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This is a list of islands in the Mediterranean Sea:

Contents

By area

  Name Image Country Area (km²) Population Capital/Main City Political Status Flag
1 Sicily Sicily-EO.JPG Italy 25,460 5,010,000 Palermo autonomous region with special statute Flag of Sicily (revised).svg
2 Sardinia Sardinia satellite.jpg Italy 23,813 1,656,000 Cagliari autonomous region with special statute Flag of Sardinia.svg
3 Cyprus Cyprus.arp.750pix.jpg Cyprus 9,251 1,048,000 [1] Nicosia de jure: single independent state, de facto: divided into two separate parts - the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Northern Cyprus Flag of Cyprus.svg
4 Corsica CorsicaSatellite.jpg France 8,681 275,000 Ajaccio territorial collective Flag of Corsica.svg
5 Crete Crete Nasa.jpg Greece 8,312 624,000 Heraklion periphery (administrative division)
6 Euboea Euboea island.jpg Greece 3,655 218,000 Chalcis prefecture
7 Majorca Mallorca.jpg Spain 3,640 846,000 Palma part of an autonomous community Flag of Mallorca.svg
8 Lesbos Lesbos small.jpg Greece 1,630 90,000 Mytilene prefecture
9 Rhodes Rhodes NLT Landsat7.png Greece 1,398 117,000 Rhodes part of a prefecture
10 Chios Chios NASA satellite image.jpg Greece 842 52,000 Chios prefecture
11 Kefalonia Kephalonia.png Greece 781 37,000 Argostoli prefecture
12 Minorca Menorca.jpg Spain 694 87,000 Mahon part of an autonomous community Bandera de Menorca.svg
13 Corfu Corfu from ISS.jpg Greece 592 108,000 Corfu prefecture
14 Ibiza Ibiza.jpg Spain 577 111,000 Ibiza Town part of an autonomous community Ibiza flag.svg
15 Djerba ISD highres ISS002 ISS002-749-82 3.JPG Tunisia 523 60,000 Houmt Souk part of an governorate which is centred on the mainland
16 Lemnos Greece 476 18,000 Myrina
17 Samos Samos 26.80174E 37.72709N.jpg Greece 476 34,000 Vathy
18 Naxos Greece 428 18,000 Naxos
19 Zakynthos ZakynthosWW.jpg Greece 406 39,000 Zakynthos (city)
20 Cres Croatia 406 3,184
21 Krk Croatia 405 17,860
22 Brač Croatia 395 13,000
23 Andros Greece 380 10,000 Ándros
24 Thasos Greece 379 14,000 Thasos
25 Lefkada Greece 303 21,000 Lefkada (city)
26 Karpathos Greece 301 6,000 Karpathos
27 Hvar Croatia 300 11,459
28 Kos Greece 290 31,000 Kos
29 Pag Croatia 285 7,969
30 Gökçeada Turkey 279 8,875
31 Korčula Croatia 279 16,182
32 Cythera Greece 278 3,000 Kythira
33 Icaria Greece 255 8,000 Agios Kirykos
34 Malta Malta satellite NASA.jpg Malta 246 373,000 [2] Valletta main island of an independent state Flag of Malta.svg

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Croatia

France

Albania

Greece

Italy

Malta

Montenegro

In Bay of Kotor:

Spain

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

Politically-divided

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ arrived at by adding the population of the Republic of Cyprus (784,000) to that of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (264,000)
  2. ^ arrived at by subtracting the population of the island of Gozo (31,000) from the total population figure for the Republic of Malta (404,000)







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