List of islands in Macaronesia

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Macaronesia

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

Islands over 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi)

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)

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

  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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