Corsica (France) is 1.18× the size of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Friuli-Venezia Giulia (region of Italy) about 7,340 km² (2,830 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,670km²Corsica (France)
7,340km²Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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Corsica (France)
Friuli-Venezia Giulia

What fits

Friuli-Venezia Giulia is 85% of the size of Corsica (France).
Corsica (France) is larger by 1,320 km² (512 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Friuli-Venezia Giulia about 0.24.

How they differ

Corsica (France) is larger, but Friuli-Venezia Giulia has the larger population: 1.2 million against 351,000, 3.46× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 166 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia against 41 in Corsica (France): Friuli-Venezia Giulia is 4.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 545 km apart.
Together Corsica (France) and Friuli-Venezia Giulia cover 16,000 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 5.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,320 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Friuli-Venezia Giulia's density, Corsica (France) would have 1.4 million people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have 298,000 (it has 1.2 million).
Friuli-Venezia Giulia's centre is 4.0° of latitude, about 450 km, farther north than Corsica (France)'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.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is the 17th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 445 km) north of Corsica (France).
Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Friuli-Venezia Giulia about 6,040 m².
Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Friuli-Venezia Giulia would cover 16,000 km², 1.06× the size of East Timor.
Together they have 1.6 million people, 1.12× as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

	Corsica (France)	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Is a	RegionFrance	RegionItaly
Area, measured	8,670 km²3,350 mi²	7,340 km²2,830 mi²
Official area	8,680 km²Wikidata	7,860 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 18in France	17th of 20in Italy
Population	351,000Wikidata, 2022	1.2 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	16th of 18in France	15th of 20in Italy
Density	41 per km²	166 per km²
Capital	Ajaccio	Trieste
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	46°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2019. 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 7,340 km² is 6.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,860 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. The outline of Friuli-Venezia Giulia is the provinces 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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