Most Populous Islands by Letter

For each letter, name the island with the most inhabitants.

The Australian mainland is not considered to be an island

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Last updated: October 7, 2021

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Letter	Island	Population
A	Ambon	441,000
B	Borneo	23,720,000
C	Cuba	11,318,747
D	Dongchong Island	191,019
E	Euboea	210,815
F	Flores	1,831,000
G	Great Britain	66,397,821
H	Honshū	104,000,000
I	Ireland	6,894,291
J	Java	147,795,436
K	Kyūshū	13,200,000
L	Luzon	64,260,312
M	Madagascar	28,479,665

Letter	Island	Population
N	New Guinea	14,800,000
O	Okinawa Island	1,301,000
P	Panay	4,542,926
Q	Qeshm	148,993
R	Réunion	837,868
S	Sumatra	58,880,000
T	Taiwan	23,865,820
U	Unguja	896,721
V	Vancouver Island	870,297
W	Isle of Wight	139,800
X	Xiamen Island	2,040,000
Y	Yangzhong	334,977
Z	Zhongshan Island	2,890,000

Level 77

Oct 8, 2021

Great quiz. Crazy that there is no more populous "W" island than the one given.

Level 82

Oct 13, 2021

A lot of populous islands seem to all cluster around G-M

Level 82

Oct 13, 2021

I was also surprised to see that Zhongshan was more populous than Zamboanga - but upon looking it up I discovered that while there is a city, a province, and a peninsula in the Philippines with that name, there exists no island.

Level 77

Oct 13, 2021

Crazy that there are 2 million and Xiamen alone, talk about cramped.

Level 60

Oct 13, 2021

Not convinced that Isle of Wight starts with a W, as "Wight" on its own would be pretty much meaningless. To me it starts with an "I".

Level 58

Oct 13, 2021

I probably should have stated this in a caveat, but for many islands which have the world "island" at the end, I do not require people to write the word "island". In keeping with the same principle, I decided that the "Isle of" part should not be required, though I understand that this could be controversial.

Level 71

Oct 16, 2021

Had to do a double-take on Vancouver Island, since that's where I'm originally from. I didn't realise its population had grown quite that much :-p Provincial estimates put the population close to 25K lower from last year!

Level 67

Oct 26, 2021

So, we're not considering all of Eurasia an island now?