List of islands of the Philippines

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A map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao

As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands[1][2] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited,[3] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named.[2]

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

Luzon

Babuyan group

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Bacuit group

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Boats at Cadlao Island

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Batanes group

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White sand beach at Sabtang island

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Bicol Region

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A view from Tinaga beach in Tinaga at sunset
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Cauit Island overlooking from Cagsao, Calabanga, Camarines Sur

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Cagayan Valley

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The Cape Engaño Lighthouse at Cape Engaño, Palaui Island

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Calamian Islands

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Catanduanes

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Central Luzon

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Grande Island

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Cuyo Archipelago

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Manamoc Island as seen from the north
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The main beach on the southern shore of Pamalican

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Ilocos Region

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Manila Bay islands

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A 1941 map of Corregidor Island

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Marinduque

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Masbate

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Metro Manila

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A view of the southern side of Isla de Convalecencia from the Ayala Bridge over the Pasig River

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Mindoro

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Palawan

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Cape Melville Lighthouse on the southern point of Balabac Island, circa 1892
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Satellite image of Second Thomas Shoal (Ayungin Shoal), an island of the Spratly Islands group in the South China Sea

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Polillo Islands

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An aerial view of Polillo Island

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Romblon

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An aerial view of Sibuyan Island

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Southern Tagalog

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Mindanao

Caraga

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Central Mindanao

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Davao Region

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Dinagat Islands

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Northern Mindanao

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Siargao

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Sulu Archipelago

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Panguan Island, The last island of the Sulu Archipelago nearest the Philippine-Malaysian border
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Mardanas Island, officially known as Siluag
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Panampangan Island, The island with the longest sandbar in the Philippines

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Zamboanga Peninsula

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Visayas

Biliran

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Bohol

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Cebu

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An aerial view of Gato Island

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Former islands

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Guimaras

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Leyte

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Negros Island

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Panay

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Samar

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Largest islands of the Philippines

Below is a list of the largest Philippine islands. 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 Template:Convert and a combined population of about 100.9 million (2015); thus they contain about 99% of the Philippines' total land area and total population (2015). Combined population of Luzon and Mindanao accounts for 80% of total population of the Philippines.

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# <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A] Name
of island 		Area[6] Population Coordinates Notes
1 Luzon Template:Convert 64,260,312 Template:Coord 15th largest island and 4th most populated island in the world
2 Mindanao Template:Convert 25,537,691 Template:Coord 19th largest island in the world
3 Samar Template:Convert 1,880,020 Template:Coord [7] Largest island entirely within one region
4 Negros Template:Convert 4,414,131 Template:Coord [7]
5 Palawan Template:Convert 886,308 Template:Coord Largest island entirely within one province
6 Panay Template:Convert 4,477,247 Template:Coord
7 Mindoro Template:Convert 1,331,473 Template:Coord
8 Leyte Template:Convert 2,388,518 Template:Coord
9 Cebu Template:Convert 3,917,423 Template:Coord Island province
10 Bohol Template:Convert 1,313,560 Template:Coord Island province
11 Masbate Template:Convert 706,897 Template:Coord Largest of island in Masbate province
12 Catanduanes Template:Convert 260,964 Template:Coord Island province
13 Basilan Template:Convert 459,367 Template:Coord Island province; largest island of the Sulu Archipelago
14 Marinduque Template:Convert 234,521 Template:Coord Island province
15 Busuanga Template:Convert 73,849 Template:Coord Largest of the Calamian Islands
16 Jolo Template:Convert 530,000 Template:Coord Part of the Sulu Archipelago
17 Tablas Template:Convert 164,012 Template:Coord [8]
18 Dinagat Template:Convert 106,951 Template:Coord Island province[9]
19 Polillo Template:Convert 64,802 Template:Coord
20 Guimaras Template:Convert 174,613 Template:Coord Island province
21 Tawitawi Template:Convert 82,582 Template:Coord Island province; part of the Sulu Archipelago
22 Biliran Template:Convert 171,612 Template:Coord Island province
23 Sibuyan Template:Convert 59,274 Template:Coord
24 Siargao Template:Convert 94,273 Template:Coord
25 Burias Template:Convert 90,300 Template:Coord
26 Culion Template:Convert 20,139 Template:Coord [10] 2nd largest of the Calamian Islands
27 Siquijor Template:Convert 95,984 Template:Coord Island province
28 Ticao Template:Convert 95,129 Template:Coord
29 Dumaran Template:Convert Template:Coord
30 Balabac Template:Convert Template:Coord
31 Samal Template:Convert 104,123 Template:Coord
32 Sibutu Template:Convert 30,387 Template:Coord
33 Camiguin Template:Convert 88,478 Template:Coord Island province
34 Calayan Template:Convert 8,919 Template:Coord [11] Largest of the Babuyan Islands
35 Olutanga Template:Convert 87,078 Template:Coord
36 Alabat Template:Convert 41,822 Template:Coord
37 Panaon Template:Convert 57,703 Template:Coord
38 Mapun Template:Convert 26,597 Template:Coord Formerly known as Cagayan de Tawi-tawi[12]
39 Camiguin Template:Convert Template:Coord [11] Part of the Babuyan Islands in Luzon, and distinct from Camiguin in Mindanao
40 Bucas Grande Template:Convert 22,314 Template:Coord
Lubang Template:Convert 28,922 Template:Coord
Linapacan Template:Convert 15,668 Template:Coord Largest island in the group of islands in Linapacan Strait.[13]
Bugsuk Template:Convert Template:Coord
Bantayan Template:Convert 120,447 Template:Coord
Pacijan Template:Convert Template:Coord Part of Camotes Islands group
Homonhon Template:Convert 4,211 Template:Coord
Babuyan Claro Template:Convert 1,423 Template:Coord [11] Part of the Babuyan Islands
Poro Template:Convert 36,508 Template:Coord Part of Camotes Islands group
Patnanongan Template:Convert 14,606 Template:Coord
Panglao Template:Convert 79,216 Template:Coord [14]
Pangutaran Template:Convert 30,613 Template:Coord
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Map

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See also

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References

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