Islands

35 Largest Islands of the Philippines

Philippines Largest Islands
Written by Patrick
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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 Philipine Islands. The following is a map of the 35 Philippines largest islands.

Philippines Largest Islands Map
#IslandAREA (km2)PopulationPROVINCEREGIONISLAND GROUP
1Luzon109,965 53,340,000Luzon provincesBicol, Cagayan, CAR,
Central Luzon,
CALABARZON, Ilocos
Luzon
2Polillo62965,000QuezonCALABARZONLuzon
3Catanduanes1,523261,000CatanduanesBicolLuzon
4Marinduque953235,000MarinduqueMIMAROPALuzon
5Mindoro10,5721,332,000Occidental Mindoro,
Oriental Mindor
MIMAROPALuzon
6Burias41790,400MasbateBicolLuzon
7Ticao33295,200MasbateBicolLuzon
8Tablas844 164,100RomblonMIMAROPALuzon
9Sibuyan46559,300RomblonMIMAROPALuzon
10Busuanga89073,900PalawanMIMAROPALuzon
11Culion389 20,200PalawanMIMAROPALuzon
12Masbate3,268707,000MasbateBicolLuzon
13Samar13,4291,752,000Eastern Samar,
Northern Samar, Samar
Eastern VisayasVisayas
14Biliran536172,000BiliranEastern VisayasVisayas
15Panay12,0114,478,000Aklan, Antique, Capiz, IloiloWestern VisayasVisayas
16Leyte7,3682,390,000Leyte, Southern LeyteEastern VisayasVisayas
17Dumaran322 22,000PalawanMIMAROPALuzon
18Guimaras560175,000GuimarasWestern VisayasVisayas
19Negros13,3104,415,000Negros Occidental,
Negros Oriental
Central Visayas,
Western Visayas
Visayas
20Cebu4,4682,940,000CebuCentral VisayasVisayas
21Dinagat769 107,000Dinagat IslandsCaragaMindanao
22Bohol3,8211,314,000BoholCentral VisayasVisayas
23Siargao41694,300Surigao del NorteCaragaMindanao
24Palawan12,189887,000PalawanMIMAROPALuzon
25Siquijor33496,000SiquijorCentral VisayasMindanao
26Camiguin25589,000CamiguinNorthern MindanaoMindanao
27Balabac31941,000PalawanMIMAROPALuzon
28Mindanao97,53025,538,000Mindanao provincesBARMM, Caraga, Davao,
Northern Mindanao,
Zamboanga Peninsula
Mindanao
29Basilan1,265460,000BasilanBARMMMindanao
30Jolo869531,000SuluBARMMMindanao
31Tawi-Tawi58183,000Tawi-TawiBARMMMindanao
32Boracay1028,400AklanWestern VisayasVisayas
33Bantayan8280,000CebuCentral VisayasVisayas
34Malapascua14,000CebuCentral VisayasVisayas
35Samal301104,000Davao del NorteDavao RegionMindanao

VIEW:  Complete List of all the Philipine Islands

About the Author

Patrick

Patrick is an entrepreneur, digital nomad, explorer, and photographer. Patrick is always in search of fun and adventure. He is well travelled throughout the world, and although location independent, his home base is Phoenix, Arizona in the USA. Patrick loves island lifestyle which is no wonder why he is so interested in spending time in the Philippines with it’s over 7,000 islands. Patrick created this site to share his knowledge of and experiences in the Philippines with Filipinos as well as other foreigners.