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Around 321,000 square kilometers (124,000 sq mi)
- The 50 largest islands have a combined area of around 321,000 square kilometers (124,000 sq mi) 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).
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The 50 largest islands have a combined area of around 321,000 square kilometers (124,000 sq mi) 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).
Map. Biggest islands of the Philippines. References. Land area figures were calculated from OpenStreetMap data. The following is a list of the largest islands in the Philippines having an approximate area of 100 or more square miles or 259+ square kilometers).
- Luzon
- Mindanao
- Samar
- Negros
Luzon ranks as the Philippine’s most populous and largest island. Luzon lies in the archipelago's northern part and occupies an area of 42,458 square miles. It is the 15th largest island on earth. The island borders the Philippine Sea to its east, the South China Sea to its west, and the Luzon Strait to its north. Luzon is divided into the Southern...
The island of Mindanao occupies an area of 37,657 square miles. Most of the island’s landscape is mountainous, and it has the nation’s tallest mountain, Mount Apo, at 9,692 feet above sea level. Mindanao borders the Mindanao Sea to its north, the Philippine Sea to its east, the Sulu Sea to its west, and the Celebes Sea to its south. The larger Mind...
Samar Island occupies an area of 5,185 square miles in the Central Philippines. It borders the five water bodies of Samar Sea, San Juanico Strait, Leyte Gulf, Philippine Sea, and San Bernardin Strait. The coastal parts of Samar feature low rolling hills and flatlands while the inner regions are mountainous. Samar is home to 1,751,267 inhabitants wi...
The island of Negros was established on May 29, 2015, and it occupies an area of 5,139 square miles. Negros is home to 4,414,131 people, most of whom are Negrenses. Negros lies adjacent to the Visayan Sea, Bohol Sea, Sulu Sea, Guimaras Strait, Panay Gulf, and Tañon Strait. The island’s highest peak is the Kanlaon Volcano which is active. Volcanic a...
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- Luzon (109,965 km2)[SEE MAP] The island of Luzon has many claims to fame. Not only is it the Philippines’ largest and most populated island, but it is famously the 15th largest island on the planet when measured by land area.
- Mindanao (97,530 km2)[SEE MAP] The unusually-shaped Mindanao island is a massive mountainous island in the southern Philippines. Stretching for nearly 300 miles from north to south and encompassed by the Bohol, Celebes, Philippine, and Sulu seas, the island of Mindanao is a volcanic wonder.
- Samar (13,429 km2)[SEE MAP] Samar island is the most easterly located island of the Visayas group in the central Philippines, surrounded by the Samar Sea, the Philippine Sea, and the San Bernardino Strait.
- Negros (13,310 km2)[SEE MAP] The boot-shaped island of Negros is one of the Visayas island cluster. Fringed by the Visayan Sea in the north and the Sulu Sea in the south, it boasts over 100 miles of coastline worth exploring.
The Philippines: 100 of the Largest 7,641 Islands. The Philippine archipelago is composed of over 7,600 islands, of which only about 2,000 are inhabited. Click here for a complete list of all the Philippine Islands . The following is a map of the 100 largest islands.
The largest island in the Philippines, Luzon accounts for about one-third of the landmass of the Philippines (104,688 km2 | 40,420 mi2), and more than 54% of its population (approximately 64 Million as of 2021).
The eleven largest islands contain 95% of the total land area. The largest of these islands is Luzon at about 105,000 square kilometers (40,541 sq mi). The next largest island is Mindanao at about 95,000 square kilometers (36,680 sq mi).
