As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named. The following list breaks the islands down by region and smaller island group for easier reference.

Luzon

Babuyan group

Bacuit group

Batanes group

Bicol region

Cagayan Valley

Calamian Islands

Catanduanes

Central Luzon

Cuyo Archipelago

Ilocos Region

Manila Bay islands

Marinduque

Masbate

Metro Manila

Mindoro

Palawan

Polillo Islands

Romblon

Southern Tagalog

Mindanao

Caraga

Central Mindanao

Davao Region

Dinagat Islands

Northern Mindanao

Siargao

Sulu Archipelago

Zamboanga Peninsula

Visayas

Biliran

Bohol

Cebu

Guimaras

Leyte

Negros Island

Panay

Samar

Largest islands of the Philippines

Below is a list of the largest Philippine islands. 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 321000 km2 and a combined population of about 100.9 million (2015); thus they contain about 99% of the Philippines' total land area and total population (2015). Combined population of Luzon and Mindanao accounts for 80% of total population of the Philippines.

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