Head to head
Kuala Lumpur vs Petaling Jaya
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kuala Lumpur is the larger of the two, with 1,453,975 people to 807,879 in Petaling Jaya. 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 Kuala Lumpur is the larger of the two, with 1,453,975 people to 807,879 in Petaling Jaya. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kuala Lumpur nor Petaling Jaya has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Malaysia| Metric | Kuala Lumpur | Petaling Jaya |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,453,975 | 807,879 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Malaysia | Malaysia |
| Region | Kuala Lumpur | Selangor |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 8:21 AM · UTC+08:00 | 8:21 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
10 km apartKuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya are 10 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Malaysia. Petaling Jaya keeps time the same time as Kuala Lumpur.
Kuala Lumpur has 646,096 more people — 1.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kuala Lumpur or Petaling Jaya?
- Kuala Lumpur is the larger city by population, with 1,453,975 people to 807,879 in Petaling Jaya — a difference of 646,096. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya?
- 10 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Malaysia. Petaling Jaya keeps time the same time as Kuala Lumpur.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kuala Lumpur or Petaling Jaya?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kuala Lumpur is the larger of the two, with 1,453,975 people to 807,879 in Petaling Jaya. 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 Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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