List of islands in the British Isles

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This page is a list of the larger islands that comprise the British Isles, listing area and population data. The total area of the archipelago is 315,134 km². Great Britain and Ireland between them account for 95.6% of this area, leaving 4.4% or an area of 13,950 km² of the remaining islands. The largest of the other islands are to be found in the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland to the north, Anglesey and the Isle of Man between Great Britain and Ireland, and the Channel Islands near the coast of France.

Number of permanently inhabited islands (besides the two main islands):

The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are Crown Dependencies of the United Kingdom, and England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are constituent countries of the United Kingdom.

Name Area (km²) Population Country
Great Britain 216,777 57,000,000[1] United Kingdom
Ireland 84,406 6,000,000[1] Ireland / United Kingdom
Name Area (km²) Rank (area) Population[2] Rank (pop.) Island Group / Location
Lewis and Harris[3] 2,179 03 19,918 11 Outer Hebrides
Skye[3] 1,656 04 9,232 18 Inner Hebrides
Shetland Mainland[3] 969 05 17,550 12 Shetland Islands
Mull[3] 875 06 2,667 24 Inner Hebrides
Anglesey[1] 714 07 55,000 08
Islay[3] 620 08 3,457 22 Inner Hebrides
Isle of Man[4] 572 09 80,056 06 Irish Sea
Orkney Mainland[3] 523 10 15,315 14 Orkney Islands
Arran[3] 432 11 5,045 21 Firth of Clyde
Isle of Wight[5] 381 12 132,731 04 English Channel
Jura 367 13 188 — Inner Hebrides
South Uist[3] 320 14 1,818 27 Outer Hebrides
North Uist[3] 303 15 1,271 30 Outer Hebrides
Yell 212 16 957 — Shetland Islands
Achill Island[6] 147 17 2,620 23 County Mayo
Hoy 143 18 272 — Orkney Islands
Bute[3] 122 19 7,228 19 Firth of Clyde
Unst 121 20 720 — Shetland Islands
Jersey[7] 116 21 89,300 05 Channel Islands
Rùm 105 22 22 — Small Isles
Isle of Sheppey[8] 94 23 37,852 09 Kent
Benbecula[3] 82 24 1,219 31 Outer Hebrides
Tiree 78 25 770 — Inner Hebrides
Coll 77 26 164 — Inner Hebrides
Guernsey[9] 65 27 59,710 07 Channel Islands
Raasay 64 28 192 — Inner Hebrides
Barra[3] 59 29 1,078 33 Outer Hebrides
Sanday 50 30 478 — Orkney Islands
South Ronaldsay 50 31 458 — Orkney Islands
Rousay 49 32 212 — Orkney Islands
Westray 47 33 563 — Orkney Islands
Fetlar 41 34 86 — Shetland Islands
Colonsay 41 35 108 — Inner Hebrides
Holy Island, Anglesey 39 36 13,579 15 Anglesey
Stronsay 33 37 343 — Orkney Islands
Inis Mór 31 38 Aran Islands
Eigg 30 39 67 — Small Isles
Shapinsay 30 40 300 — Orkney Islands
Bressay 28 41 384 — Shetland Islands
Eday 27 42 121 — Orkney Islands
Hayling Island[10] 27 43 16,887 13 Hampshire
Foulness Island 26 44 212 — Essex
Scalpay 25 45 10 — Inner Hebrides
Gorumna Island[6] 24 46 1,010 35 Galway, Connemara
Portsea Island 24 47 147,088 03 Hampshire
Lismore 24 48 146 — Inner Hebrides
Great Bernera 21 49 233 — Outer Hebrides
Ulva 20 50 16 — Inner Hebrides
Whalsay[3] 20 51 1,034 34 Shetland Islands
Canvey Island[11] 19 52 37,479 10 Essex
Mersea Island[12] 18 53 7,182 20 Essex
Muckle Roe 18 54 104 — Shetland Islands
Walney Island[13] 13 — 11,388 17 Furness
Great Cumbrae[3] 12 — 1,434 29 Firth of Clyde
Isle of Portland[14] 11 — 12,710 16 English Channel
Alderney[15] 8 — 2,294 26 Channel Islands
St Mary's[16] — 1,666 28 Isles of Scilly
Barrow Island[17] — 2,606 25 Furness
Thorney Island[18] 1,079 32 English Channel

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Approximate population figure
  2. ^ Population figures are from 2001 Census, except: Isle of Portland from 2005; Achill, Gorumna, Isle of Man, Jersey all from 2006.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n General Register Office for Scotland - Statistics for Inhabited Islands
  4. ^ Isle of Man Census 2006 (excluding the population of 2 living on the Calf of Man)
  5. ^ National Statistics - Isle of Wight (Local Authority)
  6. ^ a b Census 2006 - Table 11 - Population of Inhabited Islands off the Coast (PDF)
  7. ^ Jersey Statistics Unit
  8. ^ National Statistics - Leysdown and Warden (Ward), Minster Cliffs (Ward), Queenborough and Halfway (Ward), Sheerness East (Ward), Sheerness West (Ward) and Sheppey Central (Ward)
  9. ^ States of Guernsey - Facts and Figures Booklet 2007 (excluding the parish of Herm and Jethou)
  10. ^ National Statistics - Hayling East (Ward) and Hayling West (Ward)
  11. ^ National Statistics - Canvey Island Central (Ward), East (Ward), North (Ward), South (Ward), West (Ward) and Winter Gardens (Ward)
  12. ^ National Statistics - West Mersea CP (Parish) and East Mersea CP (Parish)
  13. ^ National Statistics - Walney North (Ward) and Walney South (Ward)
  14. ^ Dorset For You
  15. ^ Alderney Census Report 2001
  16. ^ National Statistics - St. Mary's (Ward)
  17. ^ National Statistics - Barrow Island (Ward)
  18. ^ National Statistics - West Thorney CP (Parish)

[edit] See also