Rank |
Island |
Nation(s) |
Area (km2) |
1 |
Greenland (main island) |
Denmark (Greenland) |
2,130,800 |
2 |
New Guinea |
Indonesia (Central Papua, Highland Papua, Papua, South Papua, West Papua and Southwest Papua) Papua New Guinea (Highlands, Momase, and Southern regions) |
785,753 |
3 |
Borneo |
Brunei Indonesia (Central, East, North, South, and West Kalimantan) Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) |
748,168 |
4 |
Madagascar (main island) |
Madagascar |
587,041 |
5 |
Baffin Island |
Canada (Nunavut) |
507,451 |
6 |
Sumatra |
Indonesia (Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi, Lampung, Riau, North, South, and West Sumatra provinces) |
443,065 |
7 |
Honshū |
Japan (Chūbu, Chūgoku, Kansai, Kantō, and Tōhoku regions) |
225,800 |
8 |
Victoria Island |
Canada (Northwest Territories and Nunavut) |
217,291 |
9 |
Great Britain |
United Kingdom (England, Scotland, and Wales) |
209,331 |
10 |
Ellesmere Island |
Canada (Nunavut) |
196,236 |
11 |
Sulawesi |
Indonesia (Gorontalo, Central, North, South, Southeast, and West Sulawesi) |
180,681 |
12 |
South Island (Te Waipounamu) |
New Zealand (Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Otago, Southland, Tasman, and the West Coast) |
145,836 |
13 |
Java (Jawa) |
Indonesia (Banten, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Central, East, and West Java) |
138,794 |
14 |
North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) |
New Zealand (Auckland, the Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Manawatū-Whanganui, Northland, Taranaki, Waikato, and Wellington) |
111,583 |
15 |
Luzon |
Philippines (Bicol, Cagayan Valley, Calabarzon, Central Luzon, Cordillera, Ilocos, and the National Capital Region) |
109,965 |
16 |
Newfoundland |
Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) |
108,860 |
17 |
Cuba (main island) |
Cuba |
105,806 |
18 |
Iceland (main island) |
Iceland |
101,826 |
Ranks of Indian Islands by area (Compared to the world)
Rank |
Island |
Area (km2) |
173 |
North Andaman Island |
2,781 |
250 |
Middle Andaman Island |
1,536 |
288 |
South Andaman Island |
1,211 |