List of island countries - wikipedia List of island countries This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2013 ) Sovereign states and states with limited recognition fully on islands ( Australia is regarded a continent ), those with land borders shaded green, and those without shaded dark blue This is a list of island countries. An island is a land mass ( smaller than a continent ) that is surrounded by water. Many island countries are spread over an archipelago, as is the case with the Federated States of Micronesia and the Indonesia ( which consists of thousands of islands ). Others consist of a single island, such as Nauru, or part of an island, such as Haiti. Although Australia is designated as a continent, it is often referred to as an island, as it has no land borders. Some declared island countries are not universally recognized as politically independent, such as Northern Cyprus. Some states, such as Taiwan, officially claim to hold continental territories but are de facto limited to control over islands. Contents 1 Current 1.1 Sovereign states 1.2 Dependencies and other notable regions 2 Former nations 3 Former colonies, possessions, protectorates and territories 4 Practical island countries 5 Island countries with man - made fixed links to continents 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External links Current Sovereign states Name Geographic configuration Geologic location Population Area ( km2 ) Density ( per km2 ) Geographic location Antigua and Barbuda Two main islands Continental shelf 86,295 440 194 Caribbean Sea, Leeward Islands Australia One main island / Continent 24,309,330 7,692,000 3.2 Oceania Bahamas Archipelago Continental shelf 392,000 13,878 23.27 Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas Bahrain One main island Continental shelf 1,316,500 750 1,189.5 Persian Gulf Barbados One island Continental shelf 285,000 430 627 Caribbean Sea, Windward Islands Brunei Darussalam Part of a larger island Continental shelf 393,372 5,765 67.3 Maritime Southeast Asia Cape Verde Archipelago Oceanic 518,467 4,033 125.5 Atlantic Ocean, Africa Comoros Archipelago Oceanic 784,745 2,235 275 Indian Ocean, Africa Cuba One main island Continental shelf 11,245,629 109,238 102.3 Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles Cyprus Part of a larger island Continental shelf 858,000 9,251 85 Mediterranean Sea Dominica One main island Continental shelf 71,293 754 105 Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles Dominican Republic Part of a larger island Continental shelf 10,652,000 48,442 208.2 Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles East Timor Part of a larger island Continental shelf 1,212,107 14,874 76.2 Maritime Southeast Asia Federated States of Micronesia Archipelago Oceanic 101,351 702 158.1 Pacific Ocean, Micronesia Fiji Archipelago Oceanic 859,178 18,274 46.4 Pacific Ocean, Melanesia Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique One main island, two dependencies Continental shelf 110,000 344 319.8 Caribbean Sea, Windward Islands Haiti Part of a larger island Continental shelf 9,700,000 27,750 350 Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles Iceland One main island Oceanic 316,252 103,000 3.1 Atlantic Ocean Indonesia Archipelago Two continental shelves 255,461,700 1,904,569 124.7 Maritime Southeast Asia Republic of Ireland Part of one main island Continental shelf 4,588,252 70,273 65.3 Atlantic Ocean, British Isles Jamaica One main island Continental shelf 2,847,232 10,991 252 Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles Japan Archipelago Continental shelf 127,433,494 377,873 337 Pacific Ocean, East Asia Kiribati Archipelago Oceanic 98,000 811 135 Pacific Ocean, Micronesia Madagascar One main island Oceanic 20,653,556 587,041 35.2 Indian Ocean, Africa Maldives Archipelago Oceanic 329,198 298 1,105 Indian Ocean Malta Two main islands Continental shelf 404,500 316 1,282 Mediterranean Sea Marshall Islands Archipelago Oceanic 62,000 181 342.5 Pacific Ocean, Micronesia Mauritius Archipelago Oceanic 1,244,663 2,040 610 Indian Ocean, Africa Nauru One island Oceanic 13,635 21 649 Pacific Ocean, Micronesia New Zealand Two main islands Continental shelf 4,691,194 268,680 17.4 Pacific Ocean, Polynesia Northern Cyprus Part of a larger island Continental shelf 313,626 3,355 93 Mediterranean Sea Palau Archipelago Oceanic 20,000 459 43.6 Pacific Ocean, Micronesia Papua New Guinea Part of a larger island Continental shelf 6,732,000 462,840 14.5 Pacific Ocean, Melanesia Philippines Archipelago Continental shelf 101,398,120 300,000 295 Maritime Southeast Asia Saint Kitts and Nevis Two main islands Continental shelf 51,300 261 164 Caribbean Sea, Leeward Islands Saint Lucia One main island Continental shelf 173,765 616 298 Caribbean Sea, Windward Islands Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Archipelago Continental shelf 120,000 389 307 Caribbean Sea, Windward Islands Samoa Archipelago Oceanic 179,000 2,831 63.2 Pacific Ocean, Polynesia São Tomé and Príncipe Two main islands Continental shelf 163,000 1,001 169.1 Atlantic Ocean, Africa Seychelles Archipelago Oceanic 87,500 455 192 Indian Ocean, Africa Singapore One main island Continental shelf 5,469,700 718.3 7,615 Maritime Southeast Asia Solomon Islands Archipelago Oceanic 523,000 28,400 18.1 Pacific Ocean, Melanesia Sri Lanka One main island Continental shelf 20,277,597 65,610 314 Indian Ocean Taiwan One main island Continental shelf 23,550,077 36,188 633 Pacific Ocean, East Asia Tonga Archipelago Oceanic 104,000 748 139 Pacific Ocean, Polynesia Trinidad and Tobago Two main islands Continental shelf 1,299,953 5,131 254.4 Caribbean Sea, South America Tuvalu Archipelago Oceanic 12,373 26 475.88 Pacific Ocean, Polynesia United Kingdom One main island ; part of second island Continental shelf 65,587,300 244,820 246 Atlantic Ocean, British Isles Vanuatu Archipelago Oceanic 243,304 12,190 19.7 Pacific Ocean, Melanesia Dependencies and other notable regions Name Geographic configuration Geologic location Sovereign state Population Area ( km2 ) Density ( per km2 ) Geographic Location Akrotiri and Dhekelia Part of a larger island Continental shelf United Kingdom 15,700 254 N / A Mediterranean sea Åland Archipelago Continental shelf Finland 28,355 1,580 17.9 Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia American Samoa Archipelago Oceanic United States 54,947 199 276 Pacific ocean, Polynesia Anguilla One main island Continental shelf United Kingdom 15,423 91 169 Caribbean Sea, Leeward Islands Aruba One Island Continental shelf Netherlands 107,635 180 598 Caribbean Sea, Leeward Antilles Bermuda Archipelago Oceanic United Kingdom 62,500 53.3 1,170 Atlantic Ocean, North America British Indian Ocean Territory Archipelago Oceanic United Kingdom 3,000 54,400 0.05 Indian ocean British Virgin Islands Archipelago Continental shelf United Kingdom 31,148 151 206 Caribbean Sea, Leeward Islands Caribbean Netherlands Three main islands Continental shelf Netherlands 21,133 127 166 Caribbean Sea Cayman Islands Three islands Continental shelf United Kingdom 52,560 264 199 Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles Christmas Island One main island Oceanic Australia 1,496 135 11.1 Maritime Southeast Asia Cocos ( Keeling ) Islands Two main islands Oceanic Australia 596 14 42.6 Maritime Southeast Asia Cook Islands Archipelago Oceanic New Zealand 10,777 236 45.7 Pacific Ocean, Polynesia Curaçao One main island Continental shelf Netherlands 145,834 444 328 Caribbean Sea, Leeward Antilles Easter Island One Island Oceanic Chile 6,148 163.6 N / A Pacific ocean, Polynesia Falkland Islands Two main islands Continental shelf United Kingdom 3,140 12,173 0.26 Atlantic Ocean, South America Faroe Islands Archipelago Denmark 49,483 1,393 35.5 Atlantic Ocean French Polynesia Archipelago Oceanic France 274,512 3,827 71.7 Pacific Ocean, Polynesia Greenland One major island Continental shelf Denmark 57,695 2,166,086 0.03 North America Guadeloupe One main island Continental Shelf France 405,500 1,628 250 Caribbean Sea, Leeward Islands Guam One Island Oceanic United States 159,914 544 293 Pacific Ocean, Micronesia Guernsey Three main islands Continental shelf United Kingdom 65,849 78 844 English Channel, Channel Islands Isle of Man One main Island Continental shelf United Kingdom 85,421 572 149 Irish Sea, British Isles Jersey One Island Continental shelf United Kingdom 94,949 116 819 English Channel, Channel Islands Martinique One Island Continental Shelf France 403,795 1,128 360 Caribbean Sea, Leeward Islands Mayotte One main island France 194,000 374 498.5 Indian Ocean, Africa Montserrat One main island Continental shelf United Kingdom 5,164 102 50.6 Caribbean Sea, Leeward Islands Navassa Island One main island Continental shelf United States Uninhabited 5.4 N / A Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles New Caledonia One main island Continental shelf France 260,166 18,275 14.2 Pacific Ocean, Melanesia Niue One Island Oceanic New Zealand 1,269 260 4.9 Pacific Ocean, Polynesia Norfolk Island One main island Australia 2,182 36 60.6 Pacific Ocean, Melanesia Northern Mariana Islands Archipelago Oceanic United States 51,395 464 111 Pacific Ocean, Micronesia Pitcairn Islands Archipelago Oceanic United Kingdom 48 47 1.0 Pacific Ocean, Polynesia Puerto Rico One main island Continental shelf United States 3,690,923 8,870 416 Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles Réunion One main island France 893,500 2,512 330 Indian Ocean, Africa Saint Barthélemy One main island Continental shelf France 7,332 21 349 Caribbean Sea, Leeward Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Three main islands distant from each other Oceanic United Kingdom 7,728 308 25.1 Atlantic Ocean Collectivity of Saint Martin Part of a larger island Continental shelf France 30,959 54.4 569 Caribbean Sea, Leeward Islands Saint Pierre and Miquelon Two main islands Continental shelf France 5,831 242 24.1 North America Sint Maarten Part of a larger island Continental shelf Netherlands 39,088 34 1,150 Caribbean Sea, Leeward Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Archipelago Continental shelf United Kingdom 30 3,903 0.008 Atlantic Ocean Svalbard Archipelago Norway 2,752 62,045 0.03 Arctic Ocean Tokelau Archipelago Oceanic New Zealand 1,368 12 114 Pacific Ocean, Polynesia Turks and Caicos Islands Archipelago Continental shelf United Kingdom 46,335 948 48.9 Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles U.S. Virgin Islands Archipelago Continental shelf United States 105,275 346 304 Caribbean Sea, Leeward Islands Wallis and Futuna Three main islands Oceanic France 15,289 264 57.9 Pacific Ocean, Polynesia Former Nations Andros Republic of Anguilla Anjouan Bruneian Empire Kingdom of Corsica ( 1736 ) Corsican Republic Anglo - Corsican Kingdom Cretan State Kingdom of Cyprus Delos Duchy of the Archipelago Kingdom of England Republic of Ezo Republic of Formosa Franceville, New Hebrides Gozo ( independent state ) Kingdom of Great Britain Kingdom of Hawaii Republic of Hawaii Commonwealth of Iceland Kingdom of Iceland Kingdom of Ireland Irish Free State Khios Lesbos Kingdom of Majorca Majapahit Kingdom of Man Mataram Sultanate Merina Milos Minoans Mohéli Republic of the North Solomons Dominion of Newfoundland ( 1907 -- 1949 ), now part of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador of Canada Pholegandros Islands of Refreshment Rhodes Ryūkyū Kingdom Sailendra Samos Kingdom of Sarawak Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Singapura Srivijaya Principality of Trinidad Tuʻi Tonga Empire West Indies Federation, split up into Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tobago, Trinidad, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Zakynthos Former colonies, possessions, protectorates and territories Cape Breton Island, now part of Nova Scotia, Canada Danish West Indies, now the United States Virgin Islands The Territory of Hawaii, now Hawaii, a state of the United States Hong Kong Island ( 1841 -- 1860 ), now part of Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China Labuan, briefly part of British North Borneo, the Straits Settlements and Sabah, now a federal territory of Malaysia Mayotte, now an overseas department of France Colony of Newfoundland ( 1583 -- 1907 ), covered the island of Newfoundland before 1809. In 1809, part of the Labrador Peninsula was transferred to Newfoundland from Lower Canada. In other words, before 1809, Newfoundland was an island colony. From 1809 onwards, the Colony of Newfoundland and, since 1907, the Dominion of Newfoundland had been an island plus Labrador ( an area on the continent of North America ). New Hebrides, now Vanuatu Prince Edward Island, now a province of Canada Réunion, now an overseas department of France Socotra, now part of Yemen Tasmania, now a state of Australia, shares a land boundary with Victoria ( Australia ) on Boundary Islet Vancouver Island, now a part of British Columbia, Canada The People 's Republic of Zanzibar, now a member of the United Republic of Tanzania. Practical island countries South Korea is for political reasons prevented from all land travel and transport to other countries Island countries with man - made fixed links to continents Bahrain Singapore United Kingdom See also Islands portal List of archipelagos List of Caribbean island countries by population List of countries that border only one other country 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 Oceanian countries by population List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Indian Ocean Thalassocracy Notes Jump up ^ The north part of the island of Cyprus is the de facto independent state of Northern Cyprus, which is recognized only by Turkey. In the south of the island are the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, controlled by the United Kingdom. Jump up ^ In 1983, Northern Cyprus declared independence from Cyprus. Northern Cyprus 's sovereignty has been recognized by one United Nations member state ( Turkey ). It is not a member of the UN. Most states recognize Cyprus 's claim of sovereignty over Northern Cyprus. Jump up ^ Taiwan ( official name as `` Republic of China '' ) only controls the islands of Taiwan, Matsu, Kinmen, Penghu etc after the Chinese Civil War, but has not renounced claim on areas currently under control of People 's Republic of China, Mongolia, Tuva ( a Russian republic ) etc. If those territories are taken into account, the Republic of China is not a borderless country or a country centered with a major island. The area under ROC control is also claimed by the People 's Republic of China. See Legal status of Taiwan, Political status of Taiwan and One - China policy. Jump up ^ Shares the small island of Märket with Sweden ; however, the property including the lighthouse is owned by the Finnish rather than Åland government. ^ Jump up to : An insular area of the US. See Territories of the United States. ^ Jump up to : The Cook Islands and Niue are in free association with New Zealand. See Niue Constitution Act. Tokelau is a territory of New Zealand. ^ Jump up to : The Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are also claimed by Argentina. Jump up ^ Guernsey and its associated islands is a possession of the British Crown and not part of the United Kingdom although some aspects of foreign relations and defence are the responsibility of the UK. Jump up ^ The Isle of Man is a possession of the British Crown and not part of the United Kingdom although some aspects of foreign relations and defence are the responsibility of the UK. Jump up ^ Jersey and is associated islands is a possession of the British Crown and not part of the United Kingdom although some aspects of foreign relations and defence are the responsibility of the UK. Jump up ^ Navassa Island is also claimed by Haiti. Jump up ^ Administered by Norway under the Svalbard Treaty. Jump up ^ Under the Anglo - Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State included all of the island of Ireland but Northern Ireland exercised its option to leave the Irish Free State and rejoin the United Kingdom on 8 December 1922. Therefore, from 6 December 1922 to 8 December 1922, the Irish Free State was a borderless island country. Jump up ^ The Crown Colony of Hong Kong covered only Hong Kong Island from 1841 to 1860. Kowloon, south of Boundary Street on the continent, was added in 1860, and extended to include the New Territories in 1898. References Jump up ^ `` Definition of island ''. Oxford University Press. Jump up ^ Löffler, Ernst ; A.J. Rose, Anneliese Löffler & Denis Warner ( 1983 ). Australia : Portrait of a Continent. Richmond, Victoria : Hutchinson Group. p. 17. ISBN 0 - 09 - 130460 - 1. Jump up ^ TRNC SPO, Economic and Social Indicators 2014, pages = 2 -- 3 Jump up ^ Statistics Singapore - Latest Data - Population & Land Area Jump up ^ `` Channel Islands ''. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2013. Jump up ^ `` Channel Islands ''. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2013. Jump up ^ `` Channel Islands ''. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2013. 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Question: a country having an island location and a country having continental location
Answer: Australia