Pelagos

All 89 Greek islands: the complete checklist

This is the whole list: the 89 inhabited Greek islands a traveller can actually get to and stay on, grouped the way Greeks group them. Between them they are home to 1,646,478 people — and 15 of them have fewer than a hundred residents.

Why 89 and not 6,000? Because every other number counts rocks — here is the honest arithmetic. Beyond the main list there are 23 famous excursion islets (Delos, Spinalonga and company) in an optional expert tier, and 874 named rocks beyond those.

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Cyclades · 24 islands

24 of the 89 on the checklist. The smallest resident population here: Iraklia, 90. More on the Cyclades page →

Dodecanese · 19 islands

19 of the 89 on the checklist. The smallest resident population here: Marathi, 5. More on the Dodecanese page →

Ionian Islands · 13 islands

13 of the 89 on the checklist. The smallest resident population here: Antipaxos, 21. More on the Ionian Islands page →

Sporades · 4 islands

4 of the 89 on the checklist. The smallest resident population here: Skyros, 3,052. More on the Sporades page →

North Aegean Islands · 12 islands

12 of the 89 on the checklist. The smallest resident population here: Thymaina, 191. More on the North Aegean Islands page →

Saronic Islands · 6 islands

6 of the 89 on the checklist. The smallest resident population here: Agkistri, 1,131. More on the Saronic Islands page →

Crete · 2 islands

2 of the 89 on the checklist. The smallest resident population here: Gavdos, 70. More on the Crete page →

Standalone Islands · 9 islands

9 of the 89 on the checklist. The smallest resident population here: Monemvasia, 10.