This is a list of islands in the world ordered by area. It includes all islands with an area greater than 2,500 km² (970 square miles). For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown.

Continental land masses

These figures are rough approximations only.

Note: Australia, at 7,600,000 km², is more than three times the size of Greenland, the largest island. However, Australia is sometimes considered 'The Island Continent'.¹

Islands over 250,000 km²

Although an island is, in general, any land mass that is completely surrounded by water, some definitions exclude land masses large enough to be considered continents. Placing Australia in the latter category (even though arguments can be made whether it is technically a continent, or merely part of the larger continent called Australasia) makes Greenland the largest island. For the sake of classification the list of islands will begin with Greenland.

Rank	Island’s name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
1	Greenland	2,130,8002	822,706	Greenland, autonomous province of  Denmark
2	New Guinea	785,753	303,381	Indonesia (Papua and West Papua) and  Papua New Guinea
3	Borneo	748,168	288,869	Brunei,  Indonesia (Central, East, South and West Kalimantan) and  Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak)
4	Madagascar	587,713	226,917	Madagascar
5	Baffin Island	507,4513	195,928	Canada (Nunavut)
6	Sumatra	443,066	171,069	Indonesia (Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi, Lampung, Riau and North, South and West Sumatra)

Islands 25,000 km²–250,000 km²

Rank	Island’s name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
7	Honshū	225,800	87,182	Japan (Chūbu, Chūgoku, Kansai, Kantō and Tōhoku regions)
8	Victoria Island	217,2913	83,897	Canada (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)
9	Great Britain	209,331	80,823	United Kingdom (England, Scotland and Wales)
10	Ellesmere Island	196,2363	75,767	Canada (Nunavut)
11	Sulawesi	180,681	69,761	Indonesia (Gorontalo and Central, North, South, South East and West Sulawesi)
12	South Island	145,836	56,308	New Zealand (Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Nelson, Marlborough, Nelson, Tasman, West Coast Regions)
13	Java	138,794	53,589	Indonesia (Banten, Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Central, East and West Java)
14	North Island	111,583	43,082	New Zealand
15	Luzon	109,965	42,458	Philippines (Bicol, Cagayan Valley, CALABARZON, Central Luzon, Cordillera, Ilocos and National Capital Region)
16	Newfoundland	108,8603	42,031	Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador)
17	Cuba (main island)	105,806	40,852	Cuba
18	Iceland (main island)	103,000	39,315	Iceland
19	Mindanao	97,530	36,657	Philippines (Caraga, Davao, Muslim Mindanao, Northern Mindanao, SOCCSKSARGEN and Zamboanga Peninsula)
20	Ireland	81,638	31,521	Ireland and  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
21	Hokkaidō	78,719	30,394	Japan (Hokkaidō region)
22	Hispaniola	73,929	28,544	Dominican Republic and  Haiti
23	Sakhalin	72,493	28,376	Russia (Sakhalin Oblast)
24	Banks Island	70,0283	27,038	Canada (Northwest Territories)
25	Sri Lanka (main island)	65,2682	25,200	Sri Lanka
26	Tasmania (main island)	64,5194	24,911	Australia (Tasmania)
27	Devon Island	55,2473	21,331	Canada (Nunavut) (largest uninhabited island in the world)
28	Alexander Island	49,070	18,946	None (Antarctic territorial claims by  Argentina (partial),  Chile and  United Kingdom)
29	Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego	47,401	18,302	Argentina (Tierra del Fuego Province) and  Chile (Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region)
30	Severny Island	47,079	18,177	Russia (Arkhangelsk Oblast)
31	Berkner Island	43,873	16,939	None (Antarctic territorial claims by  Argentina,  Chile (partial) and  United Kingdom)
32	Axel Heiberg Island	43,1783	16,671	Canada (Nunavut)
33	Melville Island	42,1493	16,274	Canada (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)
34	Southampton Island	41,2143	15,913	Canada (Nunavut)
35	Marajó	40,1002	15,483	Brazil (Pará) (largest littoral island in the world)
36	Spitsbergen	38,981	15,051	Norway (Svalbard)
37	Kyūshū	37,437	14,455	Japan (Kyūshū region)
38	New Britain	35,145	13,570	Papua New Guinea
39	Taiwan	35,801	13,323	Republic of China (Taiwan) 5
40	Prince of Wales Island	33,3393	12,872	Canada (Nunavut)
41	Yuzhny Island	33,246	12,836	Russia (Arkhangelsk Oblast)
42	Hainan	33,210	12,822	People's Republic of China (Hainan Province)
43	Vancouver Island	31,2853	12,079	Canada (British Columbia)
44	Timor	28,418	10,972	East Timor and  Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara)
45	Sicily	25,662	9,908	Italy

Islands 10,000 km²–25,000 km²

Rank	Island’s name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
46	Somerset Island	24,7863	9,570	Canada (Nunavut)
47	Kotelny/Faddeyevsky Island	24,000	9,266	Russia (Sakha Republic)
48	Sardinia	23,949	9,247	Italy
49	Bananal	20,0002	7,722	Brazil (Tocantins) (world's largest fluvial island)
50	Shikoku	18,545	7,160	Japan (Shikoku region)
51	Halmahera	18,040	6,865	Indonesia (North Maluku)
52	Ceram	17,454	6,621	Indonesia (Maluku)
53	New Caledonia (main island)	16,648	6,467	New Caledonia, self-governing overseas territory of  France
54	Bathurst Island	16,0423	6,194	Canada (Nunavut)
55	Prince Patrick Island	15,8483	6,119	Canada (Northwest Territories)
56	Thurston Island	15,7002	6,050	None (unclaimed island of Antarctica)
57	Sumbawa	14,386	5,965	Indonesia (West Nusa Tenggara)
58	Nordaustlandet	14,247	5,486	Norway (Svalbard)
59	October Revolution Island (Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii)	14,204	5,471	Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai)
60	Flores	14,154	5,464	Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara)
61	King William Island	13,1113	5,062	Canada (Nunavut)
62	Negros	13,074	5,048	Philippines (Central Visayas and Western Visayas)
63	Samar	12,849	4,961	Philippines (Eastern Visayas)
64	Palawan	12,189	4,706	Philippines (MIMAROPA)
65	Panay	12,011	4,637	Philippines (Western Visayas)
66	Tupinambarana (NB Now split into four islands)	11,8502	4,576	Brazil (Amazonas)
67	Yos Sudarso	11,742	4,534	Indonesia (Papua)
68	Bangka	11,413	4,407	Indonesia (Bangka-Belitung Islands)
69	Ellef Ringnes Island	11,2953	4,361	Canada (Nunavut)
70	Bolshevik Island	11,206	4,327	Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai)
71	Jamaica	11,190	4,320	Jamaica
72	Bylot Island	11,0673	4,273	Canada (Nunavut)
73	Sumba	10,711	4,135	Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara)
74	Mindoro	10,572	4,082	Philippines (MIMAROPA)
75	Viti Levu	10,531	4,066	Fiji
76	Hawai'i (Big Island)	10,434	4,029	United States (Hawaii)
77	Cape Breton Island	10,3113	3,981	Canada (Nova Scotia)

Islands 5,000 km²–10,000 km²

Rank	Island’s name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
78	Prince Charles Island	9,5213	3,676	Canada (Nunavut)
79	Bougainville	9,318	3,598	Papua New Guinea
80	Kodiak Island	9,293	3,588	United States (Alaska)
81	Cyprus	9,234	3,572	Cyprus and Akrotiri and Dhekelia,  United Kingdom sovereign base areas6. ( Northern Cyprus claims and controls one third of the island, although this is not recognised by any country except Turkey.)
82	Puerto Rico	9,100	3,435	Puerto Rico, commonwealth associated with the  United States
83	Komsomolets Island	8,812	3,402	Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai)
84	Corsica	8,741	3,351	France
85	Qeqertarsuaq (Disko)	8,612	3,312	Greenland, autonomous province of  Denmark
86	Carney Island	8,5002	3,300	None (unclaimed island of Antarctica)
87	Chiloé	8,478	3,273	Chile (Los Lagos Region)
88	Buru	8,473	3,271	Indonesia (Maluku)
89	Crete	8,312	3,209	Greece (Crete periphery)
90	Anticosti	7,9413	3,066	Canada (Quebec)
91	Roosevelt Island	7,910	3,054	None (Antarctic territorial claim by  New Zealand)
92	Wrangel Island (Vrangelya)	7,866	3,037	Russia (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)
93	New Ireland	7,404	2,859	Papua New Guinea
94	Leyte	7,368	2,785	Philippines (Eastern Visayas)
95	Zealand (Sjælland)	7,180	2,715	Denmark
96	Cornwallis Island	6,9953	2,701	Canada (Nunavut)
97	Prince of Wales Island	6,675	2,577	United States (Alaska)
98	Kerguelen (main island) (Desolation Island)	6,617	2,555	French Southern and Antarctic Lands, overseas territory of  France
99	East Falkland	6,605	2,550	Falkland Islands, overseas territory of the  United Kingdom (also claimed by  Argentina)
100	Siple Island	6,390	2,500	None (unclaimed island of Antarctica)
101	Graham Island	6,3613	2,456	Canada (British Columbia)
102	New Siberia (Novaya Sibir)	6,201	2,394	Russia (Sakha Republic)
103	Melville Island	5,765	2,234	Australia (Northern Territory)
104	Prince Edward Island	5,6203	2,170	Canada (Prince Edward Island)
105	Vanua Levu	5,587	2,157	Fiji
106	Wellington Island	5,556	2,145	Chile (Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region)
107	Coats Island	5,498	2,123	Canada (Nunavut)
108	Bali	5,416	2,091	Indonesia (Bali)
109	Chichagof Island	5,388	2,080	United States (Alaska)
110	Guadalcanal	5,353	2,047	Solomon Islands
111	Amund Ringnes Island	5,2553	2,029	Canada (Nunavut)
112	Great Lyakhovsky Island (Bolshoy Lyakhovsky)	5,157	1,991	Russia (Sakha Republic)
113	St. Lawrence Island	5,135	1,983	United States (Alaska)
114	Riesco Island	5,1102	1,973	Chile (Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region)
115	Mackenzie King Island	5,0483	1,949	Canada (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)
116	Trinidad	5,009	1,864	Trinidad and Tobago

Islands 2,500 km²–5,000 km²

Rank	Island’s name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
117	Caviana	5,000	1,930	Brazil (Pará)
118	Kolguyev	4,968	1,918	Russia (Nenets Autonomous Okrug)
119	Edgeøya	4,940	1,907	Norway (Svalbard)
120	Ilha Grande do Gurupá	4,864	1,878	Brazil (Pará)
121	Isabela	4,711	1,819	Ecuador (Galápagos Province)
122	North Jutlandic Island (Vendsyssel-Thy)	4,685	1,809	Denmark (physically part of the Jutland peninsula until 1825)
123	Lombok	4,625	1,786	Indonesia (West Nusa Tenggara)
124	West Falkland	4,531	1,750	Falkland Islands, overseas territory of the  United Kingdom (also claimed by  Argentina)
125	Belitung	4,478	1,729	Indonesia (