List of islands by population density

The following is a list of islands on earth, sorted by population density with most densed and least density of inhabited island.

Most densely populated islands

# Island Country Population Area
km²		 Density
(per km²)
1 Santa Cruz del Islote Colombia Colombia 1,247 (2007) 0.01 124,700
2 Migingo Island Kenya Kenya 400 (2007) 0.004 100,000
3 Ap Lei Chau Hong Kong Hong Kong 86,782 (2007) 1.32 66,755
4 Malé Maldives Maldives 92,555 (2006) 1.952 47,415.5
5 Salsette Island India India 13,175,000 (2001) 436 30,217
6 Manhattan United States United States 1,634,795 (2008) 59.47 27,485
7 Roosevelt Island United States United States 9,520 (2000) 0.6 15981
8 Hong Kong Island Hong Kong Hong Kong 1,268,112 (2006) 80.4 15,915
9 Singapore Singapore Singapore 4,987,600 (2009) 710.2 6,814
10 Isola dei Pescatori Italy Italy 208 (1971) 0.034 6,118
11 Lindau Germany Germany 3,000 (2008) 0.68 4,412
12 Montréal Canada Canada 1,854,442 (2006) 499 3,716
13 Majuro Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 25,400 (2004) 9.7 2,618.6
14 Penang Island Malaysia Malaysia 750,000 (2010) 293 2,560
15 Long Island United States United States 7,448,618 (2000) 1401 2110
16 Frauenchiemsee Germany Germany 300 (2008) 0.155 1,935
17 Amager Denmark Denmark 160,030 (2008) 96.3 1,662
18 Java Indonesia Indonesia 130,000,000 (2006) 132,187 1,026
19 Taiwan Republic of China Taiwan 23,000,000 (2008) 35,801 636
20 Aquidneck Island United States United States 60,870 (2000) 98 621.1
21 Honshū Japan Japan 103,000,000 (2005) 230,500 447 [1]
22 Luzon Philippines Philippines 46,228,000 (2007) 104,688[2][3] 441.6[4]
23 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 3,994,259 (2007) 9,104 438
24 Sri Lanka (main island) Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 21,184,000 (2008) 65,268 325
25 Great Britain United Kingdom United Kingdom 57,100,000 (2001) 209,331 273
26 Mindanao Philippines Philippines 18,133,864 (2000) 94,630[5][3] 173
27 Sumatra Indonesia Indonesia 45,000,000 (2005) 470,000 96 [6]
28 Ebeye Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 12,000 (2009) 0.36 33,333.3
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Least densely populated islands

There are numerous uninhabited islands. The largest uninhabited island of the world is Devon Island. For islands with no residents, see deserted island.

References

  1. ^ Composed of 34 prefectures including minor outlying islands
  2. ^ "Luzon (island, Philippines)". Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/352414/Luzon. Retrieved 04 December 2009. 
  3. ^ a b Eur (2002). "Far East and Australasia 2003, 34th edition". Routledge. http://books.google.com/books?id=LclscNCTz9oC&pg=PA1231&lpg=PA1231&dq=luzon+area+104,688&source=bl&ots=yk3w0c5d41&sig=n3Qb4iw8ugBTiD6WIn243696K2k&hl=en&ei=t1YYS6rmKoHKMcDegMUE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CA4Q6AEwAzgU#v=onepage&q=luzon%20area%20104%2C688&f=false. Retrieved 04 December 2009. 
  4. ^ Composed of 7 administrative regions excluding island provinces
  5. ^ "Mindanao (island, Philippines)". Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/383601/Mindanao. Retrieved 04 December 2009. 
  6. ^ Composed of 8 provinces including minor outlying islands

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