Corsica (France) is 1.13× the size of Shizuoka

Corsica (France) (region of France) covers about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²) and Shizuoka (prefecture of Japan) about 7,670 km² (2,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,670km²Corsica (France)
7,670km²Shizuoka

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Corsica (France)
Shizuoka

What fits

Shizuoka is 88% of the size of Corsica (France).
Corsica (France) is larger by 998 km² (385 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Shizuoka.
Measured in Belgiums: Corsica (France) is about 0.28, Shizuoka about 0.25.

How they differ

Corsica (France) is larger, but Shizuoka has the larger population: 3.6 million against 351,000, 10.3× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 471 in Shizuoka against 41 in Corsica (France): Shizuoka is 11.6× 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 Shizuoka at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 1.38× the size of Shizuoka instead of 1.13×.
Together Corsica (France) and Shizuoka cover 16,300 km², close to the size of Eswatini (17,100 km², 4.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 998 km², is about the size of Hong Kong (1,040 km²).
At Shizuoka's density, Corsica (France) would have 4.1 million people (it has 351,000). At Corsica (France)'s density, Shizuoka would have 311,000 (it has 3.6 million).
Corsica (France)'s centre is 7.1° of latitude, about 790 km, farther north than Shizuoka'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.
Shizuoka is the 14th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
Corsica (France) lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 795 km) north of Shizuoka.
Shared out evenly, each person in Corsica (France) would have about 24,670 m² and each person in Shizuoka about 2,120 m².
Laid side by side, Corsica (France) and Shizuoka would cover 16,300 km², 95% of the size of Eswatini.
Together they have 4.0 million people, about as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

	Corsica (France)	Shizuoka
Is a	RegionFrance	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	8,670 km²3,350 mi²	7,670 km²2,960 mi²
Official area	8,680 km²Wikidata	7,780 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 18in France	14th of 47in Japan
Population	351,000Wikidata, 2022	3.6 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	16th of 18in France	10th of 47in Japan
Density	41 per km²	471 per km²
Capital	Ajaccio	Shizuoka
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	35°N to 36°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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 7,780 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,670 km², to within 2%.

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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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