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

This is a list of the largest 100 cities in the European Union ranked according to the population within their city limits. It 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. For example, Paris and Madrid constitute the most populous urban areas in the European Union, but the strict definition of the administrative limits of Paris results in a far lower population shown in the table below.

Cities by population within city limits

Note: The cities are sorted by the column labelled Official population (actual). Cities in bold are capital cities of their respective countries; Brussels (italics) is the capital of both Belgium and the EU.

Rank City State Official population Date of census/estimate References Image
1 London[Notes 1]  United Kingdom 8,673,713 30 June 2015 [1]
2 Berlin  Germany 3,652,956 30 June 2016 [2]
3 Madrid  Spain 3,141,991 1 January 2015 [3]
4 Rome  Italy 2,865,945 29 February 2016 [4]
5 Paris  France 2,244,000 1 January 2015 [5]
6 Bucharest  Romania 1,883,425 20 October 2011 [6]
7 Vienna  Austria 1,863,881 1 October 2016 [7]
8 Hamburg[Notes 2]  Germany 1,780,288 30 November 2015 [8]
9 Budapest  Hungary 1,759,407 1 January 2016 [9]
10 Warsaw  Poland 1,748,916 30 June 2016 [10]
11 Barcelona  Spain 1,604,555 1 January 2015 [3]
12 Munich  Germany 1,504,301 28 February 2015 [11]
13 Milan  Italy 1,350,387 30 June 2016 [4]
14 Prague  Czech Republic 1,267,449 31 December 2015 [12]
15 Sofia  Bulgaria 1,260,120 31 December 2015 [13]
16 Brussels[Notes 3]  Belgium 1,187,890 1 January 2016 [14]
17 Birmingham  United Kingdom 1,111,307 30 June 2015 [15]
18 Cologne  Germany 1,060,582 31 December 2015 [16]
19 Naples  Italy 972,638 31 March 2016 [4]
20 Stockholm  Sweden 925,934 31 December 2015 [17]
21 Turin  Italy 892,649 31 August 2015 [4]
22 Marseille  France 852,516 31 December 2012 [18]
23 Amsterdam  Netherlands 825,080 30 March 2015 [19]
24 Zagreb  Croatia 790,017 31 March 2011 [20]
25 Valencia  Spain 786,189 1 January 2015 [3]
26 Leeds  United Kingdom 774,060 30 June 2015 [15]
27 Kraków  Poland 762,448 30 June 2016 [10]
28 Frankfurt  Germany 732,688 31 December 2015 [21]
29 Łódź  Poland 698,688 30 June 2016 [10]
30 Seville  Spain 693,878 1 January 2015 [3]
31 Palermo  Italy 673,073 31 March 2016 [4]
32 Zaragoza  Spain 664,953 1 January 2015 [3]
33 Athens  Greece 664,046 22 July 2011 [22]
34 Riga  Latvia 641,007 1 July 2015 [23]
35 Wrocław  Poland 637,075 30 June 2016 [10]
36 Helsinki  Finland 630,752 1 January 2016 [24]
37 Rotterdam  Netherlands 626,305 30 June 2015 [25]
38 Stuttgart  Germany 612,441 31 December 2014 [26]
39 Düsseldorf  Germany 612,178 31 December 2015 [16]
40 Glasgow  United Kingdom 606,340 30 June 2015 [15]
41 Genoa  Italy 588,688 30 April 2015 [4]
42 Dortmund  Germany 586,181 31 December 2015 [16]
43 Copenhagen  Denmark 583,348 1 January 2015 [27]
44 Essen  Germany 582,624 31 December 2015 [16]
45 Sheffield  United Kingdom 569,737 30 June 2015 [15]
46 Málaga  Spain 569,130 1 January 2015 [3]
47 Leipzig  Germany 560,472 31 December 2015 [28]
48 Bremen  Germany 557,464 31 December 2015 [29]
49 Dublin  Ireland 553,165 24 April 2016 [30]
50 Lisbon  Portugal 547,631 1 January 2011 [31]
51 Dresden  Germany 543,825 31 December 2015 [28]
52 Vilnius  Lithuania 542,720 1 July 2015 [32]
53 Poznań  Poland 542,348 31 December 2015 [10]
54 Gothenburg  Sweden 541,145 31 December 2014 [33]
55 Bradford  United Kingdom 531,176 30 June 2015 [15]
56 Manchester  United Kingdom 530,292 30 June 2015 [15]
57 Hanover  Germany 523,642 31 December 2014 [34]
58 The Hague  Netherlands 510,909 1 May 2014 [35]
59 Antwerp  Belgium 510,610 1 January 2014 [36]
60 Nuremberg  Germany 500,096 30 September 2014 [11]
61 Edinburgh  United Kingdom 498,810 30 June 2015 [15]
62 Lyon  France 491,268 31 December 2011 [37]
63 Duisburg  Germany 491,231 31 December 2015 [16]
64 Liverpool  United Kingdom 478,580 30 June 2015 [15]
65 Gdańsk  Poland 462,249 31 December 2015 [10]
66 Bristol  United Kingdom 449,328 30 June 2015 [15]
67 Toulouse  France 447,340 31 December 2011 [38]
68 Tallinn  Estonia 440,206 1 March 2016 [39]
69 Murcia  Spain 439,889 1 January 2015 [3]
70 Bratislava Slovakia Slovak Republic 432,801 31 December 2013 [40]
71 Szczecin  Poland 405,657 31 December 2015 [10]
72 Palma de Mallorca  Spain 400,578 1 January 2015 [3]
73 Bologna  Italy 386,171 30 November 2014 [4]
74 Florence  Italy 380,226 30 November 2014 [4]
75 Las Palmas  Spain 379,766 1 January 2015 [3]
76 Brno  Czech Republic 378,327 1 January 2013 [12]
77 Bochum  Germany 364,742 31 December 2015 [16]
78 Cardiff  United Kingdom 357,160 30 June 2015 [15]
79 Bydgoszcz  Poland 355,645 31 December 2015 [10]
80 Wuppertal  Germany 350,046 31 December 2015 [16]
81 Coventry  United Kingdom 345,385 30 June 2015 [15]
82 Bilbao  Spain 345,141 1 January 2015 [3]
83 Nice  France 344,064 31 December 2011 [41]
84 Leicester  United Kingdom 342,627 30 June 2015 [15]
85 Plovdiv  Bulgaria 341,625 31 December 2015 [13]
86 Lublin  Poland 340,727 31 December 2015 [10]
87 Belfast  United Kingdom 338,907 30 June 2015 [42]
88 Varna  Bulgaria 334,466 31 December 2015 [13]
89 Wakefield  United Kingdom 333,759 30 June 2015 [15]
90 Bielefeld  Germany 333,090 31 December 2015 [16]
91 Utrecht  Netherlands 330,772 1 May 2014 [43]
92 Alicante  Spain 328,648 1 January 2015 [3]
93 Córdoba  Spain 327,362 1 January 2015 [3]
94 Aarhus  Denmark 326,676 1 October 2014 .[44]
95 Thessaloniki  Greece 325,182 24 May 2011 [45]
96 Cluj-Napoca  Romania 324,576 20 October 2011 [46]
97 Malmö  Sweden 321,970 1 November 2015 [17]
98 Bari  Italy 321,008 30 November 2014 [4]
99 Timișoara  Romania 319,279 20 October 2011 [46]
100 Catania  Italy 315,567 30 November 2014 [4]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Refers to Greater London which is composed of the Greater London Authority, 32 borough councils and the City of London
  2. ↑ Refers to the city and federal state of Hamburg, which is composed of 7 districts
  3. ↑ Refers to Brussels Capital Region

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