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List of islands by population

This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population. It includes all islands with a population of more than 10,000,000 people. See also the list of islands and the list of islands by area. The populations given are from the BambooWeb article where a census date is not given.

Land masses

1. Africa-Eurasia - 5,000,000,000
2. America - 900,000,000
3. Australia - 20,000,000
4. Antarctica - 0

Islands

1. Java - 114,000,000
2. Honshu - 98,352,000 (1990)
3. Great Britain - 58,000,000 (2001)
4. Luzon - 42,800,000 (2000)
5. Sumatra - 40,000,000
6. Taiwan - 22,191,000
7. Sri Lanka - 19,608,000
8. Mindanao - 17,600,000 (1997 est)
9. Borneo - 16,000,000 (2000 est)
10. Hispaniola - 15,785,000
11. Madagascar - 15,500,000
12. Sulawesi - 14,900,000 (2000)
13. Kyushu - 13,400,000 (1995)
14. Salcette - 13,000,000 ?
15. Cuba - 11,080,000