List of islands of Indonesia

	The map of the Indonesian archipelago along with the names of its islands and seas, is estimated to encompass between 17,000 to 18,000 islands scattered across the entire Indonesian archipelago.
Etymology	Indonesia from Greek: Ινδο (Indo, lit. 'Indies') + νησιά (nisiá, lit. 'islands'); Nusantara from Javanese: ꦤꦸꦱ (Nusa, lit. 'islands') + ꦲꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (antara, lit. 'outer'); See also: Names of Indonesia;
Geography
Location	Southeast Asia and Oceania
Adjacent to	Indian Ocean; Pacific Ocean;
Total islands	± 17,000–18,000 islands
Major islands	Java; Kalimantan; Papua; Sumatra; Sulawesi;
Area	8,300,000 km2 (3,200,000 sq mi)
Highest elevation	4,884 m (16024 ft)
Highest point	Puncak Jaya
Administration
	Indonesia
President	Prabowo Subianto
Demographics
Demonym	Indonesians
Population	± 280,000,000 (2023)
Population rank	4
Pop. density	143/km2 (370/sq mi)
Pop. density rank	88th
Languages	See Languages of Indonesia
Ethnic groups	See Ethnic groups in Indonesia

The islands of Indonesia, also known as the Indonesian Archipelago (Kepulauan Indonesia) or Nusantara, may refer either to the islands composing the country of Indonesia or to the geographical groups which include its islands.^[3] Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state, stretching from Sumatra in Asia to the western part of New Guinea in Oceania.

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