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List of island nations
This is a list of island nations, political entities that are located on islands or island-continents.
Current
By political status
Independent
Independence under dispute
Autonomous or semi-autonomous
By geographic configuration
Centered on one major island
Spread over an archipelago
Shares one or more of its islands with another state
- Brunei — island of Borneo, border with Malaysia
- Dominican Republic — island of Hispaniola, border with Haiti
- East Timor — island of Timor, border with Indonesian province of West Timor.
- Haiti — island of Hispaniola, border with the Dominican Republic
- Indonesia — islands of New Guinea, Timor, and Borneo. Borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Malaysia
- Republic of Ireland — island of Ireland, border with the United Kingdom
- Papua New Guinea — island of New Guinea, border with the Indonesian province of Papua.
- Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus — island of Cyprus, border with the Republic of Cyprus.
- United Kingdom — island of Ireland, border with the Republic of Ireland.
Continental shelf
Oceanic ridges or atolls
Entire continent and outlying islands
Former nations
Historical
- West Indies Federation, split up into Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tobago, Trinidad, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Former colonies, possessions, protectorates and territories
- Danish West Indies, now the United States Virgin Islands
- Territory of Hawai‘i, a US territory from 1898 to 1959, now part of the United States.
- Hong Kong (1841-1860), now a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. - note 4
- Labuan, briefly part of British North Borneo, the Strait settlements and Sabah, now a federal territory of Malaysia
- New Caledonia, now an overseas department of France
- Newfoundland (1583-1809), now Province of Newfoundland and Labrador of Canada - note 3
- New Hebrides, now Vanuatu
- Tasmania, now a part of Australia
- Vancouver Island, now a part of British Columbia, Canada
Notes
¹ The Cook Islands and Niue are in free association with New Zealand. See Niue Constitution Act 1974 (NZ).
² In association with the United States.
3 The Colony of Newfoundland covers the island of Newfoundland before 1808. In 1808, part of the peninsula of Labrador was transferred to Newfoundland from Lower Canada. In other words, before 1808, Newfoundland was an island colony. From 1808 onwards, the Colony of Newfoundland, and later the Dominion of Newfoundland, had been an island plus an area on the continent of North America.
4 The Crown Colony of Hong Kong covers only Hong Kong Island from 1841 to 1860. Kowloon south of Boundary Street on the continent was added in 1860, and extended to include the New Territories in 1898.
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