Island country

An island country, island state or island nation is a country that is made up only of islands. A 25% of the world's countries are island countries. Island countries are historically more stable than continental countries but they're vulnerable for conquest by any naval superpowers. Indonesia is the island country with the most people in the world.

There are many variations between island country economies: they may rely mainly on extractive industries, such as mining, fishing and agriculture, and/or on services such as transit hubs, tourism, and financial services.

 List 
There are at least 45 island countries in the world, and there are countries that only consist of an island, such as Iceland or Nauru, an archipelago, such as Federated States of Micronesia or Palau. This list also includes Australia, though a continent.

 Country ISO-3166 code Area Population Capital Official languages  Location  ATG 442 km² 90,000 St John's en 100px ** AUS 7688000 km² 26,600,000 Canberra en 100px  BHS 13880 km² 415,000 Nassau en 100px  BAH 765 km² 1,422,000 Manama ar 100px  BRB 430 km² 288,000 Bridgetown en 100px  BRN 5770 km² 466,000 Bandar Seri Begawan my/zh 100px  CPV 4030 km² 578,000 Praia pt 100px  COM 1861 km² 833,000 Moroni ar/fr/sw 100px  COK 235 km² 8,200 Avarua mi/en/rt 100px  CUB 110000 km² 11,400,000 Havana es 100px  DMA 755 km² 73,000 Roseau en 100px  TLS 14900 km² 1,310,000 Dili pt 100px  FJI 18300 km² 916,000 Suva en/fj/hi 100px  GRN 345 km² 126,000 St George's en 100px  ISL 103000 km² 378,000 Reykjavík is 100px  IDN 1905000 km² 278,700,000 Jakarta id 100px  JAM 11000 km² 2,750,000 Kingston en 100px  JPN 377000 km² 124,400,000 Tokyo ja 100px  KIR 810 km² 131,000 South Tarawa gil/en 100px  MAD 580000 km² 26,000,000 Antananarivo fr/md 100px  MYS 331000 km² 33,000,000 Kuala Lumpur ms 100px  MDV 300 km² 510,000 Malé md 100px  MLT 315 km² 530,000 Valletta en/mt/it 100px  MHL 180 km² 77,000 Majuro mh/en 100px  MUS 2040 km² 1,233,000 Port Louis en/fr 100px  FSM 705 km² 122,000 Palikir n/d/en/es 100px  NRU 22 km² 8,800 Yaren nr/en 100px  NZL 270000 km² 5,370,000 Wellington en/mi/nzs 100px  NIU 260 km² 2,200 Alofi nu/en 100px  PLW 460 km² 22000 Ngerulmud pau/en/ja 100px  PNG 462000 km² 11,200,000 Port Moresby en/tk/hm/id 100px  PHL 343000 km² 114,000,000 Manila tg/en/es 100px  KNA 262 km² 55,000 Basseterre en 100px  LCA 620 km² 180,000 Castries en 100px  VCT 390 km² 117,000 Kingstown en 100px  WSM 2830 km² 228,000 Apia sm/en 100px  STP 1002 km² 236,000 São Tomé pt 100px  SYC 455 km² 105,000 Victoria sc/en/fr 100px  SGP 720 km² 5,800,000 Singapore ms/en/zh/tml 100px  SLB 28900 km² 747,000 Honiara en 100px  LKA 65500 km² 22,400,000 Colombo en 100px  TWN 36600 km² 23,800,000 Taipei tw/zh 100px  TON 747 km² 107,000 Nuku'alofa to/en 100px  TTO 5130 km² 1,550,000 Port of Spain en 100px  TUV 26 km² 11,500 Funafuti tv/en 100px  VUT 12200 km² 335,000 Port Vila bi/en/fr 100px

Australia is a continent but an island.

 Notes 

Category:Island countries