Cyclades: the complete list of islands
The ring of islands at the centre of the Aegean — Santorini, Mykonos, Naxos and Paros are here, but so are car-free islets a fraction of their size. It is the region most people picture when they picture Greek islands, and the biggest single block on the checklist.
The main checklist counts 24 islands here — every inhabited Cyclades island you can actually travel to. Populations are permanent residents, which is its own kind of surprise: some of the best-known islands are among the emptiest in winter.
| Island | Greek name | Residents |
|---|---|---|
| Amorgos | Αμοργός | 1,961 |
| Anafi | Ανάφη | 271 |
| Andros | Άνδρος | 8,826 |
| Ano Koufonisi | Άνω Κουφονήσι | 391 |
| Antiparos | Αντίπαρος | 1,265 |
| Donousa | Δονούσα | 163 |
| Folegandros | Φολέγανδρος | 719 |
| Ios | Ίος | 2,299 |
| Iraklia | Ηρακλειά | 90 |
| Kea (Tzia) | Κέα (Τζια) | 2,335 |
| Kimolos | Κίμωλος | 810 |
| Kythnos | Κύθνος | 1,568 |
| Milos | Μήλος | 5,302 |
| Mykonos | Μύκονος | 10,704 |
| Naxos | Νάξος | 19,597 |
| Paros | Πάρος | 14,520 |
| Santorini | Σαντορίνη | 15,231 |
| Schoinousa | Σχοινούσα | 206 |
| Serifos | Σέριφος | 1,242 |
| Sifnos | Σίφνος | 2,777 |
| Sikinos | Σίκινος | 253 |
| Syros | Σύρος | 21,124 |
| Therasia | Θηρασιά | 249 |
| Tinos | Τήνος | 8,934 |
The excursion islets
7 more islands of the Cyclades sit in Pelagos’s optional expert tier — places you visit for an afternoon rather than stay on, scored separately so they never inflate the main count: Delos, Despotiko, Kato Koufonisi, Nea Kameni, Palaia Kameni, Polyaigos, Rineia.
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