by
The
map
above
shows
the
top
10
countries
with
the
most
islands.
Sweden
claims
to
have
the
most
islands
at
267,570
but
only
984
of
them
are
inhabited.
The
data
comes
from
WorldPopulationReview.com
and
you
can
see
the
list
below:
| Country |
Number of Islands |
Inhabited Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 267,570 | 984 |
| Norway | 239,057 | 4 |
| Finland | 178,947 | 780 |
| Japan | 120,729 | 430 |
| Canada | 52,455 | |
| Chile | 43,471 | 2,324 |
|
United States |
18,617 | 10,000 |
| Indonesia | 17,508 | 6,000 |
| Australia | 8,222 | |
| Philippines | 7,641 | 2,000 |
| China | 6,961 | 433 |
|
United Kingdom |
6,346 | 129 |
| Greece | 6,000 | 227 |
| Cuba | 4,195 | |
|
South Korea |
3,358 | 2,876 |
| Estonia | 2,355 | 22 |
| France | 1,900 | 109 |
| Thailand | 1,430 | |
| India | 1,382 | 47 |
| Russia | 1,338 | |
| Croatia | 1,246 | 48 |
| Maldives | 1,192 | 187 |
| Italy | 808 | |
| Venezuela | 650 | 350 |
| Micronesia | 607 | 65 |
|
New Zealand |
600 | |
| Denmark | 406 | 70 |
|
Hong Kong |
263 | |
| Algeria | 240 | |
| Peru | 233 | 8 |
| Palau | 200 | 8 |
| Tonga | 169 | 36 |
| Singapore | 64 | |
|
Sri Lanka |
61 | 3 |
| Spain | 60 | 21 |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
54 | 2 |
| Senegal | 35 | |
|
Marshall Islands |
34 | 24 |
| Kiribati | 33 | 21 |
| Iceland | 31 | 4 |
|
North Macedonia |
30 | |
| Bangladesh | 23 | |
| Malta | 21 | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | 16 | 1 |
|
Cape Verde |
15 | 9 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 7 |
| Samoa | 12 | 4 |
| Tuvalu | 9 | 9 |
| Barbados | 4 | 1 |
| Dominica | 3 | 1 |
| Nauru | 1 | 1 |
A
big
caveat
is
how
countries
define
an
island.
For
example,
Statistics
Sweden
defines
islands
as
land
areas
surrounded
by
water,
according
to
Lantmäteriet’s
(the
national
land
survey
office)
all
the
way
down
to
anything
larger
than
9
square
metres
(97
sq
ft).
But
even
by
that
definition
only
3%
of
Sweden
is
islands.
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Author: Brilliant Maps
