Corsica (France) is 1.71× the size of Morelos

Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Morelos (state of Mexico) about 5,080 km² (1,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,670km²Corsica (France)
5,080km²Morelos

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Corsica (France)
Morelos

What fits

Morelos is 59% of the size of Corsica (France).
Corsica (France) is larger by 3,590 km² (1,380 mi²), which is 71% of the area of Morelos.
Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Morelos about 0.17.

How they differ

Corsica (France) is larger, but Morelos has the larger population: 2.0 million against 351,000, 5.61× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 388 in Morelos against 41 in Corsica (France): Morelos is 9.57× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,000 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Corsica (France) at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Morelos at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 2.78× the size of Morelos instead of 1.71×.
Together Corsica (France) and Morelos cover 13,700 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 0.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,590 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Morelos's density, Corsica (France) would have 3.4 million people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Morelos would have 206,000 (it has 2.0 million).
Corsica (France)'s centre is 23.4° of latitude, about 2,600 km, farther north than Morelos'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.
Morelos is the 30th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
Corsica (France) lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,600 km) north of Morelos.
Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Morelos about 2,580 m².
Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Morelos would cover 13,700 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
Together they have 2.3 million people, 96% as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

	Corsica (France)	Morelos
Is a	RegionFrance	StateMexico
Area, measured	8,670 km²3,350 mi²	5,080 km²1,960 mi²
Official area	8,680 km²Wikidata	4,880 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 18in France	30th of 32in Mexico
Population	351,000Wikidata, 2022	2.0 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	16th of 18in France	23rd of 32in Mexico
Density	41 per km²	388 per km²
Capital	Ajaccio	Cuernavaca
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	18°N to 19°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%.
Our measured 5,080 km² is 4.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,880 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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