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.

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

Cities in bold are capital cities of their respective countries.

Rank CityMember
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 1,982,442 1 January 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 921,402 31 December 2022 [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 Helsinki Finland 665,558 1 February 2023 [15]
29 Rotterdam Netherlands 663,945 31 December 2022 [12]
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 Dortmund Germany 593,317 31 December 2022 [1]
40 Dublin Ireland 588,233 3 April 2022 [19]
41 Essen Germany 584,580 31 December 2022 [1]
42 Vilnius Lithuania 583,098 1 July 2023 [20]
43 Málaga Spain 579,076 1 January 2022 [2]
44 Bremen Germany 569,396 31 December 2022 [1]
45 Dresden Germany 563,311 31 December 2022 [1]
46 The Hague Netherlands 562,501 31 December 2022 [12]
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 367,781 31 December 2022 [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 [20]
95 Constanța Romania 302,976 1 July 2022 [4]
96 Augsburg Germany 301,033 31 December 2022 [1]

See also

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