Schleswig-Holstein is 1.78× the size of Corsica (France)

Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) covers about 15,400 km² (5,960 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.

15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
8,670km²Corsica (France)

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Schleswig-Holstein
Corsica (France)

What fits

Corsica (France) is 56% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 6,770 km² (2,610 mi²), which is 78% of the area of Corsica (France).
Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Corsica (France) about 0.28.

How they differ

Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 351,000, 8.41× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 41 in Corsica (France): Schleswig-Holstein is 4.72× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,340 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Corsica (France) at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 2.86× the size of Corsica (France) instead of 1.78×.
Together Schleswig-Holstein and Corsica (France) cover 24,100 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 5.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 6,770 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Corsica (France)'s density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 626,000 people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Corsica (France) would have 1.7 million (it has 351,000).
Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 12.0° of latitude, about 1,340 km, farther north than Corsica (France)'s.
Schleswig-Holstein is the 12th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 10th 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.
Schleswig-Holstein lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,340 km) north of Corsica (France).
Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Corsica (France) about 24,670 m².
Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Corsica (France) would cover 24,100 km², 95% of the size of Rwanda.
Together they have 3.3 million people, 97% as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

	Schleswig-Holstein	Corsica (France)
Is a	StateGermany	RegionFrance
Area, measured	15,400 km²5,960 mi²	8,670 km²3,350 mi²
Official area	15,800 km²Wikidata	8,680 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 16in Germany	14th of 18in France
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2022	351,000Wikidata, 2022
Rank by population	9th of 16in Germany	16th of 18in France
Density	191 per km²	41 per km²
Capital	Kiel	Ajaccio
Latitude range	53°N to 55°N	41°N to 43°N

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

Our measured 15,400 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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