Querétaro is 1.35× the size of Corsica (France)

Querétaro (state of Mexico) covers about 11,700 km² (4,520 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.

11,700km²Querétaro
8,670km²Corsica (France)

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Querétaro
Corsica (France)

What fits

Corsica (France) is 74% of the size of Querétaro.
Querétaro is larger by 3,030 km² (1,170 mi²), which is 35% of the area of Corsica (France).
Measured in Belgiums: Querétaro is about 0.38, Corsica (France) about 0.28.

How they differ

Querétaro also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 351,000, 5.80× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 174 in Querétaro against 41 in Corsica (France): Querétaro is 4.30× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,920 km apart.
On a standard web map Corsica (France) looks larger than Querétaro: Querétaro at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Corsica (France) at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Corsica (France) as 1.18× the size of Querétaro, when Querétaro is 1.35× the size of Corsica (France).
Together Querétaro and Corsica (France) cover 20,400 km², close to the size of Slovenia (20,300 km², 0.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,030 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Corsica (France)'s density, Querétaro would have 474,000 people (it has 2.0 million). At Querétaro's density, Corsica (France) would have 1.5 million (it has 351,000).
Corsica (France)'s centre is 21.3° of latitude, about 2,370 km, farther north than Querétaro's.
Querétaro is the 27th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
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.
Corsica (France) lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,370 km) north of Querétaro.
Shared out evenly, each person in Querétaro would have about 5,740 m² and each person in Corsica (France) about 24,670 m².
Laid side by side, Querétaro and Corsica (France) would cover 20,400 km², about the same size as Slovenia.
Together they have 2.4 million people, about as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

	Querétaro	Corsica (France)
Is a	StateMexico	RegionFrance
Area, measured	11,700 km²4,520 mi²	8,670 km²3,350 mi²
Official area	11,700 km²Wikidata	8,680 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 32in Mexico	14th of 18in France
Population	2.0 millionWikidata, 2015	351,000Wikidata, 2022
Rank by population	22nd of 32in Mexico	16th of 18in France
Density	174 per km²	41 per km²
Capital	Santiago de Querétaro	Ajaccio
Latitude range	20°N to 22°N	41°N to 43°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 11,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 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. 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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