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New Guinea

792 500

Madagascar

587 041

Great Britain

218 100

Java

126 700

Iceland

103 001

Tasmania

68 330

Sardinia

24 090

New Caledonia

16 890

Hawaii

10 400

Cyprus

5 897

Isabela

4 588

Socotra

3 625

Tenerife

2 034

Tahiti

1 042

Guam

541

Easter

166

Amsterdam

61

Norfolk

36

Lord Howe

11

Surtsey

1.^3

New Guinea

5 029

Hawaii

4 205

Taiwan

3 997

Tenerife

3 718

Hispaniola

3 175

Réunion

3 069

South Georgia

2 934

Corsica

2 710

La Palma

2 425

Jamaica

2 256

Tristan da Cunha

2 060

Isabela

1 707

Fiji

1 323

Ireland

1 041

Mauritius

826

Easter

510

Rodrigues

396

Bermuda

79

Aldabra

8

Maldives

2

Hawaii

3 650

Amsterdam

3 370

Tristan da Cunha

2 820

Gough

2 580

St. Helena

1 840

New Zealand

1 641

Heard

1 560

Azores

1 356

Macquarie

1 070

Mauritius

858

Cape Verde

568

Madagascar

410

Sao Tomé

235

Cuba

152

Canaries

96

Sumatra

40

Sri Lanka

27

Newfoundland

17

Sakhalin

6

Chiloé

2

Madagascar

180.0 My

New Zealand

70.0 My

New Caledonia

65.0 My

Jamaica

c.50.0 My

Fuerteventura

20.0 My

Iceland

15.0 My

La Gomera

12.0 My

Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)

10.0 My

Santa María, Azores

8.0 My

Kauai

5.0 My

S. Cristóbal, Galápagos

c.4.5 My

Ascension

1.5 My

Tahiti

1.2 My

Tristan da Cunha

1.0 My

Hawaii

c.0.5 My

Newfoundland

14 000 y

Tasmania

13 000 y

Barro Colorado

103 y

Anak Krakatau

75 y

Surtsey

40 y

Spitsbergen

77

-^80

°N

Wrangel

71

°N

Iceland

63

-^67

°N

Aleutian

52

-^54

°N

Hokkaido

42

-^46

°N

Azores

37

-^38

°N

Canaries

27

-^29

°N

Hispaniola

18

-^20

°N

Socotra

12

°N

Sri Lanka

6 –

10

°N

Galápagos

1 °S–

1 °N

Ascension

8 °

S

Tahiti

18

°S

Rodrigues

20

°S

Pitcairn

25

°S

Lord Howe

32

°S

Amsterdam

38

°S

Tasmania

42

°S

Kerguélen

50

-^48

°S

Macquarie

54

°S

Ascension

AD

1 815

Tristan da Cunha

AD

1 812

Bermuda

AD

1 609

Juan Fernández

AD

1 574

St. Helena

AD

1 501

Azores

AD

1 432

New Zealand

AD

900

Hawaii

AD

800

Tahiti

c.

AD

700

Easter

AD

400

Marquesas

AD

300

Maldives

400

BC

Canaries

c.^500

BC

Fiji–Samoa

1 500

BC

Majorca

c.2 040

BC

Crete

c.6 250

BC

Corsica

c.6 700

• 8 600

BC

Hispaniola

7 000

BC

Cyprus

c.8 320

BC

Tasmania

20 000

• 30 000

BC

New Guinea

40 000

• 50 000

BC

Malta

1 202

Maldives

933

Taiwan

611

Mauritius

574

Gran Canaria

550

Puerto Rico

416

Comoros

301

Guam

277

Cape Verde

102

Ireland

66

Fiji

44

Madagascar

19

Easter

16

.^4

Socotra

12

Tasmania

7.^3

Iceland

2.^7

Galápagos

1.^9

Spitsbergen

0.^1

Kerguélen

0.^01

Bermuda

30 000

Hawaii

26 030

Great Britain

21 200

Newfoundland

19 360

Taiwan

14 000

Cyprus

13 500

Malta

12 900

Mauritius

10 300

Nauru

10 000

Seychelles

7 000

Réunion

4 300

Sri Lanka

3 800

Jamaica

3 660

Solomon

3 000

Tonga

2 250

Maldives

1 800

Cape Verde

1 360

Sao Tomé

1 000

Madagascar

730

Comoros

685

Data for selected islandsArea Altitude Isolation Age

Latitude

Human Population Income

(km

2 )

(m)

(km)

(y)

settlement

density

per capita

(date)

(inhabitants/km

2 )

(US$)

Data drawn from the National Geographical Society’s

National Geographic

Atlas of the World

,7th edn

, 1999 and numerous other sources.