Iceland is 11.8× the size of Corsica (France)

Iceland (Europe) covers about 102,000 km² (39,500 mi²) and Corsica (France) (region of France) about 8,670 km² (3,350 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

102,000km²Iceland
8,670km²Corsica (France)

100 km

Iceland
Corsica (France)

What fits

Corsica (France) fits inside Iceland about 11.8 times by area.
Iceland is larger by 93,700 km² (36,200 mi²), which is 1,081% of the area of Corsica (France).
Measured in Belgiums: Iceland is about 3.34, Corsica (France) about 0.28.

How they differ

Iceland also has the larger population: 364,000 against 351,000, 1.04× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 41 in Corsica (France) against 3.6 in Iceland: Corsica (France) is 11.4× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,080 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Iceland at 65°N is drawn about 5.6× too large and Corsica (France) at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Iceland as 36.4× the size of Corsica (France) instead of 11.8×.
Together Iceland and Corsica (France) cover 111,000 km², close to the size of Cuba (110,000 km², 1.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 93,700 km², is about the size of Hungary (93,200 km²).
At Corsica (France)'s density, Iceland would have 4.2 million people (it has 364,000). At Iceland's density, Corsica (France) would have 31,000 (it has 351,000).
Iceland's centre is 22.8° of latitude, about 2,540 km, farther north than Corsica (France)'s.
Iceland ranks 108th of 246 countries and territories by area.
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.
Iceland lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,540 km) north of Corsica (France).
Shared out evenly, each person in Iceland would have about 281,090 m² and each person in Corsica (France) about 24,670 m².
Laid side by side, Iceland and Corsica (France) would cover 111,000 km², about the same size as Cuba.
Together they have 716,000 people, 1.04× as many people as Luxembourg.
Counted as a country, Corsica (France) would rank 170th by area and 178th by population.

Side by side

	Iceland	Corsica (France)
Is a	CountryEurope	RegionFrance
Area, measured	102,000 km²39,500 mi²	8,670 km²3,350 mi²
Official area	103,000 km²Wikidata	8,680 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	107th of 239worldwide	14th of 18in France
Population	364,000Wikidata, 2019	351,000Wikidata, 2022
Rank by population	177th of 237worldwide	16th of 18in France
Density	3.6 per km²	41 per km²
Capital	Reykjavík	Ajaccio
Latitude range	63°N to 67°N	41°N to 43°N

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 103,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 102,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 8,680 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,670 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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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