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

Berlin, the most populous city in the European Union

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 one, 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 [1]
Madrid  Spain 3,332,035 1 Jan 2023 [2]
Rome  Italy 2,755,309 1 Jan 2023 [3]
Paris  France 2,102,650 1 Jan 2023 [4]
Vienna  Austria 2,006,134 1 Jan 2024 [5]
Hamburg  Germany 1,892,122 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Warsaw  Poland 1,861,644 30 Jun 2023 [6]
Bucharest  Romania 1,739,297 1 Jan 2023 [7]
Budapest  Hungary 1,671,004 1 Jan 2023 [8]
Barcelona  Spain 1,660,122 1 Jan 2023 [2]
Munich  Germany 1,512,491 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Milan  Italy 1,358,420 1 Jan 2023 [3]
Prague  Czech Republic 1,357,326 1 Jan 2023 [9]
Sofia  Bulgaria 1,280,334 31 Dec 2022 [10]
Cologne  Germany 1,084,831 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Stockholm  Sweden 988,943 31 Dec 2023 [11]
Amsterdam  Netherlands 935,521 30 Nov 2023 [12]
Naples  Italy 917,510 1 Jan 2023 [3]
Marseille  France 873,076 1 Jan 2021 [13]
Turin  Italy 847,398 1 Jan 2023 [3]
Valencia  Spain 807,693 1 Jan 2023 [2]
Kraków  Poland 804,237 30 Jun 2023 [6]
Frankfurt  Germany 773,068 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Zagreb  Croatia 768,624 31 Dec 2022 [14]
Seville  Spain 684,025 1 Jan 2023 [2]
Zaragoza  Spain 682,513 1 Jan 2023 [2]
Helsinki  Finland 675,747 1 Feb 2024 [15]
Wrocław  Poland 674,132 30 Jun 2023 [6]
Rotterdam  Netherlands 671,221 30 Nov 2023 [12]
Copenhagen  Denmark 659,350 1 Jan 2024 [16]
Łódź  Poland 655,279 30 Jun 2023 [6]
Athens  Greece 643,452 23 Oct 2021 [17]
Stuttgart  Germany 632,865 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Palermo  Italy 632,499 1 Jan 2023 [3]
Düsseldorf  Germany 629,047 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Leipzig  Germany 616,093 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Riga  Latvia 614,987 1 Jan 2023 [18]
Gothenburg  Sweden 604,616 31 Dec 2023 [11]
Vilnius  Lithuania 602,430 1 Jan 2024 [19]
Dortmund  Germany 593,317 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Dublin  Ireland 592,713 3 Apr 2022 [20]
Málaga  Spain 586,384 1 Jan 2023 [2]
Essen  Germany 584,580 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Bremen  Germany 569,396 31 Dec 2022 [1]
The Hague  Netherlands 565,817 30 Nov 2023 [12]
Dresden  Germany 563,311 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Genoa  Italy 561,191 1 Jan 2023 [3]
Antwerp  Belgium 548,916 1 Feb 2024 [21]
Lisbon  Portugal 548,703 1 Jan 2022 [22]
Hanover  Germany 545,045 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Poznań  Poland 540,146 30 Jun 2023 [6]
Nuremberg  Germany 523,026 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Lyon  France 522,250 1 Jan 2021 [13]
Toulouse  France 504,078 1 Jan 2021 [13]
Duisburg  Germany 502,211 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Gdańsk  Poland 486,492 30 Jun 2023 [6]
Bratislava  Slovakia 476,979 1 Oct 2023 [23]
Murcia  Spain 469,177 1 Jan 2023 [2]
Tallinn  Estonia 453,864 1 Jan 2023 [24]
Palma de Mallorca  Spain 423,350 1 Jan 2023 [2]
Brno  Czech Republic 396,101 1 Jan 2023 [9]
Szczecin  Poland 390,278 30 Jun 2023 [6]
Bologna  Italy 389,200 1 Jan 2023 [3]
Sintra  Portugal 388,767 1 Jan 2022 [22]
Las Palmas  Spain 378,027 1 Jan 2023 [2]
Utrecht  Netherlands 374,409 30 Nov 2023 [12]
Aarhus  Denmark 367,095 1 Jan 2024 [16]
Bochum  Germany 365,742 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Florence  Italy 362,742 1 Jan 2023 [3]
Malmö  Sweden 362,133 31 Dec 2023 [11]
Wuppertal  Germany 358,876 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Alicante  Spain 349,282 1 Jan 2023 [2]
Nice  France 348,085 1 Jan 2021 [13]
Bilbao  Spain 346,096 1 Jan 2023 [2]
Bielefeld  Germany 338,332 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Bonn  Germany 336,465 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Lublin  Poland 330,447 30 Jun 2023 [6]
Bydgoszcz  Poland 328,370 30 Jun 2023 [6]
Córdoba  Spain 323,763 1 Jan 2023 [2]
Nantes  France 323,204 1 Jan 2021 [13]
Plovdiv  Bulgaria 321,824 31 Dec 2022 [10]
Münster  Germany 320,946 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Varna  Bulgaria 319,900 31 Dec 2022 [10]
Thessaloniki  Greece 319,045 23 Oct 2021 [17]
Bari  Italy 316,736 1 Jan 2023 [3]
Mannheim  Germany 315,554 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Espoo  Finland 314,821 1 Feb 2024 [15]
Karlsruhe  Germany 308,707 31 Dec 2022 [1]
Vila Nova de Gaia  Portugal 307,563 1 Jan 2022 [22]
Kaunas  Lithuania 304,198 1 Jan 2024 [19]
Graz  Austria 303,270 1 Jan 2024 [25]
Montpellier  France 302,454 1 Jan 2021 [13]
Augsburg  Germany 301,033 31 Dec 2022 [1]

See also

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