There are more than 17,500 islands in Indonesia, making it the world’s largest archipelago. The islands are spread over a distance of 5,100 kilometers (3,170 miles), and the total area of the country is 1.9 million square kilometers (735,358 square miles).
The largest island in Indonesia is Sumatra, with a total area of 473,481 square kilometers (182,878 square miles). Other large islands include Java, with a total area of 132,107 square kilometers (51,052 square miles), Borneo, with a total area …