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Not every country was created the same.There are countries in the form
archipelago
.The archipelago countries are not only tropical destinations or volcanic chains, but are often a place where the beach line is decorated with FJord and geological fragmentation produces thousands of separate land.
That then raised a question, which country in this world has the most islands?The answer does not only depend on geography, but also on how you define an island.
Some countries count even the smallest land that remains above water when high tide;Others apply a tighter threshold for the minimum size or length of the coastline.
As reported
CN Traveler
, progress in satellite mapping also has caused the number to surge in recent years, because small islands that were previously not recorded were added to the official list.
Indonesia has long been known as the largest archipelago in the world.Interestingly, Indonesia is not included in the list of the top 5 countries with the most islands in the world, despite having 17,504 islands, both inhabited and uninhabited.
This list comes from numbers published by
Worldatlas
(2020), harmonized with an update of 2025 from
World Population Review
.This data reflects the number of islands that are most quoted and quite consistent, with numbers taken from national records and official land surveys.
This data collection method refers to the numbers issued by
Worldatlas
, which collects national level data from the Mapping Authority, Statistics Bureau, and Geospatial Survey.
Each country uses its own criteria to define and calculate the island.Some insert whatever land surrounded by water when high tide, regardless of its size;Others impose a threshold based on the area or length of the coastline.
Here are 5 countries with the largest number of islands in the world
1. Sweden
No other country approaches.Although less than 1,000 inhabited islands, the complicated network of freshwater islands and the Swedish sea, many are small and forested, making it an undeniable leader.Number of islands: 267,570
2. Norway
From the Arctic Svalbard to South Skerries, the steep Norwegian coastline and decorated with FJord were broken down by a large number of extraordinary small islands.Number of islands: 239,057
3. Finland
Like its Scandinavian neighbor, Finland has a very fragmented landscape, especially in the islands and lake regions.Number of islands: 178,947
4. Canada
Arctic and Pacific Beach Canada is filled with large and small islands, from Baffin to Vancouver.Many of them are uninhabited and remote.Number of islands: 52,455
5. United States
US calculations include everything ranging from the small islands of Alaska to Florida Keys and the Pacific region such as Guam and Samoa America.Number of islands: 18,617.
(Wiw)
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