Head to head
Brisbane vs Perth
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Brisbane is the larger of the two, with 2,780,063 people to 2,384,371 in Perth. 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 Brisbane is the larger of the two, with 2,780,063 people to 2,384,371 in Perth. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Brisbane nor Perth has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Australia| Metric | Brisbane | Perth |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,780,063 | 2,384,371 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Australia | Australia |
| Region | Queensland | Western Australia |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 10:14 AM · UTC+10:00 | 8:14 AM · UTC+08:00 |
| 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
3,606 km apartBrisbane and Perth are 3,606 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Australia. Perth keeps time 2 hours behind Brisbane.
Brisbane has 395,692 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Brisbane or Perth?
- Brisbane is the larger city by population, with 2,780,063 people to 2,384,371 in Perth — a difference of 395,692. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Brisbane and Perth?
- 3,606 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Australia. Perth keeps time 2 hours behind Brisbane.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Brisbane or Perth?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Brisbane is the larger of the two, with 2,780,063 people to 2,384,371 in Perth. 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 Brisbane and Perth both currently sit at $0.
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