Head to head
Dhaka vs Chattogram
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dhaka is the larger of the two, with 10,356,500 people to 3,920,222 in Chattogram. 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 Dhaka is the larger of the two, with 10,356,500 people to 3,920,222 in Chattogram. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Dhaka nor Chattogram has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Bangladesh| Metric | Dhaka | Chattogram |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 10,356,500 | 3,920,222 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Bangladesh | Bangladesh |
| Region | Dhaka Division | Chittagong |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:13 AM · UTC+06:00 | 6:13 AM · UTC+06:00 |
| 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
211 km apartDhaka and Chattogram are 211 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Bangladesh. Chattogram keeps time the same time as Dhaka.
Dhaka has 6,436,278 more people — 2.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Dhaka or Chattogram?
- Dhaka is the larger city by population, with 10,356,500 people to 3,920,222 in Chattogram — a difference of 6,436,278. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Dhaka and Chattogram?
- 211 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Bangladesh. Chattogram keeps time the same time as Dhaka.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Dhaka or Chattogram?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dhaka is the larger of the two, with 10,356,500 people to 3,920,222 in Chattogram. 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 Dhaka and Chattogram both currently sit at $0.
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