Head to head
Johor Bahru vs Ipoh
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Johor Bahru is the larger of the two, with 858,118 people to 759,952 in Ipoh. 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 Johor Bahru is the larger of the two, with 858,118 people to 759,952 in Ipoh. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Johor Bahru nor Ipoh has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Malaysia| Metric | Johor Bahru | Ipoh |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 858,118 | 759,952 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Malaysia | Malaysia |
| Region | Johor | Perak |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 8:19 AM · UTC+08:00 | 8:19 AM · UTC+08:00 |
| 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
457 km apartJohor Bahru and Ipoh are 457 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Malaysia. Ipoh keeps time the same time as Johor Bahru.
Johor Bahru has 98,166 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Johor Bahru or Ipoh?
- Johor Bahru is the larger city by population, with 858,118 people to 759,952 in Ipoh — a difference of 98,166. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Johor Bahru and Ipoh?
- 457 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Malaysia. Ipoh keeps time the same time as Johor Bahru.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Johor Bahru or Ipoh?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Johor Bahru is the larger of the two, with 858,118 people to 759,952 in Ipoh. 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 Johor Bahru and Ipoh both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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