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Osaka · Population

Contested

Q35765 · property P1082 · 4 competing claims

Both sides

  • 2,751,862LEADS67.99

    rank preferred · 1 reference

  • 2,685,48153.13

    rank normal · 1 reference

  • 2,691,18552.66

    rank normal · 1 reference

  • 2,665,31452.66

    rank normal · 1 reference

References behind each claim

The ruling the engine reaches

precedence-engine@1.0.0

Editorial rank×0.28 → 28.00

Marked preferred by the upstream editor.

Evidence depth×0.22 → 7.33

1 independent reference attached.

Corroboration×0.20 → 10.00

Second source quotes no figure of a comparable size to 2,751,862.

Recency×0.16 → 8.66

Reference retrieved 2021-04-02 (5.5 years old).

Specificity×0.14 → 14.00

Exact measured quantity.

Record a ruling with a rationale, and note the losing claim. Osaka Population: 2751862 leads 2685481 by 14.86 points (A claim leads, but a rival is close enough to matter.)

Score 67.99 · margin 14.86 · verdict contested

Rule on it

Pick the claim that governs and say why. The engine result and a SHA-384 seal are stored with your ruling.

Governing claim

Provenance

Wikidata
Q35765 — structured claims with rank and reference URLs.
Wikipedia
Osaka (retrieved 2026-10-02)Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the second biggest prefectural city, third-most populous city proper in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With an estimated population of 2.8 million as of October 1, 2025 and a population density of about 12,505 people per square kilometer, it is the largest component of the Keihanshin metropolitan area, the second-largest metropolitan area in Japan and the 10th-largest urban area in the world with more than 19 million inhabitants.
OpenStreetMap
大阪市, 大阪府, 日本 (relation/358674)