Head to head
Shenzhen vs Kinshasa
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Shenzhen is the larger of the two, with 17,494,398 people to 16,000,000 in Kinshasa. 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 Shenzhen is the larger of the two, with 17,494,398 people to 16,000,000 in Kinshasa. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Shenzhen nor Kinshasa has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Shenzhen | Kinshasa |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 17,494,398 | 16,000,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 1st largest |
| Country | China | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region | Guangdong | Kinshasa |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:55 AM · UTC+08:00 | 11:55 PM · UTC+01:00 |
| 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
11,090 km apartShenzhen and Kinshasa are 11,090 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Shenzhen is in China; Kinshasa is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kinshasa keeps time 7 hours behind Shenzhen.
Shenzhen has 1,494,398 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Shenzhen or Kinshasa?
- Shenzhen is the larger city by population, with 17,494,398 people to 16,000,000 in Kinshasa — a difference of 1,494,398. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Shenzhen and Kinshasa?
- 11,090 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Shenzhen is in China and Kinshasa is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kinshasa keeps time 7 hours behind Shenzhen.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Shenzhen or Kinshasa?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Shenzhen is the larger of the two, with 17,494,398 people to 16,000,000 in Kinshasa. 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 Shenzhen and Kinshasa both currently sit at $0.
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