Top 10 Largest Islands in the world

 

10. Ellesmere Island

This Canadian island reaches to the northernmost part of the country and has only 146 residents.

 

9. Great Britain

Also known as Britain, it is the third most populous island in the world (after Java and Honshu) and the largest island in Europe.

 

8. Victoria Island

Only slightly larger than Great Britain, this island in northern Canada is home to barely 1,000 inhabitants.

 

7. Honshu

Typically the first island that comes to mind when people think of Japan Honshu is home to over 100 million people, a vast majority of which live in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

 

6. Sumatra

The largest island located entirely in Indonesia, Sumatra is home to approximately 50 million people.

 

5. Baffin Island

Located in the far north of Canada, this island only has about 10,000 inhabitants and its largest community consists of only 6,000 people.

 

4. Madagascar

Located in the Indian Ocean of the eastern coast of southern Africa, this isolated island has some of the most interesting flora and fauna in the world.

 

3. Borneo

The third largest island in the world, Borneo is divided among three countries – Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The mountain in the picture is Mount Kinabalu, the island’s highest point.

 

2. New Guinea

The planet’s second largest island is home to the world’s greatest concentration of languages (over 1000), a vast number of uncontacted tribal groups, and a large amount of unexplored terrain.

 

1. Greenland

Although some scientists believe that beneath Greenland’s icy surface it could actually be three separate islands, most people accept Greenland as the world’s largest non-continental landmass.