This is a list of the largest cities in the European Union according to the population within their city boundary. The cities listed all have populations over 300,000. The list deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries as opposed to urban areas or larger urban zones (metropolitan areas), which are generally larger in terms of population than the main city.
As some cities have a very narrow boundary and others a very wide, the list may not give an accurate view of the comparative magnitude of different places, and the figures in the list should be treated with caution. Paris is the most populous urban area in the European Union, but the strict definition of the administrative limits of the City of Paris results in a far lower population shown in the table.
Cities by population within the city boundary
Cities in bold are capital cities of their respective countries.
Rank | City | Member state | Official population |
Date | Reference | Photography |
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1 | Berlin | Germany | 3,664,088 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
2 | Madrid | Spain | 3,305,408 | 1 January 2021 | [2] | ![]() |
3 | Rome | Italy | 2,770,226 | 1 January 2021 | [3] | ![]() |
4 | Bucharest | Romania | 2,161,347 | 1 July 2021 | [4] | ![]() |
5 | Paris | France | 2,139,907 | 1 January 2022 | [5] | ![]() |
6 | Vienna | Austria | 1,931,830 | 1 January 2022 | [6] | ![]() |
7 | Hamburg | Germany | 1,852,478 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
8 | Warsaw | Poland | 1,792,718 | 30 June 2021 | [7] | ![]() |
9 | Budapest | Hungary | 1,723,836 | 1 January 2021 | [8] | ![]() |
10 | Barcelona | Spain | 1,636,732 | 1 January 2021 | [2] | |
11 | Munich | Germany | 1,488,202 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
12 | Milan | Italy | 1,374,582 | 1 January 2021 | [3] | ![]() |
13 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 1,308,412 | 31 December 2020 | [9] | |
14 | Prague | Czech Republic | 1,275,406 | 1 January 2022 | [10] | ![]() |
15 | Cologne | Germany | 1,083,498 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
16 | Stockholm | Sweden | 978,770 | 31 December 2021 | [11] | ![]() |
17 | Naples | Italy | 922,094 | 1 January 2021 | [3] | ![]() |
18 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 905,234 | 31 January 2022 | [12] | ![]() |
19 | Marseille | France | 870,731 | 1 January 2019 | [5] | ![]() |
20 | Turin | Italy | 858,205 | 1 January 2021 | [3] | ![]() |
21 | Valencia | Spain | 789,744 | 1 January 2021 | [2] | |
22 | Kraków | Poland | 780,796 | 30 June 2021 | [7] | |
23 | Zagreb | Croatia | 769,944 | 31 August 2021 | [13] | ![]() |
24 | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | 764,104 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
25 | Seville | Spain | 684,234 | 1 January 2021 | [2] | ![]() |
26 | Zaragoza | Spain | 675,301 | 1 January 2021 | [2] | ![]() |
27 | Łódź | Poland | 667,923 | 30 June 2021 | [7] | ![]() |
28 | Athens | Greece | 664,046 | 30 June 2011 | [14] | |
29 | Helsinki | Finland | 658,864 | 31 December 2021 | [15] | ![]() |
30 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 655,418 | 31 December 2021 | [12] | ![]() |
31 | Wrocław | Poland | 641,201 | 30 June 2021 | [7] | |
32 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 638,117 | 1 January 2021 | [16] | ![]() |
33 | Palermo | Italy | 637,885 | 1 January 2021 | [3] | ![]() |
34 | Stuttgart | Germany | 630,305 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
35 | Düsseldorf | Germany | 620,523 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | |
36 | Riga | Latvia | 614,618 | 1 January 2021 | [17] | ![]() |
37 | Leipzig | Germany | 597,493 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
38 | Dortmund | Germany | 587,696 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
39 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 587,549 | 31 December 2021 | [11] | ![]() |
40 | Essen | Germany | 582,415 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
41 | Málaga | Spain | 577,405 | 1 January 2021 | [2] | ![]() |
42 | Bremen | Germany | 566,573 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | |
43 | Genoa | Italy | 566,410 | 1 January 2021 | [3] | ![]() |
44 | Vilnius | Lithuania | 560,120 | 1 January 2022 | [18] | ![]() |
45 | Dresden | Germany | 556,227 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
46 | Dublin | Ireland | 554,554 | 24 April 2016 | [19] | ![]() |
47 | The Hague | Netherlands | 553,277 | 31 December 2021 | [12] | ![]() |
48 | Hanover | Germany | 534,049 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | |
49 | Poznań | Poland | 530,464 | 30 June 2021 | [7] | ![]() |
50 | Antwerp | Belgium | 528,903 | 1 January 2022 | [20] | ![]() |
51 | Lyon | France | 522,969 | 1 January 2019 | [5] | ![]() |
52 | Nuremberg | Germany | 515,543 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
53 | Lisbon | Portugal | 509,614 | 31 December 2020 | [21] | ![]() |
54 | Duisburg | Germany | 495,885 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | |
55 | Toulouse | France | 493,465 | 1 January 2019 | [5] | ![]() |
56 | Gdańsk | Poland | 470,633 | 30 June 2021 | [7] | ![]() |
57 | Murcia | Spain | 460,349 | 1 January 2021 | [2] | ![]() |
58 | Bratislava | Slovakia | 440,948 | 1 July 2020 | [22] | ![]() |
59 | Tallinn | Estonia | 438,341 | 1 January 2021 | [23] | ![]() |
60 | Palma de Mallorca | Spain | 419,366 | 1 January 2021 | [2] | |
61 | Szczecin | Poland | 396,472 | 30 June 2021 | [7] | ![]() |
62 | Sintra | Portugal | 392,887 | 31 December 2020 | [21] | ![]() |
63 | Bologna | Italy | 391,686 | 1 January 2021 | [3] | ![]() |
64 | Iași | Romania | 391,024 | 1 July 2021 | [4] | ![]() |
65 | Brno | Czech Republic | 379,466 | 1 January 2022 | [10] | |
66 | Las Palmas | Spain | 378,675 | 1 January 2021 | [2] | ![]() |
67 | Florence | Italy | 368,419 | 1 January 2021 | [3] | ![]() |
68 | Bochum | Germany | 364,454 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
69 | Utrecht | Netherlands | 361,966 | 31 December 2021 | [12] | ![]() |
70 | Wuppertal | Germany | 355,004 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
71 | Aarhus | Denmark | 352,751 | 1 January 2021 | [16] | ![]() |
72 | Malmö | Sweden | 351,749 | 31 December 2021 | [11] | |
73 | Bilbao | Spain | 346,405 | 1 January 2021 | [2] | ![]() |
74 | Nice | France | 342,669 | 1 January 2019 | [5] | ![]() |
75 | Plovdiv | Bulgaria | 342,048 | 31 December 2020 | [9] | ![]() |
76 | Bydgoszcz | Poland | 341,692 | 30 June 2021 | [7] | ![]() |
77 | Varna | Bulgaria | 341,516 | 31 December 2020 | [9] | |
78 | Lublin | Poland | 337,778 | 30 June 2021 | [7] | ![]() |
79 | Alicante | Spain | 337,304 | 1 January 2021 | [2] | |
80 | Bielefeld | Germany | 333,509 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
81 | Bonn | Germany | 330,579 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
82 | Cluj-Napoca | Romania | 328,316 | 1 July 2021 | [4] | ![]() |
83 | Thessaloniki | Greece | 325,182 | 30 June 2011 | [14] | |
84 | Córdoba | Spain | 322,071 | 1 January 2021 | [2] | ![]() |
85 | Nantes | France | 318,808 | 1 January 2019 | [5] | ![]() |
86 | Timișoara | Romania | 318,296 | 1 July 2021 | [4] | ![]() |
87 | Bari | Italy | 317,205 | 1 January 2021 | [3] | ![]() |
88 | Münster | Germany | 316,403 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
89 | Mannheim | Germany | 309,721 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
90 | Karlsruhe | Germany | 308,436 | 31 December 2020 | [1] | ![]() |
91 | Constanța | Romania | 306,607 | 1 July 2021 | [4] | ![]() |
92 | Galați | Romania | 304,957 | 1 July 2021 | [4] | ![]() |
93 | Catania | Italy | 300,356 | 1 January 2021 | [3] | |
94 | Vila Nova de Gaia | Portugal | 300,018 | 31 December 2020 | [21] | ![]() |
See also
- List of European cities by population within city limits
- List of urban areas in the European Union
- List of urban areas in Europe
- List of metropolitan areas in Europe
- List of larger urban zones (metropolitan area)
- List of urban areas by population
- Blue Banana
- Golden Banana
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