Corsica (France) is 1.28× the size of Shanghai
Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Shanghai (municipality of China) about 6,750 km² (2,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 8,670km²Corsica (France)
- 6,750km²Shanghai
20 km
- Corsica (France)
- Shanghai
What fits
- Shanghai is 78% of the size of Corsica (France).
- Corsica (France) is larger by 1,920 km² (741 mi²), which is 28% of the area of Shanghai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Shanghai about 0.22.
How they differ
- Corsica (France) is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 351,000, 70.8× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 41 in Corsica (France): Shanghai is 91.0× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,330 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Corsica (France) at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Shanghai at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 1.71× the size of Shanghai instead of 1.28×.
- Together Corsica (France) and Shanghai cover 15,400 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 2.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,920 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Shanghai's density, Corsica (France) would have 32.0 million people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Shanghai would have 273,000 (it has 24.9 million).
- Corsica (France)'s centre is 11.0° of latitude, about 1,220 km, farther north than Shanghai'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.
- Shanghai is the 31st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Corsica (France) lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,220 km) north of Shanghai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
- Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Shanghai would cover 15,400 km², about the same size as East Timor.
- Together they have 25.2 million people, 95% as many people as North Korea.
Side by side
| Corsica (France) | Shanghai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 8,670 km²3,350 mi² | 6,750 km²2,600 mi² |
| Official area | 8,680 km²Wikidata | 6,340 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 14th of 18in France | 31st of 31in China |
| Population | 351,000Wikidata, 2022 | 24.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 16th of 18in France | 23rd of 31in China |
| Density | 41 per km² | 3,687 per km² |
| Capital | Ajaccio | – |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 43°N | 31°N to 32°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 6,750 km² is 6.4% above 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