Corsica (France) is 1.10× the size of Miyazaki

Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Miyazaki (prefecture of Japan) about 7,860 km² (3,030 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,670km²Corsica (France)
7,860km²Miyazaki

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Corsica (France)
Miyazaki

What fits

Miyazaki is 91% of the size of Corsica (France).
Corsica (France) is larger by 810 km² (313 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Miyazaki.
Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Miyazaki about 0.26.

How they differ

Corsica (France) is larger, but Miyazaki has the larger population: 1.1 million against 351,000, 3.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 135 in Miyazaki against 41 in Corsica (France): Miyazaki is 3.33× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,860 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Corsica (France) at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Miyazaki at 32°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 1.44× the size of Miyazaki instead of 1.10×.
Together Corsica (France) and Miyazaki cover 16,500 km², close to the size of Eswatini (17,100 km², 3.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 810 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
At Miyazaki's density, Corsica (France) would have 1.2 million people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Miyazaki would have 318,000 (it has 1.1 million).
Corsica (France)'s centre is 10.0° of latitude, about 1,110 km, farther north than Miyazaki'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.
Miyazaki is the 13th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 39th most densely populated of them.
Corsica (France) lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,110 km) north of Miyazaki.
Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Miyazaki about 7,400 m².
Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Miyazaki would cover 16,500 km², 97% of the size of Eswatini.
Together they have 1.4 million people, about as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

	Corsica (France)	Miyazaki
Is a	RegionFrance	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	8,670 km²3,350 mi²	7,860 km²3,030 mi²
Official area	8,680 km²Wikidata	7,740 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 18in France	13th of 47in Japan
Population	351,000Wikidata, 2022	1.1 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	16th of 18in France	36th of 47in Japan
Density	41 per km²	135 per km²
Capital	Ajaccio	Miyazaki
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	31°N to 33°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. 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 7,740 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,860 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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