List of archipelagos by number of islands

List of archipelagos by number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays:

Location (total number of islands)Name of the archipelagosNumber of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays
FinlandArchipelago Sea40,000 (approx.)[1]
CanadaCanadian Arctic Archipelago36,563
CanadaThirty Thousand Islands30,000 (approx.)
Stockholm archipelago, Sweden (34,316[2])Stockholm archipelago28,945
Southeast Asia Malay Archipelago 25,000 (approx.)
Södermanland archipelago, SwedenSödermanland archipelago5,371
IndonesiaIndonesian Archipelago17,508 – 18,306[3]
Swedish East Coast Archipelago (21,628[2])Småland archipelago12,740
SwedenÖregrund archipelago9,722
SwedenÖstergötland archipelago8,888
Philippines Philippine Archipelago7,641[4]
FinlandKvarken Archipelago6,500
British IslesBritish Isles6,289
KoreaKorean Peninsula3,579
The Bahamas 3,200[5]Bahama Archipelago (Lucayan Archipelago)3,200
Japan Japanese archipelago
Japan Seto Inland Sea3,000
Queensland, AustraliaGreat Barrier Reef2,900 (reefs), 900 (islands)
ChileChile2,324
Quảng Ninh Province, VietnamHa Long Bay1,960 – 2,000
Saint Lawrence River, Canada–United States borderThousand Islands1,864
China (5,000)Zhoushan Archipelago1,390 (islands)
ThailandThailand1,430
IndiaAndaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands, Coastal India1208
GreeceAegean Sea, Ionian Sea1,200 – 6,000
CroatiaDalmatia1,200
MaldivesMaldive Islands1,192 (coral islands)
United StatesAlexander Archipelago1,100
EstoniaWest Estonian archipelago900[7]
ItalyItaly800
Myanmar Mergui Archipelago 800
Falkland Islands, United KingdomFalkland Islands776[8]
New ZealandNew Zealand Archipelago600
TurkeyAegean Sea, Marmara Sea, Black Sea500 (approx.)
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

See also

References
  1. "Nautical chart: International no. 1205, SE61, Baltic Sea, North, Sea of Åland" (PDF).
  2. "Swedish islands" (PDF). SCB, The Swedish Statistics Agency. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  3. Central Intelligence Agency. (2009-10-28). "East & Southeast Asia :: Philippines". The World Factbook. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  4. Mayuga, Jonathan (10 February 2016). "Namria 'discovers' 400 previously 'unknown' PHL islands using IfSAR". BusinessMirror. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2010-08-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Facts and Figures of Japan 2007 01: Land" (PDF). Foreign Press Center Japan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  7. Lääne-Eesti saarestik - Eesti Entsüklopeedia
  8. "The Islands: Location". Falkland Islands Government web site. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 April 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2007.
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