How many islands does the US have?

Our planet hosts around 900,000 officially declared islands and probably thousands of others that we know little about. There are 18,617 claimed islands located in the United States. The United States is fifth in regards to its number of islands, after Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Canada.



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