List of islands by population density

The following is a list of islands, sorted by population density.

Most densely populated islands (over 1,000 people per km²)

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#	Island	Country	Surrounded by	Population	Area km²	Density (per km²)	Coordinates
1	Santa Cruz del Islote	Colombia	Caribbean Sea	1,247	0.012	103,917	9°47′9″N 75°51′33″W / 9.78583°N 75.85917°W
2	Ap Lei Chau	Hong Kong	Aberdeen Channel, East Lamma Channel	86,782	1.32	66,755	22°14′30″N 114°9′20″E / 22.24167°N 114.15556°E
3	Migingo Island	Kenya	Lake Victoria	131	0.002	65,500	0°52′59″S 33°56′20″E / 0.88306°S 33.93889°E
4	Fadiouth	Senegal	Atlantic Ocean	9,000	0.15	60,000	14°9′9″N 16°49′24″W / 14.15250°N 16.82333°W
5	Malé	Maldives	Indian Ocean	92,555	1.952	47,416	4°10′30″N 73°30′32″E / 4.17500°N 73.50889°E
6	Ebeye	Marshall Islands	Pacific Ocean	15,000	0.360	41,667	8°46′49″N 167°44′14″E / 8.78028°N 167.73722°E
7	Ilha de Moçambique	Mozambique	Indian Ocean	54,315	1.5	36,210	15°2′18″S 40°44′1″E / 15.03833°S 40.73361°E
8	Manhattan (New York City)	United States	Mouth of Hudson River, East River, Harlem River, New York Harbor	1,634,795	59.47	27,489	40°43′40″N 73°59′40″W / 40.72778°N 73.99444°W
9	Salsette Island (Mumbai)	India	Branches of Ulhas River (Vasai Creek, Thane Creek) Arabian Sea	15,111,974	619	24,414	19°12′N 72°54′E / 19.200°N 72.900°E
10	Île Saint-Louis (Paris)	France	Seine River	2,465	0.11	22,409	48°51′6″N 2°21′23″E / 48.85167°N 2.35639°E
11	Arwad	Syria	Mediterranean Sea	4,403	0.2	22,015	34°51′22″N 35°51′32″E / 34.85611°N 35.85889°E
12	Lilla Essingen (Stockholm)	Sweden		4,647	0.23	20,204	59°19′30″N 18°0′15″E / 59.32500°N 18.00417°E
13	Tsing Yi	Hong Kong		200,400	10.69	18,746	22°20′44″N 114°6′0″E / 22.34556°N 114.10000°E
14	Vasilyevsky Island (Saint Petersburg)	Russia		202,650	10.9	18,592
15	Djarrit	Marshall Islands		7,103	0.389	18,260
16	Södermalm (Stockholm)	Sweden		99,685	5.71	17,458
17	Hong Kong Island	Hong Kong		1,289,500	80.4	16,038
18	Sisak Island (Sisak)	Croatia	Kupa	15,897	1.1	15,897
19	Roosevelt Island (New York City)	United States	East River	9,520	0.6	15,867
20	Reimersholme (Stockholm)	Sweden		2,324	0.16	14,525
21	Kungsholmen (Stockholm)	Sweden		56,754 (2007)	3.91	14,515
22	Lübeck Old Town	Germany		approx. 12,000	1.00	approx. 12,000
23	Venice Center	Italy		approx. 60,000	5.00	approx. 12,000
24	Ma Wan	Hong Kong		11,193 (2007)[1]	0.96	11,659
25	Xiamen Island	China		1,410,000 (est)	132.5	10,650
26	Anping Island	Taiwan		60,000 (est)	6 (est)	10,000
27	Yeongdo	South Korea		139,765 (2012.12)	14	9,983
28	Cheung Chau	Hong Kong		23,156 (2007)	2.46	9,413
29	Portsea Island (Portsmouth)	United Kingdom		approx. 147,000 (est)	16	approx. 9,187
30	Stadsholmen (Stockholm)	Sweden		approx. 3,000 (2006)	0.36	approx. 8,300
31	Pulau Ujong (Singapore Island)	Singapore		5,469,700 (as of 2014)	710.2	7,618
33	Isola dei Pescatori	Italy	Lago Maggiore	208 (1971)	0.034	6,118
34	Cijin Island	Taiwan		30,000 (2010)	5 (est)	6,000
35	Balboa Island, Newport Beach (Newport Beach)	United States	Newport Bay	3,000 (2000)	0.52	5,769
35	Peng Chau	Hong Kong		5,300 (est)	0.99	5,354
36	Stora Essingen (Stockholm)	Sweden		3,892 (2006)	0.73	5,332
37	Lauttasaari (Helsinki)	Finland		19,644 (2008)	3.75	5,238
38	Governador Island (Rio de Janeiro)	Brazil	Guanabara Bay	212,547 (2010)[2]	40.81	5,209
39	Lindau	Germany		3,000 (2008)	0.68	4,412
40	Nuns' Island (Montréal)	Canada	St. Lawrence River	16,210 (2006)	3.74	4,334
41	City Island (New York City)	United States	Long Island Sound	4,362 (2010)	1.023	4,264
42	Taipa, Cotai, and Coloane (Macau)	Macau	South China Sea	82,759 (2011)	20.58	4,021
42	Island of Montreal (Montréal)	Canada	confluence of the Ottawa River with the St. Lawrence	1,854,442 (2006)	499	3,716
43	Yeouido	South Korea		31,000 (2006)	8.4	3,700
44	Long Beach Barrier Island	United States	Atlantic Ocean, Reynolds Channel	39,282 (2010)	11.7	3,350	40°35′17″N 73°41′17″W / 40.58806°N 73.68806°W
45	Lidingö (outside Stockholm)	Sweden		44,000 (2011)	12.54	3,300
46	Staten Island (New York City)	United States		468,730 (2010)	151.5	3,093
48	Penang Island	Malaysia		860,000 (2010)	293	2,935
49	Kotlin Island (including Kronstadt)	Russia		42,800 (2006)	16	2,675
50	Majuro	Marshall Islands		25,400 (2004)	9.7	2,619
51	San Andrés	Colombia	Caribbean Sea	67,912 (2007)	26	2,612	12°35′N 81°42′W / 12.583°N 81.700°W
52	Long Island (New York)	United States	East River, Long Island Sound, and Atlantic Ocean	7,568,304 (2010)	3,629	2,086
53	Kulosaari (Helsinki)	Finland		3,770 (2004)	1.81	2,083
54	Paquetá Island (Rio de Janeiro)	Brazil	Guanabara Bay	3,361 (2010)[3]	1.7	1,970
55	Frauenchiemsee, Bavaria	Germany		300 (2008)	0.155	1,935
56	Liouciou Island	Taiwan		12,600 (2010)	6.8	1,850
56	Lido Isle, Newport Beach (Newport Beach)	United States	Newport Bay	1,800 (2000)	1.0	1,800
57	Amager	Denmark		160,030 (2008)	96.3	1,662
58	O'ahu	United States	Pacific Ocean	976,372 (2012)	1,545	1,636
59	Bahrain	Bahrain	Persian Gulf	1,234,571 (2010)	765.3	1,626	26°2′N 50°33′E / 26.033°N 50.550°E
60	Key West	United States	Gulf of Mexico, Straits of Florida	24,649 (2010)	15.4	1,600	24°33′33″N 81°47′2″W / 24.55917°N 81.78389°W
61	New Providence	Bahamas	Atlantic Ocean	248,948 (2010)	207	1,594	25°2′N 77°24′W / 25.033°N 77.400°W
62	Malta Island	Malta	Mediterranean Sea	388,232 (2007)	246	1,578
63	Tromsøya (Tromsø)	Norway		33,668 (2008)	22.79	1,503
64	Lehtisaari (Helsinki)	Finland		1,148 (2008)	0.79	1,453
65	Lulu Island (Richmond)	Canada	Fraser River estuary, Strait of Georgia	168,162 (2006)	120	1,401
66	Kuusisaari (Helsinki)	Finland		588 (2008)	0.40	1,395
67	Île Jésus (Laval)	Canada		400,000 (2010)	245	1,384
68	Smögen	Sweden		1,437 (2005)	1.04	1,381
69	Öckerö	Sweden		3,269 (2005)	2.39	1,368
70	Mercer Island	United States	Lake Washington	22,699 (2010)	34.0	1,333
71	Île de la Cité (Paris)	France	Seine River	1,168 (2007)	0.9	1,297
72	Labuan	Malaysia		100,000 (2010)	85	1,177
73	Capri	Italy	Tyrrhenian Sea	12,200 (2002)	10.4	1,170
74	Okinawa Island	Japan	Pacific Ocean	1,384,762 (2009)	1,207.87	1,146
75	Penghu Island	Taiwan		70,200 (2010)	64	1,100
76	Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island	United States	San Francisco Bay	2,500 (2010)	2.334	1,071
77	Java	Indonesia	Indian Ocean, Java Sea	130,000,000 (2006)	132,187	1,026

Notable islands

Island	Country	Population	Area km²	Density (per km²)
Mauritius	Mauritius	1,263,089 (2012)	1865	677
Quemoy	Taiwan	86,500 (2008)	132	650
Taiwan	Taiwan	23,000,000 (2008)	35,801	636
Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island	United States	60,870 (2000)	98	621
Honshū	Japan	103,000,000 (2005)	230,500	447[4]
Luzon	Philippines	48,520,774 (2010)	104,688[5][6]	441.6[7]
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	3,994,259 (2007)	9,104	438
Lamma Island	Hong Kong	5,500 (2007)	13.74	400
Kyūshū	Japan	13,231,995	35,640	371
Réunion	France	840,974 (2013)	2511	335
Sri Lanka (main island)	Sri Lanka	21,184,000 (2008)	65,268	325
Great Britain	United Kingdom	61,450,000 (2011)	209,331	293.5
Awaji Island	Japan	147,359	592.17	248.9
Majorca	Spain	869,067	3640.11	238.75
Shikoku	Japan	4,141,955 (2005)	18,800	220
Sicily	Italy	5,051,075 (2010)	25,700	200
Mindanao	Philippines	29,968,174 (2010)	94,630[6][8]	210.2
Langkawi, Kedah	Malaysia	65,000 (2010)	479	135
Sumatra	Indonesia	45,000,000 (2005)	470,000	96[9]
Ireland	Ireland and  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)	6,197,100 (2008)	84,421	73.4
Iceland	Iceland	329,100	3640.11	3.2

Least densely populated islands

There are numerous uninhabited or deserted islands. The largest uninhabited island in the world is Devon Island in Canada.

• Greenland (part of Denmark) population 56,452; area 2,166,086 square kilometres/836,109 square miles = 1 person per 38.37 square kilometres/14.81 square miles or 0.02 persons per square kilometre/0.06 persons per square mile.
• Baffin Island (part of Nunavut, Canada) population 11,000; area 507,451 square km/195,927.9 square mi = 1 person per 46.13 km²/17.81 sq mi or 0.02 persons per km²/0.05 persons per sq mi.
• Victoria Island (Canada) population 1,875; area 217,291 km²/83,897 sq mi = 1 person per 115.88 km²/44.7 sq mi or 0.009 persons per km²/0.02 persons per sq mi.
• Ellesmere Island (part of Nunavut, Canada) population 146; area 196,235 km²/75,767 sq mi = 1 person per 1,344.08 km²/518.95 sq mi or 0.000744 persons per km²/0.0019 persons per sq mi.

See also

• List of islands
• List of islands by population
• List of islands by area
• Populated islands of the Great Lakes
• Hashima Island

References

1. Tsuen Wan District Summaries of Written Representations
4. Composed of 34 prefectures including minor outlying islands
5. "Luzon (island, Philippines)". Britannica. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
6. Eur (2002). Far East and Australasia 2003, 34th edition. Routledge. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
7. Composed of 7 administrative regions excluding island provinces
8. "Mindanao (island, Philippines)". Britannica. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
9. Composed of 8 provinces including minor outlying islands