Island nations (no land borders) | Full List, Population & Data
Countries with a coastline and no land borders listed — often island states (excludes large countries with empty border data).
Countries
86
Population
385M
Total area
26,000,528 km²
Countries
| # | Country | Capital | Population | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | Tokyo | 123M | 377,930 |
| 2 | Philippines | Manila | 114M | 342,353 |
| 3 | Madagascar | Antananarivo | 32M | 587,041 |
| 4 | Australia | Canberra | 28M | 7,692,024 |
| 5 | Taiwan | Taipei | 23M | 36,197 |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 22M | 65,610 |
| 7 | Cuba | Havana | 9.7M | 109,884 |
| 8 | Singapore | Singapore | 6.1M | 710 |
| 9 | New Zealand | Wellington | 5.3M | 268,838 |
| 10 | Puerto Rico | San Juan | 3.2M | 8,870 |
| 11 | Jamaica | Kingston | 2.8M | 10,991 |
| 12 | Bahrain | Manama | 1.6M | 765 |
| 13 | Cyprus | Nicosia | 1.4M | 9,251 |
| 14 | Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 1.4M | 5,130 |
| 15 | Mauritius | Port Louis | 1.2M | 2,040 |
| 16 | Comoros | Moroni | 919.9K | 1,862 |
| 17 | Fiji | Suva | 900.9K | 18,272 |
| 18 | Réunion | Saint-Denis | 896.2K | 2,511 |
| 19 | Solomon Islands | Honiara | 750.3K | 28,896 |
| 20 | Malta | Valletta | 574.3K | 316 |
| 21 | Maldives | Malé | 515.1K | 300 |
| 22 | Cape Verde | Praia | 491.2K | 4,033 |
| 23 | Bahamas | Nassau | 398.2K | 13,943 |
| 24 | Iceland | Reykjavik | 391.8K | 103,000 |
| 25 | Guadeloupe | Basse-Terre | 378.6K | 1,628 |
| 26 | Martinique | Fort-de-France | 349.9K | 1,128 |
| 27 | Vanuatu | Port Vila | 321.4K | 12,189 |
| 28 | Mayotte | Mamoudzou | 320.9K | 374 |
| 29 | French Polynesia | Papeetē | 279.5K | 4,167 |
| 30 | Barbados | Bridgetown | 267.8K | 430 |
| 31 | New Caledonia | Nouméa | 264.6K | 18,575 |
| 32 | São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 209.6K | 964 |
| 33 | Samoa | Apia | 205.6K | 2,842 |
| 34 | Saint Lucia | Castries | 184.1K | 616 |
| 35 | Curaçao | Willemstad | 156.1K | 444 |
| 36 | Guam | Hagåtña | 153.8K | 549 |
| 37 | Seychelles | Victoria | 122.7K | 452 |
| 38 | Kiribati | South Tarawa | 120.7K | 811 |
| 39 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 110.9K | 389 |
| 40 | Grenada | St. George's | 109K | 344 |
| 41 | Aruba | Oranjestad | 107.6K | 180 |
| 42 | Micronesia | Palikir | 105.6K | 702 |
| 43 | Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's | 103.6K | 442 |
| 44 | Jersey | Saint Helier | 103.3K | 116 |
| 45 | Tonga | Nuku'alofa | 100.2K | 747 |
| 46 | United States Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie | 87.1K | 347 |
| 47 | Cayman Islands | George Town | 84.7K | 264 |
| 48 | Isle of Man | Douglas | 84.5K | 572 |
| 49 | Dominica | Roseau | 67.4K | 751 |
| 50 | Guernsey | St. Peter Port | 64.8K | 78 |
| 51 | Bermuda | Hamilton | 64.1K | 54 |
| 52 | Greenland | Nuuk | 56.5K | 2,166,086 |
| 53 | Faroe Islands | Tórshavn | 54.9K | 1,393 |
| 54 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 51.3K | 261 |
| 55 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Cockburn Town | 50.8K | 948 |
| 56 | American Samoa | Pago Pago | 49.7K | 199 |
| 57 | Northern Mariana Islands | Saipan | 47.3K | 464 |
| 58 | Marshall Islands | Majuro | 42.4K | 181 |
| 59 | British Virgin Islands | Road Town | 39.5K | 151 |
| 60 | Caribbean Netherlands | Kralendijk | 32K | 328 |
| 61 | Åland Islands | Mariehamn | 30.7K | 1,580 |
| 62 | Palau | Ngerulmud | 16.7K | 459 |
| 63 | Anguilla | The Valley | 16K | 91 |
| 64 | Cook Islands | Avarua | 15K | 236 |
| 65 | Nauru | Yaren | 11.7K | 21 |
| 66 | Wallis and Futuna | Mata-Utu | 11.6K | 142 |
| 67 | Tuvalu | Funafuti | 10.6K | 26 |
| 68 | Saint Barthélemy | Gustavia | 10.6K | 21 |
| 69 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre | 5.8K | 242 |
| 70 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Jamestown | 5.7K | 394 |
| 71 | Montserrat | Plymouth | 4.4K | 102 |
| 72 | Falkland Islands | Stanley | 3.7K | 12,173 |
| 73 | Tokelau | Fakaofo | 2.6K | 12 |
| 74 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Longyearbyen | 2.5K | 61,399 |
| 75 | Norfolk Island | Kingston | 2.2K | 36 |
| 76 | Christmas Island | Flying Fish Cove | 1.7K | 135 |
| 77 | Niue | Alofi | 1.7K | 260 |
| 78 | Antarctica | — | 1.3K | 14,000,000 |
| 79 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | West Island | 593 | 14 |
| 80 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Port-aux-Français | 400 | 7,747 |
| 81 | Pitcairn Islands | Adamstown | 35 | 47 |
| 82 | Bouvet Island | — | — | 49 |
| 83 | British Indian Ocean Territory | Diego Garcia | — | 60 |
| 84 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | — | — | 412 |
| 85 | South Georgia | King Edward Point | — | 3,903 |
| 86 | United States Minor Outlying Islands | Washington DC | — | 34 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Our Island nations (no land borders) | Full List, Population & Data list currently contains 86 countries, based on data from multiple authoritative sources. See the full table above for every entry.
We filter our country database using rules described in each list (for example landlocked = no sea coastline in the source data). This page shows 86 matching countries.
Country profiles combine REST Countries (borders, UN membership), CIA World Factbook (coastline, government type, elevation), and World Bank and WHO indicators.