List of European islands by population

This is a list of islands in Europe ordered by population. The list is not complete and it includes random definitions of "island". Södertörn in Sweden is included, even though it is a part of the mainland only divided from it by a small canal. If the same criteria were applied generally, all of Spain and Southern France would form an island of more than 50 million people, separated from the mainland by Canal du Midi in the same way that Södertörn is separated from mainland Sweden.

European Islands

Ranking	Island	countries	Population
1	Great Britain	United Kingdom	61,500,000
2	Ireland	Republic of Ireland &  United Kingdom	6,399,115
3	Sicily	Italy	5,036,666
4	Zealand	Denmark	2,164,217
5	Sardinia	Italy	1,670,219
6	Tenerife	Spain	888,184 (2015) [1]
7	Majorca	Spain	859,289 (2015) [1]
8	Cyprus	Cyprus	855,000
9	Gran Canaria	Spain	847,830 (2015) [1]
10	Södertörn	Sweden	797,333 (2013)
11	Crete	Greece	623,666 (2005)
12	Fyn	Denmark	447,060
13	Malta	Malta	406,000
14	Vendsyssel-Thy	Denmark	306,373
15	Iceland	Iceland	305,000
16	Corsica	France	302,000
17	Madeira	Portugal	265,000
18	Euboea	Greece	218,032 (2005)
19	Vasilievsky Island	Russia	202,650
20	Amager	Denmark	160,064
21	Hisingen	Sweden	147,200 (2013)
22	Portsea Island	United Kingdom	147,088
23	Lanzarote	Spain	143,209 (2015) [1]
24	São Miguel Island	Portugal	141,000
25	Ibiza	Spain	140,964 (2015) [1]
26	Isle of Wight	United Kingdom	140,000
27	Rhodes	Greece	117,007 (2001)
28	Corfu	Greece	111,975 (2001)
29	Fuerteventura	Spain	107,367 (2015) [1]
30	Södermalm	Sweden	102,756 (2013)
31	Menorca	Spain	92,348 (2015) [1]
32	Lesbos Island	Greece	90,643 (2001)
33	Jersey	Jersey, crown colony of  United Kingdom	88,200
34	La Palma	Spain	82,346 (2015) [1]
35	Isle of Man	Isle of Man, crown colony of  United Kingdom	80,000
36	Usedom	Germany and  Poland	76,500
37	Rügen	Germany	73,000
38	Anglesey	United Kingdom	68,900
39	Lolland	Denmark	68,224
40	Guernsey	Guernsey, crown colony of  United Kingdom	62,200
41	Venice	Italy	62,000
42	Kungsholmen	Sweden	58,194 (2013)
43	Värmdö	Sweden	57,497 (2013)
44	Gotland	Sweden	56,656 (2013)
45	Ischia	Italy	56,100
46	Terceira Island	Portugal	55,833 (2001)
47	Chios	Greece	53,817 (2005)
48	Als	Denmark	51,806
49	Chioggia	Italy	51,336
50	Lidingö	Sweden	43,897 (2013)
51	Falster	Denmark	43,364
52	Bornholm	Denmark	43,245
53	Kotlin Island	Russia	43,100
54	Kefalonia	Greece	42,088 (2005)
55	Zakynthos	Greece	41,472 (2005)
56	Saaremaa	Estonia	39,200
57	Salamis Island	Greece	38,022 (2001)
58	Isle of Sheppey	United Kingdom	37,852
59	Canvey Island	United Kingdom	37,473
60	Tromsøya	Norway	35,000 (2007)
61	Samos	Greece	33,814 (2001)
62	Hinnøya	Norway	32,101
63	Elba	Italy	32,000
64	Gozo	Malta	31,100
65	Kos	Greece	30,947 (2001)
66	Öland	Sweden	24,984 (2013)
67	Karmøy	Norway	29,940
68	Askøy	Norway	24,000 (2009)
69	Fasta Åland	Finland	23,600
70	Lefkada	Greece	22,879 (2005)
71	Streymoy	Faroe Islands	22,555 (2009)
72	Mors	Denmark	22,293
73	Port Island (Gdańsk) (Wyspa Portowa)	Poland	22,167
74	Sylt	Germany	21,000
75	La Gomera	Spain	20,783 (2015) [1]
76	Oléron	France	20,000
77	Lido di Venezia	Italy	20,000
78	Syros	Greece	20,000 (2004)
79	Lewis and Harris[2]	United Kingdom	19,918
80	Stord	Norway	19,400
81	Lauttasaari (Drumsö)	Finland	18,965
82	Nøtterøy	Norway	18,500
83	Naxos	Greece	18,188 (2001)
84	Wolin	Poland	18,000
85	Krk	Croatia	17,860
86	Shetland Mainland	United Kingdom	17,550
87	Lemnos	Greece	17,000 (2001)
88	Hayling Island	United Kingdom	16,887
89	Kalymnos	Greece	16,576 (2001)
90	Korčula	Croatia	16,182
91	Langøya	Norway	15,844
92	Ekerö	Sweden	15,369 (2013)
93	Sotra (Store Sotra)	Norway	15,356
94	Orkney Mainland	United Kingdom	15,315
95	Faial Island	Portugal	15,063 (2001)
96	Île de Ré	France	15,000
97	Pico Island	Portugal	14,806 (2001)
98	Hammarö	Sweden	14,709 (2013)
99	Orust	Sweden	14,562 (2013)
100	Brač	Croatia	14,031
101	Tjörn	Sweden	14,024
102	Langeland	Denmark	13,881
103	Thasos	Greece	13,765 (2001)
104	Texel	Netherlands	13,700
105	Holy Island, Anglesey	United Kingdom	13,600
106	Aegina	Greece	13,552 (2001)
107	Fehmarn	Germany	13,000
108	Great Island	Ireland	13,000
109	Paros	Greece	12,853 (2001)
110	Capri	Italy	12,200
111	Formentera	Spain	11,878 (2015) [1]
112	Jeløya	Norway	11,825 (2017)
113	Santorini	Greece	11,716 (2001)
114	Sant'Antioco	Italy	11,700
115	Walney Island	United Kingdom	11,391
116	Hvar	Croatia	11,103
117	Hiiumaa	Estonia	11,087
118	Lipari	Italy	11,000
119	Eysturoy	Faroe Islands	10,883 (2009)
120	Vestvågøy	Norway	10,700
121	Procida	Italy	10,694 (2004)
122	El Hierro	Spain	10,587 (2015) [1]
123	Frösö	Sweden	10,570 (2013)
124	São Jorge Island	Portugal	10,500 (2001)
125	Møn	Denmark	10,448
126	Kvaløya (Troms)	Norway	10,300
127	Île de Noirmoutier	France	10,000

See also

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

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.
• 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.
• Madeira Island of Portugal is not included, as it is not a European island.
• Canary Islands of Spain are likewise not included, as they are not European islands either.
• To be precise, Venice and Chioggia (two distinct cities, the first one at the centre, the second one at the southern end of the Venice Lagoon) are not two islands themselves, but two groups of larger and smaller lagoon islands, very near one to another but separated by larger and smaller lagoon channels. As for Paris and Saint Petersburg, it would be difficult to find statistics about the population of every single island.
• The status of Södertörn and Södermalm as islands has been disputed in earlier Wikipedia articles; the publication of ^[3] includes a changed definition of an "island" to be used - which clarifies the question, at least in official Swedish statistics.
• Population figures (as of 31 December 2013) of Swedish islands except Södermalm and Kungsholmen as published by.^[4]
• Population figures for Swedish island Södermalm does not include the population of the smaller, nearby islands Reimersholme and Långholmen, neither is the population of Hammarby Sjöstad.
• Population figures (as of 31 December 2013) of Swedish islands Södermalm and Kungsholmen are calculated from.^[5]

References