Head to head
Dhaka vs Seoul
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 10,349,312 in Seoul. 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 10,349,312 in Seoul. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Dhaka nor Seoul has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Dhaka | Seoul |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 10,356,500 | 10,349,312 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 1st largest |
| Country | Bangladesh | South Korea |
| Region | Dhaka Division | Seoul |
| National capital | Yes | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:48 AM · UTC+06:00 | 4:48 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
3,792 km apartDhaka and Seoul are 3,792 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Dhaka is in Bangladesh; Seoul is in South Korea. Seoul keeps time 3 hours ahead of Dhaka.
Dhaka has 7,188 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Dhaka or Seoul?
- Dhaka is the larger city by population, with 10,356,500 people to 10,349,312 in Seoul — a difference of 7,188. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Dhaka and Seoul?
- 3,792 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Dhaka is in Bangladesh and Seoul is in South Korea. Seoul keeps time 3 hours ahead of Dhaka.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Dhaka or Seoul?
- 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 10,349,312 in Seoul. 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 Seoul both currently sit at $0.
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