Head to head
Rawalpindi vs Islamabad
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Rawalpindi is the larger of the two, with 3,357,612 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 Rawalpindi is the larger of the two, with 3,357,612 people to 601,600 in Islamabad. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Rawalpindi nor Islamabad has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Pakistan| Metric | Rawalpindi | Islamabad |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,357,612 | 601,600 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 5th largest | 20th largest |
| Country | Pakistan | Pakistan |
| Region | Punjab | Islamabad |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:20 AM · UTC+05:00 | 5:20 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
14 km apartRawalpindi and Islamabad are 14 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Pakistan. Islamabad keeps time the same time as Rawalpindi.
Rawalpindi has 2,756,012 more people — 5.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Rawalpindi or Islamabad?
- Rawalpindi is the larger city by population, with 3,357,612 people to 601,600 in Islamabad — a difference of 2,756,012. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Rawalpindi and Islamabad?
- 14 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Pakistan. Islamabad keeps time the same time as Rawalpindi.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Rawalpindi or Islamabad?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Rawalpindi is the larger of the two, with 3,357,612 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 Rawalpindi and Islamabad both currently sit at $0.
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