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

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).

Berlin, the most populous city in the European Union

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. Common examples of confusion are Paris, where the Paris metropolitan area has different boundaries than the city proper, the City of Brussels that is confused with the Brussels-Capital Region, and Portuguese municipalities, where the population of the municipality's core may be significantly lower than the total population within its boundaries.

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	3,782,202	31 Dec 2023	[1]
Madrid	Spain	3,416,771	1 Jan 2024	[2]
Rome	Italy	2,751,747	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Paris	France	2,087,577	1 Jan 2024	[4]
Vienna	Austria	2,026,029	1 Oct 2024	[5]
Hamburg	Germany	1,910,160	31 Dec 2023	[6]
Warsaw	Poland	1,862,402	30 Jun 2024	[7]
Bucharest	Romania	1,719,958	1 Jan 2024	[8]
Barcelona	Spain	1,702,547	1 Jan 2024	[2]
Budapest	Hungary	1,686,222	1 Jan 2024	[9]
Munich	Germany	1,505,814	30 Sep 2023	[10]
Prague	Czech Republic	1,384,732	1 Jan 2024	[11]
Milan	Italy	1,371,499	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Sofia	Bulgaria	1,286,965	31 Dec 2023	[12]
Cologne	Germany	1,086,463	30 Jun 2024	[13]
Stockholm	Sweden	988,943	31 Dec 2023	[14]
Amsterdam	Netherlands	936,235	31 Oct 2024	[15]
Naples	Italy	913,704	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Marseille	France	877,215	1 Jan 2022	[16]
Turin	Italy	851,199	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Valencia	Spain	825,948	1 Jan 2024	[2]
Kraków	Poland	807,644	30 Jun 2024	[7]
Zagreb	Croatia	772,122	31 Dec 2023	[17]
Frankfurt	Germany	749,596	31 Dec 2023	[18]
Seville	Spain	687,488	1 Jan 2024	[2]
Zaragoza	Spain	686,986	1 Jan 2024	[2]
Helsinki	Finland	683,669	1 Oct 2024	[19]
Wrocław	Poland	673,531	30 Jun 2024	[7]
Rotterdam	Netherlands	672,631	31 Oct 2024	[15]
Copenhagen	Denmark	659,350	1 Jan 2024	[20]
Łódź	Poland	648,711	30 Jun 2024	[7]
Athens	Greece	643,452	23 Oct 2021	[21]
Stuttgart	Germany	633,484	31 Dec 2023	[22]
Düsseldorf	Germany	632,867	30 Jun 2024	[13]
Palermo	Italy	630,427	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Riga	Latvia	605,273	1 Jan 2024	[23]
Vilnius	Lithuania	605,270	1 Jul 2024	[24]
Leipzig	Germany	604,780	30 Jun 2024	[25]
Gothenburg	Sweden	604,616	31 Dec 2023	[14]
Dortmund	Germany	596,720	30 Jun 2024	[13]
Dublin	Ireland	592,713	3 Apr 2022	[26]
Málaga	Spain	591,637	1 Jan 2024	[2]
Essen	Germany	587,115	30 Jun 2024	[13]
Bremen	Germany	577,026	31 Dec 2023	[27]
The Hague	Netherlands	568,918	31 Oct 2024	[15]
Lisbon	Portugal	567,131	31 Dec 2023	[28]
Genoa	Italy	562,422	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Dresden	Germany	560,829	30 Jun 2024	[25]
Antwerp	Belgium	552,787	1 Oct 2024	[29]
Hanover	Germany	548,186	31 Dec 2023	[30]
Poznań	Poland	536,818	30 Jun 2024	[7]
Nuremberg	Germany	526,229	30 Sep 2023	[10]
Lyon	France	520,774	1 Jan 2022	[16]
Toulouse	France	511,684	1 Jan 2022	[16]
Duisburg	Germany	503,129	30 Jun 2024	[13]
Gdańsk	Poland	487,834	30 Jun 2024	[7]
Bratislava	Slovakia	478,931	1 Sep 2024	[31]
Murcia	Spain	474,617	1 Jan 2024	[2]
Tallinn	Estonia	457,572	1 Jan 2024	[32]
Palma de Mallorca	Spain	431,521	1 Jan 2024	[2]
Brno	Czech Republic	400,566	1 Jan 2024	[11]
Sintra	Portugal	395,528	31 Dec 2023	[28]
Bologna	Italy	390,098	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Szczecin	Poland	387,700	30 Jun 2024	[7]
Las Palmas	Spain	380,436	1 Jan 2024	[2]
Utrecht	Netherlands	376,480	31 Oct 2024	[15]
Aarhus	Denmark	367,095	1 Jan 2024	[20]
Bochum	Germany	366,736	30 Jun 2024	[13]
Florence	Italy	362,613	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Malmö	Sweden	362,133	31 Dec 2023	[14]
Wuppertal	Germany	359,070	30 Jun 2024	[13]
Alicante	Spain	358,720	1 Jan 2024	[2]
Nice	France	353,701	1 Jan 2022	[16]
Bilbao	Spain	348,089	1 Jan 2024	[2]
Bielefeld	Germany	338,084	30 Jun 2024	[13]
Bonn	Germany	335,760	30 Jun 2024	[13]
Lublin	Poland	328,868	30 Jun 2024	[7]
Plovdiv	Bulgaria	325,485	31 Dec 2023	[12]
Nantes	France	325,070	1 Jan 2022	[16]
Bydgoszcz	Poland	324,984	30 Jun 2024	[7]
Varna	Bulgaria	323,386	31 Dec 2023	[12]
Córdoba	Spain	322,811	1 Jan 2024	[2]
Münster	Germany	322,656	30 Jun 2024	[13]
Espoo	Finland	319,811	1 Oct 2024	[19]
Thessaloniki	Greece	319,045	23 Oct 2021	[21]
Mannheim	Germany	316,877	31 Dec 2023	[22]
Bari	Italy	316,226	1 Jan 2024	[3]
Vila Nova de Gaia	Portugal	311,223	31 Dec 2023	[28]
Karlsruhe	Germany	309,964	31 Dec 2023	[22]
Montpellier	France	307,101	1 Jan 2022	[16]
Kaunas	Lithuania	304,731	1 Jul 2024	[24]
Graz	Austria	303,270	1 Jan 2024	[33]
Augsburg	Germany	302,116	30 Sep 2023	[10]
Valladolid	Spain	300,618	1 Jan 2024	[2]

See also

• European Union portal

• 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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