Head to head
Espoo vs Vantaa
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Espoo is the larger of the two, with 323,910 people to 252,724 in Vantaa. 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 Espoo is the larger of the two, with 323,910 people to 252,724 in Vantaa. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Espoo nor Vantaa has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Finland| Metric | Espoo | Vantaa |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 323,910 | 252,724 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Finland | Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa | Uusimaa |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:50 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:50 AM · UTC+03:00 |
| 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
24 km apartEspoo and Vantaa are 24 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Finland. Vantaa keeps time the same time as Espoo.
Espoo has 71,186 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Espoo or Vantaa?
- Espoo is the larger city by population, with 323,910 people to 252,724 in Vantaa — a difference of 71,186. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Espoo and Vantaa?
- 24 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Finland. Vantaa keeps time the same time as Espoo.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Espoo or Vantaa?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Espoo is the larger of the two, with 323,910 people to 252,724 in Vantaa. 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 Espoo and Vantaa both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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