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This list ranks European cities by population within city limits. The largest cities in Europe have official populations of over one million inhabitants within their city boundaries. These rankings are based on populations contained within city administrative boundaries, as opposed to urban areas or metropolitan areas, which necessarily have larger populations than the cities at their core.
The limits of a city proper can differ greatly from the size of the city's urban area, so the figures in this list may not give an accurate view of the comparative population of different urban areas and should be treated with caution. For example, the Paris metropolitan area is the second most populous in Europe, but the strict definition of the administrative limits of the City of Paris results in a far lower population.
City | Country | Population within Europe |
Date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Moscow[lower-alpha 1] | Russia | 13,149,803 | 1 Jan 2024 | [1] |
Istanbul[lower-alpha 2] | Turkey | 10,030,990[lower-alpha 3] | 31 Dec 2023 | [2] |
London[lower-alpha 4] | United Kingdom | 8,866,180 | 30 Jun 2022 | [3] |
Saint Petersburg | Russia | 5,597,763 | 1 Jan 2024 | [1] |
Berlin | Germany | 3,755,251 | 31 Dec 2022 | [4] |
Madrid | Spain | 3,332,035 | 1 Jan 2023 | [5] |
Kyiv | Ukraine | 2,952,301 | 1 Jan 2022 | [6] |
Rome | Italy | 2,754,719 | 1 Jan 2024 | [7] |
Baku[lower-alpha 5] | Azerbaijan | 2,336,600 | 1 Jan 2023 | [8] |
Paris | France | 2,087,577 | 1 Jan 2024 | [9] |
Vienna | Austria | 2,018,653 | 1 Jul 2024 | [10] |
Minsk | Belarus | 1,992,862 | 1 Jan 2024 | [11] |
Hamburg | Germany | 1,892,122 | 31 Dec 2022 | [4] |
Warsaw | Poland | 1,861,644 | 30 Jun 2023 | [12] |
Bucharest | Romania | 1,739,297 | 1 Jan 2023 | [13] |
Belgrade | Serbia | 1,683,229 | 1 Jan 2023 | [14] |
Budapest | Hungary | 1,671,004 | 1 Jan 2023 | [15] |
Barcelona | Spain | 1,660,122 | 1 Jan 2023 | [5] |
Munich | Germany | 1,512,491 | 31 Dec 2022 | [4] |
Kharkiv | Ukraine | 1,421,225 | 1 Jan 2022 | [6] |
Prague | Czech Republic | 1,384,732 | 1 Jan 2024 | [16] |
Milan | Italy | 1,371,850 | 1 Jan 2024 | [7] |
Kazan | Russia | 1,318,604 | 1 Jan 2024 | [1] |
Sofia | Bulgaria | 1,286,965 | 31 Dec 2023 | [17] |
Tbilisi[lower-alpha 5] | Georgia | 1,241,709 | 1 Jan 2023 | [18] |
Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | 1,204,985 | 1 Jan 2024 | [1] |
Ufa | Russia | 1,163,304 | 1 Jan 2024 | [1] |
Samara | Russia | 1,158,952 | 1 Jan 2024 | [1] |
Birmingham | United Kingdom | 1,157,603 | 30 Jun 2022 | [3] |
Rostov-on-Don | Russia | 1,140,487 | 1 Jan 2024 | [1] |
Krasnodar | Russia | 1,138,654 | 1 Jan 2024 | [1] |
Yerevan[lower-alpha 5] | Armenia | 1,127,000 | 1 Jul 2024 | [19] |
Cologne | Germany | 1,084,831 | 31 Dec 2022 | [4] |
Voronezh | Russia | 1,046,425 | 1 Jan 2024 | [1] |
Perm | Russia | 1,026,908 | 1 Jan 2024 | [1] |
Volgograd | Russia | 1,018,898 | 1 Jan 2024 | [1] |
Odesa | Ukraine | 1,010,537 | 1 Jan 2022 | [6] |
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