The list with the 100 largest islands in the world follows the criterion of area per square kilometer. Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo are the 3rd largest.
The list with the 100 largest islands in the world follows the criterion of area per square kilometer, a criterion in which Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo form the podium of the islands with the largest area in the world. None of the Portuguese Islands is included in this lot, of the 100 largest islands in the world. Below is the list, with the Island Name , the Country or Countries to which they belong and the respective area of each Island . Canada is the country with the most islands in this list of the 100 largest, with a total of 22 islands , followed by Indonesia, with 14 and the Philippines, with 8. This list does not include Australia because it is not considered an island .but rather a continental mass, just like the other World continents .
Greenland Island
# | Island name | Country(ies) | kilometers 2 |
1 | greenland | Denmark | 2,130,800 |
2 | New Guinea | papua new guinea indonesia | 800,000 |
3 | borneo | Indonesia/Malaysia/Brunei | 725,500 |
4 | Madagascar | Madagascar | 578.041 |
5 | Baffin | Canada | 507.451 |
6 | Sumatra | Indonesia | 425,000 |
7 | Honshu | Japan | 227,414 |
8 | Victoria Island | Canada | 217.291 |
9 | Great Britain | Great Britain | 216,777 |
10 | Ellesmere | Canada | 196,236 |
11 | Celebes | Indonesia | 174,600 |
12 | south island | New Zealand | 150,737 |
13 | Java | Indonesia | 126,700 |
14 | North Island | New Zealand | 114.050 |
15 | Newfoundland | Canada | 108,860 |
16 | Cuba | Cuba | 105.007 |
17 | Luzon | Philippines | 104,684 |
18 | Iceland | Iceland | 102,828 |
19 | Mindanao | Philippines | 94,627 |
20 | Ireland | Ireland | 84,406 |
21 | Hokkaido | Japan | 78.073 |
22 | Sakhalin | Russia | 76,400 |
23 | Hispaniola | Dominican Republic/Haiti | 74,700 |
24 | Banks Island | Canada | 70.028 |
25 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 65,268 |
26 | tasmania | Australia | 60,637 |
27 | Devon Island | Canada | 55,247 |
28 | Severny | Russia | 48,904 |
29 | Grande of Tierra del Fuego | Argentina/Chile | 47,992 |
30 | Alexander Island | antarctica | 43,200 |
31 | Axel Heiberg I. | Canada | 43,178 |
32 | Melville Island | Canada | 42,149 |
33 | Southampton Island | Canada | 41,214 |
34 | Marajo | Brazil | 40,100 |
35 | Vestspitsbergen | Norway | 39,044 |
36 | Kyushu | Japan | 36,555 |
37 | New Britain | Papua New Guinea | 36,514 |
38 | Taiwan | Taiwan | 35,801 |
39 | Hainan | China | 33,572 |
40 | Prince of Wales Island | Canada | 33,339 |
41 | Yuzhny | Russia | 33.275 |
42 | Vancouver Island | Canada | 31,285 |
43 | Timor | Indonesia/Timor-Leste | 30,777 |
44 | Sicilia | Italy | 25,460 |
45 | Somerset Island | Canada | 24,786 |
46 | sardinia | Italy | 23,813 |
47 | banana plantation | Brazil | 20,000 |
48 | Shikoku | Japan | 18,780 |
49 | Halmahera | Indonesia | 17,780 |
50 | Ceram | Indonesia | 17,148 |
51 | New Caledonia | New Caledonia | 16,750 |
52 | Kotelny | Russia | 16,670 |
53 | Bathurst Island | Canada | 16,042 |
54 | Prince Patrick Island | Canada | 15,848 |
55 | Thurston Island | antarctica | 15,700 |
56 | Sumbawa | Indonesia | 15,448 |
57 | Flowers | Indonesia | 14,300 |
58 | Nordaustlandet | Norway | 14,210 |
59 | Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii | Russia | 14,170 |
60 | King William Island | Canada | 13,111 |
61 | Samar | Philippines | 13,079 |
62 | blacks | Philippines | 12,706 |
63 | tupinambarana | Brazil | 11,850 |
64 | Palawan | Philippines | 11,784 |
65 | Yos Sudarso | Indonesia | 11,600 |
66 | panay | Philippines | 11,515 |
67 | bangka | Indonesia | 11,330 |
68 | bolshevik | Russia | 11,312 |
69 | Ellef Ringnes Island | Canada | 11,295 |
70 | Sumba | Indonesia | 11,153 |
71 | Bylot Island | Canada | 11,067 |
72 | Jamaica | Jamaica | 10,991 |
73 | hawaii | U.S | 10,414 |
74 | Viti Levu | fiji | 10,388 |
75 | Cape Breton Island | Canada | 10,311 |
76 | bougainville | Papua New Guinea | 10,049 |
77 | Mindoro | Philippines | 9,735 |
78 | Prince Charles Island | Canada | 9,521 |
79 | Buru | Indonesia | 9,505 |
80 | Kodiak Island | U.S | 9,293 |
81 | Cyprus | Cyprus | 9,251 |
82 | Komsomolets | Russia | 9,006 |
83 | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 8,897 |
84 | corsica | France | 8,681 |
85 | New Ireland | Papua New Guinea | 8,661 |
86 | Qeqertarsuaq | Denmark | 8,578 |
87 | Carney Island | antarctica | 8,500 |
88 | chiloe | Chile | 8,394 |
89 | Crete | Greece | 8,261 |
90 | anticosti | Canada | 7,941 |
91 | Vrangelya | Russia | 7,850 |
92 | Roosevelt Island | antarctica | 7,500 |
93 | milk | Philippines | 7.215 |
94 | sjaelland | Denmark | 7,031 |
95 | Cornwallis Island | Canada | 6,995 |
96 | Prince of Wales | U.S | 6,675 |
97 | great land | France | 6,617 |
98 | East Falkland | Great Britain | 6,605 |
99 | single island | antarctica | 6,500 |
100 | Graham Island | Canada | 6,361 |