Island country

An island nation is a country that consists of one or more islands or parts of islands and consulted with any part of the land area of a continent. Island states are different from the inland and coastal States.

Of the 195 currently recognized by the United Nations sovereign states of the world are 46, or about a quarter, island states. There are also four other, only partially recognized island states.

The largest area of ​​island country is Indonesia, the next largest island states are ( sorted by area ) Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

List of island countries

Landlocked country Montevideo Convention Antananarivo London Colombo Dominican Republic Port-au-Prince Solomon Islands Honiara Dili The Bahamas Port Vila Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica Bandar Seri Begawan Praia Apia Mauritius Moroni, Comoros South Tarawa Palikir Castries Palau Melekeok (town) Victoria, Seychelles Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Bridgetown Kingstown Grenada Maldives Basseterre Alofi Avarua Majuro Funafuti List of divided islands Matsu Islands Integrated Authority File
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