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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 duels play out. Win three of five, or take the bigger power share, and the match is yours.
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