List of countries by largest island

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.

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RankStateNameTotal in km2 (mi2)Notes
1 Greenland (Denmark)Greenland2,130,800
(822,700)		It is thought that beneath the ice sheet Greenland may be three separate islands.[1]
2 MadagascarMadagascar587,713
(226,917)
3 CanadaBaffin Island507,451
(195,928)
4 IndonesiaSumatra443,066
(171,069)
5 JapanHonshu225,800
(87,200)
6 United KingdomGreat Britain209,331
(80,823)
7 New ZealandSouth Island145,836
(56,308)
8 PhilippinesLuzon109,965
(42,458)
9 CubaCuba105,806
(40,852)
10 IcelandIceland101,826
(39,315)
11 RussiaSakhalin72,493
(27,990)
12 Sri LankaSri Lanka65,610
(25,330)
13 AustraliaTasmania65,022
(25,105)
14 BrazilMarajó40,100
(15,500)		World's largest fluvial island.
15 NorwaySpitsbergen38,981
(15,051)
16 TaiwanTaiwan35,883
(13,855)
17 Papua New GuineaNew Britain35,145
(13,570)
18 ChinaHainan33,210
(12,820)
19 ItalySicily25,662
(9,908)
20 New Caledonia (France)Grande Terre16,372
(6,321)
21 JamaicaJamaica11,190
(4,320)
22 United StatesHawaii10,434
(4,029)
23 FijiViti Levu10,388
(4,011)
 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico8,897
(3,435)
– FranceCorsica8,741
(3,375)
24 ChileChiloé8,478
(3,273)
25 GreeceCrete8,350
(3,220)
– DenmarkZealand (Sjælland)7,031
(2,715)		Largest Danish island not a part of Greenland.
 Falkland IslandsEast Falkland6,605
(2,550)
27 Solomon IslandsGuadalcanal5,353
(2,067)
28 Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad5,009
(1,934)
29 EcuadorIsabela Island4,711
(1,819)
30 VanuatuEspiritu Santo3,956
(1,527)
31 SpainMajorca3,667
(1,416)
32 YemenSocotra3,607
(1,393)
33 BahamasNorth Andros Island3,439
(1,328)
34 SwedenGotland2,994
(1,156)
35 IndiaNorth Andaman Island2,781
(1,074)
36 EstoniaSaaremaa2,672
(1,032)
37 ColombiaMargarita Island2,100
(810)
38 Equatorial GuineaBioko1,935
(747)
39 SlovakiaŽitný ostrov1,886
(728)		Largest fluvial island in Europe.
40 MauritiusMauritius1,874
(724)
41 South KoreaJejudo1,826
(705)
42 SamoaSavai'i1,718
(663)
43 FinlandSoisalo1,635
(631)
44 TanzaniaUnguja1,575
(608)
45 IranQeshm1,488
(575)
46 RomaniaLetea1,480
(570)
47 BangladeshBhola Island1,441
(556)
48 MyanmarRamree Island1,350
(520)
49 SenegalMorfil1,250
(480)
50 MexicoTiburón Island1,190
(460)
– French Polynesia (France)Tahiti1,069
(413)
51 VenezuelaMargarita Island1,020
(390)
52 ComorosGrand Comoro1,013
(391)
53 Cape VerdeSantiago991
(383)
54 GermanyRügen926.4
(357.7)
 GuadeloupeBasse-Terre Island847.8
(327.3)
55 Sao TomeSao Tome845
(326)
56 ThailandPhuket800
(310)
57 EritreaDahlak Kebir754.9
(291.5)
58 PortugalSão Miguel Island754
(291)
59 DominicaDominica750
(290)
60 HaitiGonâve Island700
(270)
61 KuwaitBubiyan863
(333)
62 OmanMasirah658
(254)
64 Saint LuciaSaint Lucia622
(240)
63 BahrainBahrain Island604
(233)
64 Sierra LeoneSherbro Island600
(230)
65 SingaporeUjong Island719.9
(278.0)
66 VietnamPhu Quoc546
(211)
66 GuamGuam543.9
(210.0)
67 ArgentinaIsla de los Estados534
(206)
68 TunisiaDjerba510
(200)
69 Democratic Republic of the CongoSumba500
(190)
70 PanamaCoiba494
(191)
71 Netherlands Antilles ( Netherlands)Curacao444
(171)
72 MalaysiaBanggi441
(170)
73 BarbadosBarbados431
(166)
74 CroatiaKrk/Cres405.78
(156.67)
75 Saudi ArabiaFarasan al Kabir395
(153)
76 KiribatiKiritimati388
(150)
77 HungarySzigetköz375
(145)
 Faroe Islands ( Denmark)Streymoy373
(144)
78 PalauBabeldaob370
(140)
79 Saint VincentSaint Vincent345
(133)
80 MozambiqueInhacamba340
(130) (ca.)
81 MicronesiaPohnpei334
(129)
82 GrenadaGrenada306.00
(118.15)
83 United Arab EmiratesAbu al Abyad306
(118)
84 South AfricaMaria Island290
(110)
85 TurkeyImbros279.2
(107.8)
86 Antigua and BarbudaAntigua279
(108)
87 NicaraguaOmetepe276
(107)
88 UgandaBugala Island275
(106)
89 TongaTongatapu256
(99)
90 MaltaMalta246
(95)
91 PolandWolin246
(95)
92 GuineaÎle Tristao226
(87)
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( France)Miquelon215
(83)
 U.S. Virgin IslandsSaint Croix212
(82)
 French GuianaCayenne Island206.91
(79.89)
 Cayman IslandsGrand Cayman196
(76)
93 GhanaIsland in south end of Lake Volta190
(73)
 ArubaAruba180
(69)
94 Republic of the CongoMbamu180
(69)
 Northern MarianasSaipan180
(69)
95 KenyaPate170
(66) (ca.)
 NetherlandsTexel160.9
(62.1)
96 MauritaniaTidra156
(60)
97 HondurasRoatan155
(60)
98 IrelandAchill146
(56)
99 SeychellesMahe145
(56)
 American SamoaTutuila142.3
(54.9)
100 Guinea-BissauFormosa140
(54)
 Christmas IslandChristmas Island135
(52)
101 BelizeAmbergris Caye119
(46)
102 LaosKhong Island110
(42) (ca.)
103 Dominican RepublicSaona Island110
(42)
104 East TimorAtauro Island105
(41)
105 SudanMograt Island104
(40)
106 CambodiaKoh Kong100
(39)
107 AngolaTigres Island98
(38)
 AnguillaAnguilla91
(35)
108 ZambiaMbabala Island80
(31)
109 Afghanistanisland in Pyandzh River75
(29)
 Cook IslandsRarotonga67
(26)
 GuernseyGuernsey63.4
(24.5)
110 SerbiaOstrvo60
(23) (ca.)
111 TurkmenistanOgurja Ada60
(23)
112 UkraineDzharylgach60
(23)
 British Virgin IslandsTortola55.7
(21.5)
113 LithuaniaRusnės Sala55.6
(21.5)
114 North KoreaSinmido52
(20)
115 EgyptShakir?41
(16)
116 BulgariaBelene Island41
(16)
 British Indian Ocean TerritoryDiego Garcia30
(12)
117 El SalvadorEspiritu Santo25
(9.7)
118 Costa RicaCocos Island23.85
(9.21)
119 TajikistanSevernyy22
(8.5)
120 NauruNauru21.3
(8.2)
121 LatviaDoles Sala21
(8.1)
122 MalawiLikoma Island17
(6.6)
123 EthiopiaDek Island16
(6.2)		In Lake Tana.
124 ZimbabweNamembere Island10
(3.9)
125 RwandaGombo Island9
(3.5)
126 SomaliaKoyaama6
(2.3)
127 AlbaniaSazan Island5.7
(2.2)
128 TuvaluVaitupu4.9
(1.9)
129 DjiboutiMoucha Island3.994
(1.542)
130 LibyaMarakib1
(0.39) (ca.)
131 GuatemalaCayo Grande0.5
(0.19)
132 North MacedoniaGolem Grad0.25
(0.097) (ca.)
133 LebanonPalmier Island0.25
(0.097)
134 BruneiMuara Besarunknown

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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