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This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population, which includes all islands with more than 100,000 people. For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown, in italics. The population of the world's islands is over 730 million, approximately 9% of the world's total population.
Island Country/Territory Population Area Density km 2 sq mi per km 2 per sq mi Kotelny Island Russia: 2 23,165 8,944 0.000086 0.00022 Ellesmere Island Canada: 146 196,235 75,767 0.000744 0.00193 Banks Island Canada: 103 70,028 27,038 0.0014 0.0036 Clarence Island Chile: 5 1,111 429 0.0045 0.012 Seguam Island United States: 1 215 83 0.00465 0.0120
Ilha da Queimada Grande, more commonly referred to as Snake Island, is an island off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean. The island became famous for its abundant snakes, hence the name "Snake Island." It is administered as part of the municipality of Itanhaém in the State of São Paulo. The island is small, with an area of only 43 ...
São Vicente Island (São Paulo, Brazil) (Ilha de São Vicente) is an island in São Paulo state, Brazil. It has an area of 57.4 km 2 and a population of 760,000 people. The population density is 13,240/ km 2, making it the most densely populated island in Brazil, and the 38th most densely populated island in the world.
The municipality was founded in 1993 after the merger of the parts of Ilha Comprida that belonged to the city of Cananéia with the sections of the island that were administered by the city of Iguape. [2] The Ilha Comprida has an average annual temperature of 24 °C. The population is 13,419 (2022) in an area of 196.567km 2. [3]
This is a list of island countries by population density. Unless otherwise noted, areas and populations are sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects, which uses the latest censuses and official figures, as well as figures from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Data are current as of 2023. [a]
Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha (Fernando de Noronha Archipelago); Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo (Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago); Atol das Rocas (Rocas Atoll)
Population density (people per km 2) by country This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density , sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile . The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1 .