List of islands in the Baltic Sea

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This is a list of islands in the Baltic Sea.

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Listed by Size

  1. Gotland (2,994 km�, belonging to Sweden)
  2. Saaremaa (2,992 km�, belonging to Estonia)
  3. [[�land]] (1342 km�, belonging to Sweden)
  4. Hiiumaa (965 km�, belonging to Estonia)
  5. [[R�gen]] (935 km�, belonging to Germany)
  6. Bornholm (588 km�, belonging to Denmark)
  7. Usedom (445 km�, split between Poland and Germany)
  8. Wolin (265 km�, belonging to Poland)

Listed by population

  1. Usedom (76,500 people, split between Poland and Germany)
  2. [[R�gen]] (73,000 people, belonging to Germany)
  3. Gotland (57,381 people, belonging to Sweden)
  4. Bornholm (44,100 people, belonging to Denmark)
  5. Saaremaa (40,312 people, belonging to Estonia)
  6. [[�land]] (23,000 people, belonging to Sweden)
  7. Wolin (17,000 people, belonging to Poland)
  8. Hiiumaa (10,000 people, belonging to Estonia)

The [[�land Islands]] (belonging to Finland) lie at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia marking the northern border of the Baltic Sea proper.

The largest Danish islands Zealand (7,000km� 2,200,000 people) and Funen (2,984km� 400,000 people) lie between the Baltic Sea and the Kattegat.

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