Head to head
Gothenburg vs Linköping
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Gothenburg is the larger of the two, with 608,462 people to 166,673 in Linköping. 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 Gothenburg is the larger of the two, with 608,462 people to 166,673 in Linköping. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Gothenburg nor Linköping has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Sweden| Metric | Gothenburg | Linköping |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 608,462 | 166,673 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Sweden | Sweden |
| Region | Västra Götaland | Östergötland |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:15 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:15 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
229 km apartGothenburg and Linköping are 229 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Sweden. Linköping keeps time the same time as Gothenburg.
Gothenburg has 441,789 more people — 3.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Gothenburg or Linköping?
- Gothenburg is the larger city by population, with 608,462 people to 166,673 in Linköping — a difference of 441,789. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Gothenburg and Linköping?
- 229 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Sweden. Linköping keeps time the same time as Gothenburg.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Gothenburg or Linköping?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Gothenburg is the larger of the two, with 608,462 people to 166,673 in Linköping. 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 Gothenburg and Linköping both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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