This is a list of islands in the Mediterranean Sea: [edit] By area | | Name | Image | Country | Area (km²) | Population | Capital/Main City | Political Status | Flag | | 1 | Sicily |  | Italy | 25,460 | 5,010,000 | Palermo | autonomous region with special statute |  | | 2 | Sardinia |  | Italy | 23,813 | 1,656,000 | Cagliari | autonomous region with special statute |  | | 3 | Cyprus |  | Cyprus | 9,251 | 1,048,000 [1] | Nicosia | de jure: single independent state, de facto: divided into two separate parts - the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Northern Cyprus |  | | 4 | Corsica |  | France | 8,681 | 275,000 | Ajaccio | territorial collective |  | | 5 | Crete |  | Greece | 8,312 | 624,000 | Heraklion | periphery (administrative division) | | | 6 | Euboea |  | Greece | 3,655 | 218,000 | Chalcis | prefecture | | | 7 | Majorca |  | Spain | 3,640 | 778,000 | Palma | part of an autonomous community |  | | 8 | Lesbos |  | Greece | 1,630 | 90,000 | Mytilene | prefecture | | | 9 | Rhodes |  | Greece | 1,398 | 117,000 | Rhodes | part of a prefecture | | | 10 | Chios |  | Greece | 842 | 52,000 | Chios | prefecture | | | 11 | Kefalonia |  | Greece | 781 | 37,000 | Argostoli | prefecture | | | 12 | Minorca |  | Spain | 694 | 87,000 | Mahon | part of an autonomous community |  | | 13 | Corfu |  | Greece | 592 | 108,000 | Corfu | prefecture | | | 14 | Ibiza |  | Spain | 577 | 111,000 | Ibiza Town | part of an autonomous community |  | | 15 | Djerba |  | Tunisia | 523 | 60,000 | Houmt Souk | part of an governorate which is centred on the mainland | | | | 16 | Lemnos | | Greece | 476 | 18,000 | Myrina | | | | 17 | Samos |  | Greece | 476 | 34,000 | Vathy | | | | 18 | Naxos | | Greece | 428 | 18,000 | Naxos | | | | 19 | Zakynthos |  | Greece | 406 | 39,000 | Zakynthos (city) | | | | 20 | Cres | | Croatia | 406 | 3,184 | | | | | 21 | Krk | | Croatia | 405 | 17,860 | | | | | 22 | Brač | | Croatia | 395 | 13,000 | | | | | 23 | Andros | | Greece | 380 | 10,000 | Ándros | | | | 24 | Thasos | | Greece | 379 | 14,000 | Thasos | | | | 25 | Lefkada | | Greece | 303 | 21,000 | Lefkada (city) | | | | 26 | Karpathos | | Greece | 301 | 6,000 | Karpathos | | | | 27 | Hvar | | Croatia | 300 | 11,459 | | | | | 28 | Kos | | Greece | 290 | 31,000 | Kos | | | | 29 | Pag | | Croatia | 285 | 7,969 | | | | | 30 | Gökçeada | | Turkey | 279 | 8,875 | | | | | 31 | Korčula | | Croatia | 279 | 16,182 | | | | | 32 | Cythera | | Greece | 278 | 3,000 | Kythira | | | | 33 | Icaria | | Greece | 255 | 8,000 | Agios Kirykos | | | | 34 | Malta |  | Malta | 246 | 373,000 [2] | Valletta | main island of an independent state |  | [edit] By country -
[edit] Croatia [edit] France [edit] Albania [edit] Greece [edit] Montenegro In Bay of Kotor: [edit] Tunisia [edit] Turkey [edit] Politically-divided [edit] See also - ^ arrived at by adding the population of the Republic of Cyprus (784,000) to that of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (264,000)
- ^ arrived at by subtracting the population of the island of Gozo (31,000) from the total population figure for the Republic of Malta (404,000)
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