List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits
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 entire urban areas, and thus the figures in the list should be treated with caution. For example Paris is the most populous urban area in the European Union, however the city proper of the French capital has a lower population than top ranked Berlin and a couple of other cities, as shown in the table. Likewise the City of Brussels is only one of a total of 19 municipalities making up the greater Brussels Capital Region, and by itself does not reach the population threshold to be listed here.
Cities by population within the city boundary
Cities in bold are capital cities of their respective countries.
City | Member state |
Official population |
Date | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Berlin | Germany | 3,755,251 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Madrid | Spain | 3,280,782 | 1 Jan 2022 | |
Rome | Italy | 2,748,109 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Paris | France | 2,102,650 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Vienna | Austria | 2,002,821 | 1 Oct 2023 | |
Hamburg | Germany | 1,892,122 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Warsaw | Poland | 1,861,644 | 30 Jun 2023 | |
Bucharest | Romania | 1,739,297 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Budapest | Hungary | 1,671,004 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Barcelona | Spain | 1,636,193 | 1 Jan 2022 | |
Munich | Germany | 1,512,491 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Prague | Czech Republic | 1,357,326 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Milan | Italy | 1,354,196 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Sofia | Bulgaria | 1,280,334 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Cologne | Germany | 1,084,831 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Stockholm | Sweden | 984,748 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Amsterdam | Netherlands | 933,762 | 31 Sep 2023 | |
Naples | Italy | 913,462 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Marseille | France | 870,321 | 1 Jan 2020 | |
Turin | Italy | 841,600 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Kraków | Poland | 804,237 | 30 Jun 2023 | |
Valencia | Spain | 792,492 | 1 Jan 2022 | |
Frankfurt am Main | Germany | 773,068 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Zagreb | Croatia | 767,445 | 30 Jun 2022 | |
Seville | Spain | 681,998 | 1 Jan 2022 | |
Wrocław | Poland | 674,132 | 30 Jun 2023 | |
Zaragoza | Spain | 673,010 | 1 Jan 2022 | |
Rotterdam | Netherlands | 669,671 | 31 Sep 2023 | |
Helsinki | Finland | 665,558 | 1 Feb 2023 | |
Łódź | Poland | 655,279 | 30 Jun 2023 | |
Copenhagen | Denmark | 653,664 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Athens | Greece | 637,798 | 23 Oct 2021 | |
Stuttgart | Germany | 632,865 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Palermo | Italy | 630,167 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Düsseldorf | Germany | 629,047 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Leipzig | Germany | 616,093 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Riga | Latvia | 614,987 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Gothenburg | Sweden | 596,841 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Vilnius | Lithuania | 593,436 | 1 Jul 2023 | |
Dortmund | Germany | 593,317 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Dublin | Ireland | 588,233 | 3 Apr 2022 | |
Essen | Germany | 584,580 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Málaga | Spain | 579,076 | 1 Jan 2022 | |
Bremen | Germany | 569,396 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
The Hague | Netherlands | 564,453 | 31 Sep 2023 | |
Dresden | Germany | 563,311 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Genoa | Italy | 558,745 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Lisbon | Portugal | 548,703 | 1 Jan 2022 | |
Antwerp | Belgium | 545,861 | 1 Nov 2023 | |
Hanover | Germany | 545,045 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Poznań | Poland | 540,146 | 30 Jun 2023 | |
Nuremberg | Germany | 523,026 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Lyon | France | 522,228 | 1 Jan 2020 | |
Duisburg | Germany | 502,211 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Toulouse | France | 498,003 | 1 Jan 2020 | |
Gdańsk | Poland | 486,492 | 30 Jun 2023 | |
Bratislava | Slovakia | 476,677 | 1 Mar 2023 | |
Murcia | Spain | 462,979 | 1 Jan 2022 | |
Tallinn | Estonia | 453,864 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Palma de Mallorca | Spain | 415,940 | 1 Jan 2022 | |
Brno | Czech Republic | 396,101 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Iași | Romania | 393,574 | 1 Jul 2022 | |
Szczecin | Poland | 390,278 | 30 Jun 2023 | |
Sintra | Portugal | 388,767 | 1 Jan 2022 | |
Bologna | Italy | 387,971 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Las Palmas | Spain | 378,797 | 1 Jan 2022 | |
Utrecht | Netherlands | 373,400 | 31 Sep 2023 | |
Bochum | Germany | 365,742 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Aarhus | Denmark | 361,544 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Florence | Italy | 360,930 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Wuppertal | Germany | 358,876 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Malmö | Sweden | 357,377 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Bilbao | Spain | 344,127 | 1 Jan 2022 | |
Nice | France | 343,477 | 1 Jan 2020 | |
Alicante | Spain | 338,577 | 1 Jan 2022 | |
Bielefeld | Germany | 338,332 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Bonn | Germany | 336,465 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Lublin | Poland | 330,447 | 30 Jun 2023 | |
Cluj-Napoca | Romania | 328,418 | 1 Jul 2022 | |
Bydgoszcz | Poland | 328,370 | 30 Jun 2023 | |
Plovdiv | Bulgaria | 321,824 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Münster | Germany | 320,946 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Nantes | France | 320,732 | 1 Jan 2020 | |
Varna | Bulgaria | 319,900 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Córdoba | Spain | 319,515 | 1 Jan 2022 | |
Thessaloniki | Greece | 317,778 | 23 Oct 2021 | |
Bari | Italy | 316,015 | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Mannheim | Germany | 315,554 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Timișoara | Romania | 311,651 | 1 Jul 2022 | |
Karlsruhe | Germany | 308,707 | 31 Dec 2022 | |
Vila Nova de Gaia | Portugal | 307,563 | 1 Jan 2022 | |
Espoo | Finland | 306,792 | 1 Feb 2023 | |
Galați | Romania | 304,692 | 1 Jul 2022 | |
Kaunas | Lithuania | 304,459 | 1 Jul 2023 | |
Constanța | Romania | 302,976 | 1 Jul 2022 | |
Augsburg | Germany | 301,033 | 31 Dec 2022 |