List of islands of Japan by area

This list provides the basic geographical data of the most prominent islands belonging or claimed to belong to Japan.

Name	area, sq.km	maximal height, m	population	Prefecture
Honshu	225800	3776	104000000	37 prefectures
Hokkaido	83423.82	2290.9	5348102	Hokkaido
Kyushu	36782.37	1791	12970479	7 prefectures
Shikoku	18297.78	1982	3796687	4 prefectures
IturupN	3174.71	1634	7500	Hokkaido
KunashirN	1490	1819	7800	Hokkaido
Okinawa	1206.98	503	1301462	Okinawa
Sado	854.76	1172	55474	Niigata
Amami Ōshima	712.35	694	73000	Kagoshima
Tsushima	708.7	649	39716	Nagasaki
Awaji	592.17	606	157000	Hyōgo
Shimoshima, Amakusa	574.01	538.4	87191	Kumamoto
Yakushima	504.88	1935	13178	Kagoshima
Tanegashima	444.99	282	33000	Kagoshima
Fukue	326.43	461	38481	Nagasaki
Iriomote	289.27	469.5	2347	Okinawa
Tokunoshima	247.77	645	27000	Kagoshima
ShikotanN	247.65	412	2100	Hokkaido
Dōgojima	242.58	607.7	14849	Shimane
Kamishima, Amakusa	225.32	682	34412	Kumamoto
Ishigaki	222.25	525.5	47000	Okinawa
Rishiri	183	1721	5102	Hokkaido
Nakadori	168.31	442	20167	Nagasaki
Hirado	163.4	535	21355	Nagasaki
Miyako-jima	158.87	114.8	55914	Okinawa
Shōdoshima	153.25	816.7	28764	Kagawa
Okushiri	142.97	584	3343	Hokkaido
Iki	134.63	212.9	28008	Nagasaki
Suō-Ōshima	128.31	691	19739	Yamaguchi
Okinoerabujima	93.65	246	15000	Kagoshima
Etajima	91.32	399.8	24596	Hiroshima
Izu Ōshima	91.06	764	8179	Tokyo
Nagashima, Kagoshima	90.62	403	10120	Kagoshima
Rebun	80	490	3194	Hokkaido
Kakeromajima	77.25	314	1600	Kagoshima
Kurahashi-jima	69.46	491.1	19565	Hiroshima
Shimokoshiki-jima	66.56	604	2780	Kagoshima
Ōmishima, Ehime	64.58	437	23398	Ehime
Hachijō-jima	62.52	854.3	8363	Tokyo
Kume Island	59.53	310.4	10000	Okinawa
Zelenyj, HabomaiN	58.38	45	0	Hokkaido
Kikaijima	56.76	214	7657	Kagoshima
Nishinoshima	55.97	452	3400	Shimane
Miyake-jima	55.44	775.1	2415	Tokyo
Notojima	46.78	196.8	3187	Ishikawa
Kamikoshiki-jima	44.20	423	2796	Kagoshima
Ōshima (Ehime)	41.87	381.9	1800	Ehime
Ōsakikamijima	38.27	452.6	3187	Hiroshima
Hisaka	37.23	357	395	Nagasaki
Kuchinoerabu-jima	35.81	657	147	Kagoshima
Innoshima	35.03	390	27465	Hiroshima
Nakanoshima	34.42	979	167	Kagoshima
Hario	33.16	174	9767	Nagasaki
Nakanoshima	32.28	164	2400	Shimane
Ikuchi-jima	31.21	472.3	9310	Hiroshima
Wakamatsu	31.13	339.2	1661	Nagasaki
Minamidaitōjima	30.53	75	2107	Okinawa
Itsukushima	30.33	535	1800	Hiroshima
Ōyano-jima	30.20	229	14729	Kumamoto
Irabu-jima	29.06	89	6283	Okinawa
Yonaguni	28.95	231.4	1745	Okinawa
Suwanosejima	27.61	796	48	Kagoshima
Uku-jima	24.94	258	2575	Nagasaki
Iwo Jima	23.73	161	0	Tokyo
Naru Island	23.65	276	2776	Nagasaki
Chichijima	23.45	326	2000	Tokyo
Nii-jima	22.97	432	2700	Tokyo
Ie-jima	22.76	172.2	4198	Okinawa
Mukaishima	22.31	283	28000	Hiroshima
Naka-jima, Ehime	21.17	293	2938	Ehime
Hakata	20.93	304	7683	Ehime
Iheya-jima	20.66	98	1214	Okinawa
Yoronjima	20.56	98	6000	Kagoshima
Mikura-jima	20.45	851	351	Tokyo
Hahajima	19.88	462	450	Tokyo
Tarama-jima	19.81	34.2	1185	Okinawa
Kamikamagari-jima	18.81	457	2658	Hiroshima
Kōzu-shima	18.48	571	1952	Tokyo
Ōsakishimo-jima	17.82	449	6000	Hiroshima
Fukushima, Nagasaki	17.26	141	3202	Nagasaki
Shishi-jima	17.05	393	1050	Kagoshima
Heigun	16.56	468	591	Yamaguchi
Ikitsuki, Nagasaki	16.57	286	7014	Nagasaki
Takashima, Nagasaki	16.18	117	2487	Nagasaki
Kuroshima	15.39	621.9	199	Kagoshima
Tokashiki	15.31	227	750	Okinawa
Azuchi-Ōshima	15.16	177	1269	Nagasaki
Ōmi-jima	14.81	319.9	1200	Yamaguchi
Teshima	14.5	339.8	1200	Kagawa
Izena	14.12	119.9	1518	Okinawa
Chiburijima	13.7	325	650	Shimane
Nagashima, Yamaguchi	13.69	314	2000	Yamaguchi
Uke	13.34	400	200	Kagoshima
Kuchinoshima	13.33	628.5	140	Kagoshima
Hateruma	12.73	59.5	490	Okinawa
Goshoura	12.53	442.4	3615	Kumamoto
Tanfil'eva, HabomaiN	12.42	18	0	Hokkaido
Ojika	12.27	111	2433	Nagasaki
Oshima	12.08	163	5725	Nagasaki
Kitadaitōjima	11.93	74	660	Okinawa
Hiroshima, Kagawa	11.72	453	800	Kagawa
Iōjima	11.63	703.7	121	Kagoshima
Kasado-jima	11.67	255.8	800	Yamaguchi
Polonskogo, HabomaiN	10.91	16	0	Hokkaido
Hikoshima	10.58	111.8	30182	Yamaguchi
Kakuishima	10.13	245	12	Okayama
Okinoshima	10.02	404	283	Kōchi
Kuroshima	10.02	15.3	220	Okinawa
Kinkasan	9.92	445	6	Miyagi
YuriN	9.9	44	0	Hokkaido
Awashima, Niigata	9.86	265.6	265	Niigata
Oshima (Hokkaido)	9.74	732.4	0	Hokkaido

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References

This article used material from Japanese Wikipedia page 日本の島の一覧, accessed 28 July 2017