Island Countries (2026)

There are 83 island countries in the world — nations that consist entirely of one or more islands with no land borders. The most populous island nation is Japan, while the smallest by population is Bouvet Island.

Countries

Total Population

362M

Total Area

2.1M km²

Regions

#	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Region
1	Japan	123,975,371	377,930	Tokyo	Asia
2	Philippines	115,843,670	342,353	Manila	Asia
3	Madagascar	31,964,956	587,041	Antananarivo	Africa
4	Taiwan	23,317,031	36,197	Taipei	Asia
5	Sri Lanka	21,916,000	65,610	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Asia
6	Cuba	10,979,783	109,884	Havana	Americas
7	Singapore	6,036,860	710	Singapore	Asia
8	New Zealand	5,287,500	268,838	Wellington	Oceania
9	Puerto Rico	3,203,295	8,870	San Juan	Americas
10	Jamaica	2,839,175	10,991	Kingston	Americas
11	Bahrain	1,588,670	765	Manama	Asia
12	Trinidad and Tobago	1,368,333	5,130	Port of Spain	Americas
13	Cyprus	1,358,282	9,251	Nicosia	Europe
14	Mauritius	1,245,779	2,040	Port Louis	Africa
15	Fiji	928,784	18,272	Suva	Oceania
16	Réunion	896,175	2,511	Saint-Denis	Africa
17	Comoros	866,628	1,862	Moroni	Africa
18	Solomon Islands	819,198	28,896	Honiara	Oceania
19	Malta	568,847	316	Valletta	Europe
20	Maldives	527,799	300	Malé	Asia
21	Cape Verde	524,877	4,033	Praia	Africa
22	Bahamas	401,283	13,943	Nassau	Americas
23	Iceland	386,506	103,000	Reykjavik	Europe
24	Guadeloupe	378,561	1,628	Basse-Terre	Americas
25	Martinique	349,925	1,128	Fort-de-France	Americas
26	Vanuatu	327,777	12,189	Port Vila	Oceania
27	Mayotte	320,901	374	Mamoudzou	Africa
28	New Caledonia	292,639	18,575	Nouméa	Oceania
29	Barbados	282,467	430	Bridgetown	Americas
30	French Polynesia	281,807	4,167	Papeetē	Oceania
31	São Tomé and Príncipe	235,536	964	São Tomé	Africa
32	Samoa	218,019	2,842	Apia	Oceania
33	Saint Lucia	179,744	616	Castries	Americas
34	Guam	167,777	549	Hagåtña	Oceania
35	Curaçao	155,967	444	Willemstad	Americas
36	Kiribati	134,518	811	South Tarawa	Oceania
37	Seychelles	121,354	452	Victoria	Africa
38	Grenada	117,207	344	St. George's	Americas
39	Micronesia	113,160	702	Palikir	Oceania
40	Aruba	107,995	180	Oranjestad	Americas
41	United States Virgin Islands	104,377	347	Charlotte Amalie	Americas
42	Tonga	104,175	747	Nuku'alofa	Oceania
43	Jersey	103,267	116	Saint Helier	Europe
44	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100,616	389	Kingstown	Americas
45	Antigua and Barbuda	93,772	442	Saint John's	Americas
46	Isle of Man	84,160	572	Douglas	Europe
47	Cayman Islands	74,457	264	George Town	Americas
48	Dominica	66,205	751	Roseau	Americas
49	Guernsey	64,781	78	St. Peter Port	Europe
50	Bermuda	64,636	54	Hamilton	Americas
51	Faroe Islands	54,681	1,393	Tórshavn	Europe
52	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,843	261	Basseterre	Americas
53	American Samoa	46,765	199	Pago Pago	Oceania
54	Turks and Caicos Islands	46,535	948	Cockburn Town	Americas
55	Northern Mariana Islands	44,278	464	Saipan	Oceania
56	British Virgin Islands	39,471	151	Road Town	Americas
57	Marshall Islands	37,548	181	Majuro	Oceania
58	Caribbean Netherlands	31,980	328	Kralendijk	Americas
59	Åland Islands	30,654	1,580	Mariehamn	Europe
60	Palau	17,695	459	Ngerulmud	Oceania
61	Anguilla	16,010	91	The Valley	Americas
62	Cook Islands	15,040	236	Avarua	Oceania
63	Nauru	11,947	21	Yaren	Oceania
64	Wallis and Futuna	11,620	142	Mata-Utu	Oceania
65	Saint Barthélemy	10,562	21	Gustavia	Americas
66	Tuvalu	9,646	26	Funafuti	Oceania
67	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,819	242	Saint-Pierre	Americas
68	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	5,651	394	Jamestown	Africa
69	Montserrat	4,386	102	Plymouth	Americas
70	Falkland Islands	3,662	12,173	Stanley	Americas
71	Tokelau	2,608	12	Fakaofo	Oceania
72	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	2,530	61,399	Longyearbyen	Europe
73	Norfolk Island	2,188	36	Kingston	Oceania
74	Christmas Island	1,692	135	Flying Fish Cove	Oceania
75	Niue	1,681	260	Alofi	Oceania
76	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	593	14	West Island	Oceania
77	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	400	7,747	Port-aux-Français	Antarctic
78	Pitcairn Islands	35	47	Adamstown	Oceania
79	Bouvet Island	0	49	N/A	Antarctic
80	South Georgia	0	3,903	King Edward Point	Antarctic
81	United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	34.2	Washington DC	Americas
82	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0	412	N/A	Antarctic
83	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	60	Diego Garcia	Africa