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List of islands in the Baltic Sea

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This is a list of islands in the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Sea proper is bordered to the north by the Bothnian Sea and, further north, the Gulf of Bothnia, neither being part of the Baltic Sea proper. The eastern basins the Gulf of Finland and the Gulf of Riga are likewise not considered part of the Baltic Sea proper. Whether islands situated in, or on the borders to, these basins (Åland, Hailuoto and Kotlin) shall be included in the list is therefore a matter of definition.

The Danish islands Zealand (7,000 km² 2,200,000 people), Funen (2,984 km² 400,000 people), Als (312 km² 51,300 people), and Langeland (284 km² 13,300 people) lie in the Danish straits connecting the Baltic Sea and the Kattegat.

Listed by size

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Name Image Area Country
Gotland 2,994 km²  Sweden
Saaremaa 2,673 km²  Estonia
Öland 1,342 km²  Sweden
Lolland 1,243 km²  Denmark
Hiiumaa 989 km²  Estonia
Rügen 935 km²  Germany
Fasta Åland 685 km²  Finland
Bornholm 588 km²  Denmark
Kimitoön 560 km²  Finland
Falster 514 km²  Denmark
Usedom 445 km²  Germany and  Poland
Wolin 265 km²  Poland
Møn 218 km²  Denmark
Hailuoto 201 km²  Finland
Muhu 198 km²  Estonia
Fehmarn 185 km²  Germany
Värmdö 181 km²  Sweden

By population

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Name Image Population Country
Usedom 76,500  Poland and  Germany
Rügen 73,000  Germany
Lolland 68,224  Denmark
Gotland 57,381  Sweden
Värmdö 48,000  Sweden
Bornholm 44,100  Denmark
Falster 43,537  Denmark
Lidingö 43,400  Sweden
Kotlin 42,800  Russia
Saaremaa 40,312  Estonia
Öland 23,000  Sweden
Fasta Åland 22,000  Finland
Wolin 17,000  Poland
Fehmarn 14,000  Germany
Møn 12,000  Denmark
Hiiumaa 8,400  Estonia
Muhu 1,822  Estonia

See also

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