List of European islands by population explained

This is a list of islands in Europe ordered by population. Ten islands on the list are not geographically in Europe, but listed since they politically belong. The list is not complete.

European islands

Ranking	Island	Countries	data-sort-type=number	Population	Notes" and delete this.-->
1			66,397,821
2		, (Northern Ireland)	7,026,636
3			4,789,826
4			2,302,074 (2018)
5			1,670,219
6	Cyprus (Asia)	, (Akrotiri and Dhekelia), Northern Cyprus (hardly recognised de facto state [1 of 193 member states of the UN])	1,278,686 (2021)
7	Tenerife (Africa)		966,354 (2020)
8			896,038 (2019)
9	Gran Canaria (Africa)		870,595 (2020)
10			797,333 (2013)
11			634,930 (2019)
12	Sakhalin (Asia)		471,515 (2014)
13			456,128
14			423,000
15			406,000
16			385,230 (2022)
17			317,000
18			349,465 (2022)
19			297,886
20	Madeira (Africa)		251,060 (2021)
21			226,446 (2001)
22			212,661 (2021)
23			209,188 (2017)
24			207,100 (2010)
25			191,206 (2011)
26			166,953 (2012)
27			156,133 (2020)
28	Lanzarote (Africa)		154,530 (2020)
29			165,000 (2021)
30			147,914 (2019)
31			140,000
32			133,295 (2021)
33	Eiland van Dordrecht		118,871 (2006)
34	Rhodes		115,490 (2011)
35	Lesbos Island		114,880 (2020)
36	Fuerteventura (Africa)		126,227 (2020)
37			102,756 (2013)
38			102,071 (2011)
39			92,348 (2015)^[1]
40		(crown dependency of)	88,200
41			88,000
42	La Palma (Africa)		82,346 (2015)
43		(crown dependency of)	80,000
44		,	76,500
45			73,000
46			68,900
47			68,224
48		(crown dependency of)	62,200
49			62,000
50			58,194 (2013)
51			57,497 (2013)
52			56,656 (2013)
53			56,100
54			55,833 (2001)
55	Chios		54,030 (2020)
56			51,806
57			51,336
58			51,054
59			43,897 (2013)
60			43,364
61			43,245
62			43,100
63			40,759 (2011)
64			39,283 (2011)
65			39,200
66			37,852
67			37,473
68			35,801 (2011)
69			35,000 (2007)
70			34,158 (2022)
71			33,387 (2011)
72	Samos		32,977 (2011)
73			32,101
73			32,000
74			31,100
75			29,940
76			24,984 (2013)
77			24,000 (2009)
78			23,600
79	Lauttasaari (Drumsö)		23,226
80			22,652 (2011)
81			22,555 (2009)
82			22,293
83			22,167
84			21,507 (2011)
85			21,000
86	La Gomera (Africa)		20,783 (2015)
87			20,000
88			20,000
89			19,918
90			19,400
91			18,904 (2011)
92			18,500
93			18,000
94			17,860
95			17,550
96			16,992 (2011)
97			16,887
98			16,182
99	Kalymnos		16,179 (2011)
100			15,844
101			15,550 (2011)
102			15,369 (2013)
103	Sotra (Store Sotra)		15,356
104			15,315
105			15,063 (2001)
106			15,000
107			14,806 (2001)
108			14,709 (2013)
109			14,562 (2013)
110			14,031
111			14,024
112			13,881
113			13,770 (2011)
114			13,715 (2011)
115			13,700
116			13,600
117			13,056 (2011)
118			13,000
119			13,000
120			12,200
121			11,878 (2015)
122			11,825 (2017)
123			11,700
124			11,391
125			11,103
126			11,087
127			11,000
128			10,883 (2009)
129			10,700
130			10,694 (2004)
131	El Hierro (Africa)		10,587 (2015)
132			10,570 (2013)
133			10,500 (2001)
134			10,448
135			10,348 (2022)
136	Kvaløya (Troms)		10,300
137			10,134 (2011)
138			10,000

See also

• List of European islands by area
• List of islands by population

Notes

• Population figures of Alderney, Sark and Herm are deducted from the population of Bailiwick of Guernsey. These three islands are part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, but are separate islands.
• It could be argued that some islands of Saint Petersburg, most notably Vasilievsky Island and Kamenny Island, should be added. But it is hard to find any statistics on them which is not in Russian.
• It is hard to find statistics on Île de la Cité and Île Saint-Louis, the two islands in the Seine in Paris, or to decide whether they belong to the list.
• Population figures of some small islands of Iceland (f.ex Heimaey are deducted from the population of the republic of Iceland.
• Madeira Island of Portugal is not included, as it is not a European island.
• Canary Islands of Spain are likewise not included, as they are not European islands either.
• To be precise, Venice and Chioggia (two distinct cities, the first one at the centre, the second one at the southern end of the Venice Lagoon) are not two islands themselves, but two groups of larger and smaller lagoon islands, very near one to another but separated by larger and smaller lagoon channels. As for Paris and Saint Petersburg, it would be difficult to find statistics about the population of every single island.
• The status of Södertörn and Södermalm as islands has been disputed in earlier Wikipedia articles; the publication of^[2] includes a changed definition of an "island" to be used - which clarifies the question, at least in official Swedish statistics.
• Population figures (as of 31 December 2013) of Swedish islands except Södermalm and Kungsholmen as published by.^[3]
• Population figures for Swedish island Södermalm does not include the population of the smaller, nearby islands Reimersholme and Långholmen, neither is the population of Hammarby Sjöstad.
• Population figures (as of 31 December 2013) of Swedish islands Södermalm and Kungsholmen are calculated from.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Official data from National Statistics Institute (Instituto Nacional de Estadística), "2015-01-01"
2. SCB (Statistics Sweden), http://www.scb.se/sv_/Hitta-statistik/Statistik-efter-amne/Miljo/Markanvandning/Kust-strander-och-oar/13040/Beskrivning-av-statistiken/Basinformation-om-kust-strander-och-oar/2013/ "Kust, stränder och öar", 8 December 2014.
3. SCB (Statistics Sweden), Web site: De 50 största öarna, reviderad 2015-09-22 . 2017-02-03 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202852/http://www.scb.se/sv_/Hitta-statistik/Statistik-efter-amne/Miljo/Markanvandning/Kust-strander-och-oar/13042/13049/21205/ . 2016-03-03 . "De 50 största öarna ", 8 December 2014.
4. Statistik om Stockholm, http://www.statistikomstockholm.se/index.php/omradesfaktax .