Corsica (France) is 1.70× the size of Chiba
Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Chiba (prefecture of Japan) about 5,110 km² (1,970 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 8,670km²Corsica (France)
- 5,110km²Chiba
20 km
- Corsica (France)
- Chiba
What fits
- Chiba is 59% of the size of Corsica (France).
- Corsica (France) is larger by 3,550 km² (1,370 mi²), which is 70% of the area of Chiba.
- Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Chiba about 0.17.
How they differ
- Corsica (France) is larger, but Chiba has the larger population: 6.3 million against 351,000, 17.9× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,228 in Chiba against 41 in Corsica (France): Chiba is 30.3× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,100 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Corsica (France) at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Chiba at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 2.04× the size of Chiba instead of 1.70×.
- Together Corsica (France) and Chiba 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 Chiba's density, Corsica (France) would have 10.6 million people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Chiba would have 207,000 (it has 6.3 million).
- Corsica (France)'s centre is 6.6° of latitude, about 740 km, farther north than Chiba'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.
- Chiba is the 27th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Corsica (France) lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 739 km) north of Chiba.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Chiba about 810 m².
- Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Chiba would cover 13,800 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
- Together they have 6.6 million people, about as many people as Serbia.
Side by side
| Corsica (France) | Chiba | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 8,670 km²3,350 mi² | 5,110 km²1,970 mi² |
| Official area | 8,680 km²Wikidata | 5,160 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 14th of 18in France | 27th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 351,000Wikidata, 2022 | 6.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 16th of 18in France | 6th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 41 per km² | 1,228 per km² |
| Capital | Ajaccio | Chiba |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 43°N | 35°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. 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 5,160 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,110 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.
- 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