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 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[edit]

Cities in bold are capital cities of their respective countries.

Rank City Member
state 		Official
population 		Date Reference Photography
1 Berlin  Germany 3,755,251 31 December 2022 [1]
2 Madrid  Spain 3,280,782 1 January 2022 [2]
3 Rome  Italy 2,748,109 1 January 2023 [3]
4 Bucharest  Romania 2,162,281 1 July 2022 [4]
5 Paris  France 2,102,650 1 January 2023 [5]
6 Vienna  Austria 2,002,821 1 October 2023 [6]
7 Hamburg  Germany 1,892,122 31 December 2022 [1]
8 Warsaw  Poland 1,861,644 30 June 2023 [7]
9 Budapest  Hungary 1,671,004 1 January 2023 [8]
10 Barcelona  Spain 1,636,193 1 January 2022 [2]
11 Munich  Germany 1,512,491 31 December 2022 [1]
12 Prague  Czech Republic 1,357,326 1 January 2023 [9]
13 Milan  Italy 1,354,196 1 January 2023 [3]
14 Sofia  Bulgaria 1,280,334 31 December 2022 [10]
15 Cologne  Germany 1,084,831 31 December 2022 [1]
16 Stockholm  Sweden 984,748 31 December 2022 [11]
17 Amsterdam  Netherlands 933,762 31 September 2023 [12]
18 Naples  Italy 913,462 1 January 2023 [3]
19 Marseille  France 870,321 1 January 2020 [13]
20 Turin  Italy 841,600 1 January 2023 [3]
21 Kraków  Poland 804,237 30 June 2023 [7]
22 Valencia  Spain 792,492 1 January 2022 [2]
23 Frankfurt am Main  Germany 773,068 31 December 2022 [1]
24 Zagreb  Croatia 767,445 30 June 2022 [14]
25 Seville  Spain 681,998 1 January 2022 [2]
26 Wrocław  Poland 674,132 30 June 2023 [7]
27 Zaragoza  Spain 673,010 1 January 2022 [2]
28 Rotterdam  Netherlands 669,671 31 September 2023 [12]
29 Helsinki  Finland 665,558 1 February 2023 [15]
30 Łódź  Poland 655,279 30 June 2023 [7]
31 Copenhagen  Denmark 653,664 1 January 2023 [16]
32 Athens  Greece 637,798 23 October 2021 [17]
33 Stuttgart  Germany 632,865 31 December 2022 [1]
34 Palermo  Italy 630,167 1 January 2023 [3]
35 Düsseldorf  Germany 629,047 31 December 2022 [1]
36 Leipzig  Germany 616,093 31 December 2022 [1]
37 Riga  Latvia 614,987 1 January 2023 [18]
38 Gothenburg  Sweden 596,841 31 December 2022 [11]
39 Vilnius  Lithuania 593,436 1 July 2023 [19]
40 Dortmund  Germany 593,317 31 December 2022 [1]
41 Dublin  Ireland 588,233 3 April 2022 [20]
42 Essen  Germany 584,580 31 December 2022 [1]
43 Málaga  Spain 579,076 1 January 2022 [2]
44 Bremen  Germany 569,396 31 December 2022 [1]
45 The Hague  Netherlands 564,453 31 September 2023 [12]
46 Dresden  Germany 563,311 31 December 2022 [1]
47 Genoa  Italy 558,745 1 January 2023 [3]
48 Lisbon  Portugal 548,703 1 January 2022 [21]
49 Hanover  Germany 545,045 31 December 2022 [1]
50 Poznań  Poland 540,146 30 June 2023 [7]
51 Antwerp  Belgium 536,079 1 January 2023 [22]
52 Nuremberg  Germany 523,026 31 December 2022 [1]
53 Lyon  France 522,228 1 January 2020 [13]
54 Duisburg  Germany 502,211 31 December 2022 [1]
55 Toulouse  France 498,003 1 January 2020 [13]
56 Gdańsk  Poland 486,492 30 June 2023 [7]
57 Bratislava  Slovakia 476,677 1 March 2023 [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 390,278 30 June 2023 [7]
64 Sintra  Portugal 388,767 1 January 2022 [21]
65 Bologna  Italy 387,971 1 January 2023 [3]
66 Las Palmas  Spain 378,797 1 January 2022 [2]
67 Utrecht  Netherlands 373,400 31 September 2023 [12]
68 Bochum  Germany 365,742 31 December 2022 [1]
69 Aarhus  Denmark 361,544 1 January 2023 [16]
70 Florence  Italy 360,930 1 January 2023 [3]
71 Wuppertal  Germany 358,876 31 December 2022 [1]
72 Malmö  Sweden 357,377 31 December 2022 [11]
73 Bilbao  Spain 344,127 1 January 2022 [2]
74 Nice  France 343,477 1 January 2020 [13]
75 Alicante  Spain 338,577 1 January 2022 [2]
76 Bielefeld  Germany 338,332 31 December 2022 [1]
77 Bonn  Germany 336,465 31 December 2022 [1]
78 Lublin  Poland 330,447 30 June 2023 [7]
79 Cluj-Napoca  Romania 328,418 1 July 2022 [4]
80 Bydgoszcz  Poland 328,370 30 June 2023 [7]
81 Plovdiv  Bulgaria 321,824 31 December 2022 [10]
82 Münster  Germany 320,946 31 December 2022 [1]
83 Nantes  France 320,732 1 January 2020 [13]
84 Varna  Bulgaria 319,900 31 December 2022 [10]
85 Córdoba  Spain 319,515 1 January 2022 [2]
86 Thessaloniki  Greece 317,778 23 October 2021 [17]
87 Bari  Italy 316,015 1 January 2023 [3]
88 Mannheim  Germany 315,554 31 December 2022 [1]
89 Timișoara  Romania 311,651 1 July 2022 [4]
90 Karlsruhe  Germany 308,707 31 December 2022 [1]
91 Vila Nova de Gaia  Portugal 307,563 1 January 2022 [21]
92 Espoo  Finland 306,792 1 February 2023 [15]
93 Galați  Romania 304,692 1 July 2022 [4]
94 Kaunas  Lithuania 304,459 1 July 2023 [19]
95 Constanța  Romania 302,976 1 July 2022 [4]
96 Augsburg  Germany 301,033 31 December 2022 [1]

See also[edit]

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