Corsica (France) is 1.32× the size of Oita
Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Oita (prefecture of Japan) about 6,550 km² (2,530 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 8,670km²Corsica (France)
- 6,550km²Oita
20 km
- Corsica (France)
- Oita
What fits
- Oita is 76% of the size of Corsica (France).
- Corsica (France) is larger by 2,120 km² (817 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Oita.
- Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Oita about 0.21.
How they differ
- Corsica (France) is larger, but Oita has the larger population: 1.1 million against 351,000, 3.19× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 171 in Oita against 41 in Corsica (France): Oita is 4.22× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,780 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Corsica (France) at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Oita at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 1.69× the size of Oita instead of 1.32×.
- Together Corsica (France) and Oita cover 15,200 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 0.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,120 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Oita's density, Corsica (France) would have 1.5 million people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Oita would have 266,000 (it has 1.1 million).
- Corsica (France)'s centre is 9.0° of latitude, about 1,000 km, farther north than Oita'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.
- Oita is the 20th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 35th most densely populated of them.
- Corsica (France) lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 996 km) north of Oita.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Oita about 5,840 m².
- Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Oita would cover 15,200 km², about the same size as East Timor.
- Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.05× as many people as East Timor.
Side by side
| Corsica (France) | Oita | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 8,670 km²3,350 mi² | 6,550 km²2,530 mi² |
| Official area | 8,680 km²Wikidata | 6,340 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 14th of 18in France | 20th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 351,000Wikidata, 2022 | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 16th of 18in France | 34th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 41 per km² | 171 per km² |
| Capital | Ajaccio | Ōita-shi |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 43°N | 33°N to 34°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%.
- Our measured 6,550 km² is 3.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 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