List of European islands by population

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This is a list of islands in Europe ordered by population. The list is not complete.

Contents 1 Islands with a population over 10,000 2 Notes 3 References 4 See also

[edit] Islands with a population over 10,000

Ranking	Island	State	Population
1	Great Britain	United Kingdom	58,600,000
2	Ireland	Ireland and  United Kingdom	5,900,000
3	Sicilia	Italy	4,950,000
4	Sjælland	Denmark	2,115,317
5	Sardinia	Italy	1,625,000
6	Cyprus	Cyprus	855,000
7	Majorca	Spain	778,000
8	Crete	Greece	623,666 (2005)
9	Fyn	Denmark	447,060
10	Malta	Malta	406,000
11	Vendsyssel-Thy	Denmark	303,606
12	Iceland	Iceland	305,000
13	Corsica	France	279,000
14	Euboea	Greece	218,032 (2005)
15	Vasilievsky Island	Russia	202,000
16	Amager	Denmark	160,064
17	Portsea Island	United Kingdom	147,088
18	Isle of Wight	United Kingdom	132,731
19	Hisingen	Sweden	126,000
20	Rhodes	Greece	117,007 (2001)
21	Ibiza	Spain	114,000
22	Corfu	Greece	111,975 (2001)
23	Södermalm	Sweden	96,000
24	Lesbos Island	Greece	90,643 (2001)
25	Menorca	Spain	88,400
26	Jersey	Jersey	88,200
27	Isle of Man	Isle of Man	80,000
28	Usedom	Germany and  Poland	76,500
29	Rügen	Germany	73,000
30	Anglesey	United Kingdom	68,900
31	Lolland	Denmark	68,224
32	Guernsey	Guernsey	62,200
33	Venice	Italy	62,000
34	Gotland	Sweden	57,600
35	Ischia	Italy	56,100
36	Chios	Greece	53,817 (2005)
37	Als	Denmark	51,806
38	Chioggia	Italy	51,336
39	Falster	Denmark	43,364
40	Bornholm	Denmark	43,245
41	Kotlin Island	Russia	43,100
42	Kefalonia	Greece	42,088 (2005)
43	Kungsholmen	Sweden	42,000
44	Zakynthos	Greece	41,472 (2005)
45	Saaremaa	Estonia	39,200
46	Salamis Island	Greece	38,022 (2001)
47	Isle of Sheppey	United Kingdom	37,852
48	Canvey Island	United Kingdom	37,473
49	Lidingö	Sweden	37,000
50	Samos	Greece	33,814 (2001)
51	Hinnøya	Norway	32,101
52	Elba	Italy	32,000
53	Gozo	Malta	31,100
54	Kos	Greece	30,947 (2001)
55	Tromsøya	Norway	30,600
56	Karmøy	Norway	29,940
57	Öland	Sweden	24,600
58	Fasta Åland	Finland	23,600
59	Lefkada	Greece	22,879 (2005)
60	Mors	Denmark	22,293
61	Port Island (Gdańsk) (Wyspa Portowa)	Poland	22,167
62	Askøy	Norway	21,500
63	Streymoy	Faroe Islands	21,400
64	Sylt	Germany	21,000
65	Oléron	France	20,000
66	Lido	Italy	20,000
67	Syros	Greece	20,000 (2004)
68	Lewis and Harris	United Kingdom	19,918
69	Stord	Norway	19,400
70	Lauttasaari (Drumsö)	Finland	18,965
71	Nøtterøy	Norway	18,500
72	Krk	Croatia	17,860
73	Shetland Mainland	United Kingdom	17,550
74	Lemnos	Greece	17,000 (2001)
75	Wolin	Poland	17,000
76	Hayling Island	United Kingdom	16,887
77	Kalymnos	Greece	16,576 (2001)
78	Korčula	Croatia	16,182
79	Langøya	Norway	15,844
80	Sotra (Store Sotra)	Norway	15,356
81	Orkney Mainland	United Kingdom	15,315
82	Ekerön	Sweden	15,000
83	Île de Ré	France	15,000
84	Brač	Croatia	14,031
85	Orust	Sweden	14,000
86	Tjörn	Sweden	14,000
87	Langeland	Denmark	13,881
88	Thasos	Greece	13,765 (2001)
89	Texel	Netherlands	13,700
90	Holy Island, Anglesey	United Kingdom	13,600
91	Aegina	Greece	13,552 (2001)
92	Fehmarn	Germany	13,000
93	Paros	Greece	12,853 (2001)
94	Naxos	Greece	12,089 (2001)
95	Santorini	Greece	11,716 (2001)
96	Sant'Antioco	Italy	11,700
97	Walney Island	United Kingdom	11,391
98	Hvar	Croatia	11,103
99	Hiiumaa	Estonia	11,087
100	Lipari	Italy	11,000
101	Vestvågøy	Norway	10,700
102	Eysturoy	Faroe Islands	10,600
103	Møn	Denmark	10,448
104	Kvaløya (Troms)	Norway	10,300
105	Jeløy	Norway	10,156
106	Île de Noirmoutier	France	10,000
107	Värmdö	Sweden	10,000

[edit] Notes

• Population figures of Alderney, Sark and Herm are deducted from the population of Bailiwick of Guernsey. These three islands are part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, but are separate islands.
• The Swedish Wikipedia article Södermalm argues that Södermalm is not an island. I still include it along with other islands within Stockholm, such as Kungsholmen and Lidingö. Also Södertörn could be included, since both it and Södermalm can be rounded with a boat. Usually Södertörn is not seen as an island. Part of the boat passage is a dug canal with a lock.
• It could be argued that some islands of Saint Petersburg, most notably Vasilievsky Island and Kamenny Island, should be added. But it is hard to find any statistics on them which is not in Russian.
• It is hard to find statistics on Île de la Cité and Île Saint-Louis, the two islands in the Seine in Paris, or to decide whether they belong to the list.
• Population figures of some small islands of Iceland (f.ex Heimaey] are deducted from the population of the republic of Iceland.
• The population figure of Hisingen (a part of Gothenburg) is calculated in the Swedish Wikipedia article Hisingen to be 126 623.
• The population figures of Orust and Tjörn are deducted with 1.000 from the minucipalities and rounded, simce there are few small villages on other islands.
• The population figure of Ekerö is uncertain, because the municipality of Ekerö also include some other islands. The figure is roughly estimated.
• Madeira Islands and Azores Islands of Portugal are not included, as they are not European islands.
• Canary Islands of Spain are likewise not included, as they are not European islands either.

[edit] References

• Population figures are most often from the English, German, French, Spanish, Italian or Scandinavian Wikipedia pages. They are differing and uncertain. Sometimes they refer to censuses, sometimes they are estimates.
• Population figures of islands with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants are found on this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_by_population
• Population figures of English and Scottish islands are from the 2001 UK census.
• Population figures of Croatian islands are found on this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inhabited_islands_of_Croatia
• Population figures of Danish islands are found on this site: http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beboede_danske_øer
• Population figures of Swedish islands are found on this site: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svenska_öar
• Population figures of some Greek islands are found on this site (in Russian): http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Список_островов_Греции (The figure of Santorini (Thira) is wrong, though).

[edit] See also

• List of European islands by area
• List of islands by population