Head to head
Busan vs Daegu
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Busan is the larger of the two, with 3,285,147 people to 2,365,523 in Daegu. 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 Busan is the larger of the two, with 3,285,147 people to 2,365,523 in Daegu. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Busan nor Daegu has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
South Korea| Metric | Busan | Daegu |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,285,147 | 2,365,523 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | South Korea | South Korea |
| Region | Busan | Daegu |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 9:12 AM · UTC+09:00 | 9:12 AM · UTC+09:00 |
| 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
94 km apartBusan and Daegu are 94 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in South Korea. Daegu keeps time the same time as Busan.
Busan has 919,624 more people — 1.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Busan or Daegu?
- Busan is the larger city by population, with 3,285,147 people to 2,365,523 in Daegu — a difference of 919,624. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Busan and Daegu?
- 94 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in South Korea. Daegu keeps time the same time as Busan.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Busan or Daegu?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Busan is the larger of the two, with 3,285,147 people to 2,365,523 in Daegu. 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 Busan and Daegu both currently sit at $0.
Related comparisons
6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
Also here: cities trending right now, the closest battles on the board and every other comparison.