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 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 CityMember state Official
population		 Date Reference Photography
1 BerlinGermany 3,664,088 31 December 2020 [1]
2 MadridSpain 3,305,408 1 January 2021 [2]
3 RomeItaly 2,770,226 1 January 2021 [3]
4 BucharestRomania 2,161,347 1 July 2021 [4]
5 ParisFrance 2,139,907 1 January 2022 [5]
6 ViennaAustria 1,931,830 1 January 2022 [6]
7 HamburgGermany 1,852,478 31 December 2020 [1]
8 WarsawPoland 1,792,718 30 June 2021 [7]
9 BudapestHungary 1,723,836 1 January 2021 [8]
10 BarcelonaSpain 1,636,732 1 January 2021 [2]
11 MunichGermany 1,488,202 31 December 2020 [1]
12 MilanItaly 1,374,582 1 January 2021 [3]
13 SofiaBulgaria 1,308,412 31 December 2020 [9]
14 PragueCzech Republic 1,275,406 1 January 2022 [10]
15 CologneGermany 1,083,498 31 December 2020 [1]
16 StockholmSweden 978,770 31 December 2021 [11]
17 NaplesItaly 922,094 1 January 2021 [3]
18 AmsterdamNetherlands 905,234 31 January 2022 [12]
19 MarseilleFrance 870,731 1 January 2019 [5]
20 TurinItaly 858,205 1 January 2021 [3]
21 ValenciaSpain 789,744 1 January 2021 [2]
22 KrakówPoland 780,796 30 June 2021 [7]
23 ZagrebCroatia 769,944 31 August 2021 [13]
24 Frankfurt am MainGermany 764,104 31 December 2020 [1]
25 SevilleSpain 684,234 1 January 2021 [2]
26 ZaragozaSpain 675,301 1 January 2021 [2]
27 ŁódźPoland 667,923 30 June 2021 [7]
28 AthensGreece 664,046 30 June 2011 [14]
29 HelsinkiFinland 658,864 31 December 2021 [15]
30 RotterdamNetherlands 655,418 31 December 2021 [12]
31 WrocławPoland 641,201 30 June 2021 [7]
32 CopenhagenDenmark 638,117 1 January 2021 [16]
33 PalermoItaly 637,885 1 January 2021 [3]
34 StuttgartGermany 630,305 31 December 2020 [1]
35 DüsseldorfGermany 620,523 31 December 2020 [1]
36 RigaLatvia 614,618 1 January 2021 [17]
37 LeipzigGermany 597,493 31 December 2020 [1]
38 DortmundGermany 587,696 31 December 2020 [1]
39 GothenburgSweden 587,549 31 December 2021 [11]
40 EssenGermany 582,415 31 December 2020 [1]
41 MálagaSpain 577,405 1 January 2021 [2]
42 BremenGermany 566,573 31 December 2020 [1]
43 GenoaItaly 566,410 1 January 2021 [3]
44 VilniusLithuania 560,120 1 January 2022 [18]
45 DresdenGermany 556,227 31 December 2020 [1]
46 DublinIreland 554,554 24 April 2016 [19]
47 The HagueNetherlands 553,277 31 December 2021 [12]
48 HanoverGermany 534,049 31 December 2020 [1]
49 PoznańPoland 530,464 30 June 2021 [7]
50 AntwerpBelgium 528,903 1 January 2022 [20]
51 LyonFrance 522,969 1 January 2019 [5]
52 NurembergGermany 515,543 31 December 2020 [1]
53 LisbonPortugal 509,614 31 December 2020 [21]
54 DuisburgGermany 495,885 31 December 2020 [1]
55 ToulouseFrance 493,465 1 January 2019 [5]
56 GdańskPoland 470,633 30 June 2021 [7]
57 MurciaSpain 460,349 1 January 2021 [2]
58 BratislavaSlovakia 440,948 1 July 2020 [22]
59 TallinnEstonia 438,341 1 January 2021 [23]
60 Palma de MallorcaSpain 419,366 1 January 2021 [2]
61 SzczecinPoland 396,472 30 June 2021 [7]
62 SintraPortugal 392,887 31 December 2020 [21]
63 BolognaItaly 391,686 1 January 2021 [3]
64 IașiRomania 391,024 1 July 2021 [4]
65 BrnoCzech Republic 379,466 1 January 2022 [10]
66 Las PalmasSpain 378,675 1 January 2021 [2]
67 FlorenceItaly 368,419 1 January 2021 [3]
68 BochumGermany 364,454 31 December 2020 [1]
69 UtrechtNetherlands 361,966 31 December 2021 [12]
70 WuppertalGermany 355,004 31 December 2020 [1]
71 AarhusDenmark 352,751 1 January 2021 [16]
72 MalmöSweden 351,749 31 December 2021 [11]
73 BilbaoSpain 346,405 1 January 2021 [2]
74 NiceFrance 342,669 1 January 2019 [5]
75 PlovdivBulgaria 342,048 31 December 2020 [9]
76 BydgoszczPoland 341,692 30 June 2021 [7]
77 VarnaBulgaria 341,516 31 December 2020 [9]
78 LublinPoland 337,778 30 June 2021 [7]
79 AlicanteSpain 337,304 1 January 2021 [2]
80 BielefeldGermany 333,509 31 December 2020 [1]
81 BonnGermany 330,579 31 December 2020 [1]
82 Cluj-NapocaRomania 328,316 1 July 2021 [4]
83 ThessalonikiGreece 325,182 30 June 2011 [14]
84 CórdobaSpain 322,071 1 January 2021 [2]
85 NantesFrance 318,808 1 January 2019 [5]
86 TimișoaraRomania 318,296 1 July 2021 [4]
87 BariItaly 317,205 1 January 2021 [3]
88 MünsterGermany 316,403 31 December 2020 [1]
89 MannheimGermany 309,721 31 December 2020 [1]
90 KarlsruheGermany 308,436 31 December 2020 [1]
91 ConstanțaRomania 306,607 1 July 2021 [4]
92 GalațiRomania 304,957 1 July 2021 [4]
93 CataniaItaly 300,356 1 January 2021 [3]
94 Vila Nova de GaiaPortugal 300,018 31 December 2020 [21]

See also

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