Island country
An island country (also sometimes called island nation or borderless country) is a country that is made up only of islands. They are not connected by land to any other nation. Each island only belongs to that country, so there are no borders. Examples of borderless countries are Iceland, Japan and Madagascar.
Many island nations get money from fishing.
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There are at least 51 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, or form part of a larger island, such as Haiti or the Dominican Republic. This list also includes Australia, though a continent, and the 2 constituyent countries of the Kingdom of Denmark (The Faroe Islands and Greenland)
Country | ISO-3166 code | Area | Population | Capital | Official languages | Location |
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Antigua and Barbuda | ATG | 442 km² | 90,000 | St John's | en | |
Australia** | AUS | 7688000 km² | 26,600,000 | Canberra | en | |
Bahamas | BHS | 13880 km² | 415,000 | Nassau | en | |
Bahrain | BAH | 765 km² | 1,422,000 | Manama | ar | |
Barbados | BRB | 430 km² | 288,000 | Bridgetown | en | |
Brunei | BRN | 5770 km² | 466,000 | Bandar Seri Begawan | my/zh | |
Cape Verde | CPV | 4030 km² | 578,000 | Praia | pt | |
Comoros | COM | 1861 km² | 833,000 | Moroni | ar/fr/sw | |
Cook Islands | COK | 235 km² | 8,200 | Avarua | mi/en/rt | |
Cuba | CUB | 110000 km² | 11,400,000 | Havana | es | |
Cyprus[1] | CYP | 5900 km² | 966,000 | Nicosia | tq/gr | |
Dominica | DMA | 755 km² | 73,000 | Roseau | en | |
Dominican Republic | DOM | 48200 km² | 10,500,000 | Santo Domingo | es | |
East Timor | TLS | 14900 km² | 1,310,000 | Dili | pt | |
Faroe Islands** | FRO | 1400 km² | 55,000 | Torshavn | fa | |
Fiji | FJI | 18300 km² | 916,000 | Suva | en/fj/hi | |
Greenland** | GRL | 2166000 km² | 57,000 | Nuuk | kl | |
Grenada | GRN | 345 km² | 126,000 | St George's | en | |
Haiti | HTI | 27500 km² | 11,200,000 | Port-au-Prince | fr | |
Iceland | ISL | 103000 km² | 378,000 | Reykjavík | is | |
Indonesia | IDN | 1905000 km² | 278,700,000 | Jakarta | id | |
Ireland | IRL | 70200 km² | 5,200,000 | Dublin | en/ir | |
Jamaica | JAM | 11000 km² | 2,750,000 | Kingston | en | |
Japan | JPN | 377000 km² | 124,400,000 | Tokyo | ja | |
Kiribati | KIR | 810 km² | 131,000 | South Tarawa | gil/en | |
Madagascar | MAD | 580000 km² | 26,000,000 | Antananarivo | fr/md | |
Malaysia | MYS | 331000 km² | 33,000,000 | Kuala Lumpur | ms | |
Maldives | MDV | 300 km² | 510,000 | Malé | md | |
Malta | MLT | 315 km² | 530,000 | Valletta | en/mt/it | |
Marshall Islands | MHL | 180 km² | 77,000 | Majuro | mh/en | |
Mauritius | MUS | 2040 km² | 1,233,000 | Port Louis | en/fr | |
Micronesia | FSM | 705 km² | 122,000 | Palikir | n/d/en/es | |
Nauru | NRU | 22 km² | 8,800 | Yaren | nr/en | |
New Zealand | NZL | 270000 km² | 5,370,000 | Wellington | en/mi/nzs | |
Niue | NIU | 260 km² | 2,200 | Alofi | nu/en | |
Northern Cyprus | None | 3351 km² | 383,000 | North Nicosia | tq | |
Palau | PLW | 460 km² | 22000 | Ngerulmud | pau/en/ja | |
Papua New Guinea | PNG | 462000 km² | 11,200,000 | Port Moresby | en/tk/hm/id | |
Philippines | PHL | 343000 km² | 114,000,000 | Manila | tg/en/es | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | KNA | 262 km² | 55,000 | Basseterre | en | |
Saint Lucia | LCA | 620 km² | 180,000 | Castries | en | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | VCT | 390 km² | 117,000 | Kingstown | en | |
Samoa | WSM | 2830 km² | 228,000 | Apia | sm/en | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | STP | 1002 km² | 236,000 | São Tomé | pt | |
Seychelles | SYC | 455 km² | 105,000 | Victoria | sc/en/fr | |
Singapore | SGP | 720 km² | 5,800,000 | Singapore | ms/en/zh/tml | |
Solomon Islands | SLB | 28900 km² | 747,000 | Honiara | en | |
Sri Lanka | LKA | 65500 km² | 22,400,000 | Colombo | en | |
Taiwan | TWN | 36600 km² | 23,800,000 | Taipei | tw/zh | |
Tonga | TON | 747 km² | 107,000 | Nuku'alofa | to/en | |
Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 5130 km² | 1,550,000 | Port of Spain | en | |
Tuvalu | TUV | 26 km² | 11,500 | Funafuti | tv/en | |
United Kingdom | GBR | 243000 km² | 68,000,000 | London | en | |
Vanuatu | VUT | 12200 km² | 335,000 | Port Vila | bi/en/fr |
Australia is a continent but an island.
The Faroe Islands and Greenland are constituent countries within the Kingdom of Denmark.
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- ↑ Excluding Northern Cyprus