List of islands of the Philippines  The islands of the Philippines, also known as the Philippine Archipelago, comprises about 7,641 islands, of which only about 2,000 are inhabited. More than 5,000 islands of the archipelago are yet to be given official names. They are clustered into the three major island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Below is a list of the largest Philippine islands. Note there are discrepancies in the area estimates across various sources, which would change the rankings of some smaller islands. The areas given may not be definitive. The 50 largest islands have a combined area of around and a combined population of almost 102 million (2015), hence contains about 99% of the Philippines' total land area and total population (2015). The following list breaks the islands down further by region and smaller island group for easier reference.