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The following is a list of islands on earth, sorted by population density with most densed and least density of inhabited island.

Most densely populated islands

#	Island	Country	Population	Area km²	Density (per km²)
1	Santa Cruz del Islote	Colombia	1,247 (2007)	0.01	124,700
2	Migingo Island	Kenya	400 (2007)	0.004	100,000
3	Ap Lei Chau	Hong Kong	86,782 (2007)	1.32	66,755
4	Malé	Maldives	92,555 (2006)	1.952	47,415.5
5	Salsette Island	India	13,175,000 (2001)	436	30,217
6	Manhattan	United States	1,634,795 (2008)	59.47	27,485
7	Hong Kong Island	Hong Kong	1,268,112 (2006)	80.4	15,915
8	Singapore	Singapore	4,987,600 (2009)	710.2	6,814
9	Isola dei Pescatori	Italy	208 (1971)	0.034	6,118
10	Lindau (island)	Germany	3,000 (2008)	0.68	4,412
11	Montréal	Canada	1,854,442 (2006)	499	3,716
12	Majuro	Marshall Islands	25,400 (2004)	9.7	2,618.6
13	Long Island	United States	7,448,618 (2000)	1401	2110
14	Frauenchiemsee	Germany	300 (2008)	0.155	1,935
15	Amager	Denmark	160,030 (2008)	96.3	1,662
16	Java	Indonesia	130,000,000 (2006)	132,187	1,026
17	Taiwan	Republic of China	23,000,000 (2008)	35,801	636
18	Aquidneck Island	United States	60,870 (2000)	98	621.1
19	Honshū	Japan	103,000,000 (2005)	230,500	447 [1]
20	Luzon	Philippines	46,228,000 (2007)	104,688[2][3]	441.6[4]
21	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	3,994,259 (2007)	9,104	438
22	Sri Lanka (main island)	Sri Lanka	21,184,000 (2008)	65,268	325
23	Great Britain	United Kingdom	57,100,000 (2001)	209,331	273
24	Mindanao	Philippines	18,133,864 (2000)	94,630[5][3]	173
25	Sumatra	Indonesia	45,000,000 (2005)	470,000	96 [6]
25	Ebeye	Marshall Islands	12,000 (2009)	0.36	33,333.3

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Least densely populated islands

There are numerous uninhabited islands. The largest uninhabited island of the world is Devon Island. For islands with no residents, see deserted island.

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