Percentage of People Living On An Island In Every European Country – Brilliant Maps

The
map
above
looks
at
what
share
of
the
population
of
each
European
country
lives
on
an
island.
For
some
countries
like
the
UK
or
Ireland
it’s
pretty
obvious
the
number
is
going
to
be
100%
as
they
are
island
nations.

However
for
some
like
Denmark
at
55%
it’s
bit
less
obvious
(Copenhagen
is
built
on
the
islands
of
Zealand
and
Amager).

Here’s
the
list
below
by
country
with
a
little
explanation
for
some
countries:

Island
Countries
100%

• Cyprus:
  100%
• Iceland:
  100%
• Ireland:
  100%
• Malta:
  100%
• United
  Kingdom:
  100%

Countries
With
10%+

• Denmark:
  ~55%
  (as
  noted
  above
  Copenhagen
  is
  located
  on
  two
  main
  islands)
• Greece:
  ~15%
  (Greece
  has
  6,000+
  islands,
  but
  only
  227
  are
  inhabited,
  Crete
  being
  the
  most
  populous)
• Italy:
  ~11%
  (Italy
  has
  450+
  islands
  including
  Sardinia
  and
  Sicily)

Countries
With
1%
–
10%

• Spain:
  ~7%
  (Main
  ones
  are
  the
  Canary
  and
  Balearic
  Islands)
• Sweden:
  ~6%
  (despite
  claiming
  to
  have
  the
  most
  islands
  in
  the
  world
  at
  267,570,
  relatively
  few
  people
  live
  on
  them;
  Södertörn
  was
  not
  included
  even
  though
  it
  is
  considered
  an
  island
  by
  Sweden.)
• Netherlands:
  ~5%
  (Mostly
  on
  IJsselmonde)
• Portugal:
  ~5%
  (Mostly
  living
  on
  Madeira
  and
  the
  Azores)
• Estonia:
  ~3%
  (Saaremaa
  is
  the
  biggest)
• France:
  ~4%
  (Main
  islands
  are 
  Réunion,
  Martinique
  and
  Corsica)
• Russia:
  ~4%
  (Sakhalin
  is
  the
  most
  populous
  Russian
  island)
• Slovakia
  ~4%
  (The
  island
  of
  Žitný
  ostrov)
• Croatia:
  ~3%
  (most
  populous
  are
  Krk
  and
  Korčula)
• Norway:
  ~2%
  (Tromsøya
  and
  Hinnøya
  have
  the
  most
  people)
• Hungary
  ~2%
  (Mostly
  on
  Csepel
  Island)
• Finland:
  ~1%
  (mostly
  on
  the
  Åland
  Islands)

Countries
with
less
than
1%

• Albania
• Andorra
• Austria
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia
  and
  Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Czech
  Republic
  (Czechia)
• Germany
• Kosovo
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• North
  Macedonia
• Poland
• Romania
• San
  Marino
• Serbia
• Slovenia
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• Vatican
  City
• Tunisia
• Morocco
• Algeria

Also
see:

Top
10
Countries
With
The
Most
Islands

What
do
you
think
would
like
to
live
on
an
island?

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