Corsica (France) is 1.50× the size of Federal District

Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Federal District (federal district of Brazil) about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,670km²Corsica (France)
5,790km²Federal District

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Corsica (France)
Federal District

What fits

Federal District is 67% of the size of Corsica (France).
Corsica (France) is larger by 2,870 km² (1,110 mi²), which is 50% of the area of Federal District.
Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Federal District about 0.19.

How they differ

Corsica (France) is larger, but Federal District has the larger population: 2.8 million against 351,000, 8.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 41 in Corsica (France): Federal District is 12.0× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,680 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Corsica (France) at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Federal District at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 2.52× the size of Federal District instead of 1.50×.
Together Corsica (France) and Federal District cover 14,500 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 4.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,870 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Federal District's density, Corsica (France) would have 4.2 million people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Federal District would have 235,000 (it has 2.8 million).
Corsica (France)'s centre is 57.9° of latitude, about 6,440 km, farther north than Federal District'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.
Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Corsica (France) lies about 58° of latitude (roughly 6,440 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Federal District about 2,060 m².
Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Federal District would cover 14,500 km², 96% of the size of East Timor.
Together they have 3.2 million people, 93% as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

	Corsica (France)	Federal District
Is a	RegionFrance	Federal DistrictBrazil
Area, measured	8,670 km²3,350 mi²	5,790 km²2,240 mi²
Official area	8,680 km²Wikidata	5,760 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 18in France	27th of 27in Brazil
Population	351,000Wikidata, 2022	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	16th of 18in France	20th of 27in Brazil
Density	41 per km²	486 per km²
Capital	Ajaccio	Brasília
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	16°S to 15°S

Population: Wikidata 2022. 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 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 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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