It's more densely populated per square metre than Manhattan despite being tiny.
The world's most crowded island, which is smaller than a football pitch, is home to over 800 people in the middle of the ocean.
Off the coast of Colombia, this man-made island atop a tiny 2.4-acre patch of coral reef was originally built by fishing families in the 19th Century for its idyllic surroundings and abundant sealife.
Content with its beautiful position in the gulf of the Caribbean Sea, most residents never left Santa Cruz del Islote, and now every inch is taken up with intertwining houses, built to accommodate its growing population.
According to YouTuber Ruhi Çenet who visited the island: "Everyone builds houses wherever they want. When they can't find any space, they build on top of existing buildings."
As you'd expect, the living situation is cramped, and Santa Cruz del Islote is now more densely populated per square metre than Manhattan.
It's thought that around 200 families live on the tiny island, and in the video by Çenet, one homeowner shared that ten people share three beds between them.
They may have access to the freshest fish, but owing to limited space for crops, fresh produce has to get delivered by the Colombian Navy every few weeks.
The island also doesn't have any cars or motorcyles, as you can walk from one side to the other in under two minutes, and it has just four main streets.
Perhaps more notably though, the island doesn't have a sewage disposal system, so waste goes into the sea, and it's also without electricity for many hours of the day.
However what it lacks in amenities, it seems to make up for in community spirit, reflected in the fact there's no police presence on the island owing to the tight knit population.
Within the 2.4-acres, there's just enough room for a school, church, a clinic, and even a hotel, but there is no family planning on the island and according to Çenet, and many mothers have children at 16.
Around 60% of the island's population is made up of children who attend the school which ends at 10th grade, and anyone who wants to study further must leave the island.
The main source of income for islanders is fishing, but recently tourism has become an income stream, such as offering tourists the chance to swim with sharks.
However, it has been branded as "slum tourism" by SULA, a travel agency in Colombia, which believes the animals are not treated properly, and the marketing of the island's colourful houses and packed streets "romanticises poverty".
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