Corsica (France) is 1.51× the size of Prince Edward Island

Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Prince Edward Island (province of Canada) about 5,730 km² (2,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,670km²Corsica (France)
5,730km²Prince Edward Island

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Corsica (France)
Prince Edward Island

What fits

Prince Edward Island is 66% of the size of Corsica (France).
Corsica (France) is larger by 2,930 km² (1,130 mi²), which is 51% of the area of Prince Edward Island.
Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Prince Edward Island about 0.19.

How they differ

Corsica (France) also has the larger population: 351,000 against 154,000, 2.28× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 41 in Corsica (France) against 27 in Prince Edward Island: Corsica (France) is 1.51× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,570 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Corsica (France) at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Prince Edward Island at 46°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 1.31× the size of Prince Edward Island instead of 1.51×.
Together Corsica (France) and Prince Edward Island cover 14,400 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 4.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,930 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Prince Edward Island's density, Corsica (France) would have 233,000 people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Prince Edward Island would have 232,000 (it has 154,000).
Prince Edward Island's centre is 4.2° of latitude, about 470 km, farther north than Corsica (France)'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.
Prince Edward Island is the 13th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Prince Edward Island lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 472 km) north of Corsica (France).
Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Prince Edward Island about 37,150 m².
Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Prince Edward Island would cover 14,400 km², 95% of the size of East Timor.
Together they have 506,000 people, 91% as many people as Cape Verde.

Side by side

	Corsica (France)	Prince Edward Island
Is a	RegionFrance	ProvinceCanada
Area, measured	8,670 km²3,350 mi²	5,730 km²2,210 mi²
Official area	8,680 km²Wikidata	5,620 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 18in France	13th of 13in Canada
Population	351,000Wikidata, 2022	154,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	16th of 18in France	10th of 13in Canada
Density	41 per km²	27 per km²
Capital	Ajaccio	Charlottetown
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	46°N to 47°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 5,730 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,620 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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