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

NameImageAreaCountry
Gotland2,994 km² Sweden
Saaremaa2,673 km² Estonia
Öland1,342 km² Sweden
Lolland1,243 km² Denmark
Hiiumaa989 km² Estonia
Rügen935 km² Germany
Fasta Åland685 km² Finland
Bornholm588 km² Denmark
Kimitoön560 km² Finland
Falster514 km² Denmark
Usedom445 km² Germany and  Poland
Wolin265 km² Poland
Møn218 km² Denmark
Hailuoto201 km² Finland
Muhu198 km² Estonia
Fehmarn185 km² Germany
Värmdö181 km² Sweden

By population

NameImagePopulationCountry
Usedom76,500 Poland and  Germany
Rügen73,000 Germany
Lolland68,224 Denmark
Gotland57,381 Sweden
Värmdö48,000 Sweden
Bornholm44,100 Denmark
Falster43,537 Denmark
Lidingö43,400 Sweden
Kotlin42,800 Russia
Saaremaa40,312 Estonia
Öland23,000 Sweden
Mainland of Åland22,000 Finland
Wolin17,000 Poland
Fehmarn14,000 Germany
Møn12,000 Denmark
Hiiumaa8,400 Estonia
Muhu1,822 Estonia

See also

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