Head to head
Zagreb vs Rijeka
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Zagreb is the larger of the two, with 663,592 people to 107,964 in Rijeka. 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 Zagreb is the larger of the two, with 663,592 people to 107,964 in Rijeka. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Zagreb nor Rijeka has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Croatia| Metric | Zagreb | Rijeka |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 663,592 | 107,964 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Croatia | Croatia |
| Region | Zagreb | Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:52 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:52 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
131 km apartZagreb and Rijeka are 131 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Croatia. Rijeka keeps time the same time as Zagreb.
Zagreb has 555,628 more people — 6.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Zagreb or Rijeka?
- Zagreb is the larger city by population, with 663,592 people to 107,964 in Rijeka — a difference of 555,628. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Zagreb and Rijeka?
- 131 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Croatia. Rijeka keeps time the same time as Zagreb.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Zagreb or Rijeka?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Zagreb is the larger of the two, with 663,592 people to 107,964 in Rijeka. 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 Zagreb and Rijeka both currently sit at $0.
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