Head to head
Riyadh vs New Taipei City
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Riyadh is the larger of the two, with 4,205,961 people to 4,004,367 in New Taipei City. 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 Riyadh is the larger of the two, with 4,205,961 people to 4,004,367 in New Taipei City. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Riyadh nor New Taipei City has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Riyadh | New Taipei City |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,205,961 | 4,004,367 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Saudi Arabia | Taiwan |
| Region | Riyadh Region | Taipei |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 10:48 PM · UTC+03:00 | 3:48 AM · UTC+08:00 |
| 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
7,430 km apartRiyadh and New Taipei City are 7,430 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Riyadh is in Saudi Arabia; New Taipei City is in Taiwan. New Taipei City keeps time 5 hours ahead of Riyadh.
Riyadh has 201,594 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Riyadh or New Taipei City?
- Riyadh is the larger city by population, with 4,205,961 people to 4,004,367 in New Taipei City — a difference of 201,594. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Riyadh and New Taipei City?
- 7,430 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Riyadh is in Saudi Arabia and New Taipei City is in Taiwan. New Taipei City keeps time 5 hours ahead of Riyadh.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Riyadh or New Taipei City?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Riyadh is the larger of the two, with 4,205,961 people to 4,004,367 in New Taipei City. 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 Riyadh and New Taipei City both currently sit at $0.
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