Head to head
Abu Dhabi vs Ajman
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Abu Dhabi is the larger of the two, with 1,807,000 people to 490,035 in Ajman. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Abu Dhabi is the larger of the two, with 1,807,000 people to 490,035 in Ajman. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Abu Dhabi nor Ajman has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
the United Arab Emirates| Metric | Abu Dhabi | Ajman |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,807,000 | 490,035 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | United Arab Emirates | United Arab Emirates |
| Region | Abu Dhabi | Ajman |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:44 AM · UTC+04:00 | 5:44 AM · UTC+04:00 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
152 km apartAbu Dhabi and Ajman are 152 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in the United Arab Emirates. Ajman keeps time the same time as Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi has 1,316,965 more people — 3.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Abu Dhabi or Ajman?
- Abu Dhabi is the larger city by population, with 1,807,000 people to 490,035 in Ajman — a difference of 1,316,965. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Abu Dhabi and Ajman?
- 152 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in the United Arab Emirates. Ajman keeps time the same time as Abu Dhabi.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Abu Dhabi or Ajman?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Abu Dhabi is the larger of the two, with 1,807,000 people to 490,035 in Ajman. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Abu Dhabi and Ajman both currently sit at $0.
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