Geography by island/highest mountain and area in km², no. of mountains and population

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	Island in km²	Island, islets etc. in km²	Island, islets etc. in number	Altitude in metres	No. of mountains	Population 01.01.2024	Population per km²
Total	1,394.2	1,396.4	845	.	340	54,492	39.0
Streymoy	374.9	375.0	69	789	72	25,994	69.3
Eysturoy	286.3	286.3	53	880	66	12,522	43.7
Vágar	176.4	177.2	119	722	41	3,415	19.3
Suðuroy	164.6	165.0	262	610	55	4,597	27.9
Sandoy	111.2	111.5	50	479	19	1,243	11.2
Borðoy	94.7	94.7	39	772	23	5,532	58.4
Viðoy	40.6	40.6	46	841	11	594	14.6
Kunoy	35.3	35.3	31	830	11	154	4.4
Kalsoy	30.5	30.6	20	788	13	89	2.9
Svínoy	27.2	27.2	18	586	7	31	1.1
Fugloy	11.0	11.0	24	621	2	42	3.8
Nólsoy	10.3	10.3	3	372	4	220	21.4
Mykines	9.6	10.1	56	560	3	13	1.3
Skúgvoy	9.9	9.9	14	392	4	27	2.7
Hestur	5.9	5.9	9	421	3	14	2.4
Stóra Dímun	2.6	2.6	16	396	3	5	1.9
Koltur	2.3	2.3	6	477	2	-	-
Lítla Dímun	0.8	0.8	10	414	1	-	-

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