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

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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. 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. 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[edit]

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 1,725,271 1 Jan 2023 [7]
Budapest  Hungary 1,686,222 1 Jan 2024 [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]
Lisbon  Portugal 567,131 31 Dec 2023 [21]
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 [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]
Sintra  Portugal 395,528 31 Dec 2023 [21]
Bologna  Italy 390,518 1 Jan 2024 [3]
Szczecin  Poland 389,066 31 Dec 2023 [6]
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]
Vila Nova de Gaia  Portugal 311,223 31 Dec 2023 [21]
Karlsruhe  Germany 308,707 31 Dec 2022 [1]
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[edit]

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