Islands

The largest islands of the world

rank name island location area
(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.

Other notable islands

name island country area
(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.