List of islands by size

1. Greenland (840'000 sq mi) - self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark
2. New Guinea (309'000 sq mi) - the state Papua New Guinea and part of Indonesia
3. Borneo (287'300 sq mi) - the state Brunei and parts of Indonesia and Malaysia
4. Madagascar (227'000 sq mi)
5. Baffin Island (195'928 sq mi) - part of Canada
6. Sumatra (182'860 sq mi) - part of Indonesia
7. Honshu (89'176 sq mi) - part of Japan
8. Great Britain (88'795 sq mi) - part of UK
9. Victoria Island (83'897 sq mi) - part of Canada
10. Ellesmere Island (75'767 sq mi) - part of Canada
11. Celebes (73'057 sq mi) - part of Indonesia
12. South Island (58'384 sq mi) - part of New Zealand
13. Java (51'038 sq mi) - part of Indonesia
14. North Island (44'702 sq mi) - part of New Zealand
15. Cuba (42'803 sq mi) - in the Caribbean
16. Newfoundland (42'031 sq mi) - part of Canada
17. Luzon (40'420 sq mi) - part of Philippines
18. Iceland (39'800 sq mi)
19. Mindanao (36'537 sq mi) - part of Philippines
20. Ireland (32'600 sq mi) - Republic of Ireland and part of UK
21. Hokkaido (32'245 sq mi) - part of Japan
22. Novaya Zemlya (31'900 sq mi) - part of Russia
23. Sakhalin (29'500 sq mi) - part of Russia
24. Hispaniola (29'300 sq mi) - states Haiti and Dominican Republic
25. Banks Island (27'038 sq mi) - part of Canada
26. Tasmania (26'200 sq mi) - part of Australia
27. Sri Lanka (Ceylon) (24'900 sq mi)

Note: Australia is generally considered to be a continental landmass, rather than an island. If however one does count Australia among the islands it, not Greenland, would be the largest in the world, and to find what the rank of a given island would be, just add one to the number given above (unless one also considered Antarctica an island, in which case you add TWO to the number given above).

See also: List of islands (by country)

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