List of inhabited islands of Croatia

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Map of the Croatian islands in the Adriatic Sea.

The harbour of Hvar town, on the island of Hvar.

A beach on the island of Brač.

The Kornati archipelago.

A forest on the island of Vis.

The island of Rab.

A vineyard on island of Vis.

This is a list of inhabited islands of Croatia, ordered by number of residents as of March 31, 2001. In the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea, there are 698 islands, 389 islets and 78 reefs,^[1] which makes the Croatian archipelago the largest in the Adriatic Sea, and second largest in the Mediterranean Sea (the Greek archipelago being the largest).^[2]

Of the 698 islands, only 47 are inhabited in the sense that at least one person resides on that island. Some sources indicate that Croatia has 66 inhabited islands,^[3] which is the number of islands that have a settlement on them,^[1] but 19 of these islands have lost all of their permanent population as a result of the population decline occurring throughout the Croatian islands due to insufficient economic activity.^[4]

The islands of Croatia have been populated since the times of Ancient Greece (for example, Hvar was already populated between 3500 BC and 2500 BC,^[5] when Dionysius I of Syracuse founded a colony there in the 4th century BC^[5] and Vis^[6]).

The main industries on the islands are agriculture (primarily viticulture and olive growing), fishing and tourism. The local economy is relatively underdeveloped, so the Croatian government provides various kinds of support and protection through its "Zakon o otocima" (English: "Law about islands") to stimulate the economy of the islands, including charging no tolls on bridges, and providing cheaper or free ferry tickets for islanders.^[7]

#	Island	Population^[1]	Area^[1] (km²)	Highest point^[1] (metres)	Population density (persons per km²)
1	Krk	17,860	405.78	568	44.0
2	Korčula	16,182	276.03	569	58.6
3	Brač	14,031	394.57	780	35.6
4	Hvar	11,103	299.66	628	37.1
5	Rab	9,480	90.84	410	104.4
6	Pag	8,398	284.56	349	29.5
7	Lošinj	7,771	74.68	589	104.1
8	Ugljan	6,182	50.21	286	123.1
9	Murter	5,060	18.60	125	272.0
10	Čiovo	4,455	28.80	217	154.7
11	Vis	3,617	90.26	587	40.1
12	Cres	3,184	405.78	639	7.8
13	Pašman	2,711	63.34	272	42.8
14	Dugi Otok	1,772	114.44	337	15.5
15	Vir	1,608	22.38	112	71.9
16	Šolta	1,479	58.98	236	25.1
17	Mljet	1,111	100.41	513	11.1
18	Lastovo	835	46.87	415	17.8
19	Iž	557	17.59	168	31.7
20	Prvić	453	13.45	357	33.7
21	Šipan	436	15.81	224	27.6
22	Koločep	294	2.4^[8]	125^[8]	122.5
23	Zlarin	276	8.19	169	33.7
24	Lopud	269	4.63^[9]	216^[9]	58.1
25	Silba	265	14.98	83	17.7
26	Vrgada	242	3.7^[10]	115^[10]	65.4
27	Krapanj	237	0.36^[11]	1.5^[11]	658.3
28	Molat	207	22.82	148	9.1
29	Ist	202	9.7^[12]	174^[12]	20.8
30	Susak	188	3.8^[13]	98^[13]	49.5
31	Drvenik Veliki	168	12.07	178	13.9
32	Olib	147	26.09	74	5.6
33	Kaprije	143	6.97	132	20.5
34	Žirje	124	15.06	134	8.2
35	Ilovik	104	5.2^[14]	92^[14]	20.0
36	Rava	98	3.6^[15]	98^[15]	27.2
37	Unije	90	16.92	132	5.3
38	Premuda	58	9.25	88	6.3
39	Drvenik Mali	54	3.3^[16]	79^[16]	16.4
40	Sestrunj	48	11.1^[17]	185^[17]	4.3
41	Zverinac	48	4.2^[18]	111^[18]	11.4
42	Rivanj	22	4.4^[19]	112^[19]	5.0
43	Biševo	19	5.8^[20]	239^[20]	3.3
44	Vele Srakane	8	1.15^[21]	59^[21]	5.3
45	Kornat	7	32.30	237	0.2
46	Male Srakane	2	not available	40^[22]	not available
47	Sveti Andrija	1	0.14^[23]	not available	7.1