List of island countries by population density explained

This is a list of island countries by population density.

Unless otherwise noted, areas and populations are sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects, which uses the latest censuses and official figures, as well as figures from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Data are current as of 2023.

Island countries by population density

• Links for each location go to the relevant demography page, when available.
• Dependancies are shown with their controlling states in parentheses.

List of island countries and dependencies by population density

style=width:17em	Location	Density /	Density /	Population	Area	Area
(China)	21000disp=tableNaNdisp=table	704,150	33km2
	8250disp=tableNaNdisp=table	6,014,723	729km2
	1910disp=tableNaNdisp=table	1,485,510	778km2
	1750disp=tableNaNdisp=table	523,787	300km2
	1700disp=tableNaNdisp=table	535,065	315km2
(NL)	1300disp=tableNaNdisp=table	44,222	34km2
(UK)	1200disp=tableNaNdisp=table	64,069	54km2
(UK)	990disp=tableNaNdisp=table	63,544	64km2
(UK)	964disp=tableNaNdisp=table	111,803	116km2
(France)	913disp=tableNaNdisp=table	335,995	368km2
	676disp=tableNaNdisp=table	23,923,277	35410km2
	657disp=tableNaNdisp=table	1,300,557	1979km2
	654disp=tableNaNdisp=table	281,996	431km2
	610disp=tableNaNdisp=table	12,780	21km2
(France)	610disp=tableNaNdisp=table	32,077	53km2
(NL)	590disp=tableNaNdisp=table	106,277	180km2
(France)	500disp=tableNaNdisp=table	10,994	22km2
	440disp=tableNaNdisp=table	11,396	26km2
(NL)	433disp=tableNaNdisp=table	192,077	444km2
	423disp=tableNaNdisp=table	11,724,764	27750km2
(France)	391disp=tableNaNdisp=table	981,796	2510km2
	391disp=tableNaNdisp=table	117,337,368	300000km2
	381disp=tableNaNdisp=table	852,075	2235km2
(US)	368disp=tableNaNdisp=table	3,260,314	8868km2
	366disp=tableNaNdisp=table	126,184	345km2
(France)	337disp=tableNaNdisp=table	366,981	1090km2
	334disp=tableNaNdisp=table	21,893,579	65610km2
	326disp=tableNaNdisp=table	123,294,513	377930km2
(US)	320disp=tableNaNdisp=table	172,952	541km2
	299disp=tableNaNdisp=table	1,534,937	5127km2
	293disp=tableNaNdisp=table	180,251	616km2
(US)	285disp=tableNaNdisp=table	98,750	347km2
	277disp=tableNaNdisp=table	67,736,802	244376km2
	267disp=tableNaNdisp=table	103,699	389km2
(UK)	263disp=tableNaNdisp=table	69,310	264km2
	257disp=tableNaNdisp=table	2,825,544	10991km2
(France)	242disp=tableNaNdisp=table	395,839	1639km2
	241disp=tableNaNdisp=table	231,856	964km2
	236disp=tableNaNdisp=table	107,660	457km2
	233disp=tableNaNdisp=table	11,332,973	48671km2
	232disp=tableNaNdisp=table	41,996	181km2
(US)	221disp=tableNaNdisp=table	43,915	199km2
	213disp=tableNaNdisp=table	94,298	442km2
(UK)	209disp=tableNaNdisp=table	31,538	151km2
	184disp=tableNaNdisp=table	133,515	726km2
	183disp=tableNaNdisp=table	47,755	261km2
(UK)	175disp=tableNaNdisp=table	15,900	91km2
	164disp=tableNaNdisp=table	115,224	702km2
(NZ)	158disp=tableNaNdisp=table	1,893	12km2
	148disp=tableNaNdisp=table	598,682	4033km2
(UK)	148disp=tableNaNdisp=table	84,710	572km2
	144disp=tableNaNdisp=table	107,773	747km2
	136disp=tableNaNdisp=table	1,260,138	9251km2
	114disp=tableNaNdisp=table	382,836	3355km2
(US)	109disp=tableNaNdisp=table	49,796	457km2
	102disp=tableNaNdisp=table	11,194,449	109884km2
	97disp=tableNaNdisp=table	73,040	750km2
	91disp=tableNaNdisp=table	1,360,596	14919km2
(France)	84disp=tableNaNdisp=table	308,872	3687km2
(NL)	83disp=tableNaNdisp=table	27,148	328km2
(France)	81disp=tableNaNdisp=table	11,502	142km2
	79disp=tableNaNdisp=table	225,681	2842km2
	78disp=tableNaNdisp=table	452,524	5765km2
	72disp=tableNaNdisp=table	5,056,935	69825km2
	72disp=tableNaNdisp=table	17,044	236km2
(UK)	62disp=tableNaNdisp=table	15,700	254km2	^[1]
(Australia)	57disp=tableNaNdisp=table	2,220	39km2	^[2]
	52disp=tableNaNdisp=table	30,325,732	587041km2
	51disp=tableNaNdisp=table	936,376	18272km2
(UK)	49disp=tableNaNdisp=table	46,062	948km2
(UK)	43disp=tableNaNdisp=table	5,314	123km2
(Australia)	43disp=tableNaNdisp=table	602	14km2	^[3]
(UK)	43disp=tableNaNdisp=table	4,387	103km2
	39disp=tableNaNdisp=table	18,058	459km2
(Denmark)	38disp=tableNaNdisp=table	53,270	1393km2
	30disp=tableNaNdisp=table	412,624	13940km2
	27disp=tableNaNdisp=table	334,506	12189km2
	26disp=tableNaNdisp=table	740,425	28896km2
(France)	24disp=tableNaNdisp=table	5,840	242km2
	22disp=tableNaNdisp=table	10,329,931	462840km2
	20disp=tableNaNdisp=table	5,228,100	268107km2
(Finland)	19disp=tableNaNdisp=table	30,237	1583km2
(France)	15disp=tableNaNdisp=table	292,991	19100km2
(Australia)	12disp=tableNaNdisp=table	1,692	136km2	^[4]
	7disp=tableNaNdisp=table	1,935	260km2
	4disp=tableNaNdisp=table	375,319	103000km2
(UK)	0.9disp=tableNaNdisp=table	40	47km2
(UK)	0.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table	3,791	12173km2
(Denmark)	0.03disp=tableNaNdisp=table	56,643	2166086km2

See also

• List of archipelagos
• List of archipelagos by number of islands
• List of artificial islands
• List of divided islands
• List of islands
• List of islands by area
• List of islands by population
• List of islands by population density
• List of island countries

Notes and References

1. Data are from 2020. Web site: Akrotiri and Dhekelia . 8 Apr 2023 . City Population . 14 Jul 2023.
2. Data are from 2021. Web site: Norfolk Island . 30 Oct 2022 . City Population . 14 Jul 2023.
3. Data are from 2021. Web site: Cocos (Keeling) Islands . 30 Oct 2022 . City Population . 14 Jul 2023.
4. Data are from 2021. Web site: Australia: Christmas Island . 1 Nov 2022 . City Population . 14 Jul 2023.