Corsica (France) is 1.22× the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

What fits

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 82% of the size of Corsica (France).
• Corsica (France) is larger by 1,560 km² (602 mi²), which is 22% of the area of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Andaman and Nicobar Islands about 0.23.

How they differ

• Corsica (France) is larger, but Andaman and Nicobar Islands has the larger population: 356,000 against 351,000, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 50 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands against 41 in Corsica (France): Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 1.24× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,680 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Corsica (France) at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Andaman and Nicobar Islands at 11°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 2.14× the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands instead of 1.22×.
• Together Corsica (France) and Andaman and Nicobar Islands cover 15,800 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 4.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,560 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Andaman and Nicobar Islands's density, Corsica (France) would have 434,000 people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Andaman and Nicobar Islands would have 288,000 (it has 356,000).
• Corsica (France)'s centre is 31.0° of latitude, about 3,450 km, farther north than Andaman and Nicobar Islands'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.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the 29th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
• Corsica (France) lies about 31° of latitude (roughly 3,450 km) north of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Andaman and Nicobar Islands about 19,950 m².
• Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Andaman and Nicobar Islands would cover 15,800 km², 1.05× the size of East Timor.
• Together they have 707,000 people, about as many people as Luxembourg.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2005. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 8,680 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,670 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 7,110 km² is 14% below Wikidata's official figure of 8,250 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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