Head to head
Aden vs Ibb
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Aden is the larger of the two, with 1,079,670 people to 771,514 in Ibb. 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 Aden is the larger of the two, with 1,079,670 people to 771,514 in Ibb. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Aden nor Ibb has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Yemen| Metric | Aden | Ibb |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,079,670 | 771,514 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Yemen | Yemen |
| Region | Aden | Ibb Governorate |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:50 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:50 AM · UTC+03:00 |
| 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
161 km apartAden and Ibb are 161 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Yemen. Ibb keeps time the same time as Aden.
Aden has 308,156 more people — 1.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Aden or Ibb?
- Aden is the larger city by population, with 1,079,670 people to 771,514 in Ibb — a difference of 308,156. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Aden and Ibb?
- 161 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Yemen. Ibb keeps time the same time as Aden.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Aden or Ibb?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Aden is the larger of the two, with 1,079,670 people to 771,514 in Ibb. 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 Aden and Ibb both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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