Islands

The largest islands of the world

rank	name island	location	area
rank	name island	location	(sq.mi.)	(sq.km.)
1.	Greenland		836,688	2,166,086
2.	Papua	Papua New Guinea-Indonesia	309,000	800,000
3.	Borneo	Indonesia-Malaysia-Brunei	283,400	734,000
4.	Madagascar		226,658	587,041
5.	Baffin	Canada	195,928	507,451
6.	Sumatera	Indonesia	167,600	434,000
7.	Honshu	Japan	87,805	227,414
8.	Victoria	Canada	83,897	217,291
9.	Great Britain		83,698	216,777
10.	Ellesmere	Canada	75,767	196,236
11.	Sulawesi	Indonesia	69,100	179,000
12.	South Island (New Zealand)	New Zealand	58,676	151,971
13.	Java	Indonesia	49,000	126,900
14.	North Island (New Zealand)	New Zealand	44,204	114,489
15.	Newfoundland	Canada	42,031	108,860
16.	Cuba		40,519	104,945
17.	Luzon	Philippines	40,420	104,688
18.	Iceland		39,699	102,819
19.	Mindanao	Philippines	36,537	94,630
20.	Ireland	Ireland - UK	32,589	84,406
21.	Hokkaido	Japan	30,144	78,073
22.	Sakhalin	Russia	29,500	76,400
23.	Hispaniola	Haiti - Dominican Rep.	29,418	76,192
24.	Banks	Canada	27,038	70,028
25.	Sri Lanka		25,332	65,610
source: GeoHive.

name island	country	area
name island	country	(sq.mi.)	(sq.km.)
Bali	Indonesia	2,147	5,561
Corsica	France	3,351	8,680
Crete	Greece	3,190	8,261
Cyprus	Cyprus	3,572	9,251
Guadalcanal	Solomon Islands	2,047	5,302
Hawaii (Big Island)	USA	4,028	10,433
Jamaica		4,244	10,991
Kyushu	Japan	14,114	36,554
Long Island (New York)	USA	1,401	3,629
Martha's Vineyard (Massachusetts)	USA	89	231
Puerto Rico	USA	3,435	8,897
Sardinia	Italy	9,194	23,813
Sicily	Italy	9,830	25,460
Tahiti	French Polynesia	402	1,041
Taiwan		13,851	35,873
Tasmania	Australia	24,868	64,409
Tierra del Fuego	Argentina-Chile	18,530	47,992
Zanzibar	Tanzania	640	1,658
source: GeoHive.