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Name of the archipelago Number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays Location (total number of islands) Archipelago Sea (Åland Archipelago): 50,000 (Approx.)
Lakshadweep has 32 islands, 10 of which are inhabited. [28] List [29] Indonesia: 17,508 6,000 Largest archipelagic state. 5 major islands and about 30 smaller groups, about 6,000 are inhabited. By location By area By population. By extremities [30] Italy: 808 77 List [citation needed] Japan: 14,125 430 14,125 islands with a circumference of at ...
The Indonesian archipelago is the most densely populated archipelago in the world, followed by the Japanese archipelago. Although dense, the distribution of the population is uneven, about 55% of Indonesia's population lives on the island of Java, the most populous island in the world. A map of ethnic groups in Indonesia
Blekinge Archipelago; Bothnian Bay archipelago [1] ... The World (artificial) Along the coast of Australia ... Malay Archipelago 380,000,000 inhabitants; Indonesia ...
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.
Indonesia is the world's largest island country by area (1,904,569 km 2), and by total number of islands (17,504 islands). [4] It is also the world's most populous island country, with a population of over 270 million (the fourth most populous country in the world, after India, China, and the United States).
According to the Law No 9/1996 on Maritime Territory of Indonesia, of 17,508 officially listed islands within the territory of the Republic of Indonesia. [4] According to a geospatial survey conducted between 2007 and 2010 by the National Coordinating Agency for Survey and Mapping (Bakorsurtanal), Indonesia has 13,466 islands. [5]
The largest archipelago in the world by number of islands is the Archipelago Sea, which is part of Finland. There are approximately 40,000 islands, mostly uninhabited. [9] The largest archipelagic state in the world by area, and by population, is Indonesia. [10]