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This is a list of islands in the Caribbean by area. (The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands are not in the Caribbean Sea, but rather in the open North Atlantic Ocean.) For related lists, see below.
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This is a list of islands in the Caribbean by area. (The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands are not in the Caribbean Sea, but rather in the open North Atlantic Ocean.) For related lists, see below.
| Rank | Island Name | Area (km2) | Area (sq mi) | Country |
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| 1 | Cuba | 105,806 | 40,852 |  Cuba |
| 2 | Hispaniola | 76,479 | 29,529 |  Haiti and  Dominican Republic |
| 3 | Jamaica | 10,911 | 4,213 |  Jamaica |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 9,100 | 3,513 |  Puerto Rico |
| 5 | Trinidad | 4,827 | 1,864 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
| 6 | North Andros Island | 3,439 | 1,328 |  Bahamas |
| 7 | Isla de la Juventud | 2,237 | 864 | Cuba |
| 8 | Great Inagua Island | 1,543 | 596 | Bahamas |
| 9 | South Andros Island | 1,447 | 559 | Bahamas |
| 10 | Grand Bahama Island | 1,373 | 530 | Bahamas |
| 11 | Great Abaco Island | 1,144 | 442 | Bahamas |
| 12 | Martinique | 1,128 | 436 |  Martinique |
| 13 | Isla Margarita | 1,020 | 394 |  Venezuela ( Nueva Esparta) |
| Rank | Island | Area (km2) | Area (sq mi) | Country or Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Basse-Terre | 848 | 327 |  Guadeloupe |
| 15 | Cayo Romano | 777 | 300 | Cuba |
| 16 | Dominica | 750 | 290 |  Dominica |
| 17 | Gonâve | 743 | 287 | Haiti |
| 18 | Cozumel | 647 | 250 |  Mexico ( Quintana Roo) |
| 19 | Saint Lucia | 616 | 238 |  Saint Lucia |
| 20 | Grande-Terre | 587 | 226 | Guadeloupe |
| 21 | Little Abaco Island | 559 | 216 | Bahamas |
| 22 | Eleuthera | 518 | 200 | Bahamas |
| 23 | Acklins Island | 497 | 192 | Bahamas |
| 24 | Long Island | 448 | 173 | Bahamas |
| 25 | Curaçao | 444 | 171 |  Curaçao |
| 26 | Barbados | 431 | 167 |  Barbados |
| 27 | Cat Island | 389 | 150 | Bahamas |
| 28 | Cayo Coco | 370 | 143 | Cuba |
| 29 | Saint Vincent | 345 | 133 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 30 | Cayo Sabinal | 335 | 129 | Cuba |
| 31 | Grenada | 310 | 120 |  Grenada |
| 32 | Tobago | 300 | 116 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Rank | Island | Area (km2) | Area (sq mi) | Country or Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Bonaire | 294 | 113 |  Bonaire |
| 34 | Mayaguana | 280 | 110 | Bahamas |
| 35 | Antigua | 279 | 108 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
| 36 | Saint Croix | 214 | 82 |  United States Virgin Islands |
| 37 | New Providence | 207 | 80 | Bahamas |
| 38 | Grand Cayman | 196 | 76 |  Cayman Islands |
| 39 | Aruba | 180 | 74 |  Aruba |
| 40 | Tortuga | 178 | 69 | Haiti |
| 41 | Saint Kitts | 168 | 65 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 42 | San Salvador Island | 163 | 63 | Bahamas |
| 43 | Barbuda | 161 | 61 | Antigua and Barbuda ( Barbuda) |
| 44 | Marie Galante | 158 | 61 | Guadeloupe |
| 45 | Great Exuma | 158 | 61 | Bahamas |
| 46 | La Tortuga Island | 156.6 | 61 | Venezuela ( Federal Dependencies of Venezuela) |
| 47 | Crooked Island | 148 | 57 | Bahamas |
| 48 | Middle Caicos | 144.2 | 56 |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 49 | Vieques | 135 | 52 | Puerto Rico |
| 50 | Little Inagua | 127 | 49 | Bahamas |
| 51 | Roatan | 125 | 48 |  Honduras |
| 52 | North Caicos | 116.4 | 45 | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 53 | Saona Island | 110 | 42 | Dominican Republic |
| 54 | Cayo Guajaba | 107 | 41 | Cuba |
| 55 | Montserrat | 102 | 39 |  Montserrat |
| 56 | Cayo Fragoso | 101 | 39 | Cuba |
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| Rank | Island | Area (km2) | Area (sq mi) | Country or Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 | Little San Salvador Island | 9.7 | - | Bahamas |
| 113 | Catalina Island | 9.6 | - | Dominican Republic |
| 114 | Terre-de-Bas | 9 | - |  Guadeloupe |
| 115 | Conception Island | 8.5 | 3 | Bahamas |
| 116 | Ronde Island | 8.1 | - | Grenada |
| 117 | Jost Van Dyke | 8 | 3 |  British Virgin Islands |
| 118 | Union Island | 8 | 3 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 119 | Solarte Island | 8 | 3 |  Panama |
| 120 | Isleta de San Juan | 7.8 | 3 | Puerto Rico |
| 121 | Salt Cay | 6.74 | 2.60 | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 122 | Klein Bonaire | 6 | 2.3 |  Caribbean Netherlands |
| 123 | Mustique | 5.7 | 2.2 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 124 | Navassa Island | 5.2 | 2 |  United States (Claimed by Haiti) |
| 125 | Terre-de-Haut | 5.2 | - | Guadeloupe |
| 126 | Isla Mujeres | 5.2 | 2 | Mexico |
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