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|Includes all offshore islands marked on Ordnance Survey maps. England, Scotland & Wales: 6289; Northern Ireland: 57. (''Not included: Isle of Man: 30; Bailiwick of Guernsey: 57; Bailiwick of Jersey: 274; overseas dependencies''.)<br>Inhabited islands. [[List of islands of England|England]]: 24; Scotland: 93<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/inhabited-islands-analytical-report/|title=Inhabited islands analytical report}}</ref>; Wales: 9<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/176936/inhabited-islands-of-wales|title=Inhabited islands of Wales}}</ref>; Northern Ireland: 2; Britain: 1.
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Revision as of 17:50, 14 December 2022

This is a list of countries by number of islands, with figures given for the numbers of islands within their territories. In some cases, this figure is approximate and may vary slightly between sources depending on which islands are counted. The criteria for inclusion appear to differ considerably between the countries, so they are not necessarily directly comparable. Different languages use different words for islands depending on size and or shape and elevation (the English language has islets, skerries, cays, eyots etc for smaller islands). This can influence which islands are counted or not. Some islands are fully submerged by the tides at times, and those may also not be counted by some countries while others do. Where counts vary, this article uses the highest reliably sourced figure.

List

Country No. of
islands 		No. of inhabited
islands 		Notes List link Source(s)
Albania 12 4 List [1]
Algeria 240 32 islands and 208 islets; coastal islands/islets only. List [2]
Antigua and Barbuda 54 2 Three main islands (Antigua, Barbuda and Redonda) and 51 offshore islands List [3][4]
Australia 8,222 List [5]
Azerbaijan 16 1 List [6]
Bangladesh 23
Barbados 4 1 There are currently two islands and two banks in Barbados. An additional historical island (Pelican Island) no longer exists. List [7]
Canada 52,455 List [8]
Cape Verde 15 9 10 islands and 5 islets List [9]
Chile 5,919 2,324 3,739 islands (above 9,000 m2 (97,000 sq ft)) and 2180 islets (above 3,000 m2 (32,000 sq ft)) List [10]
China 6,961 433 500 m2 (5,400 sq ft) only. Excludes Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. List [11]
Croatia 1,246 48 List [12]
Denmark 406 70 List [13]
Dominica 3 1 The island nation of Dominica with a total area of 750 km2 (290 sq mi) includes two small, off-shore islands and one disputed island: List [14][15]
Estonia 2,222 22 List [16][17]
Finland 178,947 780 List [18]
Greece 6,000 227 Depending on inclusion criteria counts vary from 1,200[19] to 6,000.[20] The number inhabited is variously cited as between 166[21] and 227.[20] List [20]
Hong Kong 263 >500 m2 (5,400 sq ft) only. "Many" or "most" are inhabited. List [22]
Iceland 31 4 1 large and "about 30 smaller islands, and thousands of rocks and skerries." List [23]
India 1,382 0 "Off-shore identified islands". The Andaman and Nicobar Islands comprise 572 islands, 37 of which are inhabited.[24] Lakshadweep is 32 islands, 10 of which are inhabited.[25] List [26]
Indonesia 17,508 6,000 Largest archipelagic state. 5 major islands and about 30 smaller groups, about 6,000 are inhabited. By name
By area
By population
By extremities 		[27]
Italy 808 List
Japan 6,852 430 By area
By location 		[28][29]
Kiribati 33 21 32 atolls and 1 limestone island; 21 islands are inhabited. List [30]
Maldives 1,192 187 1,192 islands in total of 10 atolls; 187 islands are inhabited. List [31]
Malta 21 3 3 inhabited (Malta, Gozo and Comino), 3 islets and 12 "large rocks" — [32]
Marshall Islands 34 24 29 atolls and 5 isolated islands. List [33][34]
Micronesia 607 65 Four major island groups List [35][36]
Nauru 1 1 — [37]
New Zealand 600 Approximate number within about 50 km (31 mi) of the two main islands; excludes associated states and Antarctic islands. List [38]
North Macedonia 30 0 13 larger than 0.01 km2 (110,000 sq ft), 6 on lakes, the rest on rivers. List [39]
Norway 239,057 2,000 An older source gives 53,789 islands, which may be the figure for coastal islands only.[40] By area
By name 		[41][42]
Pakistan 16 7 Pakistan's largest island, Astola List https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astola_Island
Palau 200 8 Eight permanently inhabited List [43]
Peru 233 8 Approximate there are 94.36 km (58.63 mi) in maritime islands and islets, 39.04 km (24.26 mi) inside lakes, and an undeterminedf List [44]
Philippines 7,641 2,000 Thousands of islands are unnamed, and tiny. List [45][46]
Russia 1,338 List [47]
Samoa 12 4 List [48]
Senegal 35 List
South Korea 3,358 2,876 List [49]
Spain 60 21 List
Scotland 900 118 More than 900 islands, of which 118 are inhabited. List
Sweden 267,570 984 Slightly more than 8,000 islands had some form of buildings in 2013, most uninhabited. More than 1.6 million (17% of population) people lived on an island in 2013. This figure is high because there are densely populated islands in the larger cities of Sweden. List [50]
Tonga 169 36 The total surface area of the archipelago is about 750 km2 (290 sq mi), scattered over 700,000 km2 (270,000 sq mi) of the southern Pacific Ocean. List [51]
Tuvalu 9 9 Six atolls and 3 reef islands. List [52]
United Kingdom 6,346 129 Includes all offshore islands marked on Ordnance Survey maps. England, Scotland & Wales: 6289; Northern Ireland: 57. (Not included: Isle of Man: 30; Bailiwick of Guernsey: 57; Bailiwick of Jersey: 274; overseas dependencies.)
Inhabited islands. England: 24; Scotland: 93[53]; Wales: 9[54]; Northern Ireland: 2; Britain: 1. 		List [55]
United States 18,617 List [56]
Venezuela 650 350 Most of them are virgin lands[clarification needed]and Margarita Island as the largest island of Venezuela. List

See also

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