Last updated: May 13, 2026

Island Countries

Countries in this database that are island countries.

Country	Capital	Continent	Population	Area	Currency
American Samoa	Pago Pago	Oceania	49.7 thousand	199 km²	United States dollar
Anguilla	The Valley	North America	16 thousand	91 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Antarctica	No official capital listed	Antarctica	1.3 thousand	14,000,000 km²	Not listed
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	North America	103.6 thousand	442 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Aruba	Oranjestad	North America	107.6 thousand	180 km²	Aruban florin
Australia	Canberra	Oceania	27.5 million	7,692,024 km²	Australian dollar
Bahamas	Nassau	North America	398.2 thousand	13,943 km²	Bahamian dollar
Bahrain	Manama	Asia	1.6 million	765 km²	Bahraini dinar
Barbados	Bridgetown	North America	267.8 thousand	430 km²	Barbadian dollar
Bermuda	Hamilton	North America	64.1 thousand	54 km²	Bermudian dollar
Bouvet Island	No official capital listed	Antarctica	0	49 km²	Not listed
British Indian Ocean Territory	Diego Garcia	Asia	0	60 km²	United States dollar
British Virgin Islands	Road Town	North America	39.5 thousand	151 km²	United States dollar
Cape Verde	Praia	Africa	491.2 thousand	4,033 km²	Cape Verdean escudo
Caribbean Netherlands	Kralendijk	North America	32 thousand	328 km²	United States dollar
Cayman Islands	George Town	North America	84.7 thousand	264 km²	Cayman Islands dollar
Christmas Island	Flying Fish Cove	Asia	1.7 thousand	135 km²	Australian dollar
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	West Island	Asia	593	14 km²	Australian dollar
Comoros	Moroni	Africa	919.9 thousand	1,862 km²	Comorian franc
Cook Islands	Avarua	Oceania	15 thousand	236 km²	Cook Islands dollar
Cuba	Havana	North America	9.7 million	109,884 km²	Cuban convertible peso
Curaçao	Willemstad	North America	156.1 thousand	444 km²	Netherlands Antillean guilder
Cyprus	Nicosia	Europe	1.4 million	9,251 km²	euro
Dominica	Roseau	North America	67.4 thousand	751 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Falkland Islands	Stanley	South America	3.7 thousand	12,173 km²	Falkland Islands pound
Faroe Islands	Tórshavn	Europe	54.9 thousand	1,393 km²	Danish krone
Fiji	Suva	Oceania	900.9 thousand	18,272 km²	Fijian dollar
French Polynesia	Papeetē	Oceania	279.5 thousand	4,167 km²	CFP franc
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Port-aux-Français	Antarctica	400	7,747 km²	euro
Greenland	Nuuk	North America	56.5 thousand	2,166,086 km²	krone
Grenada	St. George's	North America	109 thousand	344 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Guadeloupe	Basse-Terre	North America	378.6 thousand	1,628 km²	euro
Guam	Hagåtña	Oceania	153.8 thousand	549 km²	United States dollar
Guernsey	St. Peter Port	Europe	64.8 thousand	78 km²	British pound
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	No official capital listed	Antarctica	0	412 km²	Not listed
Iceland	Reykjavik	Europe	391.8 thousand	103,000 km²	Icelandic króna
Isle of Man	Douglas	Europe	84.5 thousand	572 km²	British pound
Jamaica	Kingston	North America	2.8 million	10,991 km²	Jamaican dollar
Japan	Tokyo	Asia	123.2 million	377,930 km²	Japanese yen
Jersey	Saint Helier	Europe	103.3 thousand	116 km²	British pound
Kiribati	South Tarawa	Oceania	120.7 thousand	811 km²	Australian dollar
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Africa	31.7 million	587,041 km²	Malagasy ariary
Maldives	Malé	Asia	515.1 thousand	300 km²	Maldivian rufiyaa
Malta	Valletta	Europe	574.3 thousand	316 km²	euro
Marshall Islands	Majuro	Oceania	42.4 thousand	181 km²	United States dollar
Martinique	Fort-de-France	North America	349.9 thousand	1,128 km²	euro
Mauritius	Port Louis	Africa	1.2 million	2,040 km²	Mauritian rupee
Mayotte	Mamoudzou	Africa	320.9 thousand	374 km²	euro
Micronesia	Palikir	Oceania	105.6 thousand	702 km²	United States dollar
Montserrat	Plymouth	North America	4.4 thousand	102 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Nauru	Yaren	Oceania	11.7 thousand	21 km²	Australian dollar
New Caledonia	Nouméa	Oceania	264.6 thousand	18,575 km²	CFP franc
New Zealand	Wellington	Oceania	5.3 million	268,838 km²	New Zealand dollar
Niue	Alofi	Oceania	1.7 thousand	260 km²	New Zealand dollar
Norfolk Island	Kingston	Oceania	2.2 thousand	36 km²	Australian dollar
Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan	Oceania	47.3 thousand	464 km²	United States dollar
Palau	Ngerulmud	Oceania	16.7 thousand	459 km²	United States dollar
Philippines	Manila	Asia	114.1 million	342,353 km²	Philippine peso
Pitcairn Islands	Adamstown	Oceania	35	47 km²	New Zealand dollar
Puerto Rico	San Juan	North America	3.2 million	8,870 km²	United States dollar
Réunion	Saint-Denis	Africa	896.2 thousand	2,511 km²	euro
Saint Barthélemy	Gustavia	North America	10.6 thousand	21 km²	euro
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	Africa	5.7 thousand	394 km²	Pound sterling
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	North America	51.3 thousand	261 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Saint Lucia	Castries	North America	184.1 thousand	616 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Saint-Pierre	North America	5.8 thousand	242 km²	euro
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	North America	110.9 thousand	389 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Samoa	Apia	Oceania	205.6 thousand	2,842 km²	Samoan tālā
Seychelles	Victoria	Africa	122.7 thousand	452 km²	Seychellois rupee
Singapore	Singapore	Asia	6.1 million	710 km²	Singapore dollar
Solomon Islands	Honiara	Oceania	750.3 thousand	28,896 km²	Solomon Islands dollar
South Georgia	King Edward Point	Antarctica	0	3,903 km²	British pound
Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Asia	21.8 million	65,610 km²	Sri Lankan rupee
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Longyearbyen	Europe	2.5 thousand	61,399 km²	krone
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	Africa	209.6 thousand	964 km²	São Tomé and Príncipe dobra
Taiwan	Taipei	Asia	23.3 million	36,197 km²	New Taiwan dollar
Tokelau	Fakaofo	Oceania	2.6 thousand	12 km²	New Zealand dollar
Tonga	Nuku'alofa	Oceania	100.2 thousand	747 km²	Tongan paʻanga
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	North America	1.4 million	5,130 km²	Trinidad and Tobago dollar
Turks and Caicos Islands	Cockburn Town	North America	50.8 thousand	948 km²	United States dollar
Tuvalu	Funafuti	Oceania	10.6 thousand	26 km²	Australian dollar
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Washington DC	Oceania	0	34 km²	United States dollar
United States Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	North America	87.1 thousand	347 km²	United States dollar
Vanuatu	Port Vila	Oceania	321.4 thousand	12,189 km²	Vanuatu vatu
Wallis and Futuna	Mata-Utu	Oceania	11.6 thousand	142 km²	CFP franc
Åland Islands	Mariehamn	Europe	30.7 thousand	1,580 km²	euro