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 limits.[Note 1] 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 very narrow city limits and others 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 city limits

Cities in bold are capital cities of their respective countries; Brussels (italics) is the capital of both Belgium and de facto the European Union.

CityCountry Official
population		 Date of census Reference Photography
London[Note 2] United Kingdom 8,825,001 28 June 2018 [1]
Berlin Germany 3,711,930 31 December 2017 [2]
Madrid Spain 3,182,981 1 January 2017 [3]
Rome Italy 2,879,215 31 December 2016 [4]
Paris France 2,206,488 7 January 2018 [5][6]
Bucharest Romania 2,106,144 1 January 2016 [7]
Vienna Austria 1,889,083 1 January 2018 [8]
Hamburg Germany 1,787,408 30 December 2015 [9]
Warsaw Poland 1,764,615 31 December 2017 [10]
Budapest Hungary 1,752,704 1 January 2017 [11]
Barcelona Spain 1,620,809 1 January 2017 [3]
Munich Germany 1,464,301 31 December 2016 [12]
Milan Italy 1,369,466 30 April 2018 [4]
Sofia Bulgaria 1,307,376 31 December 2016 [13]
Prague Czech Republic 1,294,513 1 January 2018 [14]
Brussels[Note 3] Belgium 1,191,604 1 January 2017 [15]
Birmingham United Kingdom 1,124,569 30 June 2017 [1]
Cologne Germany 1,075,935 31 December 2016 [16][17]
Naples Italy 970,185 31 December 2016 [4]
Stockholm Sweden 949,164 1 November 2017 [18]
Turin Italy 886,837 31 December 2016 [4]
Marseille France 869,815 1 January 2015 [5][19]
Amsterdam Netherlands 859,732 31 May 2018 [20]
Zagreb Croatia 803,647 31 December 2016 [21]
Valencia Spain 787,808 1 January 2017 [3]
Leeds United Kingdom 781,743 30 June 2017 [1]
Kraków Poland 765,320 1 January 2017 [10]
Frankfurt Germany 736,414 31 December 2016 [22]
Riga Latvia 700,518 1 July 2017 [23]
Łódź Poland 690,422 31 December 2017 [10]
Seville Spain 689,434 1 January 2017 [3]
Palermo Italy 673,735 31 December 2016 [4]
Zaragoza Spain 664,938 1 January 2017 [3]
Athens Greece 655,780 24 May 2011 [24]
Helsinki Finland 642,045 31 August 2017 [25]
Wrocław Poland 638,586 31 December 2017 [10]
Rotterdam Netherlands 635,389 August 2017 [20]
Stuttgart Germany 628,032 31 December 2016 [26]
Glasgow United Kingdom 615,070 30 June 2017 [1]
Düsseldorf Germany 613,230 31 December 2016 [16][27]
Copenhagen Denmark 602,481 31 December 2016 [28]
Dortmund Germany 585,813 31 December 2016 [16][29]
Genoa Italy 583,601 31 December 2016 [4]
Essen Germany 583,084 31 December 2016 [16][27]
Vilnius Lithuania 577,484 3 March 2018 [30]
Sheffield United Kingdom 575,424 30 June 2017 [1]
Leipzig Germany 571,088 31 December 2016 [31]
Málaga Spain 569,002 1 January 2017 [3]
Gothenburg Sweden 563,439 1 November 2017 [18]
Bremen Germany 557,464 31 December 2015 [32]
Dublin Ireland 553,165 24 April 2016 [33]
Lisbon Portugal 547,733 1 January 2011 [34]
Dresden Germany 547,172 31 December 2016 [31]
Manchester United Kingdom 541,263 30 June 2017 [1]
Poznań Poland 540,372 1 January 2017 [10]
Bradford United Kingdom 534,279 30 June 2017 [1]
Hanover Germany 532,163 31 December 2015 [35]
The Hague Netherlands 532,111 31 January 2018 [20]
Antwerp Belgium 521,946 14 June 2017 [36]
Lyon France 521,098 1 January 2015 [5][37]
Nuremberg Germany 511,628 31 December 2016 [12]
Edinburgh United Kingdom 507,170 30 June 2017 [1]
Duisburg Germany 499,845 31 December 2016 [16][27]
Liverpool United Kingdom 484,578 30 June 2017 [1]
Toulouse France 479,638 1 January 2015 [5][38]
Gdańsk Poland 463,754 1 January 2017 [10]
Bristol United Kingdom 454,213 30 June 2017 [1]
Tallinn Estonia 449,160 1 February 2018 [39]
Murcia Spain 443,243 1 January 2017 [3]
BratislavaSlovakia Slovak Republic 429,564 31 December 2017 [40]
Palma de Mallorca Spain 406,492 1 January 2017 [3]
Szczecin Poland 404,878 1 January 2017 [10]
Bologna Italy 388,367 31 December 2016 [4]
Florence Italy 382,258 31 December 2016 [4]
Brno Czech Republic 377,973 1 January 2017 [14]
Las Palmas Spain 377,650 1 January 2017 [3]
Bochum Germany 364,920 31 December 2016 [16][29]
Iași Romania 362,142 1 January 2016 [7]
Cardiff United Kingdom 361,468 30 June 2017 [1]
Bydgoszcz Poland 353,938 1 January 2017 [10]
Coventry United Kingdom 352,911 30 June 2017 [1]
Wuppertal Germany 352,390 31 December 2016 [16][27]
Leicester United Kingdom 348,343 30 June 2017 [1]
Utrecht Netherlands 347,644 31 January 2018 [20]
Nice France 346,055 1 January 2015 [5][41]
Bilbao Spain 345,141 1 January 2015 [3]
Plovdiv Bulgaria 341,625 31 December 2015 [13]
Lublin Poland 340,466 1 January 2017 [10]
Belfast United Kingdom 339,579 30 June 2017 [1]
Wakefield United Kingdom 336,834 30 June 2017 [1]
Aarhus Denmark 335,684 31 December 2016 [28]
Varna Bulgaria 334,466 31 December 2015 [13]
Bielefeld Germany 333,451 31 December 2016 [16][42]
Timișoara Romania 352,983 1 January 2016 [7]
Malmö Sweden 332,855 1 November 2017 [18]
Alicante Spain 329,988 1 January 2017 [3]
Córdoba Spain 325,916 1 January 2017 [3]
Nottingham United Kingdom 325,282 30 June 2017 [1]
Bari Italy 324,198 31 December 2016 [4]
Wigan United Kingdom 323,060 30 June 2017 [1]
Thessaloniki Greece 322,240 24 May 2011 [24]
Bonn Germany 322,125 31 December 2016 [16][17]
Cluj-Napoca Romania 321,687 1 January 2016 [7]
Constanța Romania 317,832 1 January 2016 [7]
Catania Italy 313,396 31 December 2016 [4]
Münster Germany 311,846 31 December 2016 [16][43]
Karlsruhe Germany 309,999 31 December 2016 [26]
Craiova Romania 305,689 1 January 2016 [7]
Mannheim Germany 304,781 31 December 2016 [26]
Galați Romania 304,340 1 January 2016 [7]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Currently there are two significant exceptions: London lists the population of Greater London; Brussels lists the population of Brussels Capital Region
  2. ↑ Refers to Greater London which is composed of the Greater London Authority, 32 borough councils and the City of London.
  3. ↑ Refers to Brussels Capital Region.

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