Indonesia? Thailand? Which country in the world has the most islands? Contrary to the answers for the regions that come first to mind, such as Polynesia, the country that holds the lead in the number of islands is none other than… Sweden.

The Scandinavian country counts within its borders 267,570 islands, islets and islets, mostly uninhabited.

Her neighbor follows Norwaywith 239,057, among them the famous and beautiful Lofoten Islands.

Tuesday is coming Finland with 178,947 islands.

Finland

All the islands of the Scandinavian countries are largely in the Arctic, and have nothing to do with the “summer” landscape we have in mind. Yet they are absolutely charming and peaceful.

In fourth place is Canadaon the other side of the Atlantic, with 52,455 islands in the Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, which makes Canada the country with the longest coastline in the world.

The 5th is closed by USA with 18,617 islands including well-known locations such as the Hawaiian Archipelago and islands from the District of Columbia.

These islands include Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

They follow

6. Indonesia – 17,504
7. Australia – 8,222
8. Philippines – 7,641
9. Japan – 6,852
10. Chile – 5,000
11. China – 5,000
12. South Korea – 4,400
13. Cuba – 4,195
14. Vietnam – 4,000
15. North Korea – 3,579

Apart from 15th, our country is one place below North Korea, in 16th place Greece with 3,054 islands.

Much further down, in 24 position the exotics are found Maldives with 1,196 islands and in 25 position the Marshall Islands with 1,156 islands.