These are the World's Most Peopled Islands

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  • Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
  • The world contains hundreds of thousands of islands, some of which even have people. But which islands have the most people for their size? The ones in this video! Let's Explore!
    Spreadsheet: docs.google.co...
    Islands on the list (in order)
    Java
    Luzon
    Mindanao
    Taiwan
    Salsette
    Montreal
    Xiamen
    Manhattan
    São Vicente
    Lagos Island
    Tsing Yi
    Mombasa Island
    Malé
    Ap Lei Chau
    Ebeye
    Fadiouth
    Bonacca
    Nasingin
    Santa Cruz del Islote
    Ilet a Brouee
    ...
    Just Room Enough Island
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    Image Credits:
    Island House: The_Gut Via Flickr, CC BY 2.0, www.flickr.com...
    Malé: By Shahee Ilyas - Imported from 500px (archived version) by the Archive Team. (detail page), CC BY 3.0, commons.wikime...
    Xiamen: By anttilipponen - www.flickr.com..., CC BY 2.0, commons.wikime... (cropped)
    Manhattan: By Anthony Quintano - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikime...
    São Vicente: By Coordenação-Geral de Observação da Terra/INPE from Brasil - Cidades do Brasil / Cities of Brazil - Santos/SP (outra imagem 1), CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikime...
    Tsing Yi: By Minghong - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikime...
    Ap Lei Chau: By Wpcpey - Own work, CC BY 4.0, commons.wikime...
    Fadiouth, Bonacca, Nasingin, Ilet a Brouee: Courtesy Google Earth, further sources in images
    Santa Cruz del Islote By Uhkabu - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikime...
    Note: the image of fishermen is from elsewhere in Haiti, not Ilet a Brouee
    Just Room Enough: By Taken by User:Omegatron using a Canon Powershot SD110 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikime...
    "Self-portrait of bare feet on sand" by arnybo is licensed with CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommon...

Комментарии • 111

  • @kalzafar
    @kalzafar 2 года назад +117

    I am from Malé island in the Maldives , yup there are that many ppl on that tiny island but there are more cars on it than ppl

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +17

      Very cool. The photos online looked crazy, good to hear from someone who lives there.

    • @indiegrungepunk
      @indiegrungepunk 2 года назад +8

      Why? Everything must be in walking distance. This is why the sea is swallowing it.

    • @grubert3535
      @grubert3535 Год назад +9

      What is the point in owning a car on such a small island?

    • @Tripletsss
      @Tripletsss Год назад +1

      @@grubert3535 As someone from Male,For Travel to Hulemale and HuleHule(The airport near male that's bigger than male)

  • @JackE4056
    @JackE4056 2 года назад +30

    I really enjoy your videos! However, I think it would be interesting to go in depth on some of these islands and how they live. Keep making great content!

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +6

      That definitely would be cool. This one is more of a "list video" than most of my content.

  • @Akrenix
    @Akrenix 2 года назад +37

    "Peopled" is a term I never thought I'd hear ever.

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +9

      Yeah I kind of just made up a definition for it for this video. I've "people" used as a verb in other contexts though, like "the peopling of the Americas"

    • @Akrenix
      @Akrenix 2 года назад +6

      @@SignoreGalilei To be honest, I like how you use "people" as a verb, so I'll subscribe.

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +5

      Thanks!

    • @PastPerspectives11
      @PastPerspectives11 Год назад +1

      Having studied the migration of Homo sapiens from Eastern Africa it’s a somewhat common word, at least anthropologically

    • @panner11
      @panner11 Год назад

      It is what made me click. Definitely wouldn't have clicked if it had a boring title like populated.

  • @MorrisonProductions
    @MorrisonProductions 2 года назад +16

    I watch lots of videos with topics like this and I thought this was some big big popular video until I noticed the small view count. I hope you break the algorithm soon with others like you did for me

  • @AkiZukiLenn
    @AkiZukiLenn 2 года назад +12

    Tsing Yi although sounds like dense shockingly have huge wild area down south and large amount of hill with trees in it , population is like 50% low income family with elderly in south while 50% high income working class family stick next to shoreline and train station while actually have fair bit of land for factory and shipping . It even have literally 20% of land used for grave and malls . In fact you felt less dense in Tsing Yi compare to other area in Hong Kong , crazy uhh ?

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +1

      I guess it must be because the buildings are so tall. If everyone's stacked up vertically then there's plenty of space to go around.

    • @1224chrisng
      @1224chrisng Год назад +1

      I guess that's the difference with comparing Tsing Yi with somewhere like Mong Kok.
      One's a quiet residential area (quiet by HK standards) where all the buildings are tall and out of sight, while the other is a busy market where the buildings are only 10 storeys tall. Even tho Mong Kok is less dense in total, it's much busier than Tsing Yi

  • @mattbarbarich3295
    @mattbarbarich3295 2 года назад +37

    Haven't seen the whole video yet but surely the most extreme must be the main and capital island of the Maldives. Completely urbanised more then Manhatten.

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +7

      Yep, Malé in the Maldives is very prominent on the list. That's why it's the thumbnail!

    • @fshoaps
      @fshoaps 2 года назад

      @@SignoreGalilei know it all

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +8

      @@fshoaps I mean, I did make this video to teach people stuff, I'm just trying to do the same for anyone who might scroll by.

    • @TheNecropolis20
      @TheNecropolis20 2 года назад

      ranking island country's by population
      where would Cuba , Singapore and Madagascar rank on the list ?
      Also Japan ,and the UK and Ireland , and Falkland Islands ?
      Greenland and Faeroe Islands territories of Denmark are some of the least peopled / densely populated island countrys,
      of the world.

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +2

      @@TheNecropolis20 Singapore's main island just misses the list in this video. The rest of your comment sounds like an entirely separate video though.

  • @EdbertWeisly
    @EdbertWeisly 2 года назад +6

    Thanks for including Indonesia

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +5

      You're welcome! It was on the list so it was pretty easy to include haha.

  • @piercekelaita9583
    @piercekelaita9583 Год назад

    This is really cool. Seems like something you’d see in an interview question!

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  Год назад

      That's a good way of putting it. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @Jacob-yg7lz
    @Jacob-yg7lz Год назад +5

    It'd be nice to have the densities pre-calculated so that I could easily tell how much more peopled some are

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  Год назад

      I'll keep that in mind. I might put those in the description at some point (no guarantees though)

    • @petercha01
      @petercha01 Год назад +1

      Agreed, population density would be very relevant. Peace to you all.

  • @RONRIVERIA
    @RONRIVERIA 2 года назад +6

    Changed title to most populated and the views will come.

  • @JohnnyAngel8
    @JohnnyAngel8 2 года назад +9

    I was expecting Staten Island after Manhattan Island but it didn't make the list.

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +3

      Yeah, Staten Island has more area and fewer people than Manhattan, but it's still very dense especially by US standards.

    • @TheKewlPerson
      @TheKewlPerson 2 года назад +2

      Staten Island is very much suburbs compared to Manhattan and the rest of NYC

  • @Vicenarius
    @Vicenarius 2 года назад +5

    i think maldives was the craziest tbh

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +2

      That's why I picked it as the thumbnail. I personally like Salsette the best though.

    • @panner11
      @panner11 Год назад

      Yeah it looked like a Simcity island population challenge. Though Bonacca definitely had that "what the hell am I looking at" factor.

  • @DoubleDoubleWithOnions
    @DoubleDoubleWithOnions Год назад +1

    I was going to add "me" as the smallest most populated island. I feel isolated and alone but the internet keeps telling me that no man is an island.

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  Год назад +1

      It's a good quote. I hope you get to feel less isolated soon.

  • @Konmonachi
    @Konmonachi 2 года назад

    Ok nice video but I am curious about Greenland in the list because it show to have 76k population when i look up most of websites it's always says 56k

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +1

      The Google sheet pulls directly from wikidata so the error might be from there. I also see 56k on most sites.

  • @bryanbischof4351
    @bryanbischof4351 3 месяца назад

    I’m a bit curious why you didn’t do number of standard deviations to capture distributional properties.

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  3 месяца назад +1

      Would've been cool to do. I mostly analyzed this one just by eye.

    • @bryanbischof4351
      @bryanbischof4351 3 месяца назад

      @@SignoreGalilei I just realized this posted the comment on the wrong video. That’s a weird RUclips bug. I meant to post it on most average country 🫣

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  3 месяца назад

      Oh huh, strange. With the average country one, I did end up doing a lot more stats but I didn't include them all in the video, mostly to avoid scope creep.

    • @bryanbischof4351
      @bryanbischof4351 3 месяца назад

      @@SignoreGalilei I think I’ll grab your data and do the stddev version. I’m a bit curious.

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  3 месяца назад +1

      Awesome, let me know what you find!

  • @Jacobulous
    @Jacobulous 2 года назад +1

    this is good

  • @SneedPatch
    @SneedPatch 2 года назад +2

    I was expecting Long Island to make the list, but I guess Manhattan is close enough

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад

      Yep, Long Island gets beaten out by Salsette.

  • @hm.7959
    @hm.7959 2 года назад +4

    Most densely populated?

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +4

      I mean it's really something like "most densely populated for their size" but that's too long of a title

  • @macc.1132
    @macc.1132 Год назад

    Java is roughly the size of New York state, which itself has 20 million people. Java has over 120 million more people than our 4th largest state by population, and it's still growing.

  • @riotandhalf
    @riotandhalf Год назад

    we probably wouldn't need too many people to live there to make Busta Rhymes Island in Shrewsbury, MA a most peopled island. It's only about 150 sq meters

  • @damienpilon9785
    @damienpilon9785 Год назад

    IIRC Montreal is also the most populated freshwater island in the world!

  • @blazing1887
    @blazing1887 2 года назад +1

    Maybe the UK, Canary Islands and Gibraltar.

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +4

      Those are fairly dense as well, but not enough to make the list. Also Gibraltar isn't quite an island, it's a peninsula.

  • @AulicExclusiva
    @AulicExclusiva Год назад

    How about Singapore? Some 6 million people live in a 700 sq. m. island.

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  Год назад

      I believe Salsette crowds more people into a slightly smaller area, but Singapore is quite close to making the list.

  • @Gasparock-w3x
    @Gasparock-w3x Год назад +1

    Migingo island ?

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  Год назад +1

      I think it's actually less dense than Ilet a Brouee, not sure off the top of my head.

  • @deansch6089
    @deansch6089 2 года назад

    This could easily be titled "list of places I have zero desire to ever visit."

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +3

      Not a fan of crowds?

    • @deansch6089
      @deansch6089 2 года назад

      @@SignoreGalilei have you seen people lately? Ew.

  • @Parborway
    @Parborway Год назад

    Does Sealand fit on to this list?

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  Год назад

      Sealand may actually be larger than Ilet a Brouee

  • @hikodzu
    @hikodzu Год назад

    Is there any single city that's split far away?

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  Год назад

      Well Tokyo administratively includes a bunch of islands very far away from the Japanese home islands. I mention it in my video on the US's nearest neighbors.

    • @hikodzu
      @hikodzu Год назад

      @@SignoreGalilei but is there like a full fledge city that's split farthest? Not just a city that include some random island?

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  Год назад

      @@hikodzu Not sure, might be cool to find out.

    • @hikodzu
      @hikodzu Год назад

      @@SignoreGalilei cuz I've heard there's one somewhere in india? It was a colonial possession before?

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  Год назад +1

      @@hikodzu Well there's Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry) which used to be French, but that's a union territory rather than a city. It's entirely possible there's another similar one that I don't know about.

  • @dm55
    @dm55 Год назад

    "My OCD. "Peopled Islands"

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  Год назад

      Yeah maybe there's a better name for it but I ruled out the most obvious other choices.

  • @willmills1388
    @willmills1388 Год назад

    What about Malta?

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  Год назад

      Manhattan has more people in a smaller area than Malta does.

  • @Orianna_Bumssen321
    @Orianna_Bumssen321 2 года назад +1

    where venice?

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад

      I think Venice is missing because it's a lot of smaller, connected islands, each of which doesn't make the list on its own.

  • @mntsam1930
    @mntsam1930 2 года назад +6

    Curious how 2 of the entries were on the Saint Lawrence…

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +2

      EDIT: Lol I thought this was on another video. The St. Lawrence river has loads of islands and is in a fairly populated part of the region, so I'm not all that surprised it's got two entries.

    • @TheKewlPerson
      @TheKewlPerson 2 года назад

      The Thousand Islands near the mouth of the St Lawrence river next to Lake Ontario has a bunch of tiny islands. It's really beautiful I'd recommend checking it out.

  • @pietrobiondi8477
    @pietrobiondi8477 Год назад

    Most populated?

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  Год назад

      Something like that, though most populated might just be which islands have the most total people.

  • @1224chrisng
    @1224chrisng Год назад +3

    If I stood on a grain of sand 1mm in width, the population density would be 1 person per 10^-6 m^2, or 10^12 people / km^2

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  Год назад +3

      Certainly would be pretty hard to balance though.

  • @theinfjgoyim5508
    @theinfjgoyim5508 Год назад

    I would suggest not using fake globe photos as an opener. As people become more aware you will really turn off people.

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  Год назад +4

      Do...do you mean flat Earth stuff? Because buddy, that ship has sailed. Over the horizon, mast last.

    • @panner11
      @panner11 Год назад +1

      @@SignoreGalilei I would say the channel being a turn off for flat earthers is definitely a good thing lmao

  • @Y.d.o.b.o.n
    @Y.d.o.b.o.n Год назад +1

    Just because you dig a canal doesnt mean its too islands 🤦‍♂️

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  Год назад +1

      If it's a sea level canal rather than with locks it kinda does

    • @Y.d.o.b.o.n
      @Y.d.o.b.o.n Год назад

      @@SignoreGalilei thats not how it works

    • @anishvadapalli6573
      @anishvadapalli6573 Год назад

      @@Y.d.o.b.o.n Then how does it work?

  • @TS-dx5wd
    @TS-dx5wd 2 года назад

    I like the video and liked it but people? Do you mean populated

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +1

      What I really mean is "most densely populated for their size" and I figured this would be the best I could do with just a single word. Might have been better if I went with something else, or maybe not.

  • @PhantomEagle..
    @PhantomEagle.. 2 года назад +1

    *Populated

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +2

      Yeah, I was considering that. That sort of implies a list of the islands with the most people on them regardless of size, so this is what I went with. Don't know if it was the right decision or not.

    • @PhantomEagle..
      @PhantomEagle.. 2 года назад +1

      @@SignoreGalilei It's alright, btw good video I liked it👍

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад

      Thanks!

    • @PhantomEagle..
      @PhantomEagle.. 2 года назад

      @@SignoreGalilei No problem 👍

  • @Shermann27
    @Shermann27 2 года назад

    "People" is not a verb. You cannot refer to an island as being "peopled" the way that you can refer to a room as being "painted." You're measuring population density. Your criterion is to compare the size of the island to its population, which gives you its population density. Therefore, you are not making a list of the most "populous" islands - which would be the closest approximation I can think of to the nonce word "peopled", you are compiling a list of the most densely populated islands in the world.
    It's also important to note that the number of people on many of these urban islands swells during business hours and the population of many resort islands jump up dramatically during holiday periods. Manhattan island for example, may be home to around 1.6 million people; however, the number of daily commuters and tourists more than doubles that figure.

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +2

      I have heard "Peopled" occasionally used as a verb, for instance "the peopling of the Americas". I used it in an unorthodox form here intentionally because "These are the World's Islands with the Highest Population Density Relative to their Area" was too long a title.
      You make a good point about commuters on islands like Manhattan. It's much easier to find residence data rather than commuter data though.

    • @Shermann27
      @Shermann27 2 года назад

      @@SignoreGalilei Fair enough, I suppose it can work in that context. And yes, that would have been a rather cumbersome title.

  • @cwheelersthegreat3057
    @cwheelersthegreat3057 2 года назад

    I can't understand

    • @SignoreGalilei
      @SignoreGalilei  2 года назад +3

      What part is hard to understand? Maybe I can help clear it up