Biggest Islands in the World

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

Greenland Island view

# 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