List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits

Below 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 of census	Reference	Photograph
1	Berlin	Germany	3,669,495	31 December 2019	[1]
2	Madrid	Spain	3,348,536	1 February 2020	[2]
3	Rome	Italy	2,856,133	31 December 2018	[3]
4	Paris	France	2,175,601	1 January 2019	[4][5]
5	Bucharest	Romania	2,155,240	1 July 2020	[6]
6	Vienna	Austria	1,924,158	1 July 2021	[7]
7	Hamburg	Germany	1,899,160	31 December 2019	[8]
8	Warsaw	Poland	1,793,579	30 June 2020	[9]
9	Budapest	Hungary	1,752,286	1 January 2019	[10]
10	Barcelona	Spain	1,620,343	31 January 2018	[11]
11	Munich	Germany	1,558,395	31 July 2020	[12]
12	Milan	Italy	1,404,239	31 December 2019	[3]
13	Prague	Czech Republic	1,324,277	1 January 2020	[13]
14	Sofia	Bulgaria	1,241,675	15 March 2018	[14]
15	Cologne	Germany	1,085,664	31 December 2018	[15][16]
16	Stockholm	Sweden	974,073	31 December 2019	[17]
17	Naples	Italy	959,188	31 December 2018	[3]
18	Turin	Italy	875,698	31 December 2018	[3]
19	Amsterdam	Netherlands	873,289	31 December 2020	[18]
20	Marseille	France	868,277	1 January 2016	[4][19]
21	Zagreb	Croatia	804,049	1 January 2018	[20]
22	Copenhagen	Denmark	794,128	1 January 2020	[21]
23	Valencia	Spain	791,413	31 January 2018	[11]
24	Kraków	Poland	780,981	30 June 2020	[22]
25	Frankfurt	Germany	753,056	31 December 2018	[23]
26	Seville	Spain	688,711	1 January 2018	[11]
27	Łódź	Poland	677,286	30 June 2020	[9]
28	Zaragoza	Spain	666,880	1 January 2018	[11]
29	Athens	Greece	664,046	31 January 2012	[24]
30	Palermo	Italy	663,401	31 December 2018	[3]
31	Helsinki	Finland	657,674	31 December 2020	[25]
32	Rotterdam	Netherlands	651,870	31 January 2020	[18]
33	Wrocław	Poland	643,782	30 June 2020	[26]
34	Stuttgart	Germany	635,911	31 December 2019	[27]
35	Riga	Latvia	627,487	1 January 2020	[28]
36	Düsseldorf	Germany	619,294	31 December 2018	[15][29]
37	Vilnius	Lithuania	590,123	12 May 2021	[30]
38	Leipzig	Germany	587,857	31 December 2018	[31]
39	Dortmund	Germany	587,010	31 December 2018	[15][32]
40	Essen	Germany	583,393	31 December 2017	[15][29]
41	Gothenburg	Sweden	579,281	31 December 2019	[17]
42	Genoa	Italy	578,000	31 December 2018	[33]
43	Málaga	Spain	571,026	13 January 2018	[11]
44	Bremen	Germany	569,352	31 December 2018	[34]
45	Dresden	Germany	554,649	31 December 2018	[31]
46	Dublin	Ireland	554,554	24 April 2016	[35]
47	The Hague	Netherlands	545,273	31 January 2020	[18]
48	Hanover	Germany	538,068	31 December 2018	[36]
49	Poznań	Poland	533,830	30 June 2020	[9]
50	Antwerp	Belgium	525,935	1 January 2019	[37]
51	Nuremberg	Germany	518,365	31 December 2018	[38]
52	Lyon	France	515,695	31 January 2016	[4][39]
53	Lisbon	Portugal	506,654	31 December 2018	[40]
54	Duisburg	Germany	498,590	31 December 2018	[15][29]
55	Toulouse	France	479,638	1 January 2015	[4][41]
56	Gdańsk	Poland	471,525	30 June 2020	[42]
57	Murcia	Spain	447,182	31 January 2018	[11]
58	Tallinn	Estonia	441,101	1 April 2019	[43]
59	Bratislava	Slovakia	432,864	1 January 2019	[44]
60	Brno	Czech Republic	410,653	1 January 2021	[45]
61	Palma de Mallorca	Spain	409,661	1 January 2018	[11]
62	Szczecin	Poland	400,990	30 June 2020	[46]
63	Bologna	Italy	390,636	31 December 2018	[3]
64	Iași	Romania	378,954	1 January 2018	[47]
65	Florence	Italy	378,839	31 December 2018	[3]
66	Las Palmas	Spain	378,517	1 January 2018	[11]
67	Bochum	Germany	364,628	31 December 2018	[15][32]
68	Utrecht	Netherlands	357,676	31 January 2020	[18]
69	Wuppertal	Germany	354,382	31 December 2018	[15][29]
70	Aarhus	Denmark	349,977	1 October 2019	[48]
71	Bydgoszcz	Poland	346,739	30 June 2020	[9]
72	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	346,893	31 December 2018	[49]
73	Bilbao	Spain	345,821	1 January 2018	[11]
74	Malmö	Sweden	344,166	31 December 2019	[17]
75	Nice	France	342,637	1 January 2016	[4][50]
76	Lublin	Poland	339,547	30 June 2020	[9]
77	Varna	Bulgaria	336,505	31 December 2018	[49]
78	Bielefeld	Germany	333,786	31 December 2018	[15][51]
79	Alicante	Spain	331,577	1 January 2018	[11]
80	Timișoara	Romania	328,186	1 January 2018	[47]
81	Bonn	Germany	327,258	31 December 2018	[15][16]
82	Córdoba	Spain	325,708	1 January 2018	[11]
83	Thessaloniki	Greece	325,182	30 June 2011	[24]
84	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	324,960	1 January 2018	[47]
85	Bari	Italy	320,862	31 December 2018	[3]
86	Constanța	Romania	317,832	1 January 2016	[47]
87	Münster	Germany	314,319	31 December 2018	[15][52]
88	Karlsruhe	Germany	313,092	31 December 2018	[27]
89	Catania	Italy	311,584	30 May 2018	[3]
90	Mannheim	Germany	309,370	31 December 2018	[27]
91	Nantes	France	306,694	1 January 2016
92	Craiova	Romania	305,386	1 January 2018	[47]
93	Galați	Romania	304,050	1 January 2018	[47]

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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