World’s Most Populous Islands

Note: These population figures are for the individual islands, not the larger political unit to which the islands may belong. For instance, the figure for Great Britain does not include Northern Ireland, the Isle of Wight, Anglesey, etc.

Island	Population	Data on figure
1. Java (Indonesia)	124,000,000	2005 est.
2. Honshu (Japan)	103,000,000	2004 est.
3. Great Britain	58,300,000	2004 est.
4. Luzon (Philippines)	47,000,000	2007 est.
5. Sumatra (Indonesia)	42,000,000	2001 est.
6. Taiwan	22,600,000	2004 est.
7. Sri Lanka	20,100,000	2006 est.
8. Madagascar	19,100,000	2007 est.
9. Mindanao (Philippines)	19,000,000	2007 est.
10. Hispaniola (Caribbean)	17,400,000	2006 est.
11. Borneo	16,000,000	2000 est.
12. Sulawesi (Indonesia)	16,000,000	2000 est.
13. Salsette (India)	13,000,000	2001 est.
14. Kyushu (Japan)	13,000,000	2004 est.
15. Cuba	11,300,000	2006 est.
16. Hainan (China)	7,870,000	2000 census
17. Long Island (U.S.)	7,400,000	2000 est.
18. New Guinea	6,900,000	2004 est.
19. Hokkaido (Japan)	5,600,000	2004 est.
20. Ireland	5,600,000	2002 est.
21. Sicily (Italy)	5,000,000	2007 est.
22. Shikoku (Japan)	4,000,000	2004 est.
23. Panay (Philippines)	4,000,000	2007 est.
24. Puerto Rico	3,900,000	2006 est.
25. Cebu (Philippines)	3,800,000	2007 est.
26. Negros (Philippines)	3,700,000	2007 est.
27. Singapore	3,500,000	2004 count (resident)
28. Bali (Indonesia)	3,200,000	2007 est.
29. North Island (New Zealand)	3,140,000	2006 est.
30. Madura (Indonesia)	3,100,000	2000 est.
31. Jamaica	2,730,000	2005 est.
32. Lombok (Indonesia)	2,700,000	2001 est.
33. Zhongchan Dao (China)	2,300,000	2002 est.
34. Timor (Indonesia - East Timor)	2,200,000	2005 est.
35. Leyte (Philippines)	2,200,000	2007 est.
36. Sjaelland (Denmark)	2,108,877	2005 count
37. Flores (Indonesia)	1,800,000	2003 est.
38. Montreal, Ile (Canada)	1,800,000	2006 est.
39. Samar (Philippines)	1,700,000	2007 est.
40. Dakhin Shahbazpur (Bangladesh)	1,675,000	2001 est.
41. Sardinia (Italy)	1,600,000	2007 est.
42. Manhattan (U.S.)	1,529,000	2000 est.
43. Bohol	1,400,000	2007 est.
44. Hong Kong I.	1,335,000	2001 est.
45. Mauritius	1,206,000	2006 est.
46. Okinawa (Japan)	1,150,000	2000 est.
47. Trinidad	1,030,000	2005 est.
48. Sao Luis (Brazil)	1,100,00	2000 est.

Sources: National statistical agencies, Population Reference Bureau, Central Intelligence Agency, news reports.

See also the most populous island countries.

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