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Geographically, North Andros is the sixth largest island in the West Indies, at roughly in area and long and wide at its widest point, and the 153rd largest island on Earth.

If all three main islands are included, Andros is the fifth largest island in the Indies, after Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.

Although comparable in area to the state of Rhode Island ( 3140 km2, population 1. 05 million ) and Long Island, N. Y. ( 3600 km2, population 7. 5 million ) Andros is home to a population of approximately 8000, almost all of whom are settled in a thin strip near the Queen Elizabeth Highway running along the island's eastern coast.

Outside Alaska, the Amazon Basin and northern Canada, it is one of the least densely populated places in the Western Hemisphere.