Head to head
Copenhagen vs Odense
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 180,863 in Odense. 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 180,863 in Odense. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Copenhagen nor Odense has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Denmark| Metric | Copenhagen | Odense |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,153,615 | 180,863 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Denmark | Denmark |
| Region | Capital Region | South Denmark |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:55 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:55 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
140 km apartCopenhagen and Odense are 140 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Denmark. Odense keeps time the same time as Copenhagen.
Copenhagen has 972,752 more people — 6.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Copenhagen or Odense?
- Copenhagen is the larger city by population, with 1,153,615 people to 180,863 in Odense — a difference of 972,752. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Copenhagen and Odense?
- 140 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Denmark. Odense keeps time the same time as Copenhagen.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Copenhagen or Odense?
- 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 180,863 in Odense. 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 Odense both currently sit at $0.
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