Corsica (France) is 1.08× the size of Community of Madrid

Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Community of Madrid (autonomous community of Spain) about 8,000 km² (3,090 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,670km²Corsica (France)
8,000km²Community of Madrid

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Corsica (France)
Community of Madrid

What fits

Community of Madrid is 92% of the size of Corsica (France).
Corsica (France) is larger by 665 km² (257 mi²), which is 8.3% of the area of Community of Madrid.
Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Community of Madrid about 0.26.

How they differ

Corsica (France) is larger, but Community of Madrid has the larger population: 7.0 million against 351,000, 19.9× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 875 in Community of Madrid against 41 in Corsica (France): Community of Madrid is 21.6× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,090 km apart.
Together Corsica (France) and Community of Madrid cover 16,700 km², close to the size of Eswatini (17,100 km², 2.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 665 km², is about the size of Bahrain (688 km²).
At Community of Madrid's density, Corsica (France) would have 7.6 million people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Community of Madrid would have 324,000 (it has 7.0 million).
Corsica (France)'s centre is 1.7° of latitude, about 180 km, farther north than Community of Madrid'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.
Community of Madrid is the 12th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 42°N and 40°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Community of Madrid about 1,140 m².
Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Community of Madrid would cover 16,700 km², about the same size as Eswatini.
Together they have 7.4 million people, about as many people as Libya.

Side by side

	Corsica (France)	Community of Madrid
Is a	RegionFrance	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	8,670 km²3,350 mi²	8,000 km²3,090 mi²
Official area	8,680 km²Wikidata	8,030 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 18in France	12th of 19in Spain
Population	351,000Wikidata, 2022	7.0 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	16th of 18in France	3rd of 19in Spain
Density	41 per km²	875 per km²
Capital	Ajaccio	Madrid
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	40°N to 41°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 8,030 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,000 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

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