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List of islands by area. Dymaxion map (Fuller map) with continental landmasses (I,II,III,IV) and largest islands (1–30) roughly to scale. This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown.
Greenland is the world’s largest island. The total land area of Greenland is 2.16 million sq. km, though this figure also includes some small, offshore islands. The island is situated in the far north, to the east of Baffin Bay, across which is northern Canada.
Several islands are quite large in their own right—the most imposing being Greenland, New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar, and Baffin Island. Listed below are the 10 largest islands in the world by area followed by the next 15 largest islands.
The most populated island is Indonesia’s Java with 143 million people. The least populated is Canada’s Banks Island with just 136. The United States does not have a single island in the top 26, with the largest being Hawai’i (Big Island), which is only the 76th largest in the world.
Of the seven continents, Australia is the smallest, at 2,969,976 square miles, or 7,692,202 square kilometers. However, if considered an island, it is the largest in the world. Here are the ten largest (non-Australia) islands, based on land mass:
Greenland, the world’s largest island, lying in the North Atlantic Ocean. Greenland is noted for its vast tundra and immense glaciers. Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but the island’s home-rule government is responsible for most domestic affairs.
With a total area of 2,166,086 square kilometers, Greenland is the world’s largest island. The country is located in northern North America, between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, and borders Canada to the northeast and Iceland to the northwest.