List of islands by population

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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.

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

[edit] Land masses

Africa-Eurasia - 5,000,000,000 people
Americas - 900,000,000 people
Australia^a - 20,000,000 people
Antarctica^b - 0 people

[edit] Islands

Ranking	Island	State	Population
1	Java	Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia	124,000,000 (2005)<ref name="geo">Geohive.com Country data</ref>^c
2	Honshū	Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Japan	103,000,000 (2005)<ref name="JPCensus">Japan Census of 2005 - Provisional results</ref>^d
3	Great Britain	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom	57,100,000 (2001)<ref name="UKCensus">United Kingdom Census of 2001</ref>
4	Sumatra	Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia	45,000,000 (2005)<ref name="geo"/>^e
5	Luzon	Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	39,500,000 (2000)<ref name="PHCensus">Philippines Census of 2000</ref>^f
6	Taiwan	Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan (Republic of China)	22,200,000 (2000)<ref name="geo"/>
7	Sri Lanka	Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka	20,700,000 (2005)<ref name="UNWPP">United Nations World Population Prospects (2004 edition)</ref>
8	Madagascar	Image:Flag of Madagascar (bordered).svg Madagascar	18,600,000 (2005)<ref name="UNWPP"/>
9	Hispaniola	Image:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic and Image:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti	17,400,000 (2005)<ref name="UNWPP"/>
10	Mindanao	Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	16,825,000 (2000)<ref name="PHCensus"/>^g
11	Borneo	Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia, Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia, Image:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei	16,000,000 (2000)<ref name="geo"/>^h
12	Sulawesi	Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia	16,000,000 (2005)<ref name="geo"/>ⁱ
13	Kyūshū	Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Japan	13,350,000 (2005)<ref name="JPCensus"/>^j
14	Salsette	Image:Flag of India.svg India	13,175,000 (2001)<ref name="INCensus">India Census of 2001</ref>^k
15	Cuba	Image:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba	11,075,000 (2002)<ref name="geo"/>
16	Hainan	Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	7,620,000 (2000)<ref name="geo"/>^l
17	Long Island	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	7,536,000 (2005)<ref name="USCensus">United States Census 2005 estimates</ref>
18	New Guinea	Image:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea and Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia	6,400,000 (2000)<ref name="geo"/>^m
19	Hokkaidō	Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Japan	5,625,000 (2005)<ref name="JPCensus"/>
20	Ireland	Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland and Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom	5,600,000 (2002)<ref name="IECensus">Ireland Census of 2002</ref><ref name="UKCensus"/>
21	Sicily	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	4,950,000 (2001)<ref name="ITCensus">Italy Census of 2001</ref>
22	Singapore Island	Image:Flag of Singapore (bordered).svg Singapore	4,326,000 (2005)<ref name="UNWPP"/>
23	Shikoku	Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Japan	4,100,000 (2005)<ref name="JPCensus"/>
24	Puerto Rico	Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	3,800,000 (2000)<ref name="geo"/>
25	Negros	Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	3,700,000 (2000)<ref name="PHCensus"/>
26	Madura	Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia	3,525,000 (2005)<ref name="geo"/>
27	Panay	Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	3,500,000 (2000)<ref name="PHCensus"/>
28	Bali	Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia	3,380,000 (2005)<ref name="geo"/>
29	Cebu	Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	3,350,000 (2000)<ref name="PHCensus"/>
30	North Island	Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	2,830,000 (2001)<ref name="NZCensus">New Zealand Census of 2001</ref>
31	Jamaica	Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica	2,650,000 (2005)<ref name="UNWPP"/>
32	Lombok	Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia	2,536,000 (2004) <ref name="bps1">Biro Pusat Statistik - Nusa Tenggara Barat</ref>
33	Zhongchan Dao	Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Republic of China	2,275,000 (2002)<ref name="geo"/><ref name="UNWPP"/>^o
34	Zealand	Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	2,275,000 (2005)<ref name="dst">Statbank Denmark</ref>
35	Timor	Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia and Image:Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor	2,220,000 (2000)<ref name="bps2">Biro Pusat Statistik - Nusa Tenggara Timur</ref><ref name="UNWPP"/>^p
36	Leyte	Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	1,950,000 (2000)<ref name="PHCensus"/>
37	Island of Montreal	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada	1,800,000 (2001)<ref name="CACensus">Canada Census of 2001</ref>
38	Dakhin Shahbazpur	Image:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh	1,675,000 (2001)<ref name="geo"/>ⁿ
39	Sardinia	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	1,625,000 (2001) <ref name="ITCensus"/>
40	Flores	Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia	1,600,000 (2003)<ref name="bps2"/>
41	Manhattan	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	1,593,000 (2005)<ref name="USCensus"/>
42	Sumbawa	Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia	1,540,000 (2004)<ref name="bps1">Biro Pusat Statistik - Nusa Tenggara Barat</ref>
43	Samar	Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	1,500,000 (2000)<ref name="PHCensus"/>
44	Hong Kong Island	Image:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong (Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Republic of China)	1,335,000 (2001)<ref name="geo"/>
45	Okinawa	Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Japan	1,250,000 (2005)<ref name="JPCensus"/>
46	Mauritius	Image:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius	1,245,000 (2005)<ref name="UNWPP"/>
47	Bohol	Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	1,137,000 (2000)<ref name="PHCensus">Philippines Census of 2000</ref>
48	São Luís, Maranhão	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	1,075,000 (2000)<ref name="BRCensus">Brazil Census of 2000</ref>
49	Mindoro	Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	1,062,000 (2000)<ref name="PHCensus">Philippines Census of 2000</ref>
50	Trinidad	Image:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago	1,030,000 (2000)<ref name="geo"/>

[edit] Footnotes

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