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List of islands in Macaronesia

This is a list of islands in Macaronesia, as ordered by area, max altitude and population.

Macaronesia

Islands over 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi) edit

Rank Island's Name Area (km2) Area (sq mi) Height (m) Location Population Density (per km2)
1 Tenerife 2,034.38[1] 3,715   Canary Islands 966,354[2] 475
2 Fuerteventura 1,659.74[1] 807   Canary Islands 126,227[3] 76
3 Gran Canaria 1,560.11 1,956   Canary Islands 870,595[4] 558
4 Santiago 991 1,392   Cape Verde 294,135 297
5 Lanzarote 845.94[1] 671   Canary Islands 154,530 183
6 Santo Antão 785 1,979   Cape Verde 38,200 45
7 São Miguel 744.55[5] 1,105   Azores 137,228 184
8 Madeira 740.7 1,862   Madeira 267,785 362
9 La Palma 708.32[1] 2,423   Canary Islands 85,840[6] 121
10 Boa Vista 631.1 387   Cape Verde 14,451 23
11 Fogo 475.6 2,829   Cape Verde 45,837 96
12 Pico 444.97[7] 2,351   Azores 13,895[8] 31
13 Terceira 400.28[9] 1,021.2   Azores 53,311[8] 133
14 São Nicolau 379.5 1,312   Cape Verde 12,424 33
15 La Gomera 369.76 1,487   Canary Islands 22,426[1] 61
16 Maio 269 436   Cape Verde 6,980 26
17 El Hierro 268 1,501   Canary Islands 11,338 42
18 São Jorge 243.65 1,053.4   Azores 8,381[8] 34
19 São Vicente 227 744   Cape Verde 81,014 357
20 Sal 216 406   Cape Verde 39,700 184
21 Faial 173.06 1,043   Azores 14,356[8] 83
22 Flores 141.02 915   Azores 3,429[8] 24
23 Santa Maria 96.87 586.8   Azores 5,414[8] 56
24 Brava 336 976   Cape Verde 5,698 17
25 Graciosa 60.65 402   Azores 4,095[8] 68
26 Porto Santo 42.17 517   Madeira 5,158[8] 122
27 Santa Luzia 34.2 395   Cape Verde 0 0
28 La Graciosa 29.05 266   Canary Islands 734 25
29 Corvo 17.12 720   Azores 386[8] 23
30 Alegranza 10.202 289   Canary Islands 0 0
31 Deserta Grande 10   Madeira 0 0

Islands under 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi) edit

Rank Island's Name Area (km2) Area (sq mi) Height (m) Location Population Density (per km2)
32 Lobos 4.679   Canary Islands 4 0
33 Bugio 3   Madeira 0 0
34 Ilhéu Grande 3   Cape Verde 0 0
35 Ilhéu Branco 2.78   Cape Verde 0 0
36 Selvagem Grande 2.45   Madeira 0 0
37 Ilhéu de Cima 1.5   Cape Verde 0 0
38 Montaña Clara 1.33   Canary Islands 0 0
39 Roque del Este 0.1   Canary Islands 0 0

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "Estadística del Territorio" [Territory Statistics] (in Spanish). Instituto Canario de Estadística (ISTAC). Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  2. ^ "This statistic displays the population of the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands* in January 2020, by island". Statista.com. October 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Real Decreto 1458/2018, de 14 de diciembre, por el que se declaran oficiales las cifras de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal referidas al 1 de enero de 2019" [Royal Decree 1458/2018, of 14 December, by which the population values resulting from the review of the municipal register of 01 January 2019 are declared official] (PDF). BOE (in Spanish). 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  4. ^ Population referred to the January 1, 2019 Archived 31 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Geografia São Miguel". iaram.azores.gov.pt. Azores Government. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. ^ "This statistic displays the population of the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands* in January 2020, by island". Statista.com. October 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Geografia Pico". iaram.azores.gov.pt. Azores Government. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i "INE - Plataforma de divulgação dos Censos 2021 – Resultados Preliminares". censos.ine.pt. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Geografia Terceira". Azores Government. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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