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There's no need to maintain a
List of borderless countries. Except
Australia, all continental countries share at least one land border with another country. In total, there are 24 borderless countries in the world (countries with no land or maritime borders) and an additional 16 countries share only maritime border(s) with other countries. Other than Australia, all 39 countries without land borders are island countries already listed in this article.
120.16.171.146 (
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02:47, 15 May 2022 (UTC)reply
Same thoughts exactly. Def of an island is a territory surrounded by water regardless of how big or how small; Australia is an island the same as Africa is almost an island of not for the Sinai which locks with Israel that made it not being an island
Nlivataye (
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16:52, 28 April 2021 (UTC)reply
Huge continental mainlands are generally not considered to be islands. Greenland is generally considered the largest island in the world and Australia is generally considered the smallest continent in the world. Australia is not a true island country but it deserves a honourable mention.
2001:8003:9008:1301:501E:2EC1:45D6:B919 (
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00:28, 23 October 2021 (UTC)reply
We follow sources. Most sources recognise Australia as a continent - it has it's own continental plate - that is why there is an article about the
Australia (continent). Some sources also call it an island but it's not 'really' an island but one that has been defined as both with a preponderance of sources calling it a continent. It is nonsense to say Australia is an island because of being surrounded by water because Africa is almost an island - this type of argument merely confuses the issue and there are no sources that say Africa is an island anyway.
Robynthehode (
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12:53, 23 October 2021 (UTC)reply
I think there is a problem with the definition of the term island country. Does an island country have to have 100% of its territory on islands? If so, why is the United Kingdom considered to be an island country?
Gibraltar, however small it might be, is a continental territory on the
Iberian Peninsula which is administered by the United Kingdom.
If the United Kingdom can be classified as an island country, then the
Kingdom of Denmark (including the
Faroe Islands and
Greenland) should be classified as an island country too. Over half of the Danish population live on the islands, the capital city Copenhagen is also located on an island. The
Jutland Peninsula is the only continental part of the Danish Kingdom but it only makes up less than 1 percent of the Kingdom’s land.
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2001:8003:9008:1301:10C6:CA0D:C6F:5069: Before defining whether the UK itself as an island country, a basic cognition you should know is that, as of now, the British Overseas Territories are not considered as parts of the United Kingdom in strict legal sense,
[1][2][3][4] this concept has also been explained in the citing annotation to the UK.
LVTW2 (
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23:56, 10 April 2022 (UTC)reply
I don't buy into all that "not an integral part of the country" stuff. It doesn't matter what kind of wording is used, if a territory is not independent and it is under the sovereignty of another country, then it is technically a part of that country. Otherwise, it should be treated as an independent country. Some classical examples of an independent country are: Taiwan, Palestine, Kosovo, and the
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Some classical examples of a dependent territory are:
Gibraltar, Greenland, Puerto Rico, and Hong Kong.
The fact is that the UK does have a small piece of land on the European continent, so the inclusion criteria for this article needs to be clarified. Otherwise, the inclusion of the United Kingdom and the exclusion of the
Kingdom of Denmark is controversial.
The Kingdom of Denmark is not a country, it is a sovereign state and a realm. Denmark is a country. The British Overseas Territories are not part of the country of the United Kingdom, regardless of whether you "buy into" it or not.
JM2023 (
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05:05, 12 September 2023 (UTC)reply
Dude, your argument is invalid. All sovereign states are countries, but not all countries are sovereign states. Constituent countries and dependent territories can also be classified as countries. The first list in this article is clearly a "list of island sovereign states" while the second one is a "list of island dependent territories".
120.16.127.229 (
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02:51, 11 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I suggest that the number of islands that make up a country be added to the chart. Although, not all nations have a clear exact number, due to islets and rock/sand formations, so a general estimate could be added instead.
Tankpiggy18 (
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16:35, 22 June 2022 (UTC)reply
The lead article has explained it clearly, the list includes states with limited diplomatic recognition which have de facto control over territories entirely on the islandsLVTW2 (
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06:11, 9 July 2023 (UTC)reply
The Philippines' category should be various. Only Palawan and associated islands are continental, on a fragment rifted from mainland Asia ang occasionally connected to Borneo on the Sunda shelf. The rest of the Philippines are oceanic islands on the Philippine mobile belt, with both the Sunda plate and the Philippine plaate subducting beneath it on the Manila trench in the West and the Philippine trench in the East. — Preceding
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119.94.177.225 (
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09:56, 19 March 2024 (UTC)reply