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 Heard Island and McDonald Islands.

Countries

Total Population

358M

Total Area

2.1M km²

Regions

#	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Region
1	Japan	123,210,000	377,930	Tokyo	Asia
2	Philippines	114,123,600	342,353	Manila	Asia
3	Madagascar	31,727,042	587,041	Antananarivo	Africa
4	Taiwan	23,317,031	36,197	Taipei	Asia
5	Sri Lanka	21,763,170	65,610	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Asia
6	Cuba	9,748,007	109,884	Havana	Americas
7	Singapore	6,110,200	710	Singapore	Asia
8	New Zealand	5,324,700	268,838	Wellington	Oceania
9	Puerto Rico	3,203,295	8,870	San Juan	Americas
10	Jamaica	2,825,544	10,991	Kingston	Americas
11	Bahrain	1,594,654	765	Manama	Asia
12	Cyprus	1,442,614	9,251	Nicosia	Europe
13	Trinidad and Tobago	1,367,764	5,130	Port of Spain	Americas
14	Mauritius	1,243,741	2,040	Port Louis	Africa
15	Comoros	919,901	1,862	Moroni	Africa
16	Fiji	900,869	18,272	Suva	Oceania
17	Réunion	896,175	2,511	Saint-Denis	Africa
18	Solomon Islands	750,325	28,896	Honiara	Oceania
19	Malta	574,250	316	Valletta	Europe
20	Maldives	515,132	300	Malé	Asia
21	Cape Verde	491,233	4,033	Praia	Africa
22	Bahamas	398,165	13,943	Nassau	Americas
23	Iceland	391,810	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	321,409	12,189	Port Vila	Oceania
27	Mayotte	320,901	374	Mamoudzou	Africa
28	French Polynesia	279,500	4,167	Papeetē	Oceania
29	Barbados	267,800	430	Bridgetown	Americas
30	New Caledonia	264,596	18,575	Nouméa	Oceania
31	São Tomé and Príncipe	209,607	964	São Tomé	Africa
32	Samoa	205,557	2,842	Apia	Oceania
33	Saint Lucia	184,100	616	Castries	Americas
34	Curaçao	156,115	444	Willemstad	Americas
35	Guam	153,836	549	Hagåtña	Oceania
36	Seychelles	122,729	452	Victoria	Africa
37	Kiribati	120,740	811	South Tarawa	Oceania
38	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,872	389	Kingstown	Americas
39	Grenada	109,021	344	St. George's	Americas
40	Aruba	107,566	180	Oranjestad	Americas
41	Micronesia	105,564	702	Palikir	Oceania
42	Antigua and Barbuda	103,603	442	Saint John's	Americas
43	Jersey	103,267	116	Saint Helier	Europe
44	Tonga	100,179	747	Nuku'alofa	Oceania
45	United States Virgin Islands	87,146	347	Charlotte Amalie	Americas
46	Cayman Islands	84,738	264	George Town	Americas
47	Isle of Man	84,530	572	Douglas	Europe
48	Dominica	67,408	751	Roseau	Americas
49	Guernsey	64,781	78	St. Peter Port	Europe
50	Bermuda	64,055	54	Hamilton	Americas
51	Faroe Islands	54,885	1,393	Tórshavn	Europe
52	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,320	261	Basseterre	Americas
53	Turks and Caicos Islands	50,828	948	Cockburn Town	Americas
54	American Samoa	49,710	199	Pago Pago	Oceania
55	Northern Mariana Islands	47,329	464	Saipan	Oceania
56	Marshall Islands	42,418	181	Majuro	Oceania
57	British Virgin Islands	39,471	151	Road Town	Americas
58	Caribbean Netherlands	31,980	328	Kralendijk	Americas
59	Åland Islands	30,654	1,580	Mariehamn	Europe
60	Palau	16,733	459	Ngerulmud	Oceania
61	Anguilla	16,010	91	The Valley	Americas
62	Cook Islands	15,040	236	Avarua	Oceania
63	Nauru	11,680	21	Yaren	Oceania
64	Wallis and Futuna	11,620	142	Mata-Utu	Oceania
65	Tuvalu	10,643	26	Funafuti	Oceania
66	Saint Barthélemy	10,562	21	Gustavia	Americas
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	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0	412	N/A	Antarctic
80	United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	34.2	Washington DC	Americas
81	South Georgia	0	3,903	King Edward Point	Antarctic
82	Bouvet Island	0	49	N/A	Antarctic
83	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	60	Diego Garcia	Africa