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Top 10 Most Famous Island Countries

There are 47 countries that are located entirely on islands. Which ones have been named the most often on the Countries of the World quiz?
Excluding Australia, considered a continent
Percentages as at May 2023
Quiz by TenThousand
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First submittedNovember 20, 2014
Times taken88,385
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Rating4.73
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Country
94
United Kingdom
92
Japan
88
Iceland
87
Ireland
82
New Zealand
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Country
78
Cuba
78
Madagascar
74
Indonesia
66
Philippines
60
Jamaica
TenThousand
+9
Level 76
May 29, 2023
From 2021 when this quiz began, to 2023, Jamaica has replaced Haiti in 10th place
gma1950
+20
Level 34
Nov 21, 2018
In Australia we are taught that Australia is the world's largest island and smallest continent. Surprised we didn't rate a mention.
TenThousand
+41
Level 76
Nov 21, 2018
You did: you're in the instructions.
sampash
+15
Level 20
Nov 21, 2018
It should still be in there though. While it is considered a continent, it's still also considered an island
QRU
+8
Level 74
Jan 24, 2019
It is considered a lot of things. But there has to be a arbitrary line somewhere.You could justifiably count Eurasia as an island, or New Zealand as a continent.
TH0R
+2
Level 26
Jan 24, 2019
Darn, didn't read the fine print.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 14, 2020
@qru Why a line, they arent opposites things. Like one can be a zebra and male. Not ow it can't be a zebra because it is already male..
OliviaPG
+5
Level 68
Mar 25, 2020
@Sifhraven Because if there isn't a line, then every landmass in the world is both a continent and an island
xjd299
+1
Level 58
Jul 19, 2021
If Australia is a continent, which continent is New Zealand in?
grantdon
+3
Level 73
Jun 17, 2023
As an island, New Zealand isn't on a continent.
TenThousand
+4
Level 76
Jul 19, 2021
This one
AiJiyao
+1
Level 67
Jul 19, 2021
Can Zealandia count to agree on Australia being it's own continent? Because if we go that way then we can consider Seychelles to be on the Mascarene continent, Madagascar to be its own continent if I remember well, some central american countries, and a few other areas I think. And we might have to revise the list of transcontinental countries as well...
TheGreatDuck
+10
Level 59
Jan 24, 2019
Pretty sure Australia the country is considered an island, making up the continent of Oceania together with New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and smaller Pacific island states.
roleybob
+3
Level 75
Jan 24, 2019
That's how I see it but what constitutes each continent is not universally agreed upon and Jetpunk considers Australia to be a continent in itself, and therefore not an island nation. Weirdly.

It's not even agreed upon by everyone how many continents there are, never mind where their borders are. At least Jetpunk is fairly consistent with itself

dogmeat
+2
Level 67
Feb 6, 2019
Australia is a continent, Oceania is not a continent it is a arbitrarily designated region.

Traditionally the continents that are most often described are Nth and Sth America, Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Australia and Europe (7 in total)

Geologicallly Europe and Asia are the same continent but in the last decade a seventh geological continent i.e.

the only other "continent" in the south pacific (and the earth) is Zealandia which apparently meets all the criteria for a continent and would be very obviously one if most of it wasn't submerged. As the name suggests its main visible land mass is New Zealand from where it runs north as far as New Caledonia coming very close to Australia off Queensland

TenThousand
+2
Level 76
Feb 6, 2019
Chill out dudes. You can argue Australia either way.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Mar 14, 2020
In my language we have 2 different words where english uses one. (usually the other way around, like how in english you have pigeons and doves and turtles an tortoises while in many languages they are considered part of the same thing, but I digress). One is continent aswell and is strictly geographical so based on continental plates. The other "werelddeel" literally meaning worldpart is continent in the sense of the regions people decided to separate the word into.

Many of the discussions and arguments I see on this site seem to involve this subject. People using different parameters arguing with eachothers. One says it belong to it because it is on the same plate, the other say it isnt, because it is outside the agreed borders. It is like people arguing about different things.

Hope this comment didnt get too messy/chaotic

CLD99
+1
Level 56
Aug 29, 2020
Not in the US, where JetPunk is from. I understand that (most) other countries view it differently, but I guess the US is what matters here...
TenThousand
+6
Level 76
Aug 29, 2020
This is an international website now, with most quizzers here living throughout the world. A minority of activity in this website happens in United States.
camus
+1
Level 78
Jul 19, 2021
I guess what matters here is what Quizmaster deems to be reasonable...
Malbaby
+2
Level 71
Jul 19, 2021
Brown nose
supr
+1
Level 38
Sep 7, 2021
Brown nose
carrow
+1
Level 52
Jan 24, 2019
I personally blame being taught that Australia is a continent for my inability to judge distances in other countries, since they fail to teach us that it's also the *smallest* continent. Ask me how long it takes to drive from southern Germany to northern Germany and I'll assume it takes an hour or two. And surely Victoria is bigger than California?
Carlos
+5
Level 43
Feb 5, 2019
As a teacher of Geography (in Australia), I can assure you that Australia is a continent and definitely NOT an island. The world’s largest island is Greenland.
Sifhraven
+5
Level 67
Feb 16, 2019
It is surrounded by water so it is an island. It doesn't matter if it has been given the status of continent later on. That is just a label, like the calling the place Australia. Made up by men (unless you are referring to continents in a geological sense and not a geopolitical sense (social/cultural construct). Because humans can't change what a continental plate is as much as they can't change what an island is.)
Zefyrinus
+7
Level 71
May 3, 2019
All continents are surrounded by water! smh
ALA02
+7
Level 62
Aug 29, 2019
Oh yes and the America’s totally aren’t surrounded by water. Nor is Afro Eurasia. Or Antarctica.
JWC1202
+2
Level 74
Jan 24, 2019
If you consider Australia an island, you might as well just go ahead and consider Antarctica an island as well. It has more landmass, sure, but since the definition of island is arbitrary, there is no reason to draw that line at Australia and not Antarctica. Since we are not going to do that, I think we have to agree to something like Greenland = island, >Greenland = continent.
TangoMike
+2
Level 50
Jan 25, 2019
Bout there are no sovereign nations on antarctica
TurkeyCookTime
+5
Level 76
Jan 31, 2020
That doesn't make any difference
LairdW
+3
Level 47
Jan 24, 2019
Forgot uk, ireland, and iceland.
LincolnIsTheBestOne
+2
Level 63
Jan 25, 2019
Got them all with 0:47 remaining at 3:07:42 PM on January 25, 2019.
Quizzyquizzed
+1
Level 28
Jan 30, 2019
This whole "is Australia an island" is like the most controversial thing ever lol
Sifhraven
+8
Level 67
Feb 16, 2019
Try which continent does Cyprus belong to. And add a little bit of is England a country and is Russia in Europe. Also is Greenland a country in its own right and why is the poor thing never counted/included (either independently or as part of Denmark)
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Feb 16, 2019
Ow and what should Macedonia be called ;)
TenThousand
+1
Level 76
Jan 31, 2020
Well, you just calling it Macedonia gets that ball rolling...
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 14, 2020
It still seem to not be moving ;)
TenThousand
+1
Level 76
Jul 26, 2022
It rolled, but nobody noticed cos it's not an answer here anyway
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
May 30, 2023
Who own the Falkland Islands again?
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
May 31, 2023
North Cyprus is in Asia. The rest is in Europe.
GeoDude
+2
Level 48
Mar 17, 2019
Gibraltar is part of the UK and not on an island
TenThousand
+5
Level 76
May 3, 2019
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory (BOT). Although BOT's fall under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom, they do not form a part of it.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
May 30, 2023
Plus I don't think island countries fully need to be on islands. I always used the definition "An island country is a country that has more land on islands than on a mainland."
divantilya
+2
Level 37
Mar 20, 2019
Haiti, but not Dominican Republic, Jamaica, St. Kitts, Antigua, Trinidad, Grenada, Bahamas, Barbados?
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 14, 2020
Not random islands, but most often guessed on the island nation quiz
FolgoreCZ
+3
Level 60
Aug 10, 2020
Haiti is probably the most guessed after Cuba because it's the easiest name of Caribbean countries, easy to remember and to write down. And since it is last on the list, who knows, maybe Dominican republic is 11th. Well, 12th, since Dominica is always auto-filled when typing out DR.
Freestatebear
+1
Level 85
May 30, 2023
Also, Haiti gets a lot of 'press' since it's the poorest country in the Americas, it has suffered devastating natural disasters in recent years (earthquakes and hurricanes), and it has attracted the attention of a recent US President - who's comments include language that's not allowed in JetPunk comments.
Hollywood
+2
Level 62
Feb 13, 2020
The island of Haiti? Wonder why it was the least guessed 🙄
kalbahamut
+11
Level 82
Mar 14, 2020
No, the island country of Haiti. aka the country (called Haiti) that is entirely located on island(s), just like every one of these other answers, including the #1 and #3 most guessed which also share their islands with other countries.
TheCrusher
+2
Level 72
Jul 20, 2021
#8 also does some sharing. :)
Gyra
+3
Level 28
Mar 14, 2020
It's very interesting to compare the accuracy of quiz-takers on the quiz this is based on versus this one. Funny how some percentages go up and some go down, while others stay the same.
stevediverse
+1
Level 90
Dec 22, 2021
Not really. The original quiz stats are based on people guessing island countries. The stats for this quiz are based on people guessing what other people guess the most.

I didn't answer this quiz based on the island countries I know, I based my answers on what countries I thought most people would know.

Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 60
May 30, 2023
It's still interesting to look at.
QuizzerBros
+1
Level 66
Jul 19, 2021
Sorry Jerry! I almost missed NZ somehow.
bn91
+2
Level 70
Jul 19, 2021
Haiti is a wrong answer, because the name of the island is Hispaniola. On Hispaniola Haiti and Dominica are located...
WashingMachine
+7
Level 68
Jul 19, 2021
It’s still an island country. It’s situated entirely on an island. Same goes for the Dominican Republic, UK, Ireland, PNG, and East Timor.
RobNobody
+6
Level 76
May 30, 2023
Not to mention that Dominica isn't on Hispaniola. You're thinking of the Dominican Republic.
AnnikaKim
+3
Level 62
Jul 19, 2021
Somehow I'm not surprised at all that the third-largest island country, Papua New Guinea, is not in the top ten.
Jango
+1
Level 64
Sep 13, 2021
Me neither. Jetpunk navel gazing reinvents the world
kevray85
+1
Level 59
Jul 19, 2021
still need more type ins for Phillippines. I miss that one for spelling so frequently.
TenThousand
+4
Level 76
Dec 23, 2021
You just did. It's Philippines, with one l :)
Mara501
+1
Level 27
Jul 19, 2021
where are Maldives
TheYeetCow
+2
Level 35
Jul 19, 2021
Southern Asia.
thailand
+1
Level 40
Aug 17, 2021
And Papua New Guinea
rimeotheromeo
+1
Level 43
May 29, 2023
on the map
RITB
+2
Level 65
Jul 19, 2021
In 'Countries of the world', Australia is part of oceania so technically Australia would work too here.
meeery33
+2
Level 47
Jun 17, 2023
Read the instructions
Malbaby
+4
Level 71
Jul 19, 2021
I am surprised that Singapore is not mentioned here, I would have thought that such an important port and trading centre would have been on the list.
TenThousand
+3
Level 76
Jul 20, 2021
Singapore is currently 46%
Kalleanon
+1
Level 66
Jul 21, 2021
A lot of people don't realise Singapore is an island, I've seen a lot of discussions on here claiming it has a land border with Malaysia.
TenThousand
+2
Level 76
Jul 21, 2021
Well in a way, it does have a land border, via a causeway. I've driven over it. In these quizzes manmade causeways like here, and man-made islands like Passport Island, are quietly ignored. Therefore you can argue either way about whether Singapore and Bahrain are "island" nations. No problems with this quiz though, because they both score too low to appear anyway.
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 67
Aug 13, 2021
52 seconds remaining
GeoWizAlbania
+2
Level 34
Sep 20, 2021
Australia isn't a continent, though... Oceania is the content in which the country of Australia is in
dellynuts
+4
Level 46
Feb 1, 2022
Why is Australia not on there ?! Pretty notorious island if you ask me.
Antoniomartin
+1
Level 46
Mar 1, 2022
xactly what eye thought!
elcampeador
+3
Level 78
Jul 25, 2022
It's generally considered a continental landmass. It sounds semantic, but otherwise, Africa (for example) could be considered an island since it's surrounded by water on all sides (if you count the Suez).
TenThousand
+1
Level 76
Jul 26, 2022
Please see the instructions.
Antoniomartin
+1
Level 46
Mar 1, 2022
Haiti's not an island...GHispaniola is.
ShievaAndGolly
+4
Level 56
Apr 7, 2022
But it's on an island, so it's an island country.
Tadeu
+6
Level 58
Sep 18, 2022
Is the UK an island? I thought it was Great Britain. Is Japan an island? The islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and Okinawa. Is New Zealand an island? The islands are North Island and South Island. That's selective of you only complaining about Haiti hahaha

The quiz is clearly not about islands names but names of countries in islands.

Speed4TheNeed
+4
Level 87
May 30, 2023
The quiz just asks for countries that are located entirely on islands, not necessarily on a singular one.
moonshot
+1
Level 55
Jun 27, 2023
This is why you read the quiz instructions, or one better, the quiz title
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 56
Apr 7, 2022
How did I miss the UK and Ireland‽
Moeilijk
+3
Level 61
Oct 15, 2022
As an Australian, was so mad that we weren't on this quiz. Completely disregarded the actual facts.
Kingsfisher
+6
Level 63
Mar 26, 2023
There is no Cyprus, because it is a separate continent
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
May 31, 2023
Best solution ever.
Thisisreal
+2
Level 87
May 30, 2023
Am I the only one surprised from Madagascar as a top answer? I also wasn’t expecting it to be in the top guessed countries in Africa and I was wrong..
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 67
May 30, 2023
1:10
Syrext
+1
Level 53
Jun 2, 2023
Why is Ireland above Iceland if it has one percent less?
ch49
+1
Level 50
Jun 17, 2023
the fact australia isnt here is wild
Geografen
+2
Level 67
Jun 17, 2023
The quiz is about island countries.
woopedeedoo
+1
Level 43
Jun 17, 2023
ireland, so northern ireland must be imaginary
VinMaps
+5
Level 70
Jun 17, 2023
It never said an Island can't be shared by more than 1 country, does it?

Otherwise Indonesia wouldn't make it to the list.

FreeStater
+1
Level 66
Jun 17, 2023
Jamaica… duh.
swedishbob
+2
Level 44
Jun 17, 2023
How do more people know Jamaica than Australia????
Azerk
+1
Level 64
Jun 17, 2023
Read the caveats again
Watfordfcfan
+1
Level 44
Jun 17, 2023
Australia?
Geografen
+1
Level 67
Jun 18, 2023
Not an island country.
SHB2000
+1
Level 42
Jun 17, 2023
This seems US-centric to me. Surely, Singapore or Taiwan beat Cuba?
CatcoolH
+1
Level 65
Jun 18, 2023
I wonder where Sri Lanka is on this list, it's quite noticeable on a map
mikeyheath92
+1
Level 48
Jun 19, 2023
Missed Iceland. Faaack.
theboys11G
+1
Level 69
Jun 30, 2023
too ez
xtremeyoylecake
+1
Level 43
Sep 21, 2023
Madagacar getting famous bc of the dreamworks movie from around 2004-2008
Carry
+1
Level 63
Oct 19, 2023
Not sure if famous is the right term for this. Most guessed doesn't equal famous.
supermansmum
+1
Level 35
Nov 10, 2023
Australia considered a continent is hilarious. New Zealand is in the continent of the country of Australia?
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