Head to head
Osaka vs Sapporo
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Osaka is the larger of the two, with 2,753,862 people to 1,973,832 in Sapporo. 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 Osaka is the larger of the two, with 2,753,862 people to 1,973,832 in Sapporo. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Osaka nor Sapporo has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Japan| Metric | Osaka | Sapporo |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,753,862 | 1,973,832 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Japan | Japan |
| Region | Osaka | Hokkaido |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 7:53 AM · UTC+09:00 | 7:53 AM · UTC+09:00 |
| 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
1,059 km apartOsaka and Sapporo are 1,059 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Japan. Sapporo keeps time the same time as Osaka.
Osaka has 780,030 more people — 1.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Osaka or Sapporo?
- Osaka is the larger city by population, with 2,753,862 people to 1,973,832 in Sapporo — a difference of 780,030. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Osaka and Sapporo?
- 1,059 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Japan. Sapporo keeps time the same time as Osaka.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Osaka or Sapporo?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Osaka is the larger of the two, with 2,753,862 people to 1,973,832 in Sapporo. 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 Osaka and Sapporo both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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