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The largest cities in Europe according to the population within their city boundary have populations over 1 million inhabitants. Cities are sorted by official population. Capital cities are in bold . The list deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries as opposed to urban areas and metropolitan areas , which are generally larger in terms of population than the main city.
As some cities have very narrow boundaries and others very wide ones, 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 is the third most populous urban area in Europe, but the strict definition of the administrative limits of the City of Paris results in a far lower population shown in the table.
Largest cities
City
Country
Official population
Date
2011 Eurostat population[1]
Image
Location
Ref.
1
Istanbul [a]
Turkey
15,840,900 [b]
31 December 2021
41°00′49″N 28°57′18″E / 41.013611°N 28.955°E / 41.013611; 28.955 (1 Istanbul )
[2]
2
Moscow [c]
Russia
12,632,409
1 January 2022
55°45′00″N 37°37′00″E / 55.75°N 37.616667°E / 55.75; 37.616667 (2 Moscow )
[3]
3
London
United Kingdom
8,799,800
21 March 2021
8,173,941
51°30′26″N 0°07′39″W / 51.507222°N 0.1275°W / 51.507222; -0.1275 (3 London )
[4]
4
Saint Petersburg
Russia
5,376,672
1 January 2022
59°57′N 30°18′E / 59.95°N 30.3°E / 59.95; 30.3 (4 Saint Petersburg )
[3]
5
Berlin
Germany
3,677,472
31 December 2021
3,460,725
52°31′00″N 13°23′00″E / 52.516667°N 13.383333°E / 52.516667; 13.383333 (5 Berlin )
[5]
6
Madrid
Spain
3,305,408
1 January 2021
3,198,645
40°23′00″N 3°43′00″W / 40.383333°N 3.716667°W / 40.383333; -3.716667 (6 Madrid )
[6]
7
Kyiv
Ukraine
2,920,873
1 January 2021
50°27′00″N 30°31′24″E / 50.45°N 30.523333°E / 50.45; 30.523333 (7 Kiev )
[7]
8
Rome
Italy
2,761,632
1 January 2022
2,873,494
41°54′N 12°30′E / 41.9°N 12.5°E / 41.9; 12.5 (8 Rome )
[8]
9
Bucharest
Romania
2,161,347
1 July 2021
1,903,299
44°25′57″N 26°06′14″E / 44.4325°N 26.103889°E / 44.4325; 26.103889 (9 Bucharest )
[9]
10
Paris
France
2,139,907
1 January 2022
2,249,977
48°51′24″N 2°21′03″E / 48.8567°N 2.3508°E / 48.8567; 2.3508 (10 Paris )
[10]
11
Minsk
Belarus
1,996,553
1 January 2022
53°54′00″N 27°34′00″E / 53.9°N 27.566667°E / 53.9; 27.566667 (11 Minsk )
[11]
12
Vienna
Austria
1,962,779
1 July 2022
1,598,626
48°12′00″N 16°22′00″E / 48.2°N 16.366667°E / 48.2; 16.366667 (12 Vienna )
[12]
13
Warsaw
Poland
1,863,056
31 December 2021
1,708,491
52°14′00″N 21°01′00″E / 52.233333°N 21.016667°E / 52.233333; 21.016667 (13 Warsaw )
[13]
14
Hamburg
Germany
1,853,935
31 December 2021
1,786,448
53°33′55″N 10°00′05″E / 53.565278°N 10.001389°E / 53.565278; 10.001389 (14 Hamburg )
[5]
15
Budapest
Hungary
1,706,851
1 January 2022
1,729,040
47°29′33″N 19°03′05″E / 47.4925°N 19.051389°E / 47.4925; 19.051389 (15 Budapest )
[14]
16
Belgrade
Serbia
1,688,667
30 June 2021
44°49′00″N 20°28′00″E / 44.816667°N 20.466667°E / 44.816667; 20.466667 (16 Belgrade )
[15]
17
Barcelona
Spain
1,636,732
1 January 2021
1,611,013
41°23′00″N 2°11′00″E / 41.383333°N 2.183333°E / 41.383333; 2.183333 (17 Barcelona )
[6]
18
Munich
Germany
1,487,708
31 December 2021
1,378,176
48°08′00″N 11°34′00″E / 48.133333°N 11.566667°E / 48.133333; 11.566667 (18 Munich )
[5]
19
Kharkiv
Ukraine
1,414,319
1 January 2021
File:Будинок держпромисловості, Харків DJI 0044.jpg
50°00′16″N 36°13′53″E / 50.004444°N 36.231389°E / 50.004444; 36.231389 (19 Kharkiv )
[7]
20
Milan
Italy
1,371,498
1 January 2022
1,324,110
45°28′00″N 9°11′00″E / 45.466667°N 9.183333°E / 45.466667; 9.183333 (20 Milan )
[8]
21
Kazan
Russia
1,308,660
1 October 2021
55°47′25″N 49°08′05″E / 55.790278°N 49.134722°E / 55.790278; 49.134722 (21 Kazan )
[16]
22
Sofia
Bulgaria
1,307,439
31 December 2021
1,324,025
42°42′N 23°20′E / 42.7°N 23.33°E / 42.7; 23.33 (22 Sofia )
[17]
23
Prague
Czech Republic
1,275,406
1 January 2022
1,241,664
50°05′00″N 14°25′00″E / 50.083333°N 14.416667°E / 50.083333; 14.416667 (23 Prague )
[18]
24
Nizhny Novgorod
Russia
1,228,199
1 October 2021
56°19′37″N 44°00′27″E / 56.326944°N 44.0075°E / 56.326944; 44.0075 (24 Nizhny Novgorod )
[16]
25
Tbilisi [d]
Georgia
1,201,769
1 January 2022
41°43′00″N 44°47′00″E / 41.7166°N 44.7833°E / 41.7166; 44.7833 (25 Tbilisi )
[20]
26
Samara
Russia
1,187,771
1 October 2021
53°12′10″N 50°08′27″E / 53.202778°N 50.140833°E / 53.202778; 50.140833 (26 Samara )
[16]
27
Ufa
Russia
1,144,809
1 October 2021
54°45′00″N 55°58′00″E / 54.75°N 55.966667°E / 54.75; 55.966667 (27 Ufa )
[16]
28
Birmingham
United Kingdom
1,144,900
21 March 2021
1,073,045
52°28′59″N 1°53′37″W / 52.483056°N 1.893611°W / 52.483056; -1.893611 (28 Birmingham )
[4]
29
Rostov-on-Don
Russia
1,142,162
1 October 2021
47°14′00″N 39°42′00″E / 47.233333°N 39.7°E / 47.233333; 39.7 (29 Rostov-on-Don )
[16]
30
Krasnodar
Russia
1,099,344
1 October 2021
45°02′N 38°58′E / 45.033°N 38.967°E / 45.033; 38.967 (30 Krasnodar )
[16]
31
Cologne
Germany
1,073,096
31 December 2021
1,007,119
50°56′11″N 6°57′10″E / 50.936389°N 6.952778°E / 50.936389; 6.952778 (31 Cologne )
[5]
32
Voronezh
Russia
1,057,681
1 October 2021
51°40′18″N 39°12′38″E / 51.671667°N 39.210556°E / 51.671667; 39.210556 (32 Voronezh )
[16]
33
Perm
Russia
1,034,002
1 October 2021
58°00′00″N 56°19′00″E / 58°N 56.316667°E / 58; 56.316667 (33 Perm )
[16]
34
Volgograd
Russia
1,028,036
1 October 2021
48°42′00″N 44°31′00″E / 48.7°N 44.516667°E / 48.7; 44.516667 (34 Volgograd )
[16]
Map
Locations of cities in Europe with more than 1 million inhabitants
See also
Notes
^ Istanbul is a transcontinental city , with its commercial and historical centre and two-thirds of the population in Europe, the rest in Asia (see Districts of Istanbul for details).
^ Istanbul total (2021) = 15,840,900 Europe (25 districts) = 10,224,323 Asia (14 districts) = 5,616,577
^ Moscow is the most populous city entirely within Europe.
^ Continental placement may vary depending on geographic convention being followed.[19]
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^ a b "Population of Ukraine: Resident Population of Ukraine by Sex and Age, as of January 1, 2021" . State Statistics Service of Ukraine . 20 January 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022 .
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