Corsica (France) is 1.23× the size of Basque Country

Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Basque Country (autonomous community of Spain) about 7,060 km² (2,730 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,670km²Corsica (France)
7,060km²Basque Country

50 km

Corsica (France)
Basque Country

What fits

Basque Country is 81% of the size of Corsica (France).
Corsica (France) is larger by 1,600 km² (620 mi²), which is 23% of the area of Basque Country.
Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Basque Country about 0.23.

How they differ

Corsica (France) is larger, but Basque Country has the larger population: 2.2 million against 351,000, 6.35× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 316 in Basque Country against 41 in Corsica (France): Basque Country is 7.79× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 963 km apart.
Together Corsica (France) and Basque Country cover 15,700 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 4.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,600 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Basque Country's density, Corsica (France) would have 2.7 million people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Basque Country would have 286,000 (it has 2.2 million).
Basque Country's centre is 0.9° of latitude, about 100 km, farther north than Corsica (France)'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.
Basque Country is the 14th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 42°N and 43°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Basque Country about 3,170 m².
Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Basque Country would cover 15,700 km², 1.04× the size of East Timor.
Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as Namibia.

Side by side

	Corsica (France)	Basque Country
Is a	RegionFrance	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	8,670 km²3,350 mi²	7,060 km²2,730 mi²
Official area	8,680 km²Wikidata	7,230 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 18in France	14th of 19in Spain
Population	351,000Wikidata, 2022	2.2 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	16th of 18in France	7th of 19in Spain
Density	41 per km²	316 per km²
Capital	Ajaccio	Vitoria-Gasteiz
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	42°N to 43°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. 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 7,060 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,230 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

Similar in size to Corsica (France)

Similar in size to Basque Country

More comparisons

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. The outline of Basque Country is the provinces 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

Full method