Head to head
Malmö vs Linköping
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Malmö is the larger of the two, with 362,133 people to 166,673 in Linköping. 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 Malmö is the larger of the two, with 362,133 people to 166,673 in Linköping. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Malmö nor Linköping has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Sweden| Metric | Malmö | Linköping |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 362,133 | 166,673 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Sweden | Sweden |
| Region | Skåne | Östergötland |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:50 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:50 AM · UTC+02:00 |
| 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
350 km apartMalmö and Linköping are 350 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Sweden. Linköping keeps time the same time as Malmö.
Malmö has 195,460 more people — 2.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Malmö or Linköping?
- Malmö is the larger city by population, with 362,133 people to 166,673 in Linköping — a difference of 195,460. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Malmö and Linköping?
- 350 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Sweden. Linköping keeps time the same time as Malmö.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Malmö or Linköping?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Malmö is the larger of the two, with 362,133 people to 166,673 in Linköping. 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 Malmö and Linköping both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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