list of island countries
sovereign states
Table:
Name

Geographic configuration

Geologic location

Population

Area (km²)

Density (per km²)

Geographic location

Antigua and Barbuda

Two main islands

Continental shelf

85,632

440

194

Caribbean Sea, Leeward Islands

Australia[n 1]

One main island

Australian continent

22,547,870

7,686,848

2.93

Australia

Bahamas

Archipelago

Continental shelf

330,000

13,878

23.27

Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas

Bahrain

One main island

Continental shelf

791,000

750

1,189.5

Persian Gulf

Barbados

One main island

Continental shelf

269,556

430

627

Caribbean Sea, Windward Islands

Brunei

Part of a larger island

Continental shelf

388,190

5,765

67.3

Maritime Southeast Asia

Cape Verde

Archipelago

Oceanic

567,000

4,033

125.5

Atlantic Ocean, Africa

Comoros

Archipelago

Oceanic

798,000

2,235

275

Indian Ocean, Africa

Cuba

One main island

Continental shelf

11,241,161

109,884

102.3

Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles

Cyprus[n 2]

Part of a larger island

Continental shelf

793,963

9,251

85

Mediterranean Sea

Dominica

One main island

Continental shelf

72,660

754

105

Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles

Dominican Republic

Shares one main island

Continental shelf

10,990,000

48,442

208.2

Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles

East Timor

Part of a larger island

Continental shelf

1,066,582

14,874

76.2

Maritime Southeast Asia

Federated States of Micronesia

Archipelago

Oceanic

111,000

702

158.1

Pacific Ocean, Micronesia

Fiji

Archipelago

Oceanic

849,000

18,274

46.4

Pacific Ocean, Melanesia

Grenada

One main island

Continental shelf

110,000

344

319.8

Caribbean Sea, Windward Islands

Haiti

Shares one main 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

237,556,363

1,904,569

124.7

Maritime Southeast Asia

Ireland

Shares one main island

Continental shelf

4,588,252

70273

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

4,027,947

268,680

15

Pacific Ocean, Polynesia

Northern Cyprus[n 3]

Part of a larger island

Continental shelf

285,359

3,355

78

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

88,574,614

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

One main island

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[2]

One main island

Continental shelf

5,312,400

715.8

7,422

Maritime Southeast Asia

Solomon Islands

Archipelago

Oceanic

523,000

28,400

18.1

Pacific Ocean, Melanesia

Sri Lanka

One main island

Continental shelf

23,650,000

65,610

314

Indian Ocean

Taiwan [n 4]

One main island

Continental shelf

22,911,292

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

Continental shelf

60,587,300

244,820

246

Atlantic Ocean, British Isles

Vanuatu

Archipelago

Oceanic

243,304

12,190

19.7

Pacific Ocean, Melanesia

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Return the selected type name(s) only, comma-separated when necessary, in the list of this JSON object {"answer": ["ANSWER"]}.

{"answer": ["location.country", "location.location"]}