Top 10 Indonesian Provinces with the Most Islands (2021)
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The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reports that Indonesia has 16,766 islands spread across 34 provinces. West Papua province has the highest number of islands.
West Papua has 4,514 islands. This is followed by the Riau Islands with 2,025 islands.
Central Sulawesi is in third place with 1,572 islands. Maluku follows with 1,337 islands.
North Maluku and East Nusa Tenggara have 837 and 600 islands respectively. Southeast Sulawesi is next with 590 islands.
Following these are Papua with 547 islands, Bangka Belitung Islands with 507 islands, and East Java with 504 islands.
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