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. The cities listed all have populations over 300,000 and total. 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.

CityMember State Official
population		 Date of census Reference Photography
Berlin Germany 3,748,148 31 December 2018 [1]
Madrid Spain 3,348,536 1 February 2020 [2]
Rome Italy 2,856,133 31 December 2018 [3]
Bucharest Romania 2,151,665 1 January 2020 [4]
Paris France 2,140,526 1 January 2019 [5][6]
Vienna Austria 1,911,728 1 January 2020 [7]
Hamburg Germany 1,841,179 31 December 2018 [8]
Warsaw Poland 1,790,658 31 December 2019 [9]
Budapest Hungary 1,752,286 1 January 2019 [10]
Barcelona Spain 1,620,343 31 January 2018 [11]
Munich Germany 1,471,508 31 December 2018 [12]
Milan Italy 1,404,239 31 December 2019 [3]
Prague Czech Republic 1,324,277 1 January 2020 [13]
Sofia Bulgaria 1,241,675 15 March 2018 [14]
Cologne Germany 1,085,664 31 December 2018 [15][16]
Stockholm Sweden 974,073 31 December 2019 [17]
Naples Italy 959,188 31 December 2018 [3]
Turin Italy 875,698 31 December 2018 [3]
Amsterdam Netherlands 873,555 31 January 2020 [18]
Marseille France 862,211 1 January 2016 [5][19]
Zagreb Croatia 804,049 1 January 2018 [20]
Valencia Spain 791,413 31 January 2018 [11]
Kraków Poland 779,115 31 December 2019 [21]
Frankfurt Germany 753,056 31 December 2018 [22]
Seville Spain 688,711 1 January 2018 [11]
Łódź Poland 679,941 31 December 2019 [23]
Zaragoza Spain 666,880 1 January 2018 [11]
Athens Greece 664,046 31 January 2012 [24]
Palermo Italy 663,401 31 December 2018 [3]
Rotterdam Netherlands 651,870 31 January 2020 [18]
Helsinki Finland 648,042 1 January 2019 [25]
Wrocław Poland 642,869 31 December 2019 [26]
Stuttgart Germany 634,830 31 December 2018 [27]
Riga Latvia 632,614 1 January 2019 [28]
Copenhagen Denmark 626,508 30 June 2019 [29]
Düsseldorf Germany 619,294 31 December 2018 [15][30]
Leipzig Germany 587,857 31 December 2018 [31]
Dortmund Germany 587,010 31 December 2018 [15][32]
Essen Germany 583,393 31 December 2017 [15][30]
Gothenburg Sweden 579,281 31 December 2019 [17]
Genoa Italy 578,000 31 December 2018 [33]
Málaga Spain 571,026 13 January 2018 [11]
Bremen Germany 569,352 31 December 2018 [34]
Vilnius Lithuania 557,440 1 July 2019 [35]
Dublin Ireland 554,554 24 April 2016 [36]
Dresden Germany 554,649 31 December 2018 [31]
The Hague Netherlands 545,273 31 January 2020 [18]
Hanover Germany 538,068 31 December 2018 [37]
Poznań Poland 534,813 31 December 2019 [38]
Antwerp Belgium 525,935 1 January 2019 [39]
Nuremberg Germany 518,365 31 December 2018 [12]
Lyon France 515,695 31 January 2016 [5][40]
Lisbon Portugal 506,654 31 December 2018 [41]
Duisburg Germany 498,590 31 December 2018 [15][30]
Toulouse France 479,638 1 January 2015 [5][42]
Gdańsk Poland 470,907 31 December 2019 [43]
Murcia Spain 447,182 31 January 2018 [11]
Tallinn Estonia 441,101 1 April 2019 [44]
Bratislava Slovakia 432,864 1 January 2019 [45]
Palma de Mallorca Spain 409,661 1 January 2018 [11]
Szczecin Poland 401,900 31 December 2019 [46]
Bologna Italy 390,636 31 December 2018 [3]
Brno Czech Republic 381,346 1 January 2020 [13]
Iași Romania 378,954 1 January 2018 [47]
Florence Italy 378,839 31 December 2018 [3]
Las Palmas Spain 378,517 1 January 2018 [11]
Bochum Germany 364,628 31 December 2018 [15][32]
Utrecht Netherlands 357,676 31 January 2020 [18]
Wuppertal Germany 354,382 31 December 2018 [15][30]
Bydgoszcz Poland 348,190 31 December 2019 [48]
Aarhus Denmark 349,977 1 October 2019 [49]
Plovdiv Bulgaria 346,893 31 December 2018 [50]
Bilbao Spain 345,821 1 January 2018 [11]
Malmö Sweden 344,166 31 December 2019 [17]
Nice France 342,637 1 January 2016 [5][51]
Lublin Poland 339,784 31 December 2018 [52]
Varna Bulgaria 336,505 31 December 2018 [50]
Bielefeld Germany 333,786 31 December 2018 [15][53]
Alicante Spain 331,577 1 January 2018 [11]
Timișoara Romania 328,186 1 January 2018 [47]
Bonn Germany 327,258 31 December 2018 [15][16]
Córdoba Spain 325,708 1 January 2018 [11]
Thessaloniki Greece 325,182 30 June 2011 [24]
Cluj-Napoca Romania 324,960 1 January 2018 [47]
Bari Italy 320,862 31 December 2018 [3]
Constanța Romania 317,832 1 January 2016 [47]
Münster Germany 314,319 31 December 2018 [15][54]
Karlsruhe Germany 313,092 31 December 2018 [27]
Catania Italy 311,584 30 May 2018 [3]
Mannheim Germany 309,370 31 December 2018 [27]
Nantes France 306,694 1 January 2016
Galați Romania 304,050 1 January 2018 [47]
Craiova Romania 301,269 1 January 2018 [47]

See also

Notes

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