Head to head
Stockholm vs Gothenburg
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Stockholm is the larger of the two, with 1,515,017 people to 608,462 in Gothenburg. 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 Stockholm is the larger of the two, with 1,515,017 people to 608,462 in Gothenburg. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Stockholm nor Gothenburg has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Sweden| Metric | Stockholm | Gothenburg |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,515,017 | 608,462 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Sweden | Sweden |
| Region | Stockholm | Västra Götaland |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:21 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:21 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
397 km apartStockholm and Gothenburg are 397 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Sweden. Gothenburg keeps time the same time as Stockholm.
Stockholm has 906,555 more people — 2.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Stockholm or Gothenburg?
- Stockholm is the larger city by population, with 1,515,017 people to 608,462 in Gothenburg — a difference of 906,555. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Stockholm and Gothenburg?
- 397 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Sweden. Gothenburg keeps time the same time as Stockholm.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Stockholm or Gothenburg?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Stockholm is the larger of the two, with 1,515,017 people to 608,462 in Gothenburg. 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 Stockholm and Gothenburg both currently sit at $0.
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