Corsica (France) is 1.56× the size of Aguascalientes

Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Aguascalientes (state of Mexico) about 5,550 km² (2,140 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,670km²Corsica (France)
5,550km²Aguascalientes

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Corsica (France)
Aguascalientes

What fits

Aguascalientes is 64% of the size of Corsica (France).
Corsica (France) is larger by 3,120 km² (1,200 mi²), which is 56% of the area of Aguascalientes.
Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Aguascalientes about 0.18.

How they differ

Corsica (France) is larger, but Aguascalientes has the larger population: 1.3 million against 351,000, 3.74× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 237 in Aguascalientes against 41 in Corsica (France): Aguascalientes is 5.84× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,000 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Corsica (France) at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Aguascalientes at 22°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 2.44× the size of Aguascalientes instead of 1.56×.
Together Corsica (France) and Aguascalientes cover 14,200 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 3.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,120 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Aguascalientes's density, Corsica (France) would have 2.1 million people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Aguascalientes would have 225,000 (it has 1.3 million).
Corsica (France)'s centre is 20.1° of latitude, about 2,240 km, farther north than Aguascalientes's.
Corsica (France) is the 14th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
Aguascalientes is the 29th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
Corsica (France) lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,240 km) north of Aguascalientes.
Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Aguascalientes about 4,230 m².
Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Aguascalientes would cover 14,200 km², 1.04× the size of Montenegro.
Together they have 1.7 million people, 91% as many people as North Macedonia.

Side by side

	Corsica (France)	Aguascalientes
Is a	RegionFrance	StateMexico
Area, measured	8,670 km²3,350 mi²	5,550 km²2,140 mi²
Official area	8,680 km²Wikidata	5,620 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 18in France	29th of 32in Mexico
Population	351,000Wikidata, 2022	1.3 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	16th of 18in France	27th of 32in Mexico
Density	41 per km²	237 per km²
Capital	Ajaccio	Aguascalientes City
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	22°N to 22°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 8,680 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,670 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 5,620 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,550 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Corsica (France) is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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