Question: Which city has a larger population, Wafangdian or Danyang, Jiangsu?

Context articles: Statistical inference
Founder effect
Danyang, Jiangsu
Wafangdian
Riverview, New Brunswick
Danyang Railway Station
Shia Muslims in the Arab world
City of Brisbane
Câmara de Lobos
Walpole (CDP), Massachusetts

Statistical inference is the process of deducing properties of an underlying probability distribution by analysis of data.
 Inferential statistical analysis infers properties about a population: this includes testing hypotheses and deriving estimates.
 The population is assumed to be larger than the observed data set; in other words, the observed data is assumed to be sampled from a larger population.
In population genetics, the founder effect is the loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population.
 It was first fully outlined by Ernst Mayr in 1942, using existing theoretical work by those such as Sewall Wright.
 As a result of the loss of genetic variation, the new population may be distinctively different, both genotypically and phenotypically, from the parent population from which it is derived.
 In extreme cases, the founder effect is thought to lead to the speciation and subsequent evolution of new species.
Danyang () is a county-level city under the administration of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, China.
 However, it is actually located about halfway between Zhenjiang and Changzhou (however it is closer to Zhenjiang), and is easier to reach from Zhenjiang than Changzhou.
 During the Southern Dynasties it was the home town of the royal families of both the Southern Qi and Liang Dynasties.
 As a result, many of the emperors and princes of these royal families were buried here in elaborate tombs.
 Nowadays it is better known for its production of optical lenses used in sunglasses and eyeglasses.
 In 2012 Danyang received a new railway station, the North Station (Bei Zhan), on the Shanghai to Beijing high-speed railway line, making it possible to travel between Danyang and Shanghai's Hongqiao Station in only one hour and 10 minutes.
 There is also a new train station for regular rail service located in the downtown city center.
 Danyang has a total area of 1,059 km and a population of roughly 890,000.
 Danyang locals speak a dialect of Wu Chinese, and the city is on the linguistic borderline between Wu Chinese and Jianghuai Mandarin.
Wafangdian (), formerly Fuxian or Fu County (), is one of the two "northern county-level cities", the other being Zhuanghe, under the administration of Dalian, located in the south of Liaoning province, China.
 The city is famous for its ball bearing industry.
 Wafangdian Bearing Factory is the largest bearing manufacturer in Asia and was initially built by the Japanese during World War II.
 Its area is 3576.40 km² and its permanent population as of 2010 is 942,197, compared to 1,024,876 registered with hukou permits.
 The city borders the prefecture-level city of Yingkou to the northeast.
Riverview is a Canadian town in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.
 Riverview is located on the south side of the Petitcodiac River, across from the larger cities of Moncton and Dieppe.
 Riverview has an area of 34 km2 , and a population density of 564.6 PD/km2 .
 Riverview's slogan is "A Great Place To Grow".
 With a population of 19,667, Riverview is the fifth largest municipality in New Brunswick, having a larger population than the cities of Edmundston, Bathurst, Campbellton, and Miramichi, despite its designation of "town".
Danyang Railway Station () is a railway station on the Jinghu and Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity railways.
 The station is located in Danyang City, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
 "Danyang Railway Station" now refers to two separate, adjacent, but unconnected stations that are situated on either side of parallel regular and high-speed tracks.
 The "old" station serves regular trains, while the "new" station (referred to by locals as "大火车站" or "big train station") serves high-speed trains on the Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity High-Speed Railway.
 This 'fast' rail line is the beginning of the Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge the longest bridge in the world.
Islam is historically divided into two major sects, Sunni and Shia Islam, each with its own sub-sects.
 Large numbers of Shia Arab Muslims live in some Arab countries including Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, the UAE, and Qatar.
 Shia Muslims are a numerical majority in Iraq and Bahrain.
 Approximately half of the population in Yemen are Shia Muslims.
 Exactly half of Muslims in Lebanon are Shia Muslims.
 There is also a very large population of Shia Muslims living in the Arab Persian Gulf countries especially in Saudi Arabia.
 Approximately the whole population of East Saudi Arabia, the Eastern Province are Shia Muslims.
 Although government statistics claim that roughly only 20-40% of the Muslim population are Shia Muslims, there has been dispute to the authenticity of this figure and recent reports and investigations indicate that there is in fact a much larger population of Shia Muslims present, with estimate figures over 45% or even making the majority of Muslim population.
 Saudi Arabia follows a strict recently established sect of Islam, Wahhabism, there is little freedom of religion between the different sects even whilst all of the population are Muslims.
 Smaller Shia groups are present in Egypt and Jordan.
 Despite the heavy presence of Shia Muslims in some Arab countries, particularly among the population of the Persian Gulf Arab countries, they have been treated poorly throughout history.
 Additionally, in recent times, Shia Muslims along with Kurds have faced genocide by the pan-Arabist regime of Saddam Hussein.
 For both historical and political reasons, the Shia have fared rather poorly in much of the Arab world, and the topic of Shi‘ism and Shia groups is one of the most sensitive issues for the Sunni elite.
 This article discusses both the history of Shī‘a Islam in the Arab world from the dawn of Islam and their current situation in the Arabic-speaking world.
The City of Brisbane is a local government area that has jurisdiction over the inner portion of the metropolitan area of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia.
 Brisbane is located in the county of Stanley and is the largest city followed by Ipswich with bounds in part of the county.
 Unlike LGAs in the other mainland state capitals (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide), which are generally responsible only for the central business districts and inner neighbourhoods of those cities, the City of Brisbane administers a significant portion of the Brisbane metropolitan area, serving almost half of the population of the Brisbane Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA, formerly statistical division).
 As such, it has a larger population than any other local government area in Australia.
 The City of Brisbane was the first Australian LGA to reach a population of more than one million.
 Its population is roughly equivalent to the populations of Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory combined.
 In 2016-2017, the council administers a budget of over $3 billion.
Câmara de Lobos (] ; literally, Portuguese: "chamber of the sealions" ) is a municipality, parish and town in the south-central coast of the island of Madeira.
 Technically a suburb of the much larger capital city of Funchal, it is one of the larger population centres and an extension of the Funchal economy.
Walpole is a small census-designated place (CDP) located within the much larger town (21 square miles in size) of Walpole in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
 Walpole Town as it is called by the US Census Bureau, also includes a much larger population (24,070 in 2010).
 The population of the Census Designated Place was 5,918 at the 2010 census.