Head to head
Birmingham vs Glasgow
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Birmingham is the larger of the two, with 1,157,603 people to 626,410 in Glasgow. 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 Birmingham is the larger of the two, with 1,157,603 people to 626,410 in Glasgow. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Birmingham nor Glasgow has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
the United Kingdom| Metric | Birmingham | Glasgow |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,157,603 | 626,410 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
| Region | England | Scotland |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:17 AM · UTC+01:00 | 1:17 AM · UTC+01:00 |
| 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
406 km apartBirmingham and Glasgow are 406 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in the United Kingdom. Glasgow keeps time the same time as Birmingham.
Birmingham has 531,193 more people — 1.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Birmingham or Glasgow?
- Birmingham is the larger city by population, with 1,157,603 people to 626,410 in Glasgow — a difference of 531,193. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Birmingham and Glasgow?
- 406 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in the United Kingdom. Glasgow keeps time the same time as Birmingham.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Birmingham or Glasgow?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Birmingham is the larger of the two, with 1,157,603 people to 626,410 in Glasgow. 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 Birmingham and Glasgow both currently sit at $0.
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