Head to head
Istanbul vs Ankara
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Istanbul is the larger of the two, with 15,701,602 people to 3,517,182 in Ankara. 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 Istanbul is the larger of the two, with 15,701,602 people to 3,517,182 in Ankara. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Istanbul nor Ankara has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Turkey| Metric | Istanbul | Ankara |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 15,701,602 | 3,517,182 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Turkey | Turkey |
| Region | Istanbul | Ankara |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:18 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:18 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
352 km apartIstanbul and Ankara are 352 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Turkey. Ankara keeps time the same time as Istanbul.
Istanbul has 12,184,420 more people — 4.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Istanbul or Ankara?
- Istanbul is the larger city by population, with 15,701,602 people to 3,517,182 in Ankara — a difference of 12,184,420. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Istanbul and Ankara?
- 352 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Turkey. Ankara keeps time the same time as Istanbul.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Istanbul or Ankara?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Istanbul is the larger of the two, with 15,701,602 people to 3,517,182 in Ankara. 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 Istanbul and Ankara both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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