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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.)
The World (artificial) Along the coast of Australia ... Malay Archipelago 380,000,000 inhabitants; Indonesia 267,000,000 Philippines 108,576,000 ... Wikipedia® is a ...
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
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. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...
One archipelago with two main islands Various [note 1] 859,178 18,274 46.4 South Pacific Ocean Melanesia Grenada [note 2] One archipelago with two main islands Oceanic 110,000 344 319.8 Caribbean Sea Windward Islands Indonesia: One archipelago with four islands (Borneo, Sebatik, New Guinea, and Timor) shared with four other countries:
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: 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 least 0.1 km. By area By location [31] [32] [33] Kiribati: 33 21
The name is controversial in Indonesia due to its ethnic connotations and colonial undertones, which can overshadow the country's diverse cultures. Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans, the archipelago of over 25,000 islands and islets is the largest archipelago by area and fifth by number of islands in the world.