Head to head
Copenhagen vs Aalborg
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Copenhagen is the larger of the two, with 1,153,615 people to 142,937 in Aalborg. 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 Copenhagen is the larger of the two, with 1,153,615 people to 142,937 in Aalborg. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Copenhagen nor Aalborg has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Denmark| Metric | Copenhagen | Aalborg |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,153,615 | 142,937 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Denmark | Denmark |
| Region | Capital Region | North Denmark |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:18 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:18 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
223 km apartCopenhagen and Aalborg are 223 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Denmark. Aalborg keeps time the same time as Copenhagen.
Copenhagen has 1,010,678 more people — 8.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Copenhagen or Aalborg?
- Copenhagen is the larger city by population, with 1,153,615 people to 142,937 in Aalborg — a difference of 1,010,678. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Copenhagen and Aalborg?
- 223 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Denmark. Aalborg keeps time the same time as Copenhagen.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Copenhagen or Aalborg?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Copenhagen is the larger of the two, with 1,153,615 people to 142,937 in Aalborg. 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 Copenhagen and Aalborg both currently sit at $0.
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