List of islands of the Philippines


The islands of the Philippines, also known as the Philippine Archipelago, comprises about 7,641 islands, of which only about 2,000 are inhabited. More than 5,000 islands of the archipelago are yet to be given official names.
They are clustered into the three major island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

List of islands by size

Below is a list of the largest Philippine islands. Note there are discrepancies in the area estimates across various sources, which would change the rankings of some smaller islands. The areas given may not be definitive.
The 50 largest islands have a combined area of around and a combined population of almost 102 million, hence contains about 99% of the Philippines' total land area and total population.
# Name
of island		AreaCoordinatesNotes
1Luzon15th largest island and 4th most populated island in the world
2Mindanao19th largest island in the world
3SamarLargest island entirely within one region
4Negros
5PalawanLargest island entirely within one province
6Panay
7Mindoro
8Leyte
9CebuIsland province
10BoholIsland province
11MasbateIsland province
12CatanduanesIsland province
13BasilanIsland province; largest island of the Sulu Archipelago
14MarinduqueIsland province
15BusuangaLargest of the Calamian Islands
16JoloPart of the Sulu Archipelago
17Tablas
18DinagatIsland province
19Polillo
20GuimarasIsland province
21TawitawiIsland province; part of the Sulu Archipelago
22BiliranIsland province
23Sibuyan
24Siargao
25Burias
26CulionPart of the Calamian Islands
27SiquijorIsland province
28Ticao
29Dumaran
30Balabac
31Samal
32Sibutu
33CamiguinIsland province
34CalayanLargest of the Babuyan Islands
35Olutanga
36Alabat
37Panaon
38MapunFormerly known as Cagayan de Sulu
39CamiguinPart of the Babuyan Islands
40Bucas Grande
Lubang
LinapacanMain island of a group of islands.
Bugsuk
Bantayan
PacijanPart of Camotes Islands group
Homonhon
Babuyan ClaroPart of the Babuyan Islands
PoroPart of Camotes Islands group
Patnanongan
Panglao
Pangutaran

The following list breaks the islands down further by region and smaller island group for easier reference.

[Luzon]

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Caraga

[Biliran]

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