Corsica (France) is 1.72× the size of Fukuoka

Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Fukuoka (prefecture of Japan) about 5,050 km² (1,950 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,670km²Corsica (France)
5,050km²Fukuoka

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Corsica (France)
Fukuoka

What fits

Fukuoka is 58% of the size of Corsica (France).
Corsica (France) is larger by 3,610 km² (1,400 mi²), which is 72% of the area of Fukuoka.
Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Fukuoka about 0.16.

How they differ

Corsica (France) is larger, but Fukuoka has the larger population: 5.1 million against 351,000, 14.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,011 in Fukuoka against 41 in Corsica (France): Fukuoka is 24.9× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,710 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Corsica (France) at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Fukuoka at 34°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 2.17× the size of Fukuoka instead of 1.72×.
Together Corsica (France) and Fukuoka cover 13,700 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 3,610 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Fukuoka's density, Corsica (France) would have 8.8 million people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Fukuoka would have 205,000 (it has 5.1 million).
Corsica (France)'s centre is 8.6° of latitude, about 960 km, farther north than Fukuoka'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.
Fukuoka is the 28th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Corsica (France) lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 960 km) north of Fukuoka.
Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Fukuoka about 990 m².
Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Fukuoka would cover 13,700 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
Together they have 5.5 million people, about as many people as Slovakia.

Side by side

	Corsica (France)	Fukuoka
Is a	RegionFrance	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	8,670 km²3,350 mi²	5,050 km²1,950 mi²
Official area	8,680 km²Wikidata	4,970 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 18in France	28th of 47in Japan
Population	351,000Wikidata, 2022	5.1 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	16th of 18in France	9th of 47in Japan
Density	41 per km²	1,011 per km²
Capital	Ajaccio	Fukuoka
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	33°N to 34°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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 4,970 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,050 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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