Corsica (France) is 1.69× the size of Balearic Islands

Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Balearic Islands (autonomous community of Spain) about 5,120 km² (1,980 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,670km²Corsica (France)
5,120km²Balearic Islands

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Corsica (France)
Balearic Islands

What fits

Balearic Islands is 59% of the size of Corsica (France).
Corsica (France) is larger by 3,550 km² (1,370 mi²), which is 69% of the area of Balearic Islands.
Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Balearic Islands about 0.17.

How they differ

Corsica (France) is larger, but Balearic Islands has the larger population: 1.2 million against 351,000, 3.35× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 230 in Balearic Islands against 41 in Corsica (France): Balearic Islands is 5.67× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 595 km apart.
Together Corsica (France) and Balearic Islands cover 13,800 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,550 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Balearic Islands's density, Corsica (France) would have 2.0 million people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Balearic Islands would have 207,000 (it has 1.2 million).
Corsica (France)'s centre is 2.6° of latitude, about 290 km, farther north than Balearic 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.
Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Corsica (France) lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 287 km) north of Balearic Islands.
Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Balearic Islands about 4,350 m².
Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Balearic Islands would cover 13,800 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.09× as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

	Corsica (France)	Balearic Islands
Is a	RegionFrance	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	8,670 km²3,350 mi²	5,120 km²1,980 mi²
Official area	8,680 km²Wikidata	4,990 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 18in France	17th of 19in Spain
Population	351,000Wikidata, 2022	1.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	16th of 18in France	12th of 19in Spain
Density	41 per km²	230 per km²
Capital	Ajaccio	Palma
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	39°N to 40°N

Population: Wikidata 2022. 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 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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