Largest Islands in the World

The 15 biggest islands ranked by total land area in km². Greenland is by far the largest island on Earth at over 2 million km², though Australia is often classified as a continent rather than an island.

Data

#	Island	Location	Area (km²)	Area (mi²)
1	Greenland	North Atlantic / Arctic	2,130,800	822,700
2	New Guinea	Pacific Ocean	785,753	303,381
3	Borneo	Southeast Asia	748,168	288,869
4	Madagascar	Indian Ocean	587,041	226,658
5	Baffin Island	Canada	507,451	195,928
6	Sumatra	Southeast Asia	443,066	171,069
7	Honshu	Japan	227,960	88,017
8	Victoria Island	Canada	217,291	83,897
9	Great Britain	UK	209,331	80,823
10	Ellesmere Island	Canada	196,236	75,767
11	Sulawesi	Indonesia	174,600	67,413
12	South Island	New Zealand	150,437	58,084
13	Java	Indonesia	138,794	53,589
14	North Island	New Zealand	113,729	43,911
15	Luzon	Philippines	109,965	42,458

Source: Wikipedia — List of islands by area. Australia excluded as it is classified as a continental landmass.