An island country is a sovereign state whose territory consists entirely of one or more islands, with no land border shared with another country. They range from vast archipelagos like Indonesia and Japan to single small islands such as Nauru. Island nations are found in every ocean and dominate the map of the Caribbean and the Pacific.
38 countries Sovereign states with no land borders. Ranges from large archipelagos to single small islands.
Populations from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); other fields from open datasets. Sources and vintage on the data page. Membership of cultural regions can vary between sources; this list uses the definition described above.
