Head to head
Rotterdam vs Amsterdam
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Rotterdam is the larger of the two, with 868,135 people to 741,636 in Amsterdam. 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 Rotterdam is the larger of the two, with 868,135 people to 741,636 in Amsterdam. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Rotterdam nor Amsterdam has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
The Netherlands| Metric | Rotterdam | Amsterdam |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 868,135 | 741,636 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | The Netherlands | The Netherlands |
| Region | South Holland | North Holland |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:54 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:54 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
57 km apartRotterdam and Amsterdam are 57 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in The Netherlands. Amsterdam keeps time the same time as Rotterdam.
Rotterdam has 126,499 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Rotterdam or Amsterdam?
- Rotterdam is the larger city by population, with 868,135 people to 741,636 in Amsterdam — a difference of 126,499. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Rotterdam and Amsterdam?
- 57 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in The Netherlands. Amsterdam keeps time the same time as Rotterdam.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Rotterdam or Amsterdam?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Rotterdam is the larger of the two, with 868,135 people to 741,636 in Amsterdam. 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 Rotterdam and Amsterdam both currently sit at $0.
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