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This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population. It includes all islands with a population of more than 1,000,000 people. See also the list of islands and the list of islands by area.

Contents 1 Land masses 2 Islands 3 Footnotes 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

1. Africa-Eurasia - 5,000,000,000 people
2. Americas - 900,000,000 people
3. Australia^a - 20,000,000 people
4. Antarctica^b - 0 people

Ranking	Island	State	Population
1	Java	Indonesia	124,000,000 (2005)[1]c
2	Honshū	Japan	103,000,000 (2005)[2]d
3	Great Britain	United Kingdom	57,100,000 (2001)[3]
4	Sumatra	Indonesia	45,000,000 (2005)[1]e
5	Luzon	Philippines	39,500,000 (2000)[4]f
6	Taiwan	Republic of China	22,200,000 (2000)[1]
7	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	20,700,000 (2005)[5]
8	Madagascar	Madagascar	18,600,000 (2005)[5]
9	Hispaniola	Dominican Republic and Haiti	17,400,000 (2005)[5]
10	Mindanao	Philippines	16,825,000 (2000)[4]g
11	Borneo	Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei	16,000,000 (2000)[1]h
12	Sulawesi	Indonesia	16,000,000 (2005)[1]i
13	Kyūshū	Japan	13,350,000 (2005)[2]j
14	Salsette	India	13,175,000 (2001)[6]k
15	Cuba	Cuba	11,075,000 (2002)[1]
16	Hainan	People's Republic of China	7,620,000 (2000)[1]l
17	Long Island	United States	7,536,000 (2005)[7]
18	New Guinea	Papua New Guinea and Indonesia	6,400,000 (2000)[1]m
19	Hokkaidō	Japan	5,625,000 (2005)[2]
20	Ireland	Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom	5,600,000 (2002)[8][3]
21	Sicily	Italy	4,950,000 (2001)[9]
22	Pulau Ujong (Singapore Island)	Singapore	4,326,000 (2005)[5]
23	Shikoku	Japan	4,100,000 (2005)[2]
24	Puerto Rico	United States	3,800,000 (2000)[1]
25	Negros	Philippines	3,700,000 (2000)[4]
26	Madura	Indonesia	3,525,000 (2005)[1]
27	Panay	Philippines	3,500,000 (2000)[4]q
28	Bali	Indonesia	3,380,000 (2005)[1]
29	Cebu	Philippines	3,350,000 (2000)[4]
30	North Island	New Zealand	3,059,421 (2006)[10]
31	Jamaica	Jamaica	2,650,000 (2005)[5]
32	Lombok	Indonesia	2,536,000 (2004) [11]
33	Zhongchan Dao	People's Republic of China	2,275,000 (2002)[1][5]o
34	Zealand	Denmark	2,275,000 (2005)[12]
35	Timor	Indonesia and East Timor	2,220,000 (2000)[13][5]p
36	Leyte	Philippines	1,950,000 (2000)[4]
37	Island of Montreal	Canada	1,800,000 (2001)[14]
38	Dakhin Shahbazpur	Bangladesh	1,675,000 (2001)[1]n
39	Sardinia	Italy	1,625,000 (2001) [9]
40	Flores	Indonesia	1,600,000 (2003)[13]
41	Manhattan	United States	1,593,000 (2005)[7]
42	Sumbawa	Indonesia	1,540,000 (2004)[11]
43	Samar	Philippines	1,500,000 (2000)[4]r
44	Hong Kong Island	Hong Kong ( People's Republic of China)	1,335,000 (2001)[1]
45	Okinawa	Japan	1,250,000 (2005)[2]
46	Mauritius	Mauritius	1,245,000 (2005)[5]
47	Bohol	Philippines	1,137,000 (2000)[4]
48	São Luís, Maranhão	Brazil	1,075,000 (2000)[15]
49	Mindoro	Philippines	1,062,000 (2000)[4]
50	Trinidad	Trinidad and Tobago	1,030,000 (2000)[1]

• Note a: - It is generally accepted that Australia is not an island - if it were considered as such it would rank eighth.
• Note b: - Antarctica has no permanent residents, but there are usually at least 1,000 people (mostly research personnel) living at its bases.
• Note c: - Composed of 6 provinces excluding the four regencies comprising Madura island
• Note d: - Composed of 34 prefectures including minor outlying islands
• Note e: - Composed of 8 provinces including minor outlying islands
• Note f: - Composed of 7 administrative regions excluding island provinces
• Note g: - Composed of 6 administrative regions excluding island provinces
• Note h: - Composed of 4 Indonesian provinces, 2 Malaysian states, and the sovereign state of Brunei
• Note i: - Composed of 6 provinces
• Note j: - Composed of 7 prefectures
• Note k: - Composed of the municipal corporations of Greater Mumbai and Thane
• Note l: - Data refers to Hainan Province
• Note m: - Composed of 14 provinces of Papua New Guinea and 2 provinces of Indonesia
• Note n: - Data refers to Bhola District which includes minor outlying islands
• Note o: - Data refers to Zhongshan (prefecture level city), Xiangzhou District (in Zhuhai prefecture level city), and Macau SAR.
• Note p: - Composed of 5 Indonesian regencies and the sovereign state of East Timor
• Note q: - Composed of 4 provinces
• Note r: - Composed of 3 provinces

• List of uninhabited islands
• List of Canadian islands by population
• List of islands by highest point

• UN Environment Programme Islands Directory
• Most populous islands