Large Islands of the World The following table lists the world's largest islands including the name, location, political affiliation, and land area. Greenland is the world's largest island covering 2,175,597 square kilometers. Area IslandLocation and political affiliationsq. mi.sq. km GreenlandNorth Atlantic (Danish)839,9992,175,597 New GuineaSouthwest Pacific (West Papua [Irian Jaya], Indonesia, western part; Papua New Guinea, eastern part)309,000800,311 BorneoWest mid-Pacific (Indonesian, south part; Brunei and Malaysian, north part)287,300744,108 MadagascarIndian Ocean (Malagasy Republic)227,000587,931 BaffinNorth Atlantic (Canadian)195,926507,451 SumatraNortheast Indian Ocean (Indonesian)182,859473,605 HonshuSea of Japan–Pacific (Japanese)89,176230,966 Great BritainOff coast of NW Europe (England, Scotland, and Wales)88,795229,979 VictoriaArctic Ocean (Canadian)83,896217,291 EllesmereArctic Ocean (Canadian)75,767196,236 Sulawesi(Celebes)West mid-Pacific (Indonesian)73,057189,218 South IslandSouth Pacific (New Zealand)58,384151,215 JavaIndian Ocean (Indonesian)51,038132,189 North IslandSouth Pacific (New Zealand)44,702115,778 CubaCaribbean Sea (republic)42,803110,860 NewfoundlandNorth Atlantic (Canadian)42,031108,860 LuzonWest mid-Pacific (Philippines)40,420104,688 IcelandNorth Atlantic (republic)39,800103,082 MindanaoWest mid-Pacific (Philippines)36,53794,631 IrelandWest of Great Britain (republic, south part; United Kingdom, north part)32,59784,426 HokkaidoSea of Japan–Pacific (Japanese)32,24583,515 Sakhalin(Karafuto)North of Japan (Russian)29,50076,405 HispaniolaCaribbean Sea (Dominican Republic, east part; Haiti, west part)29,30075,887 BanksArctic Ocean (Canadian)27,03870,028 TasmaniaSouth of Australia (Australian)26,20067,858 Sri Lanka(Ceylon)Indian Ocean (republic)24,90064,491 DevonArctic Ocean (Canadian)21,33155,247 Tierra del FuegoSouthern tip of South America (Argentinian, east part; Chilean, west part)18,60548,187 Axel HeibergArctic Ocean (Canadian)16,67143,178 MelvilleArctic Ocean (Canadian)16,27442,149 KyushuSea of Japan–Pacific (Japanese)16,22342,018 SouthamptonHudson Bay (Canadian)15,91341,214 NOTE: Australia is not included in this list because it is defined as a continent rather than an island.