Can you name the Most Populous Island Nations? by Klaus

Can you name the Most Populous Island Nations?

created by Klaus

Enter a nation in the box below
Correctly named nation s will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source: Wikipedia
NOTE: Island Nations cannot border any other nation. Example: Ireland is not an Island Nation for it borders the United Kingdom.
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Population	Nation	Rank (Overall Rank)
127,433,494		1 (10)
88,706,300		2 (12)
22,911,292		3 (51)
20,650,000		4 (56)
20,146,000		5 (57)
11,451,652		6 (75)
4,553,009		7 (115)
4,027,947		8 (123)
2,730,000		9 (140)
1,344,000		10 (151)

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Populous Island Nations Quiz

by Klaus

Created Oct 29, 2010 in Geography
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	thecheshirecat:	Oct 29th, 2010 at 22:10 GMT	6 points
	The wiki source is a bit dodgy in this case and should have given you Madagascar and Jamaica as well.

	AlexRandom:	Oct 29th, 2010 at 22:14 GMT	4 points
	Yes, Madagascar, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago are all more populated than Malta, Cyprus and Mauritius. And a similar quiz already exists (http://www.sporcle.com/games/AlexRandom/popolous_island_nations) although there countries that share an island are allowed.

	coulraphobic123:	Oct 29th, 2010 at 22:52 GMT	-1 points
	Indonesia is the fourth most populated country in the world and is comprised entirely of islands.

	wolfewolfe:	Oct 29th, 2010 at 22:57 GMT	4 points
	Yeah, but it shares borneo and new guinea with brunei and malaysia, and papua new guinea respectively. Therefore, according to his definition, indonesia is technically not an island nation. but i do agree that madagascar, jamaica, and trinidad should all be on the list.

	NorwegianSalmon:	Oct 29th, 2010 at 23:27 GMT	3 points
	Black on dark blue is not very eye-friendly.

	DylanT17:	Oct 30th, 2010 at 00:43 GMT	2 points
	Indonesia has borders coulraphobic.

	Klaus:	Oct 30th, 2010 at 01:36 GMT	-2 points
	Thanks for playing my quiz! I know this Wikipedia source is a bit off, but I intend to keep it as it is. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free comment below.

	gqb:	Oct 30th, 2010 at 01:54 GMT	0 points
	You might hunt down a better source. Also, what about Australia?

	ulashima:	Oct 30th, 2010 at 08:19 GMT	3 points
	Australia is mostly omitted, because being counted as a continent. But I oppose that, because even being a continent in its own right, it's still an island at the same time. I do think it should be on tests like these, but I see that it's been somewhat a Sporcle standard. So "In Rome do as the Romans do" as they say.

	adrian96:	Oct 30th, 2010 at 12:43 GMT	1 point
	You forgot Australia, T&T and Madagascar at least...

	Sjoerd:	Oct 30th, 2010 at 22:23 GMT	0 points
	'Island nation that doesn't border another country' is the same as 'Country with no neighbors but not Australia'

	Klaus:	Oct 30th, 2010 at 22:51 GMT	1 point
	@Sjoerd, I'm sorry you don't seem to understand that it is a Sporcle Standard to recognize Australia as a continent and not an island.

	Apollo846:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 20:53 GMT	0 points
	While your quiz is correct according to your definition, I'd still consider Ireland, Indonesia, UK, etc... to be "island nations". They're certainly not "mainland nations"...

	Klaus:	Dec 18th, 2010 at 13:21 GMT	1 point
	@Apollo, True, but I created this quiz according to my definition. A quiz with those standards already exists.