Head to head
Harbin vs Bangkok
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Harbin is the larger of the two, with 5,242,897 people to 5,104,476 in Bangkok. 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 Harbin is the larger of the two, with 5,242,897 people to 5,104,476 in Bangkok. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Harbin nor Bangkok has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Harbin | Bangkok |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 5,242,897 | 5,104,476 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 23rd largest | 1st largest |
| Country | China | Thailand |
| Region | Heilongjiang | Bangkok |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:48 AM · UTC+08:00 | 2:48 AM · UTC+07:00 |
| 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
4,321 km apartHarbin and Bangkok are 4,321 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Harbin is in China; Bangkok is in Thailand. Bangkok keeps time 1 hour behind Harbin.
Harbin has 138,421 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Harbin or Bangkok?
- Harbin is the larger city by population, with 5,242,897 people to 5,104,476 in Bangkok — a difference of 138,421. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Harbin and Bangkok?
- 4,321 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Harbin is in China and Bangkok is in Thailand. Bangkok keeps time 1 hour behind Harbin.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Harbin or Bangkok?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Harbin is the larger of the two, with 5,242,897 people to 5,104,476 in Bangkok. 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 Harbin and Bangkok both currently sit at $0.
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