Head to head
New York City vs Jakarta
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population New York City is the larger of the two, with 8,804,190 people to 8,540,121 in Jakarta. 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 New York City is the larger of the two, with 8,804,190 people to 8,540,121 in Jakarta. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither New York City nor Jakarta has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | New York City | Jakarta |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 8,804,190 | 8,540,121 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 1st largest |
| Country | United States | Indonesia |
| Region | New York | Jakarta |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:48 PM · UTC-04:00 | 2:48 AM · UTC+07:00 |
| 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
16,178 km apartNew York City and Jakarta are 16,178 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. New York City is in the United States; Jakarta is in Indonesia. Jakarta keeps time 11 hours ahead of New York City.
New York City has 264,069 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, New York City or Jakarta?
- New York City is the larger city by population, with 8,804,190 people to 8,540,121 in Jakarta — a difference of 264,069. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are New York City and Jakarta?
- 16,178 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. New York City is in the United States and Jakarta is in Indonesia. Jakarta keeps time 11 hours ahead of New York City.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, New York City or Jakarta?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population New York City is the larger of the two, with 8,804,190 people to 8,540,121 in Jakarta. 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 New York City and Jakarta both currently sit at $0.
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