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Cities by population
Which city is bigger?
71 lotsUnlocks at level 5
Every lot is a city. Each duel is won by the larger metropolitan population, revealed only in the arena.
Judged on
Every lot is compared on one number: Population.
Ratings are never shown. You bid on what you believe, then the arena reveals who was right.
How a match works
- Auction. Twelve of the 71 lots come up one by one. Both players start with twenty coins.
- Lineup. Each player secretly assigns their five lots to the five duels: Population.
- Arena. The five duels play out and every lot adds its power. The side with the bigger total takes the match, however the individual duels fell.
All 71 lots in Cities by population
- TokyoNeon, sushi and the world's busiest station
- DelhiMughal forts and endless traffic
- ShanghaiThe Bund on one bank, the future on the other
- DhakaRickshaws by the hundred thousand
- São PauloConcrete, helicopters and the best pizza outside Italy
- CairoPyramids on the edge of town
- Mexico CityBuilt on a lake, fuelled by tacos
- BeijingForbidden City, open appetite
- MumbaiBollywood and the dabbawalas
- New YorkThe city that never sleeps
- OsakaJapan's kitchen
- ChongqingMountain city of hotpot and fog
- KarachiPakistan's port and pulse
- KinshasaThe biggest French-speaking city on Earth
- LagosAfrobeats, markets and the lagoon
- IstanbulTwo continents, one skyline
- Buenos AiresTango and steak on the Río de la Plata
- KolkataTrams, tea and the Durga Puja
- ManilaJeepneys and a bay sunset
- GuangzhouDim sum capital of the Pearl River
- TianjinBeijing's port with a European quarter
- LahoreGardens, Mughal mosques and food streets
- BangaloreIndia's tech garden
- Rio de JaneiroChrist, Copacabana and Carnival
- ShenzhenA fishing village that became the hardware capital
- MoscowOnion domes and the deepest metro
- Los AngelesHollywood, freeways and food trucks
- ChennaiMarina beach and filter coffee
- BogotáHigh, cool and cycling on Sundays
- JakartaSinking, sprawling, unstoppable
- LimaCeviche capital by the Pacific
- ParisCroissants, boulevards and the tower
- BangkokStreet food until the small hours
- HyderabadBiryani and the Charminar
- SeoulK-pop, kimchi and the Han river
- LondonRed buses and the Thames
- LuandaAngola's oil-rich capital
- TehranUnder the Alborz mountains
- NagoyaToyota's hometown
- Ho Chi Minh CityScooters and pho
- ChicagoDeep-dish and the windy lakefront
- Kuala LumpurTwin towers and street satay
- RiyadhDesert capital growing fast
- BaghdadCity of the Thousand and One Nights
- Hong KongSkyscrapers between the harbour and the peak
- SantiagoAndes on the horizon
- MadridLate dinners and later nights
- TorontoCanada's most multicultural corner
- SingaporeA city, a state, a food court
- AnkaraTurkey's planned capital
- BarcelonaGaudí and the beach
- NairobiSafari on the city limits
- SydneyOpera House and surf
- Cape TownTable Mountain looks down on it all
- RomeAll roads lead here
- DubaiTallest building, biggest mall
- BerlinTechno, history and currywurst
- IzmirAegean breeze and boyoz
- AthensThe Acropolis above the traffic
- MilanFashion, finance and risotto
- LisbonSeven hills and pastel de nata
- ViennaCoffee houses and waltzes
- StockholmFourteen islands and a lot of design
- PragueSpires and cheap beer
- CopenhagenBikes, hygge and the little mermaid
- ZurichBanks, lake and punctual trams
- DublinPubs, poets and the Liffey
- HelsinkiSaunas by the Baltic
- AmsterdamCanals and a million bicycles
- OsloFjord views and a new opera house
- ReykjavikThe world's northernmost capital