Head to head
Lahore vs Islamabad
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lahore is the larger of the two, with 13,004,135 people to 601,600 in Islamabad. 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 Lahore is the larger of the two, with 13,004,135 people to 601,600 in Islamabad. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Lahore nor Islamabad has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Pakistan| Metric | Lahore | Islamabad |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 13,004,135 | 601,600 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 20th largest |
| Country | Pakistan | Pakistan |
| Region | Punjab | Islamabad |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:54 AM · UTC+05:00 | 3:54 AM · UTC+05:00 |
| 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
270 km apartLahore and Islamabad are 270 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Pakistan. Islamabad keeps time the same time as Lahore.
Lahore has 12,402,535 more people — 21.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Lahore or Islamabad?
- Lahore is the larger city by population, with 13,004,135 people to 601,600 in Islamabad — a difference of 12,402,535. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Lahore and Islamabad?
- 270 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Pakistan. Islamabad keeps time the same time as Lahore.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Lahore or Islamabad?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lahore is the larger of the two, with 13,004,135 people to 601,600 in Islamabad. 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 Lahore and Islamabad both currently sit at $0.
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