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

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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. Likewise the City of Brussels municipality is so much smaller than the greater Brussels Capital Region that it does not reach the population threshold to be listed here.

Before Brexit, Greater London was the largest city in the European Union by both population and area.

Cities by population within the city boundary

Cities in bold are capital cities of their respective countries.

Rank City Member
state 		Official
population 		Date Reference Photography
1 Berlin Germany 3,677,472 31 December 2021 [1]
2 Madrid Spain 3,280,782 1 January 2022 [2]
3 Rome Italy 2,761,632 1 January 2022 [3]
4 Bucharest Romania 2,162,281 1 July 2022 [4]
5 Paris France 2,102,650 1 January 2023 [5]
6 Vienna Austria 1,982,442 1 January 2023 [6]
7 Warsaw Poland 1,862,345 30 June 2022 [7]
8 Hamburg Germany 1,853,935 31 December 2021 [1]
9 Budapest Hungary 1,706,851 1 January 2022 [8]
10 Barcelona Spain 1,636,193 1 January 2022 [2]
11 Munich Germany 1,487,708 31 December 2021 [1]
12 Prague Czech Republic 1,357,326 1 January 2023 [9]
13 Milan Italy 1,354,196 1 January 2022 [3]
14 Sofia Bulgaria 1,307,439 31 December 2021 [10]
15 Cologne Germany 1,073,096 31 December 2021 [1]
16 Stockholm Sweden 984,748 31 December 2022 [11]
17 Amsterdam Netherlands 921,402 31 December 2022 [12]
18 Naples Italy 914,758 1 January 2022 [3]
19 Marseille France 870,731 1 January 2019 [13]
20 Turin Italy 848,885 1 January 2022 [3]
21 Kraków Poland 802,781 30 June 2022 [7]
22 Valencia Spain 792,492 1 January 2022 [2]
23 Zagreb Croatia 769,944 31 August 2021 [14]
24 Frankfurt am Main Germany 759,224 31 December 2021 [1]
25 Seville Spain 681,998 1 January 2022 [2]
26 Wrocław Poland 673,923 30 June 2022 [7]
27 Zaragoza Spain 673,010 1 January 2022 [2]
28 Helsinki Finland 665,558 1 February 2023 [15]
29 Rotterdam Netherlands 663,945 31 December 2022 [12]
30 Łódź Poland 661,329 30 June 2022 [7]
31 Copenhagen Denmark 644,431 1 January 2022 [16]
32 Athens Greece 637,798 23 October 2021 [17]
33 Palermo Italy 630,828 1 January 2022 [3]
34 Stuttgart Germany 626,275 31 December 2021 [1]
35 Düsseldorf Germany 619,477 31 December 2021 [1]
36 Riga Latvia 614,987 1 January 2023 [18]
37 Leipzig Germany 601,866 31 December 2021 [1]
38 Gothenburg Sweden 596,841 31 December 2022 [11]
39 Dublin Ireland 588,233 3 April 2022 [19]
40 Dortmund Germany 586,852 31 December 2021 [1]
41 Vilnius Lithuania 581,475 1 January 2023 [20]
42 Essen Germany 579,432 31 December 2021 [1]
43 Málaga Spain 579,076 1 January 2022 [2]
44 Bremen Germany 563,290 31 December 2021 [1]
45 The Hague Netherlands 562,501 31 December 2022 [12]
46 Genoa Italy 560,688 1 January 2022 [3]
47 Dresden Germany 555,351 31 December 2021 [1]
48 Lisbon Portugal 545,923 19 April 2021 [21]
49 Poznań Poland 543,347 30 June 2022 [7]
50 Antwerp Belgium 536,079 1 January 2023 [22]
51 Hanover Germany 535,932 31 December 2021 [1]
52 Lyon France 522,969 1 January 2019 [13]
53 Nuremberg Germany 510,632 31 December 2021 [1]
54 Duisburg Germany 495,152 31 December 2021 [1]
55 Toulouse France 493,465 1 January 2019 [13]
56 Gdańsk Poland 486,226 30 June 2022 [7]
57 Bratislava Slovakia 475,960 1 July 2022 [23]
58 Murcia Spain 462,979 1 January 2022 [2]
59 Tallinn Estonia 453,864 1 January 2023 [24]
60 Palma de Mallorca Spain 415,940 1 January 2022 [2]
61 Brno Czech Republic 396,101 1 January 2023 [9]
62 Iași Romania 393,574 1 July 2022 [4]
63 Szczecin Poland 393,028 30 June 2022 [7]
64 Bologna Italy 392,203 1 January 2022 [3]
65 Sintra Portugal 385,654 19 April 2021 [21]
66 Las Palmas Spain 378,797 1 January 2022 [2]
67 Utrecht Netherlands 367,781 31 December 2022 [12]
68 Florence Italy 367,150 1 January 2022 [3]
69 Bochum Germany 363,441 31 December 2021 [1]
70 Malmö Sweden 357,377 31 December 2022 [11]
71 Aarhus Denmark 355,238 1 January 2022 [16]
72 Wuppertal Germany 354,572 31 December 2021 [1]
73 Bilbao Spain 344,127 1 January 2022 [2]
74 Plovdiv Bulgaria 343,070 31 December 2021 [10]
75 Nice France 342,669 1 January 2019 [13]
76 Varna Bulgaria 341,737 31 December 2021 [10]
77 Alicante Spain 338,577 1 January 2022 [2]
78 Bielefeld Germany 334,002 31 December 2021 [1]
79 Lublin Poland 331,991 30 June 2022 [7]
80 Bydgoszcz Poland 331,898 30 June 2022 [7]
81 Bonn Germany 331,885 31 December 2021 [1]
82 Cluj-Napoca Romania 328,418 1 July 2022 [4]
83 Córdoba Spain 319,515 1 January 2022 [2]
84 Nantes France 318,808 1 January 2019 [13]
85 Thessaloniki Greece 317,778 23 October 2021 [17]
86 Münster Germany 317,713 31 December 2021 [1]
87 Bari Italy 316,140 1 January 2022 [3]
88 Mannheim Germany 311,831 31 December 2021 [1]
89 Timișoara Romania 311,651 1 July 2022 [4]
90 Espoo Finland 306,792 1 February 2023 [15]
91 Karlsruhe Germany 306,502 31 December 2021 [1]
92 Kaunas Lithuania 305,120 1 January 2023 [20]
93 Galați Romania 304,692 1 July 2022 [4]
94 Vila Nova de Gaia Portugal 303,854 19 April 2021 [21]
95 Constanța Romania 302,976 1 July 2022 [4]

See also

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