Corsica (France) is 1.49× the size of Chanthaburi

Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Chanthaburi (province of Thailand) about 5,830 km² (2,250 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,670km²Corsica (France)
5,830km²Chanthaburi

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Corsica (France)
Chanthaburi

What fits

Chanthaburi is 67% of the size of Corsica (France).
Corsica (France) is larger by 2,830 km² (1,090 mi²), which is 49% of the area of Chanthaburi.
Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Chanthaburi about 0.19.

How they differ

Corsica (France) is larger, but Chanthaburi has the larger population: 536,000 against 351,000, 1.52× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 92 in Chanthaburi against 41 in Corsica (France): Chanthaburi is 2.27× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,300 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Corsica (France) at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Chanthaburi at 13°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 2.57× the size of Chanthaburi instead of 1.49×.
Together Corsica (France) and Chanthaburi cover 14,500 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 4.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,830 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Chanthaburi's density, Corsica (France) would have 796,000 people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Chanthaburi would have 236,000 (it has 536,000).
Corsica (France)'s centre is 29.3° of latitude, about 3,260 km, farther north than Chanthaburi'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.
Chanthaburi is the 36th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 52nd most densely populated of them.
Corsica (France) lies about 29° of latitude (roughly 3,260 km) north of Chanthaburi.
Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Chanthaburi about 10,890 m².
Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Chanthaburi would cover 14,500 km², 96% of the size of East Timor.
Together they have 887,000 people, about as many people as Guyana.

Side by side

	Corsica (France)	Chanthaburi
Is a	RegionFrance	ProvinceThailand
Area, measured	8,670 km²3,350 mi²	5,830 km²2,250 mi²
Official area	8,680 km²Wikidata	6,340 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 18in France	36th of 77in Thailand
Population	351,000Wikidata, 2022	536,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	16th of 18in France	48th of 77in Thailand
Density	41 per km²	92 per km²
Capital	Ajaccio	Chanthaburi
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	12°N to 13°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. 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 5,830 km² is 8.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 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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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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