 123.85417
44Ma Wan Hong Kong11,193 (2007)[6]0.9611,659
45Hingotanan (Bien Unido, Bohol) PhilippinesCamotes Sea4,1290.3611,30410°14′21″N 124°29′8″E / 10.23917°N 124.48556°E / 10.23917; 124.48556
46Xiamen Island People's Republic of China1,410,000 (est)132.510,650
47Laminusa (Siasi, Sulu) PhilippinesCelebes Sea8,2010.7810,4385°33′3″N 120°55′12″E / 5.55083°N 120.92000°E / 5.55083; 120.92000
48Sagasa (Bien Unido, Bohol) PhilippinesCamotes Sea1,4830.1410,43210°12′12″N 124°24′56″E / 10.20333°N 124.41556°E / 10.20333; 124.41556
49Cataban (Talibon, Bohol) PhilippinesCamotes Sea1,3480.1310,15610°14′0″N 124°22′35″E / 10.23333°N 124.37639°E / 10.23333; 124.37639
50Hambongan (Inabanga, Bohol) PhilippinesCebu Strait6660.0610,10110°4′14″N 124°1′23″E / 10.07056°N 124.02306°E / 10.07056; 124.02306
51Anping Island Taiwan60,000 (est)6 (est)10,000
52Yeongdo South Korea139,765 (2012.12)149,983
53Cheung Chau Hong Kong23,156 (2007)2.469,413
54Portsea Island (Portsmouth) United Kingdomapprox. 147,000 (est)169,187
55Stadsholmen (Stockholm) SwedenMälarenapprox. 3,000 (2006)0.368,300
56Pulau Ujong (Singapore Island) Singapore5,469,700 (as of 2014)710.27,618
57Vypin Island (Kochi) IndiaVembanad Lake Arabian Sea198,400277,34810°07′N 76°12′E / 10.117°N 76.200°E / 10.117; 76.200
58Mactan PhilippinesMactan Channel467,824656,61510°17′17″N 123°58′56″E / 10.28806°N 123.98222°E / 10.28806; 123.98222
59Niigata Island (Niigata) Japan61,295 (2005)106,130
60Isola dei Pescatori ItalyLago Maggiore208 (1971)0.0346,118
61Cijin Island Taiwan30,000 (2010)5 (est)6,000
62Balboa Island, Newport Beach (Newport Beach) United StatesNewport Bay3,000 (2000)0.525,769
63Peng Chau Hong Kong5,300 (est)0.995,354
64Stora Essingen (Stockholm) SwedenMälaren3,892 (2006)0.735,332
65Lauttasaari (Helsinki) Finland19,644 (2008)3.755,238
66Governador Island (Rio de Janeiro) BrazilGuanabara Bay212,547 (2010)[7]40.815,209
67Lindau Germany3,000 (2008)0.684,412
68Nuns' Island (Montréal) CanadaSt. Lawrence River16,210 (2006)3.744,334
69City Island (New York City) United StatesLong Island Sound4,362 (2010)1.0234,264
70L'Île Saint-Denis (Paris) FranceSeine River7,2931.774,12048°56′9″N 2°20′23″E / 48.93583°N 2.33972°E / 48.93583; 2.33972
71Taipa, Cotai, and Coloane (Macau) People's Republic of ChinaSouth China Sea82,759 (2011)20.584,021
72Island of Montreal (Montréal) Canadaconfluence of the Ottawa River with the St. Lawrence1,854,442 (2006)4993,716
73Yeouido South Korea31,000 (2006)8.43,700
74Long Beach Barrier Island United StatesAtlantic Ocean, Reynolds Channel39,282 (2010)11.73,35040°35′17″N 73°41′17″W / 40.58806°N 73.68806°W / 40.58806; -73.68806
75Lidingö (outside Stockholm) SwedenBaltic Sea44,000 (2011)12.543,300
76Hikoshima (Shimonoseki) Japan31,326 (2009)9.83,197
77Boracay Philippines32,26710.323,12611°58′6″N 121°56′3″E / 11.96833°N 121.93417°E / 11.96833; 121.93417
78Staten Island (New York City) United States468,730 (2010)151.53,093
79Penang Island Malaysia860,000 (2010)2932,935
80Kotlin Island (including Kronstadt) Russia42,800 (2006)162,675
81Meizhou Island China38,00014.352,648
82Majuro Marshall Islands25,400 (2004)9.72,619
83San Andrés ColombiaCaribbean Sea67,912 (2007)262,61212°35′N 81°42′W / 12.583°N 81.700°W / 12.583; -81.700
84Long Island (New York) United StatesEast River, Long Island Sound, and Atlantic Ocean7,568,304 (2010)3,6292,086
85Kulosaari (Helsinki) Finland3,770 (2004)1.812,083
86Paquetá Island (Rio de Janeiro) BrazilGuanabara Bay3,361 (2010)[8]1.71,970
87Frauenchiemsee, Bavaria Germany300 (2008)0.1551,935
88Liouciou Island Taiwan12,600 (2010)6.81,850
89Lido Isle, Newport Beach (Newport Beach) United StatesNewport Bay1,800 (2000)1.01,800
90Amager Denmark160,030 (2008)96.31,662
91O'ahu United StatesPacific Ocean976,372 (2012)1,5451,636
92Bahrain BahrainPersian Gulf1,234,571 (2010)765.31,62626°2′N 50°33′E / 26.033°N 50.550°E / 26.033; 50.550
93Key West United StatesGulf of Mexico, Straits of Florida24,649 (2010)15.41,60024°33′33″N 81°47′2″W / 24.55917°N 81.78389°W / 24.55917; -81.78389
94New Providence BahamasAtlantic Ocean248,948 (2010)2071,59425°2′N 77°24′W / 25.033°N 77.400°W / 25.033; -77.400
95Ternate IndonesiaMolucca Sea176,084111.391,580
96Malta Island MaltaMediterranean Sea388,232 (2007)2461,578
97Tromsøya (Tromsø) Norway33,668 (2008)22.791,503
98Lehtisaari (Helsinki) Finland1,148 (2008)0.791,453
99Lulu Island (Richmond) CanadaFraser River estuary, Strait of Georgia168,162 (2006)1201,401
100Kuusisaari (Helsinki) Finland588 (2008)0.401,395
101Unguja Tanzania896,721 (2012)6431,395
102Île Jésus (Laval) Canada400,000 (2010)2451,384
103Smögen Sweden1,437 (2005)1.041,381
104Öckerö Sweden3,269 (2005)2.391,368
105Mercer Island United StatesLake Washington22,699 (2010)16.41,333
106Île de la Cité (Paris) FranceSeine River1,168 (2007)0.91,297
107Labuan Malaysia100,000 (2010)851,177
108Capri ItalyTyrrhenian Sea12,200 (2002)10.41,170
109Okinawa Island JapanPacific Ocean1,384,762 (2009)1,207.871,146
110Bantayan Island PhilippinesTañon Strait120,447108.771,10711°13′3″N 123°44′54″E / 11.21750°N 123.74833°E / 11.21750; 123.74833
111Penghu Island Taiwan70,200 (2010)641,100
112Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island United StatesSan Francisco Bay2,500 (2010)2.3341,071
113Java IndonesiaIndian Ocean, Java Sea141,000,000 (2015)132,1871,067

Notable islands

IslandCountryPopulationArea
km²		Density
per km²		 Year Refs
Kinmen Taiwan122,974132932 2008
Mauritius Mauritius1,263,0891,865677 2012
Taiwan Taiwan23,000,00035,801642 2008
Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island United States60,87098621 2000
Luzon Philippines48,520,774104,688463 2010 [9][10][11]
Honshū Japan103,000,000230,500447 2005 [12]
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico3,994,2599,104439 2007
Lamma Island Hong Kong5,50013.74400 2007
Kyūshū Japan13,231,99535,640371
Réunion France840,9742511335 2013
Sri Lanka (main island) Sri Lanka21,184,00065,268325 2008
Mindanao Philippines29,968,17494,630317 2010 [10][13]
Great Britain United Kingdom61,450,000209,331294 2011
Awaji Island Japan147,359592.17249
Majorca Spain869,0673640.11239
Shikoku Japan4,141,95518,800220 2005
Sicily Italy5,051,07525,700197 2010
Langkawi, Kedah Malaysia65,000479136 2010
Sulawesi (Celebes) Indonesia17,371,783180,68196 2010
Sumatra Indonesia45,000,000470,00096 2005 [14]
Ireland Ireland and  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)6,197,10084,42173 2008
Borneo Indonesia,  Malaysia21,258,000748,16828 2014
Iceland Iceland350,710101,8263.4 2018

Least densely populated islands

There are numerous uninhabited or deserted islands. The largest uninhabited island in the world is Devon Island in Canada.

  • Greenland (part of Denmark) population 56,452; area 2,166,086 square kilometres/836,109 square miles = 1 person per 38.37 square kilometres/14.81 square miles or 0.02 persons per square kilometre/0.06 persons per square mile.
  • Baffin Island (part of Nunavut, Canada) population 11,000; area 507,451 square km/195,927.9 square mi = 1 person per 46.13 km2/17.81 sq mi or 0.02 persons per km2/0.05 persons per sq mi.
  • Victoria Island (Canada) population 1,875; area 217,291 km2/83,897 sq mi = 1 person per 115.88 km2/44.7 sq mi or 0.009 persons per km2/0.02 persons per sq mi.
  • Ellesmere Island (part of Nunavut, Canada) population 146; area 196,235 km2/75,767 sq mi = 1 person per 1,344.08 km2/518.95 sq mi or 0.000744 persons per km2/0.0019 persons per sq mi.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Is This the Most Crowded Island in the World? (And Why That Question Matters)". Longreads.
  2. ↑ "Pulau Bungin, Hidup Sesak di Pulau Terpadat". Kompas.
  3. ↑ "Bagaimana hidup di Pulau Bungin yang dijuluki terpadat?". BBC.
  4. ↑ "PULAU BUNGIN, PULAU TERPADAT KARENA KETERIKATAN BUDAYA". Ditjen PDT.
  5. ↑ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El. "Santa Cruz, un islote tan pequeño que no hay lugar para sus muertos". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  6. ↑ Tsuen Wan District Summaries of Written Representations
  7. ↑
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "Luzon (island, Philippines)". Britannica. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  10. 1 2 Eur (2002). Far East and Australasia 2003, 34th edition. Routledge. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  11. ↑ Composed of 7 administrative regions excluding island provinces
  12. ↑ Composed of 34 prefectures including minor outlying islands
  13. ↑ "Mindanao (island, Philippines)". Britannica. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  14. ↑ Composed of 8 provinces including minor outlying islands

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