Head to head
Ho Chi Minh City vs Hanoi
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ho Chi Minh City is the larger of the two, with 14,002,598 people to 8,053,663 in Hanoi. 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 Ho Chi Minh City is the larger of the two, with 14,002,598 people to 8,053,663 in Hanoi. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Ho Chi Minh City nor Hanoi has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Vietnam| Metric | Ho Chi Minh City | Hanoi |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 14,002,598 | 8,053,663 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Vietnam | Vietnam |
| Region | Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) | Hanoi |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:58 AM · UTC+07:00 | 5:58 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
1,137 km apartHo Chi Minh City and Hanoi are 1,137 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Vietnam. Hanoi keeps time the same time as Ho Chi Minh City.
Ho Chi Minh City has 5,948,935 more people — 1.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi?
- Ho Chi Minh City is the larger city by population, with 14,002,598 people to 8,053,663 in Hanoi — a difference of 5,948,935. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi?
- 1,137 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Vietnam. Hanoi keeps time the same time as Ho Chi Minh City.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ho Chi Minh City is the larger of the two, with 14,002,598 people to 8,053,663 in Hanoi. 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 Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi both currently sit at $0.
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