Corsica (France) is 1.17× the size of Canary Islands

Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Canary Islands (autonomous community of Spain) about 7,440 km² (2,870 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,670km²Corsica (France)
7,440km²Canary Islands

100 km

Corsica (France)
Canary Islands

What fits

Canary Islands is 86% of the size of Corsica (France).
Corsica (France) is larger by 1,230 km² (475 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Canary Islands.
Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Canary Islands about 0.24.

How they differ

Corsica (France) is larger, but Canary Islands has the larger population: 2.2 million against 351,000, 6.35× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 300 in Canary Islands against 41 in Corsica (France): Canary Islands is 7.40× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,710 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Corsica (France) at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Canary Islands at 28°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 1.64× the size of Canary Islands instead of 1.17×.
Together Corsica (France) and Canary Islands cover 16,100 km², close to the size of Eswatini (17,100 km², 6.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,230 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Canary Islands's density, Corsica (France) would have 2.6 million people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Canary Islands would have 301,000 (it has 2.2 million).
Corsica (France)'s centre is 13.8° of latitude, about 1,540 km, farther north than Canary 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.
Canary Islands is the 13th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
Corsica (France) lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,540 km) north of Canary Islands.
Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Canary Islands about 3,340 m².
Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Canary Islands would cover 16,100 km², 94% of the size of Eswatini.
Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as Namibia.

Side by side

	Corsica (France)	Canary Islands
Is a	RegionFrance	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	8,670 km²3,350 mi²	7,440 km²2,870 mi²
Official area	8,680 km²Wikidata	7,450 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 18in France	13th of 19in Spain
Population	351,000Wikidata, 2022	2.2 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	16th of 18in France	8th of 19in Spain
Density	41 per km²	300 per km²
Capital	Ajaccio	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	28°N to 29°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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 7,450 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,440 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. The outline of Canary Islands 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

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