Last Updated on 13 July 2026

A list of the largest islands in the world. The headers are clickable for sorting.

By standard definition, an island is a landmass smaller than a continent.

Name of IslandCountryTotal Area in Sq. Miles
GreenlandDenmark822,700
New GuineaIndonesia & Papua New Guinea303,381
BorneoBrunei & Malaysia288,869
MadagascarMadagascar226,917
Baffin IslandCanada195,928
SumatraIndonesia171,068
HonshuJapan88,007
Great BritainUnited Kingdom84,415
Victoria IslandCanada83,897
Ellesmere IslandCanada75,767
SulawesiIndonesia69,761
South IslandNew Zealand56,308
JavaIndonesia53,589
North IslandNew Zealand43,082
LuzonPhilippines42,458
NewfoundlandCanada42,030
CubaCuba40,285
IcelandIceland39,315
MindanaoPhilippines37,660
IrelandIreland & United Kingdom32,595
HokkaidoJapan30,109
HispaniolaHaiti & Dominican Republic28,544
SakhalinRussia27,990
Banks IslandCanada27,038
Sri LankaSri Lanka25,200
TasmaniaAustralia25,105
Devon IslandCanada21,331
Alexander IslandAntarctica18,950
Isla Grande de Tierra del FuegoArgentina & Chile18,530
Severny IslandRussia18,177
Berkner IslandAntarctica16,939
Axel Heiberg IslandCanada16,671
Melville IslandCanada16,274
Southampton IslandCanada15,913
MarajóBrazil15,500
SpitsbergenNorway15,051
KyushuJapan14,202
New BritainPapua New Guinea13,570
TaiwanTaiwan13,323
Prince of Wales IslandCanada12,872
Yuzhny IslandRussia12,836
HainanChina12,820
Vancouver IslandCanada12,079
TimorTimoe-Leste & Indonesia10,972
SicilyItaly9,927
Somerset IslandCanada9,570
Kotelny IslandRussia9,300
SardiniaItaly9,247
Bananal IslandBrazil7,398
ShikokuJapan7,064
HalmaheraIndonesia6,970
Seram IslandIndonesia6,739
Grande TerreFrance6,428
Bathurst IslandCanada6,194
Prince Patrick IslandCanada6,119
Thurston IslandAntarctica6,100
NordaustlandetNorway5,586
SumbawaIndonesia5,554
October Revolution IslandRussia5,484
FloresIndonesia5,465
King William IslandCanada5,062
NegrosPhilippines5,048
SamarPhilippines4,961
PalawanPhilippines4,706
PanayPhilippines4,637
Yos Sudarso IslandIndonesia4,534
Bangka IslandIndonesia4,407
Ellef Ringnes IslandCanada4,361
Bolshevik IslandRussia4,327
JamaicaJamaica4,320
Bylot IslandCanada4,273
SumbaIndonesia4,136
MindoroPhilippines4,082
Viti LevuFiji4,066
HawaiiUnited States4,029
Cape Breton IslandCanada3,981
Prince Charles IslandCanada3,676
Bougainville IslandPapua New Guinea3,598
Kodiak IslandUnited States3,595
CyprusCyprus3,565
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico3,424
Komsomolets IslandRussia3,402
CorsicaFrance3,368
Disko IslandDenmark3,325
Carney IslandAntarctica3,300
Nile DeltaEgypt3,300
Chiloé IslandChile3,272
BuruIndonesia3,271
CreteGreece3,220
ZerafSouth Sudan3,100
Anticosti IslandCanada3,066
Roosevelt IslandAntarctica3,050
Wrangel IslandRussia3,037
TupinambaranaBrazil3,000
New IrelandPapua New Guinea2,859
LeytePhilippines2,845
East FalklandFalkland Islands2,720
ZealandDenmark2,715
Cornwallis IslandCanada2,701
Prince of Wales IslandUnited States2,577

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