ISLAND

LARGEST ISLAND IN THE World by Area:

1)Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Physiographically, it is a part of the continent of North America. Greenland is, by area, the world's largest island that is not a continent.


2)New Guinea, the largest island in the Indonesian archipelago, and located immediately north of Australia in the Southwest Pacific, is the world's second largest island.


3)Borneo is the third largest island in the world, located north of Australia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. Politically, the island is divided among three countries: Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. It belongs to state of malaysia.


4)Madagascar, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the fourth-largest island in the world.


5)Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut is the largest member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world.


6)sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are shared between Indonesia and other countries), and the sixth largest island in the world.

7) Honshū is the largest island of Japan. It is the seventh largest island in the world, and the second most populous after Java in Indonesia


largest island by population:

1)java--indonesia
2)honshu-japan
3)Great Britain - United Kingdom
4. Luzon - Philippines -
5. Sumatera (Sumatra) - Indonesia