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

Berlin, the most populous city in the European Union as of 2022

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 (although they can also be smaller, in some of the cases presented).

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. On the other hand, the Municipality of Sintra, listed on the table as the second most populous Portuguese city includes in it the cities of Agualva-Cacém and Queluz, in addition to the town of Sintra and other urban centers.

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	2,754,719	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Paris	France	2,087,577	1 Jan 2024	[4]
Vienna	Austria	2,006,134	1 Jan 2024	[5]
Hamburg	Germany	1,892,122	31 Dec 2022	[1]
Warsaw	Poland	1,861,599	31 Dec 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]
Prague	Czech Republic	1,384,732	1 Jan 2024	[9]
Milan	Italy	1,371,850	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Sofia	Bulgaria	1,286,965	31 Dec 2023	[10]
Cologne	Germany	1,084,831	31 Dec 2022	[1]
Stockholm	Sweden	988,943	31 Dec 2023	[11]
Amsterdam	Netherlands	936,923	31 Mar 2024	[12]
Naples	Italy	911,697	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Marseille	France	873,076	1 Jan 2021	[13]
Turin	Italy	846,926	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Valencia	Spain	807,693	1 Jan 2023	[2]
Kraków	Poland	806,201	31 Dec 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	673,743	31 Dec 2023	[6]
Rotterdam	Netherlands	671,904	31 Mar 2024	[12]
Copenhagen	Denmark	659,350	1 Jan 2024	[16]
Łódź	Poland	652,015	31 Dec 2023	[6]
Athens	Greece	643,452	23 Oct 2021	[17]
Stuttgart	Germany	632,865	31 Dec 2022	[1]
Düsseldorf	Germany	629,047	31 Dec 2022	[1]
Palermo	Italy	628,894	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Leipzig	Germany	616,093	31 Dec 2022	[1]
Riga	Latvia	605,273	1 Jan 2024	[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	566,280	31 Mar 2024	[12]
Dresden	Germany	563,311	31 Dec 2022	[1]
Genoa	Italy	561,947	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Antwerp	Belgium	549,578	1 Mar 2024	[21]
Lisbon	Portugal	548,703	1 Jan 2022	[22]
Hanover	Germany	545,045	31 Dec 2022	[1]
Poznań	Poland	538,439	31 Dec 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	487,371	31 Dec 2023	[6]
Bratislava	Slovakia	478,107	1 Feb 2024	[23]
Murcia	Spain	469,177	1 Jan 2023	[2]
Tallinn	Estonia	457,572	1 Jan 2024	[24]
Palma de Mallorca	Spain	423,350	1 Jan 2023	[2]
Brno	Czech Republic	400,566	1 Jan 2024	[9]
Bologna	Italy	390,518	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Szczecin	Poland	389,066	31 Dec 2023	[6]
Sintra	Portugal	388,767	1 Jan 2022	[22]
Las Palmas	Spain	378,027	1 Jan 2023	[2]
Utrecht	Netherlands	375,167	31 Mar 2024	[12]
Aarhus	Denmark	367,095	1 Jan 2024	[16]
Bochum	Germany	365,742	31 Dec 2022	[1]
Florence	Italy	363,837	1 Jan 2024	[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	329,565	31 Dec 2023	[6]
Bydgoszcz	Poland	326,434	31 Dec 2023	[6]
Plovdiv	Bulgaria	325,485	31 Dec 2023	[10]
Córdoba	Spain	323,763	1 Jan 2023	[2]
Varna	Bulgaria	323,386	31 Dec 2023	[10]
Nantes	France	323,204	1 Jan 2021	[13]
Münster	Germany	320,946	31 Dec 2022	[1]
Thessaloniki	Greece	319,045	23 Oct 2021	[17]
Bari	Italy	316,212	1 Jan 2024	[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

• List of European cities by population within city limits
• List of urban areas in Europe
• List of metropolitan areas in Europe
• List of larger urban zones (metropolitan area)
• List of urban areas by population
• Blue Banana
• Golden Banana

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