Corsica (France) is 1.45× the size of Phayao
Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Phayao (province of Thailand) about 5,990 km² (2,310 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 8,670km²Corsica (France)
- 5,990km²Phayao
20 km
- Corsica (France)
- Phayao
What fits
- Phayao is 69% of the size of Corsica (France).
- Corsica (France) is larger by 2,670 km² (1,030 mi²), which is 45% of the area of Phayao.
- Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Phayao about 0.20.
How they differ
- Corsica (France) is larger, but Phayao has the larger population: 467,000 against 351,000, 1.33× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 78 in Phayao against 41 in Corsica (France): Phayao is 1.92× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,670 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Corsica (France) at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Phayao at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 2.35× the size of Phayao instead of 1.45×.
- Together Corsica (France) and Phayao cover 14,700 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 2.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 2,670 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
- At Phayao's density, Corsica (France) would have 676,000 people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Phayao would have 243,000 (it has 467,000).
- Corsica (France)'s centre is 22.9° of latitude, about 2,550 km, farther north than Phayao'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.
- Phayao is the 35th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 65th most densely populated of them.
- Corsica (France) lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,550 km) north of Phayao.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Phayao about 12,830 m².
- Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Phayao would cover 14,700 km², about the same size as East Timor.
- Together they have 819,000 people, 1.04× as many people as Bhutan.
Side by side
| Corsica (France) | Phayao | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 8,670 km²3,350 mi² | 5,990 km²2,310 mi² |
| Official area | 8,680 km²Wikidata | 6,340 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 14th of 18in France | 35th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 351,000Wikidata, 2022 | 467,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 16th of 18in France | 59th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 41 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Ajaccio | Phayao |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 43°N | 19°N to 20°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 5,990 km² is 5.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 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.
- 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