This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population. It includes all islands with a population of more than 10,000,000 people. See also the list of islands and the list of islands by area. The populations given are from the Wikipedia article where a census date is not given.
Land masses
- Africa-Eurasia - 5,000,000,000
- America - 900,000,000
- Australia1 - 20,000,000
- Antarctica2 - 0
Islands
- Java - 114,000,000
- Honshu - 98,352,000 (1990)
- Great Britain - 58,000,000 (2001)
- Luzon - 42,800,000 (2000)
- Sumatra - 40,000,000
- Taiwan - 22,191,000
- Sri Lanka - 19,608,000
- Mindanao - 17,600,000 (1997 est)
- Madagascar - 17,400,000 (2004 est)
- Hispaniola - 16,000,000
- Borneo - 16,000,000 (2000 est)
- Sulawesi - 14,900,000 (2000)
- Kyushu - 13,400,000 (1995)
- Salsette - 13,000,000 ?
- Cuba - 11,080,000
Footnotes
- 1 - It is generally accepted that Australia is not an island - if it were considered as such it would rank seventh.
- 2 - Antarctica has no permanent residents, but there are usually at least 1,000 people (mostly research personnel) living at its bases.
See also
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