List of islands by area Totally Explained

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This is a list of islands in the world ordered by area. It includes all islands with an area greater than 2,500 km² (970 square miles). For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown.

Continental land masses

These figures are rough approximations only.

Rank	Continent	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
1	Afro-Eurasia	84,400,000	32,500,000	Various
2	Americas	42,300,000	16,400,000	Various
3	Antarctica	13,000,000	5,000,000	None (,,, and the have territorial claims)
4	Australia	7,600,000	2,900,000

Note: Australia, at 7,600,000 km², is here considered a continental landmass rather than an island. Australia is more than three times the size of Greenland, the largest island. However, Australia is sometimes considered 'The Island Continent'.

Islands over 250,000 km²

Although an island is, in general, any land mass that's completely surrounded by water, some definitions exclude land masses large enough to be considered continents. Placing Australia in the latter category (even though arguments can be made whether it's technically a continent, or merely part of the larger continent called Australasia) makes Greenland the largest island. For the sake of classification the list of islands will begin with Greenland.

Rank	Island’s Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
1	Greenland	2,130,800	822,706	, autonomous province of
2	New Guinea	785,753	303,381	(Papua and West Papua) and
3	Borneo	748,168	288,869	, (Central, East, South and West Kalimantan) and (Sabah and Sarawak)
4	Madagascar	587,713	226,917
5	Baffin Island	507,451	195,928	(Nunavut)
6	Sumatra	443,066	171,069	(Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi, Lampung, Riau and North, South and West Sumatra)

Islands 25,000 km²–250,000 km²

Rank	Island’s Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
7	Honshū	225,800	87,182	(Chūbu, Chūgoku, Kansai, Kantō and Tōhoku regions)
8	Great Britain	218,595	84,400	(England, Scotland and Wales)
9	Victoria Island	217,291	24,911	(Tasmania)
27	Devon Island	55,247.
82	Puerto Rico	9,100	3,435	, commonwealth associated with the
83	Komsomolets Island	8,812	3,402	(Krasnoyarsk Krai)
84	Corsica	8,741	3,351
85	Qeqertarsuaq (Disko)	8,612	3,312	, autonomous province of
86	Carney Island	8,500	193	None (Antarctic territorial claims by, and )
Rothschild Island	500	193	None (Antarctic territorial claims by, and )

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