Head to head
Amsterdam vs The Hague
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Amsterdam is the larger of the two, with 741,636 people to 474,292 in The Hague. 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 Amsterdam is the larger of the two, with 741,636 people to 474,292 in The Hague. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Amsterdam nor The Hague has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
The Netherlands| Metric | Amsterdam | The Hague |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 741,636 | 474,292 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | The Netherlands | The Netherlands |
| Region | North Holland | South Holland |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:19 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:19 AM · UTC+02:00 |
| 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
52 km apartAmsterdam and The Hague are 52 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in The Netherlands. The Hague keeps time the same time as Amsterdam.
Amsterdam has 267,344 more people — 1.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Amsterdam or The Hague?
- Amsterdam is the larger city by population, with 741,636 people to 474,292 in The Hague — a difference of 267,344. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Amsterdam and The Hague?
- 52 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in The Netherlands. The Hague keeps time the same time as Amsterdam.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Amsterdam or The Hague?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Amsterdam is the larger of the two, with 741,636 people to 474,292 in The Hague. 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 Amsterdam and The Hague both currently sit at $0.
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