List of island countries

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Sovereign states and states with limited recognition fully on islands (Australia is regarded a continent): those with land borders shaded green, and those without shaded dark blue

This is a list of island countries. An island is a landmass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water.[1] Many island countries are spread over an archipelago, as is the case with the Federated States of Micronesia and Indonesia (both of which consist of thousands of islands). Others consist of a single island, such as Barbados or Nauru, or part of an island, such as the Dominican Republic or Brunei. Australia is a continent, although it has historically been referred to as an island, due to it having no land borders.[2] The list also includes states with limited diplomatic recognition which have de facto control over territories entirely on the islands, such as Taiwan.[n 1] Indonesia is the world's largest island country by area (1,904,569 km2), and by total number of islands (more than 18,307), and is also the world's most populous island country, with a population of over 270 million (the fourth-largest population in the world, after China , India , and the United States ).

## Contents

* 1 Current nations
* 1.1 Sovereign states and states with limited recognition
* 1.2 Associated states, dependencies, and other notable territories
* 2 Former sovereign island nations and primarily island-based countries
* 2.1 Africa
* 2.2 Americas
* 2.3 Asia
* 2.4 Europe
* 2.5 Oceania
* 3 Former colonies, possessions, protectorates, and other territories
* 4 Island countries with man-made fixed links to continents
* 5 See also
* 6 Notes
* 7 References
* 8 External links

## Current nations

### Sovereign states and states with limited recognition

Name  | ISO code  | Geographic configuration  | Geologic location  | Area (km2)[3] | Population [4] | Population
density
(per km2)  | Geographic location  | Establishment/ Independence

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Antigua and Barbuda  | AG
ATG  | Two main islands (Antigua, Barbuda)  | Continental shelf | 442  | 97,120  | 220  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles  | 1981 November 1
Bahamas  | BS
BHS  | Archipelago  | Continental shelf  | 13,939  | 389,480  | 28  | Atlantic Ocean, Lucayan Archipelago  | 1973 July 10
Bahrain  | BH
BHR  | Archipelago (centered around Bahrain Island)  | Continental shelf  | 778  | 1,641,170  | 2,109  | Persian Gulf  | 1971 December 10
Barbados  | BB
BRB  | One island  | Continental shelf[n 2] | 430  | 287,020  | 667  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles  | 1966 November 30
Brunei  | BN
BRN  | Part of a larger island (Borneo)  | Continental shelf  | 5,765  | 433,290  | 75  | Maritime Southeast Asia | 1984 February 23
Cape Verde  | CV
CPV  | Archipelago  | Oceanic | 4,033  | 549,930  | 136  | Atlantic Ocean, Macaronesia  | 1975 July 5
Comoros  | KM
COM  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  | 1,861  | 850,890  | 457  | Indian Ocean, Africa, Comoros Islands  | 1975 July 6
Cuba  | CU
CUB  | One main island, and several smaller islands (Isla de la Juventud, etc.)  | Continental shelf  | 109,884  | 11,346,346  | 103  | Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles  | 1868 October 10

1902 May 20

Cyprus[n 3] | CY
CYP  | Part of a larger island (Cyprus)  | Continental shelf  | 9,251  | 888,005  | 96  | Mediterranean Sea | 1960 October 1
Dominica  | DM
DMA  | One island  | Continental shelf  | 754  | 71,810  | 95  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles  | 1978 November 3
Dominican Republic  | DO
DOM  | Part of a larger island (Hispaniola), and several smaller islands (Alto Velo, Catalina, Saona, Beata, etc.)  | Continental shelf  | 48,671  | 10,738,960  | 221  | Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles  | 1821 December 1

1844 February 27

East Timor  | TL
TLS  | Part of a larger island (Timor)  | Oceanic  | 14,919  | 1,293,120  | 87  | Maritime Southeast Asia, Lesser Sunda Islands  | 2002 May 20
Fiji  | FJ
FJI  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  | 18,274  | 889,950  | 49  | Pacific Ocean, Melanesia | 1970 October 10
Grenada  | GD
GRD  | One main island, two dependencies (Carriacou, Petite Martinique)  | Continental shelf  | 344  | 112,000  | 326  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles  | 1974 February 7
Haiti  | HT
HTI  | Part of a larger island (Hispaniola), and several smaller islands (Gonave, Tortuga, Les Cayemites, etc.)  | Continental shelf  | 27,750  | 11,743,017  | 423  | Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles  | 1804 January 1
Iceland  | IS
ISL  | One main island  | Oceanic[n 4] | 102,775  | 361,310  | 4  | Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Circle  | 1944 June 17
Indonesia  | ID
IDN  | Archipelago, including parts of larger islands (Borneo, New Guinea, Sebatik, and Timor)  | Various[n 5] | 1,904,569  | 270,625,570  | 142  | Maritime Southeast Asia, Indian and Pacific oceans  | 1945 August 17
Ireland  | IE
IRL  | Part of a larger island (Ireland), and several smaller islands  | Continental shelf  | 70,273  | 4,977,400  | 71  | Atlantic Ocean, British Isles | 1919 January 21
Jamaica  | JM
JAM  | One main island, and several small islands (Port Royal Cays, etc.)  | Continental shelf  | 10,991  | 2,734,092  | 249  | Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles  | 1962 August 6
Japan  | JP
JPN  | Archipelago (Japanese archipelago)  | Continental shelf  | 377,976

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| 126,264,930  | 334  | Pacific Ocean, East Asia | 660 BC February 11 [n 6]
Kiribati  | KI
KIR  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  | 811  | 117,610  | 145  | Pacific Ocean, Micronesia | 1979 July 12
Madagascar  | MG
MDG  | One main island  | Continental shelf [n 7] | 587,041  | 26,969,310  | 46  | Indian Ocean, Africa | 1960 June 26
Maldives  | MV
MDV  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  | 298  | 383,976  | 1,289  | Indian Ocean, Laccadive Sea  | 1965 July 26
Malta  | MT
MLT  | Two main islands (Malta Island and Gozo) plus other smaller islands  | Continental shelf  | 316  | 502,650  | 1,591  | Mediterranean Sea | 1964 September 21
Marshall Islands[n 8] | MH
MHL  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  | 181  | 58,790  | 325  | Pacific Ocean, Micronesia | 1979 May 1
Mauritius  | MU
MUS  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  | 2,040  | 1,265,710  | 620  | Indian Ocean, Africa, Mascarene Islands  | 1968 March 12
Template:Country data Micronesia, Federated States of[n 8] | FM
FSM  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  | 702  | 113,810  | 162  | Pacific Ocean, Micronesia | 1979 May 10
Nauru  | NR
NRU  | One island  | Oceanic  | 21  | 12,580  | 599  | Pacific Ocean, Micronesia | 1968 January 31
New Zealand  | NZ
NZL  | Two main islands (North Island and South Island) plus other smaller islands  | Continental shelf [n 9] | 270,467  | 5,125,451  | 19  | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia | 1907 September 26
Northern Cyprus[n 10] | CY
CYP  | Part of a larger island (Cyprus)  | Continental shelf  | 3,355  | 313,626[6] | 93  | Mediterranean Sea | 1974 July 20
Palau[n 8] | PW
PLW  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  | 459  | 18,010  | 39  | Pacific Ocean, Micronesia | 1981 January 1
Papua New Guinea  | PG
PNG  | Part of a larger island (New Guinea), and several smaller islands  | Continental shelf  | 462,840  | 8,776,110  | 19  | Pacific Ocean, Melanesia | 1975 September 16
Philippines  | PH
PHL  | Archipelago  | Continental shelf  | 300,000  | 108,116,620  | 360  | Maritime Southeast Asia | 1898 June 12

1946 July 4

Saint Kitts and Nevis  | KN
KNA  | Two main islands (St. Kitts, Nevis)  | Continental shelf  | 261  | 52,830  | 202  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles  | 1983 September 19
Saint Lucia  | LC
LCA  | One main island  | Continental shelf  | 616  | 182,790  | 297  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles  | 1979 February 22
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  | VC
VCT  | Archipelago  | Continental shelf  | 389  | 110,590  | 284  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles  | 1979 October 27
Samoa  | WS
WSM  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  | 2,842  | 197,100  | 69  | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia | 1962 June 1
São Tomé and Príncipe  | ST
STP  | Two main islands (São Tomé Island, Príncipe)  | Continental shelf  | 1,001  | 215,060  | 215  | Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Guinea, Africa | 1975 July 12
Seychelles  | SC
SYC  | Archipelago  | Various[n 11] | 455  | 97,630  | 215  | Indian Ocean, Africa | 1976 June 29
Singapore  | SG
SGP  | One main island, plus other smaller islands  | Continental shelf  | 728  | 5,703,570  | 7,831  | Maritime Southeast Asia | 1965 August 9
Solomon Islands  | SB
SLB  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  | 28,400  | 669,820  | 24  | Pacific Ocean, Melanesia | 1978 July 7
Sri Lanka  | LK
LKA  | One main island, plus other small islands  | Continental shelf  | 65,610  | 21,803,000  | 332  | Indian Ocean, South Asia | 1948 February 4
Template:Country data Republic of China (Taiwan)[n 1] | TW
TWN  | One main island, and several smaller islands  | Continental shelf  | 36,193  | 23,603,121  | 652  | Pacific Ocean, East Asia | 1912 January 1

1949 December 7 [n 12]

Tonga  | TO
TON  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  | 748  | 104,490  | 140  | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia | 1970 June 4
Trinidad and Tobago  | TT
TTO  | Two main islands (Trinidad, Tobago) plus other smaller islands  | Continental shelf  | 5,131  | 1,394,970  | 272  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles  | 1962 August 31
Tuvalu  | TV
TUV  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  | 26  | 11,650  | 448  | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia | 1978 October 1
United Kingdom[n 13][7] | GB or UK
GBR  | One main island, part of second island (Ireland), plus several minor islands  | Continental shelf  | 244,820  | 67,886,004  | 277  | Atlantic Ocean, British Isles | 1707 May 1
Vanuatu  | VU
VUT  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  | 12,189  | 299,880  | 25  | Pacific Ocean, Melanesia | 1980 July 30

### Associated states, dependencies, and other notable territories

Name  | Geographic configuration  | Geologic location  | Sovereign state  | Area (km2)  | Population  | Density
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Archipelago[n 14] | Continental shelf  |  Finland  | 1,580  | 28,355  | 17.9  | Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia
American Samoa[n 15] | Archipelago  | Oceanic |  United States  | 199  | 54,947  | 276  | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia
Anguilla  | One main island  | Continental shelf  |  United Kingdom  | 91  | 15,423  | 169  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles
Aruba  | One main island  | Continental shelf  |  Netherlands  | 180  | 107,635  | 598  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles
Bermuda  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  |  United Kingdom  | 53.3  | 62,500  | 1,170  | Atlantic Ocean, North America
British Indian Ocean Territory  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  |  United Kingdom  | 60  | 3,000  | 50  | Indian Ocean
British Virgin Islands  | Archipelago  | Continental shelf  |  United Kingdom  | 151  | 31,148  | 206  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles
Caribbean Netherlands  | Three main islands  | Continental shelf  |  Netherlands  | 127  | 21,133  | 166  | Caribbean Sea
Cayman Islands  | Three islands  | Continental shelf  |  United Kingdom  | 264  | 52,560  | 199  | Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles
Christmas Island  | One main island  | Oceanic  |  Australia  | 135  | 1,496  | 11.1  | Indian Ocean, Australasia
Template:Country data Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Archipelago  | Oceanic  |  Australia  | 14  | 596  | 42.6  | Indian Ocean, Australasia
Cook Islands[n 16] | Archipelago  | Oceanic  |  New Zealand  | 236  | 10,777  | 45.7  | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia
Curaçao  | One main island  | Continental shelf  |  Netherlands  | 444  | 145,834  | 328  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles
Easter Island  | One Island  | Oceanic  |  Chile  | 163.6  | 6,148  | 37.5  | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia
Falkland Islands  | Two main islands  | Continental shelf  |  United Kingdom[n 17] | 12,173  | 3,140  | 0.26  | Atlantic Ocean, South America
Faroe Islands  | Archipelago  | Continental shelf  |  Denmark  | 1,393  | 49,483  | 35.5  | Atlantic Ocean
French Polynesia  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  |  France  | 3,827  | 274,512  | 71.7  | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia
Greenland  | One main island with archipelagos  | Continental shelf  |  Denmark  | 2,166,086  | 57,695  | 0.03  | North America
Guadeloupe  | One main island  | Continental Shelf  |  France  | 1,628  | 405,500  | 250  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles
Guam[n 15] | One main island  | Oceanic  |  United States  | 544  | 159,914  | 293  | Pacific Ocean, Micronesia
Guernsey[n 18][8] | Three main islands  | Continental shelf  |  United Kingdom  | 78  | 65,849  | 844  | English Channel, Channel Islands
Isle of Man[n 18][8] | One main island  | Continental shelf  |  United Kingdom  | 572  | 85,421  | 149  | Irish Sea, British Isles
Jersey[n 18][8] | One main island  | Continental shelf  |  United Kingdom  | 116  | 94,949  | 819  | English Channel, Channel Islands
Martinique  | One island  | Continental shelf  |  France  | 1,128  | 403,795  | 360  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles
Mayotte  | One main island  | Oceanic  |  France  | 374  | 194,000  | 498.5  | Indian Ocean, Africa, Comoros Islands
Montserrat  | One main island  | Continental shelf  |  United Kingdom  | 102  | 5,164  | 50.6  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles
New Caledonia  | One main island  | Continental shelf[n 9] |  France  | 18,275  | 260,166  | 14.2  | Pacific Ocean, Melanesia
Niue[n 16] | One main island  | Oceanic  |  New Zealand  | 260  | 1,269  | 4.9  | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia
Norfolk Island  | One main island  | Continental shelf[n 9] |  Australia  | 36  | 2,182  | 60.6  | Pacific Ocean, Melanesia
Northern Mariana Islands[n 15] | Archipelago  | Oceanic  |  United States  | 464  | 51,395  | 111  | Pacific Ocean, Micronesia
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands  | Archipelago  | Oceanic  |  United Kingdom  | 47  | 48  | 1.0  | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia
Puerto Rico[n 15] | One main island, archipelago  | Continental shelf  |  United States  | 8,870  | 3,690,923  | 416  | Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles
Réunion  | One main island  | Oceanic  |  France  | 2,512  | 893,500  | 330  | Indian Ocean, Africa, Mascarene Islands
Saint Barthélemy  | One main island  | Continental shelf  |  France  | 21  | 7,332  | 349  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha  | Three main islands distant from each other  | Oceanic  |  United Kingdom  | 308  | 7,728  | 25.1  | Atlantic Ocean
Saint Martin  | Part of a larger island (Saint Martin)  | Continental shelf  |  France  | 54.4  | 30,959  | 569  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles
Saint Pierre and Miquelon  | Two main islands  | Continental shelf  |  France  | 242  | 5,831  | 24.1  | North America
Sint Maarten  | Part of a larger island (Saint Martin)  | Continental shelf  |  Netherlands  | 34  | 39,088  | 1,150  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands  | Archipelago  | Continental shelf  |  United Kingdom[n 17] | 3,903  | 30  | 0.008  | Atlantic Ocean
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia  | Part of a larger island (Cyprus)  | Continental shelf |  United Kingdom  | 254  | 15,700  | 61.8  | Mediterranean Sea
Svalbard[n 19] | Archipelago  | Continental shelf  |  Norway  | 62,045  | 2,752  | 0.03  | Arctic Ocean
Tokelau[n 16] | Archipelago  | Oceanic  |  New Zealand  | 12  | 1,368  | 114  | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia
Turks and Caicos Islands  | Archipelago  | Continental shelf  |  United Kingdom  | 948  | 46,335  | 48.9  | Atlantic Ocean, Lucayan Archipelago
U.S. Virgin Islands[n 15] | Archipelago  | Continental shelf  |  United States  | 346  | 105,275  | 304  | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles
Wallis and Futuna  | Three main islands  | Oceanic  |  France  | 264  | 15,289  | 57.9  | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia

## Former sovereign island nations and primarily island-based countries

### Africa

* State of Anjouan (1997-2008)
* Sultanate of Bambao (Ngazidja, 1886–1908)
* Merina Kingdom
* Mwali Sultanate
* Sultanate of Ndzuwani
* Template:Country data Sultanate of Zanzibar

### Americas

* Caribbean
* Template:Country data Republic of Anguilla
* First Republic of Cuba
* First Empire of Haiti
* Second Empire of Haiti
* Kingdom of Haiti
* Republic of Spanish Haiti
* Template:Country data West Indies Federation, (1958-1962) [n 20]

### Asia

* East Asia
* Republic of Ezo
* Template:Country data Republic of Formosa
* Empire of Japan, (1868-1910) [n 21]
* Ryūkyū Kingdom
* Tamna
* Kingdom of Tungning
* Usan
* Yamatai

* Southeast Asia
* Aceh Sultanate
* Aru Kingdom
* Bali Kingdom
* Sultanate of Banjar
* Template:Country data Banten Sultanate
* Blambangan Kingdom
* Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Bruneian Empire
* Buton Sultanate
* Kingdom of Butuan
* Sultanate of Cirebon
* Sultanate of Deli
* Demak Sultanate
* Galuh Kingdom
* Sultanate of Gowa
* Janggala
* Kediri Kingdom
* Lanfang Republic
* Sultanate of Maguindanao
* Ma-i
* Majapahit
* Template:Country data Mataram Sultanate
* Maynila
* Medang Kingdom
* Melayu Kingdom
* Pagaruyung Kingdom
* Template:Country data First Philippine Republic
* Pontianak Sultanate
* Riau-Lingga Sultanate
* Sultanate of Sambas
* Template:Country data Kingdom of Sarawak
* Sultanate of Siak
* Kingdom of Singapura
* Singhasari
* Srivijaya
* Sugbu
* Sultanate of Sulu
* Sunda Kingdom
* Sultanate of Ternate
* Sultanate of Tidore

* South Asia
* Template:Country data Anuradhapura Kingdom Kingdom of Anuradhapura
* Kingdom of Dambadeniya
* Kingdom of Gampola
* Template:Country data Kingdom of Kotte Kingdom of Kotte
* Template:Country data Jaffna Kingdom Jaffna Kingdom
* Template:Country data Kingdom of Kandy Kingdom of Kandy
* Kingdom of Polonnaruwa
* Template:Country data Kingdom of Sitawaka Kingdom of Sitawaka
* United Suvadive Republic

* West Asia
* Kingdom of Ormus

### Europe

* Mediterranean Sea
* Archaic Greek city-states
* Andros
* Delos
* Khios
* Lesbos
* Milos
* Minoans
* Pholegandros
* Rhodes
* Samos
* Syracuse, Sicily
* Zakynthos
* Kingdom of Corsica (1736)
* Corsican Republic
* Anglo-Corsican Kingdom
* Emirate of Crete
* Template:Country data Cretan State
* Template:Country data Kingdom of Cyprus
* Duchy of the Archipelago
* Gozo (independent state)
* Hospitaller Malta
* Hospitaller Rhodes
* Kingdom of Majorca
* Triarchy of Negroponte
* Sardinian Judicati
* Kingdom of Arborea
* Kingdom of Cagliari
* Kingdom of Gallura
* Kingdom of Logudoro
* Republic of Sassari
* Emirate of Sicily
* Template:Country data Kingdom of Sicily, (1282-1816) [n 22]

* North Europe/West Europe
* Commonwealth of England / Template:Country data Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
* Kingdom of England
* Kingdom of Great Britain
* Heptarchy (seven kingdoms before the unification of England )
* Kingdom of Mann and the Isles
* Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Commonwealth of Iceland
* Template:Country data Kingdom of Iceland
* Gaelic Ireland
* Norman Ireland
* Template:Country data Kingdom of Ireland
* Irish Free State[n 23]
* Soviet Republic of Naissaar
* Kingdom of Scotland (Kingdom of Alba before the First War of Scottish Independence)
* Kingdom of Strathclyde
* Principality of Wales
* Brycheiniog
* Kingdom of Deheubarth
* Kingdom of Gwent
* Kingdom of Gwynedd
* Kingdom of Morgannwg
* Kingdom of Powys

### Oceania

* Kingdom of Bora Bora
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* Kingdom of Fiji
* Template:Country data Kingdom of Hawaii
* Template:Country data Kingdom of Hawaii Republic of Hawaii
* Republic of the North Solomons
* Kingdom of Tahiti
* Tuʻi Tonga Empire

## Former colonies, possessions, protectorates, and other territories

* Cape Breton Island, now part of Nova Scotia, Canada
* Danish West Indies, now the United States Virgin Islands
* The Territory of Hawaii, now Hawaii, a state of the United States
* Hong Kong Island (1841–1860), now a part of Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China [n 24]
* United States of the Ionian Islands, protectorate of the United Kingdom.
* Septinsular Republic, protectorate in the Ionian Islands under nominal Russo-Ottoman joint sovereignty.
* Labuan, briefly part of British North Borneo, the Straits Settlements and Sabah, now a federal territory of Malaysia
* Mayotte, now an overseas department and region of France
* Colony of Newfoundland (1583–1907) [n 25]
* Template:Country data New Hebrides New Hebrides, now Vanuatu
* Prince Edward Island, now a province of Canada
* Réunion, now an overseas department and region of France
* Template:Country data Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, former British overseas territory dissolved in 1983.
* Socotra Archipelago, now a governorate of Yemen
* Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Tasmania, now a state of Australia, shares a land boundary with Victoria (Australia) on Boundary Islet
* Vancouver Island, now a part of British Columbia, Canada
* People's Republic of Zanzibar, now a member of the United Republic of Tanzania.

## Island countries with man-made fixed links to continents

* Bahrain to  Saudi Arabia via the King Fahd Causeway
* Singapore to  Malaysia via the Johor-Singapore Causeway
* United Kingdom to  France via the Channel Tunnel

## See also

* Archipelagic state
* List of archipelagos
* List of Caribbean island countries by population
* List of countries that border only one other country
* List of divided islands
* List of islands
* List of islands by area
* List of islands by population
* List of islands by population density
* List of Oceanian countries by population
* List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania
* List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Indian Ocean
* Small Island Developing States
* Thalassocracy

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Since the conclusion of the Chinese Civil War, the Republic of China (ROC) retains actual rule over the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, the Matsu, and other minor islands, all of which are collectively known as "Free Area" or Taiwan Area in contrast to Mainland China being under communist rule, thus making it a de facto island nation, and has become known colloquially as simply "Taiwan" due to the island of Taiwan forming the majority of the ROC-controlled territories; nonetheless, the ROC has not officially renounced its constitutional-defined territories which include areas effectively controlled by the China , Mongolia, Tuva (a Russia n republic) etc. If claimed territories were taken into account, the ROC would not be a borderless country, nor a country centred around a major island. The ROC-controlled territories are also claimed by the People's Republic of China. See: Political status of Taiwan, Two Chinas, One-China policy, and Cross-strait relations.
2. ↑ A microcontinent on continental crust.
3. ↑ The northern part of the island of Cyprus is the de facto independent state of Northern Cyprus, which is recognized only by Turkey. In the south of the island are the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, controlled by the United Kingdom.
4. ↑ The largest oceanic island in the world.
5. ↑ The western portion of the country is on the continental shelf of Asia while the eastern portion of the country is on the continental shelf of Australia. The central portion of the country consists of oceanic islands in Wallacea.
6. ↑ In Japanese tradition, 11st of February in 660 B.C. is regarded as the accession date of the first Emperor of Japan in legendary, Emperor Jimmu, marking the establishment of Yamato Dynasty. However, no historical evidence that Jimmu actually existed and his story was largely narrated by Japanese mythology. February 11 was also the day when the Constitution of the Empire of Japan was proclaimed in 1889. See: National Foundation Day
7. ↑ The largest microcontinent in the world.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 The Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau are in free association with the United States, under the Compact of Free Association.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 A part of the submerged continent of Zealandia.
10. ↑ In 1983, Northern Cyprus declared independence from Cyprus. Northern Cyprus' sovereignty has been recognized by only one United Nations member state (Turkey). It is not a member state of the United Nations. Most states recognize Cyprus' claim to sovereignty over Northern Cyprus.
11. ↑ The Granitic Seychelles is a part of the Seychelles microcontinent. The Coralline Seychelles consists of oceanic islands.
12. ↑ The Republic of China (ROC) was formally established on 1 January 1912 following the Xinhai Revolution, which succeeded the former Qing dynasty's territories on mainland China, while the islands of Taiwan and Penghu were under Japanese rule at the time. The ROC gained control over the latter after the surrender of Japan in 1945, but soon lost its control of mainland to the communists due to the Chinese Civil War. The ROC government was relocated to Taipei in 7th December 1949 as its provisional capital. Constitutionally, the ROC on Taiwan still views itself as the continuation of former Chinese republic, with legitimate sovereignty over mainland China despite no actual control. 7th December 1949 is listed as the date of formation of its governing authority fully established on the islands. See: Political status of Taiwan, Retreat of the Republic of China to Taiwan and Four-Stage Theory of the Republic of China.
13. ↑ The British overseas territory of Gibraltar is a peninsular exclave which shares a land border with Spain and can thus be regarded as a part of continental Europe, with the UK retaining the full authority for its defence and foreign relations. However, Gibraltar as well as other BOTs are considered as dependent territories of the British Crown with varying degrees of self-governance, not parts of the United Kingdom itself nor of any of its four constituent countries.
14. ↑ Finland and Sweden share a border over the small island of Märket; however, the property including the lighthouse is owned by the Finnish rather than Åland government.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 An insular area of the US. See Territories of the United States.
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 The Cook Islands and Niue are in free association with New Zealand. See Niue Constitution Act. Tokelau is a dependent territory of New Zealand.
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 The Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are also claimed by Argentina .
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 The Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey, and the Isle of Man are peculiars of the British Crown and not part of the United Kingdom; foreign relations and defence are provided by the UK.
19. ↑ Administered by Norway under the Svalbard Treaty.
20. ↑ Dissolved in 1962 and then divided into Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
21. ↑ By 1910, the Empire of Japan was restricted to the majority of the Japanese archipelago and Taiwan before its official annexation of Korea.
22. ↑ Before the outbreak of Sicilian Vespers in 1282, the Kingdom of Sicily encompassed both the island of Sicily and south Italy; the war resulted the division of the kingdom into two parts as "Kingdom of Trinacria" (island part), and Kingdom of Naples (mainland part) which still officially called itself "Kingdom of Sicily". The two Sicilian kingdoms had since remained separate until 1816, when they remerged to form the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
23. ↑ Under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State included all of the island of Ireland but Northern Ireland exercised its option to leave the Irish Free State and rejoin the United Kingdom on 8 December 1922. Therefore, from 6 December 1922 to 8 December 1922, the Irish Free State was a borderless island country.
24. ↑ The Crown Colony of Hong Kong covered only Hong Kong Island from 1841 to 1860. Kowloon, south of Boundary Street on the continent, was added in 1860, and extended to include the New Territories in 1898.
25. ↑ The colony covered the island of Newfoundland before 1809. In 1809, part of the Labrador Peninsula was transferred to Newfoundland from Lower Canada. In other words, before 1809, Newfoundland was an island colony. From 1809 onwards, the Colony of Newfoundland and, since 1907, the Dominion of Newfoundland had been an island plus Labrador (an area on the continent of North America).

## References

1. ↑ "Definition of island". Oxford University Press. http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/island.
2. ↑ Löffler, Ernst; A.J. Rose, Anneliese Löffler & Denis Warner (1983). Australia:Portrait of a Continent. Richmond, Victoria: Hutchinson Group. p. 17. ISBN 0-09-130460-1.
3. ↑ "Island Countries Of The World". WorldAtlas.com. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-are-the-island-countries-of-the-world.html.
4. ↑ "Total Population Estimates 2015-2019". The World Bank. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?end=2019&name_desc=false&start=2015&view=chart.
5. ↑ "令和元年全国都道府県市区町村別面積調（１０月１日時点）2020年" (in ja). 国土地理院. 25 December 2020. https://www.gsi.go.jp/KOKUJYOHO/MENCHO-title.htm.
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7. ↑ "The Overseas Territories". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. June 2012. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/32952/ot-wp-0612.pdf.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Channel Islands". http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/QueenandCrowndependencies/ChannelIslands.aspx.

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