An island country does not border other countries except where they control … In some cases this figure is approximate and may vary slightly between sources depending on which islands are counted. More than 1.6 million (17% of population) persons lived on an island in 2013. List of archipelagos by number of islands, "Protection et valorisation du littoral en Algérie : législation et instruments : Le cas des communes littorales d'Oran", "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Offshore Islands", "Everything You Want to Know about Iceland's Inhabited Islands", "Incredible Islands of India (Holistic Development)", "The countries with the most islands (and the idyllic ones you must visit)", "Geography of Malta and Gozo | Location, Landscape & Coastline", "Australia - Oceania :: Marshall Islands", "Nauru - Republic of Nauru - Naoero, the Pleasant Island, Micronesia - South Pacific", "Nearshore islands - A nation of islands", "About the islands in the Republic of Macedonia", "3 percent of Sweden's land area consists of islands", "Map of Vatican City State within the City of Rome", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_by_number_of_islands&oldid=982377482, Articles with Finnish-language sources (fi), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. It has an estimated population of 1,170,125 people and a high population density of 123.4 persons per square km. This is a list of countries with figures given for the number of islands within their territory. The total area occupied by Cyprus is 9,251 square km. Island nations, because of their geography, tend to be significantly more vulnerable to climate change than other nations, in part because of sea level rise, saltwater intrusion, and impacts on food supply. 32 atolls and 1 limestone island; 21 islands are inhabited. Approximate number within about 50 km (31 mi) of the two main islands; excludes associated states and Antarctic islands. An older source gives 53,789 islands, which may be the figure for coastal islands only. An island country or island nation is a country whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands. This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water, and by other classifications.For rank-order lists, see the other lists of islands below. Three main islands (Antigua, Barbuda and Redonda) and 51 offshore islands, Depending on inclusion criteria counts vary from 1,200, 1 large and "about 30 smaller islands, and thousands of rocks and skerries.". Cyprus has a rich history due to its strategic location at the crossroads of ancient trade routes. For comparison, continents are also shown. This list of islands by area includes all islands in the world greater than 2,500 km 2 (970 sq mi) and several other islands over 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi), sorted in descending order by area. This page was last edited on 7 October 2020, at 19:23. Thousands of islands are unnamed, and tiny. Cyprus is one of the five island nations of Europe. As of 1996, 25.2% of all independent countries were island countries. Slightly more than 8,000 islands had some form of buildings in 2013, most uninhabited. … Nicosia is the capital and the biggest city of this island country. This figure is high because there are densely populated islands in the larger cities of Sweden. 5 major islands and about 30 smaller groups, about 6000 are inhabited. 3 inhabited (Malta, Gozo and Comino), 3 islets and 12 "large rocks". The criteria for inclusion appear to differ considerably between the countries, so they are not necessarily directly comparable. This is a list of countries with figures given for the number of islands within … Where counts vary, this article uses the highest reliably sourced figure. It is the most populous island in the Mediterranean Sea. 32 islands and 208 islets; coastal islands/islets only.