Head to head
Brussels vs Antwerp
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Brussels is the larger of the two, with 1,019,022 people to 529,247 in Antwerp. 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 Brussels is the larger of the two, with 1,019,022 people to 529,247 in Antwerp. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Brussels nor Antwerp has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Belgium| Metric | Brussels | Antwerp |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,019,022 | 529,247 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Belgium | Belgium |
| Region | Brussels Capital | Flanders |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:52 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:52 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
41 km apartBrussels and Antwerp are 41 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Belgium. Antwerp keeps time the same time as Brussels.
Brussels has 489,775 more people — 1.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Brussels or Antwerp?
- Brussels is the larger city by population, with 1,019,022 people to 529,247 in Antwerp — a difference of 489,775. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Brussels and Antwerp?
- 41 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Belgium. Antwerp keeps time the same time as Brussels.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Brussels or Antwerp?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Brussels is the larger of the two, with 1,019,022 people to 529,247 in Antwerp. 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 Brussels and Antwerp both currently sit at $0.
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