As of 2026-10-12, Pantelleria Island tops the list with 7,620.
- #1 Pantelleria Island — 7,620
Italian island
Pantelleria, known in ancient times as Cossyra or Cossura, is an island and comune (municipality) in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, 106 kilometres southwest of Sicily and 68 km (35 nmi) east of the Tunisian coast. Administratively, Pantelleria's comune belongs to the Province of Trapani in the autonomous island region of Sicily in southern Italy. It has 7,150 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Tiger Island — 5,428
mountain
El Tigre is an island located in the Gulf of Fonseca, a body of water on the Pacific coast of Central America. The island is a conical basaltic stratovolcano and the southernmost volcano in Honduras. It belongs to Valle department. Together with Isla Zacate Grande, Isla Comandante and a few tiny satellite islets and rocks, it forms the municipality of Amapala, with an area of 75.2 km2 (29.0 sq mi) and a population of 9,687 as of the census of 2001. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 Bagabag — 3,000
island in Papua New Guinea
Bagabag is an island in the Madang Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG), which has a dormant volcano. It is part of the Karkar Rural LLG local government area of PNG. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 Bam — 1,154
island in Papua New Guinea
Bam, also known as Biem, is a small volcanic island off the coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG), 40 km (25 mi) north northeast of the Sepik river mouth. It represents the southernmost island of the Schouten Islands. The northern coast of the island is inhabited by a village and coconut groves. Much of the island is forested, except along its south flank. As of 2018, the island has a population of approximately 3,000 people. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 Merelava — 647
island
Merelava is an island in the Banks Islands of the Torba Province of northern Vanuatu. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 Baluan Island — 300
island in Papua New Guinea
Baluan Island is the southernmost island of the Admiralty Islands group which makes up the majority of Manus Province in Papua New Guinea. It belongs to the Pam Islands, an island subgroup to the south of Lou Island. It is formed from an extinct volcano, also named Baluan. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 Tristan da Cunha — 266
main island of the Tristan da Cunha island group
Tristan da Cunha, colloquially known as Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is one of three constituent parts of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, with its own constitution. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Floreana Island — 100
Island in Ecuador's Galapagos Archipelago
Floreana Island is a southern island in Ecuador's Galápagos Archipelago. The island has an area of 173 km2 (67 sq mi). It was formed by volcanic eruption. The island's highest point is Cerro Pajas at 640 m (2,100 ft), which is also the highest point of a volcano, as with most of the smaller islands of Galápagos. The island has a population of about 100. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 Socorro Island — 45
island in Mexico
Socorro Island is a volcanic island in the Revillagigedo Islands, a Mexican possession lying 600 kilometres (370 mi) off the country's western coast. The size is 16.5 by 11.5 km, with an area of 132 km2 (51 sq mi). It is the largest of the four islands of the Revillagigedo Archipelago. The last eruption was in 1993. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 Île Amsterdam — 28
islands in the southern Indian Ocean
Île Amsterdam, also known as Amsterdam Island or New Amsterdam, is an island of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the southern Indian Ocean that together with neighbouring Île Saint-Paul 90 kilometres (56 mi) to the south forms one of the five districts of the territory. Read more on Wikipedia.
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