Island Countries Quiz

There are 47 countries that are located entirely on islands. How many can you name?

On islands = not on a continent. Islands can be shared by multiple countries

Includes countries that have small overseas territories on continents

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First submitted	June 28, 2010
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Average score	74.5%
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km²	Country
(7,692,024)	(Australia)
1,904,569	Indonesia
587,041	Madagascar
462,840	Papua New Guinea
377,930	Japan
342,353	Philippines
270,467	New Zealand
242,900	United Kingdom
109,884	Cuba
103,000	Iceland
70,273	Ireland
65,610	Sri Lanka
48,671	Dominican Republic
36,193	Taiwan
28,896	Solomon Islands
27,750	Haiti

km²	Country
18,272	Fiji
14,874	East Timor
13,943	Bahamas
12,189	Vanuatu
10,991	Jamaica
9,251	Cyprus
5,765	Brunei
5,130	Trinidad and Tobago
4,033	Cape Verde
2,842	Samoa
2,040	Mauritius
1,862	Comoros
965	Sao Tome and Principe
811	Kiribati
765	Bahrain
751	Dominica

km²	Country
747	Tonga
710	Singapore
702	F. S. Micronesia
616	St. Lucia
459	Palau
452	Seychelles
442	Antigua and Barbuda
430	Barbados
389	St. Vincent and the Grenadines
344	Grenada
316	Malta
300	Maldives
261	St. Kitts and Nevis
181	Marshall Islands
26	Tuvalu
21	Nauru

Level 77

Nov 24, 2015

I nearly forgot UK and Ireland - duh.

Level 46

Nov 28, 2015

Im no rocket scientist but the name of the game is fairly simple,COUNTRIES THAT ARE BASED ENTIRELY ON AN ISLAND!!!.Not continents such as antarctica or territories of other official countries.Although im sure middle earth from the hobbit movie was an island?????

Level 33

Nov 12, 2017

antarctica is a continent

Level 72

Nov 13, 2017

I have no idea what you are talking about. All of these countries are on islands. If you are talking about Australia, that is why it is already filled in so this won't be a problem.

Level 51

Jan 6, 2018

Did you just mention Australia; I hope you don't faint from the ecstasy. Such an awesome place with such awesome people.

Level 40

Apr 20, 2023

ikr

Level 35

Apr 26, 2023

I don't even know what any of that means. Your sentences are confusing.

Level 67

Dec 25, 2015

The land area of Ireland is only 85,000km2, Iceland is a lot bigger than Ireland at 103,000km2. Please correct this. they are not the same size.

Level 60

Dec 21, 2016

Actually, since this quiz gives the area of the country, it should only be about 70,000 square km; 85,000 square km is the size of the entire island (which includes northern Ireland)

Level 32

Aug 8, 2017

Northern Ireland is Irish.

Level 73

Nov 5, 2017

False. North Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom, not a part of the nation of Ireland.

Level 72

Nov 13, 2017

I mean, it's still Irish. But, yeah, Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. Either way both countries are on islands. Just Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom's area.

Level 43

Feb 29, 2016

Well there is a mistake: Ireland is not 103,000km² but about 70,000 ;)

Level 48

Mar 28, 2016

Fun quiz, I only missed Kiribati and Bahrain, had no idea Bahrain was an island tho:)

Level 26

Apr 1, 2016

Wait a minute, East Timor is not an island because it is bordered with Indonesia in Timor Island

Level 68

Apr 1, 2016

The quiz doesn't require the country to BE a full island by itself, it only needs the country to be entirely ON an island. As the whole of East Timor is on the Timor island (and no part of it is on a continent, as is the case for Malaysia or Denmark, for instance), it qualifies :).

Level 34

Apr 16, 2016

I got everything but Papua New Guinea!

Level 61

Apr 30, 2016

46/47 how could I forget Sri Lanka!

Level 73

May 13, 2016

An island nation should be one with no borders with other countries i.e. Iceland, because things like Indonesia aren't islands if they have borders like Papau New Guinea.

Level 60

Oct 20, 2016

An island nation is not a nation that is also an island. It is a nation on one or more islands.

Level 72

Nov 13, 2017

If that is your knowledge, "An island nation can't border any other country" Then what about Ireland and the United Kingdom. Or Haiti and Dominican Republic? Are those countries not on islands?

Level 31

May 16, 2016

I got East Timur and Sao Tome and Principe before I got Japan. Ugh

Level 43

May 18, 2016

45/47 I got countries like Tuvalu or Palau, but missed Japan and Iceland. Dang it ;-;

Level 49

May 29, 2016

I only missed Taiwan.

Level 48

Jun 9, 2016

I thought of all of the island nations around Madagascar, but not Madagascar. WTF

Level 68

Jul 28, 2016

Completely forgot about all the easy ones (like freaking Iceland and Japan), but at least I got all of Oceania and the Lesser Antilles, I guess...

Level 56

Aug 1, 2016

You should also say, during high tides, because there is a land bridge from india to sri lanka during low tide.

Level 66

Nov 27, 2019

There is not, check your facts

Level 68

Aug 27, 2016

What I want to know is how someone above level 10 on jetpunk can not know that Greenland is an (independent, but still a) territory of Denmark and not its own country

Level 60

Dec 21, 2016

Maybe they don't do the geography quizzes :)

Level 41

Sep 9, 2016

Didn't realise Bahrain was an actual island my bad, only 1 I missed

Level 42

Sep 10, 2016

Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei even, and there's no Malaysia?!?

Level 70

Nov 6, 2016

it's because a large part of malaysia is on the continent

Level 36

Sep 15, 2016

Why is Australia already there?

Level 83

Dec 21, 2016

Because sometimes it is counted as a continental landmass. Islands by definition are landmasses surrounded by water smaller than continents.

Level 59

Apr 6, 2017

To stop all the endless arguments on here about whether it's a continent or not.

Level 24

Nov 6, 2016

Don't you hate life when you write all of them correctly but only finish taiwa

Level 66

May 24, 2019

You must have an awesome life, if this is such a bad thing for you.

Level 43

Nov 25, 2016

I got 43 but seriously missed the UK! I guess when i think of islands the first thing that comes to mind is white sandy beaches, coconut palms and clear blue seas - not exactly the UK.

Level 22

Nov 28, 2016

you dont have Greenland, isn't Greenland an island

Level 37

Nov 30, 2016

Yes, but as has been stated a million times or more, it is NOT an independent COUNTRY! (oy vey)

Level 53

Dec 11, 2016

I thought I got all of them when it read 45/47, then I'm like "AAHH! 23 seconds! 16 seconds later.. Taiwan! 5 seconds later.. Micronesia! 10 seconds later.. phew! got 'em all with 0:02 left!

Level 44

Dec 21, 2016

You seem to have forgotten Greenland. Greenland is the largest island nation and thus should be in this quiz.

Level 59

Apr 6, 2017

AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!

Level 48

Apr 28, 2017

You seem to have not read all the comments before yours.

Level 32

Jun 1, 2017

Or the instructions.

Level 58

Mar 26, 2020

Not a country

Level 26

Mar 17, 2023

Greenland is not considered a country

Level 74

Dec 21, 2016

The area of Ireland is wrong.

Level 49

Dec 22, 2016

How could I forget NZ and UK!?!

Level 22

Dec 22, 2016

accept papa new guinea

Level 59

Apr 6, 2017

Why? That's not the name of the country.

Level 73

Dec 22, 2016

This quiz seems to spark up more idiotic comments than any other.

Level 71

Feb 23, 2017

That's a daft thing to say!

Level 56

Jan 30, 2017

what about uzbekistan?

Level 59

Apr 6, 2017

I was surprised that Liechtenstein wasn't on this quiz!

Level 48

Apr 28, 2017

And Vatican City

Level 32

Jun 1, 2017

What about Mongolia and Serbia?

Level 24

Jun 20, 2022

Yeah, but why is Russia not in there?

Level 42

Sep 17, 2022

but most of all, WHY ISNT CHAD IN THERE???

Level 31

Feb 7, 2017

how is singapore on this it is connected to thailand!

Level 59

Apr 6, 2017

Have I missed something and Thailand has conquered Malaysia and filled in the water separating Singapore from the mainland?

Level 36

Sep 21, 2017

Nice joke

Level 38

Feb 24, 2017

Missed Cyprus :(

Level 70

Feb 24, 2017

Brunei isn't an island

It touches Malaysia which isn't an island

Level 70

Feb 24, 2017

Wait nevermind. I realized my mistake

Level 48

Apr 28, 2017

This is the exact mistake I made half way through the quiz. And with only three answers left I would say 'no, it can't be Brunei or Papua New Guinea because they share'. Never mind I had already answered Haiti and Ireland et al.

Level 60

Mar 1, 2017

I'm not really sure why the two I missed were Papua New Guinea and Haiti but oh well...

Level 25

Mar 19, 2017

First go, all correct. I rule! :D

Level 53

Mar 23, 2017

Great quiz. Had no idea there were that many island nations.

Level 67

Apr 27, 2017

Got 43/47. 2 of the four I forgot were the U.K. And Ireland (facepalm) the other two I thought I had typed already (more facepalms)

Level 66

Jun 10, 2017

Wow, Bahrain. This one's hard.

Level 56

Jul 17, 2017

This was surprisingly hard, and I say this as a guy who knows his world geography. I really struggled to earn 5 points for this one, and it wasn't because of a lack of knowledge. Even if you know all 47, it gets quite hard when you've typed the first 40 or so and then your brain tries to figure out which ones you haven't typed yet.

Level 83

Sep 21, 2017

I just visualize the map and go around in geographic order and it's pretty easy...

Level 69

Sep 3, 2017

Brunei??

Singapore??

Level 59

Sep 6, 2017

Brunei is on an island (Borneo); Singapore is an island.

Level 28

Nov 12, 2017

Anyone else confused as to why UK, Ireland, Indonesia, East Timor, etc. are on this quiz? It says countries that are entirely islands, not countries that are not directly connected to a continent. When I read, "entirely islands," I interpreted that as countries that share no land border with another country. I guess I need to be more familiar with what an "island" is.

Level 76

Feb 11, 2018

The thing is that it does NOT say:''Can not share islands with other countries.'' wich applies to The Uk,Ireland,Indonesia,Timor Leste,etc...

as they do share their islands with other countries.

Level 71

May 18, 2018

located entirely ON islands.

Level 69

Nov 13, 2017

Spent 2 minutes trying to get Kiribati- key word is trying- never got it. 46/47 another great quiz by Quizmaster.

Level 60

Jan 14, 2018

Got Bahrain, but forgot Haiti, Jamaican and many others.......

Level 78

Mar 29, 2018

The only country I missed was Japan...

Level 47

Mar 30, 2018

Ireland is just 84,421 km2, not 103,000 km2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland

Level 36

May 13, 2018

Fiji consists of 332 islands. :)

Level 46

May 18, 2018

forgot singapore and bahrain were islands -_-

Level 50

May 19, 2018

46/47. Three times the same. One thing: why Malaysia is not in the list if Indonesia is there?

Level 38

May 24, 2018

It's not there because it has a "large" part of land connected to Thailand wich is part of mainland asia. :)

Level 26

May 22, 2018

I forgot the United Kingdom and Ireland...

Level 68

Jul 20, 2018

Forgot Brunei, Singapore and East Timor!!!!

Level 67

Aug 2, 2018

Can't believe I forgot Mauritius

Level 69

Aug 17, 2018

I'm a toucan fetus in Grade -6 and got 100% with 10 hours remaining

Level 24

Sep 5, 2018

How fascinating

Level 54

Aug 31, 2018

forgot timor l'este brunei and nauru

Level 24

Sep 5, 2018

3:33 left...... I feel like I could do better :(

Level 17

Sep 6, 2018

Why is there no Cyprus?

Level 45

Oct 22, 2018

Maybe for countries named "(xxx) islands", you could accept the name without -islands ? It takes a while to type and it's repetitive, since it's a quizz about islands...

Level 60

Aug 26, 2021

There are literally only two of those. Is it really THAT big of an issue?

Level 73

Oct 22, 2018

Back after two years and the comments here are still the most entertaining ever.

Level 27

Oct 25, 2018

Forgot Madagascar

Level 53

Nov 14, 2018

All countries are island nations really. =]

Level 48

Apr 29, 2019

Except Atlantis

Level 66

Nov 27, 2019

And you know, whatever the name is ov the nation of the people that life in the center of the earth. The hollow earth people.

You know what I just thought of! The flat earthers and hollow earthers should have a meeting! It would be epic !!! Hahaha. It is very entertaining to think about :)

Level 39

Dec 10, 2018

Got 43 but somehow forgot the UK? I live there???

Level 32

Dec 21, 2018

Forgot UK

*facepalm*

Level 66

Dec 28, 2018

100% with 0:03 remaining.

Level 33

Jan 16, 2019

How could I forget Madagascar? 43/47

Level 39

Mar 6, 2019

I almost forgot Bahrain, I didn't really think to got over the Middle East. But I got them all!

Level 50

Mar 12, 2019

What about Greenland?

Level 83

Apr 5, 2019

part of Denmark

Level 59

Apr 5, 2019

Not a sovereign country in its own right.

Level 36

Apr 29, 2019

Forgot just Grenada.

Level 66

May 24, 2019

crazy idea that madagascar is so much bigger than uk, more than twice the size!. I missed 2, one of them bigger the one one smaller in size than uk, was visually putting uk on a globe, couldnt think of anything that size ( and yes I am aware of mercator projection)

Level 56

May 24, 2019

i just forgot bahrain and cyprus

Level 58

May 25, 2019

lmao, had one left that was really big and was very confused, realised it was new zealand and got it with literally 0 seconds on the clock. Thought I'd already put it with the rest of the south pacific. 😂😂

Level 33

Jul 17, 2019

What about Qatar?

Level 83

Aug 10, 2019

That's a peninsula not an island.

Level 38

Aug 13, 2019

I swear I thought I typed Solomon islands :(

Level 38

Oct 2, 2019

Why did you already give Australia?

Level 59

May 29, 2020

because some say its an island and some say its a continent. Here on Jetpunk, its generally recognized as continent but he probably didn't want to cause any drama

Level 20

Oct 5, 2019

Bahrain. I kept thinking what islands in caribbean or oceania I missed, didn't think of mid east at all

Level 29

Oct 7, 2019

Forgot the UK was an Island .I dont really think of it as that

Level 65

Oct 10, 2019

Forgot about Indonesia and Papua New Guinea and then I remembered at the end cuz I was like "How am I missing 2 major ones?"

Level 68

Dec 3, 2019

the area of ireland is wrong btw ;)

Level 28

Dec 3, 2019

What about Greece and Canada

Level 59

May 29, 2020

They aren't completely on islands

Level 17

Dec 3, 2019

I forgot the UK and Ireland! :O

Level 83

Dec 9, 2019

Just gonna join the chorus. The area of Ireland is very wrong. The Republic of Ireland is 70,273 sq km. Even if you counted Northern Ireland, you only reach 84,000, so I'm not sure where this number came from.

Level ∞

Dec 9, 2019

The wrong number was obviously copy-pasted from the Iceland row somehow. Fixed now, thanks.

Level 52

Dec 26, 2019

How did I miss NZ

Level 38

Jan 11, 2020

All the country in the world are islands by this logic. The Americas, Eurasia, Africa and Oceania are islands.

Level 59

May 29, 2020

No, those are continents. Everything smaller than Greenland (or the same size) is an island. Everything bigger (Australia, Afro-Eurasia and America) is a continental Landmass.

Level 50

Feb 9, 2020

Come on Cyprus. Nicos Sampson 2020 🇬🇷🇨🇾

Level 66

Mar 5, 2020

Missed UK. Got East Timor. Sorry

Level 32

Apr 22, 2020

Actually, all these countries have embassies on continents, so none are really island countries

Level 46

May 20, 2020

I can't believe I missed Fiji. At least I got everything else!

Level 59

May 29, 2020

Nooo i missed Singapore

Level 25

Jun 15, 2020

Yay! I got all of them in 3:54!

Level 36

Oct 12, 2020

i got everything

Level 44

Oct 28, 2020

I got all but Micronesia :(

Level 24

Oct 30, 2020

Excellent quiz but there is one technical error given the rules set out by yourself: the UK is not a country entirely located on an island/s, since the British overseas possession of Gibraltar is part of the U.K. And Gibraltar has a land border with Spain. So the UK by that definition is not technically all on an island.

Level 57

Dec 8, 2020

You mention the rules, but did you even read them?

"Includes countries that have small overseas territories on continents"

Level 42

Nov 25, 2021

Yes, Gibraltar is British, but its status is only as a British Overseas Territory, which is not the integral part of the UK. They are not the same. The UK is still located entirely on islands.

Level 28

Dec 14, 2020

Level 57

Dec 22, 2020

Before everyone post more stupid ridiculous comments, remember that even though the UK, for example, touches Ireland, it doesn't change the fact that both of them are located entirely on islands! READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE COMPLAINIG

Level 35

Jan 3, 2021

how did i manage to get all the tiny pacific islands and lesser antilles but still forget CUBA 😭😭😭

Level 47

Jan 30, 2021

Only forgot about Singapore ffs 🤦🏼‍♂️

Level 60

Feb 5, 2021

I got the Philippines first

But why?

Level 60

Feb 5, 2021

I should've got Bahamas first cause US is near Bahamas

Level 55

Feb 8, 2021

I can't believe I didn't get Tonga.

Level 29

Feb 18, 2021

3:40

Scoring

You scored 10/47 = 21%

This beats or equals 4.6% of test takers

The average score is 35

Your high score is 10

Level 24

May 7, 2021

Thanks?

Level 37

Feb 19, 2021

Bahrain is an island country? Thought it was similar to Qatar and Kuwait.

Level 83

Apr 18, 2021

It is both similar to Kuwait and Qatar and an island.

Level 25

Feb 26, 2021

Why isn't Kiribati on this quiz, it is an island??

Level 60

Aug 26, 2021

Erm...... it is on the quiz. Are you feeling ok?

Level 26

Sep 24, 2022

It’s on the quiz…

Level 25

Feb 26, 2021

Never mind it is on here

Level 47

Apr 26, 2021

how did i get grenada and not ireland?

Level 22

Apr 29, 2021

Got Us British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

Level 26

Sep 24, 2022

Those are both regions of countries

Level 22

Apr 29, 2021

What about Bermuda?

Level 24

May 7, 2021

Bermuda is an overseas territory of the UK

Level 65

Jun 17, 2021

Almost forgot UK and Ireland

Level 33

Jun 29, 2021

I live in Bahrain so i didnt miss my own country

Level 35

Jul 14, 2021

I'm actually surprised that I got all of them lol.

Level 43

Aug 14, 2021

I always forget UK and Ireland in these things

Level 56

Sep 23, 2021

Harder version here:

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1306568/countries-bordering-island-countries

Level 67

Oct 13, 2021

Crazy that Papua New Guinea is bigger than Japan. Japan looks way bigger on a map.

Level 67

Oct 13, 2021

Well reading these comments just made me frustrated with people's inability to read the quiz description or grasp the simple definitions of the terms "countries" and "islands".

Level 65

Oct 13, 2021

Isn't part of Singapore on mainland Asia?

Level 65

Oct 15, 2021

nvrmnd I thought part of it was on the mainland

Level 26

Sep 24, 2022

It’s close but not actually sharing a border with mainland

Level 22

Oct 13, 2021

brunei is not a island because its basicly part of malaysia because malaysia is not a island but anyway bye

Level 63

Oct 14, 2021

Brunei is located on the island of Borneo. The fact that Malaysia has territory on both Borneo and the mainland is irrelevant to whether or not Brunei is located entirely on an island.

Level 67

Aug 3, 2022

What even is your thought process behind this? Baffling.

Level 26

Oct 28, 2022

Brunei is not “part of Malaysia”. It is a country, not a territory. Some islands can share a border with a territorial region of a country that has its main region on the mainland. Just because this can happen does not mean it is not an island. It is technically surrounded by water, even if it has a border. Because that is also surrounded by water.

Level 40

Nov 23, 2021

Bahrain is connected to the land of Saudi Arabia by a bridge but is still and island so thats why only 40% of people got it I think

Level 26

Oct 28, 2022

Bahrain is only connected to Saudi Arabia from a bridge because it makes it easier for people to get to Bahrain and back. Therefore it is not geographically connected to Saudi Arabia.

Level 56

Dec 21, 2021

Can you make a version with a map?

Level 53

Jan 25, 2022

What about Liberland? It is an island, albeit an inland river island on the Danube, between croatia and serbia.

Level 17

Feb 7, 2022

not a country

Level 26

Oct 28, 2022

Liberland is a micro-state. It is not recognised by many.

Level 20

Jan 26, 2022

I guessed everything except such an easy country like... JAPAN, how?

Level 17

Feb 7, 2022

bro i got 41 right, but how did i miss new zealand

Level 56

Mar 1, 2022

This quiz is inaccurate. Russia is an island.

Level 26

Oct 28, 2022

I know right? People have been so bad at these quizzes…

Level 30

Mar 27, 2022

I almost forgot Taiwan since I’m used to the map saying it’s part of China

Level 59

May 11, 2022

broooooo i missed taiwan lol

Level 41

May 25, 2022

I think I did well! 41/47 for an 11 year old!

Level 67

Aug 3, 2022

An 11 year old Psychologist, cool!

Level 38

Sep 11, 2022

Many of these countries aren’t even islands cuz they still have borders

Level 26

Sep 24, 2022

Many countries share a border but there are both technically still on islands

Level 26

Sep 24, 2022

Can you try making a ‘regional islands’ quiz, like islands that are part of non-island countries? (e.g. Tasmania, Corsica)

Level 34

Oct 11, 2022

I forgot the UK and Ireland, as well as Cyprus and Jamaica. Such obvious ones to me yet I forgot lol

Level 26

Oct 28, 2022

Every time I miss one or two countries, mostly different every time…

Level 16

Nov 3, 2022

You forgot Cyprus, a European country

Level 33

Jan 10, 2023

Me missing philippines is something to not talk about-

Level 30

Mar 11, 2023

I like how I got Bahrain and missed the United Kingdom enitrely. I mean, we all forget things ocassionally, but I'm Scottish.

Level 19

May 6, 2023

UK has Gibiltair, so it isn't an insular country, Australia what does it has to do with islands?

Level 20

May 31, 2023

Missed east timor 💀

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