Corsica (France) is 1.47× the size of Colima

Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Colima (state of Mexico) about 5,880 km² (2,270 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,670km²Corsica (France)
5,880km²Colima

200 km

Corsica (France)
Colima

What fits

Colima is 68% of the size of Corsica (France).
Corsica (France) is larger by 2,790 km² (1,080 mi²), which is 47% of the area of Colima.
Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Colima about 0.19.

How they differ

Corsica (France) is larger, but Colima has the larger population: 731,000 against 351,000, 2.08× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 124 in Colima against 41 in Corsica (France): Colima is 3.07× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,400 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Corsica (France) at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Colima at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 2.39× the size of Colima instead of 1.47×.
Together Corsica (France) and Colima cover 14,500 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 3.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,790 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Colima's density, Corsica (France) would have 1.1 million people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Colima would have 238,000 (it has 731,000).
Corsica (France)'s centre is 23.0° of latitude, about 2,560 km, farther north than Colima'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.
Colima is the 28th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Corsica (France) lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,560 km) north of Colima.
Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Colima about 8,040 m².
Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Colima would cover 14,500 km², 96% of the size of East Timor.
Together they have 1.1 million people, 94% as many people as Djibouti.

Side by side

	Corsica (France)	Colima
Is a	RegionFrance	StateMexico
Area, measured	8,670 km²3,350 mi²	5,880 km²2,270 mi²
Official area	8,680 km²Wikidata	5,630 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 18in France	28th of 32in Mexico
Population	351,000Wikidata, 2022	731,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	16th of 18in France	31st of 32in Mexico
Density	41 per km²	124 per km²
Capital	Ajaccio	Colima
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	18°N to 20°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 5,880 km² is 4.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,630 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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