List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits
This is a list of the largest 100 cities in the European Union ranked according to the population within their city limits. It 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 very narrow city limits and others very wide, the list may not give an accurate view of the comparative magnitude of different places, and the figures in the list should be treated with caution. For example, Paris and Madrid constitute the most populous urban areas in the European Union, but the strict definition of the administrative limits of Paris results in a far lower population shown in the table below.
Cities by population within city limits
Note: The cities are sorted by the column labelled Official population (actual). Cities in bold are capital cities of their respective countries; Brussels (italics) is the capital of both Belgium and the EU.
Rank | City | State | Official population | Date of census/estimate | Notes | Image |
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1 | London[Notes 1] | 8,787,892 | 22 June 2016 | [1] | ||
2 | Berlin | 3,670,622 | 31 December 2016 | [2] | ||
3 | Madrid | 3,141,991 | 1 January 2015 | [3] | ||
4 | Rome | 2,877,215 | 31 December 2016 | [4] | ||
5 | Paris | 2,244,000 | 1 January 2015 | [5] | ||
6 | Bucharest | 2,106,144 | 1 January 2016 | [6] | ||
7 | Vienna | 1,877,836 | 1 July 2017 | [7] | ||
8 | Hamburg | 1,787,408 | 30 December 2015 | [8] | ||
9 | Budapest | 1,759,407 | 1 January 2016 | [9] | ||
10 | Warsaw | 1,753,977 | 31 December 2016 | [10] | ||
11 | Barcelona | 1,608,746 | 31 December 2016 | [11] | ||
12 | Munich | 1,542,860 | 31 December 2016 | [12] | ||
13 | Milan | 1,351,562 | 31 December 2016 | [4] | ||
14 | Prague | 1,280,508 | 31 December 2015 | [13] | ||
15 | Sofia | 1,260,120 | 31 December 2015 | [14] | ||
16 | Brussels[Notes 2] | 1,187,890 | 1 January 2016 | [15] | ||
17 | Birmingham | 1,111,307 | 30 June 2015 | [16] | ||
18 | Cologne | 1,060,582 | 31 December 2015 | [17] | ||
19 | Naples | 970,185 | 31 December 2016 | [4] | ||
20 | Stockholm | 935,619 | 31 December 2016 | [18] | ||
21 | Turin | 886,837 | 31 December 2016 | [4] | ||
22 | Marseille | 852,516 | 31 December 2012 | [19] | ||
23 | Amsterdam | 848,861 | 31 December 2016 | [20] | ||
24 | Zagreb | 806,920 | 14 September 2016 | [21] | ||
25 | Valencia | 790,201 | 1 January 2016 | [3] | ||
26 | Leeds | 774,060 | 30 June 2015 | [16] | ||
27 | Kraków | 762,448 | 30 June 2016 | [10] | ||
28 | Frankfurt | 732,688 | 31 December 2015 | [22] | ||
29 | Łódź | 698,688 | 30 June 2016 | [10] | ||
30 | Seville | 693,878 | 1 January 2015 | [3] | ||
31 | Palermo | 673,735 | 31 December 2016 | [4] | ||
32 | Zaragoza | 664,953 | 1 January 2015 | [3] | ||
33 | Athens | 664,046 | 22 July 2011 | [23] | ||
34 | Riga | 641,007 | 1 July 2015 | [24] | ||
35 | Rotterdam | 638,221 | 31 December 2016 | [20] | ||
36 | Wrocław | 637,075 | 30 June 2016 | [10] | ||
37 | Helsinki | 630,752 | 1 January 2016 | [25] | ||
38 | Stuttgart | 623,441 | 31 December 2014 | [26] | ||
39 | Düsseldorf | 612,178 | 31 December 2015 | [17] | ||
40 | Glasgow | 606,340 | 30 June 2015 | [16] | ||
41 | Genoa | 583,601 | 31 December 2016 | [4] | ||
42 | Dortmund | 586,181 | 31 December 2015 | [17] | ||
14 | Copenhagen | 1,295,686 | 1 January 2015 | [27] | ||
44 | Essen | 582,624 | 31 December 2015 | [17] | ||
45 | Sheffield | 569,737 | 30 June 2015 | [16] | ||
46 | Málaga | 569,130 | 1 January 2015 | [3] | ||
47 | Leipzig | 560,472 | 31 December 2015 | [28] | ||
48 | Bremen | 557,464 | 31 December 2015 | [29] | ||
49 | Dublin | 553,165 | 24 April 2016 | [30] | ||
50 | Lisbon | 547,631 | 1 January 2011 | [31] | ||
51 | Dresden | 543,825 | 31 December 2015 | [28] | ||
52 | Vilnius | 574,221 | 1 March 2017 | [32] | ||
53 | Poznań | 574,221 | 31 December 2015 | [10] | ||
54 | Gothenburg | 541,145 | 31 December 2014 | [33] | ||
55 | Hanover | 532,163 | 31 December 2015 | [34] | ||
56 | Bradford | 531,176 | 30 June 2015 | [16] | ||
57 | Manchester | 530,292 | 30 June 2015 | [16] | ||
58 | The Hague | 524,305 | 31 December 2016 | [20] | ||
59 | Antwerp | 510,610 | 1 January 2014 | [35] | ||
60 | Nuremberg | 500,096 | 30 September 2014 | [12] | ||
61 | Edinburgh | 498,810 | 30 June 2015 | [16] | ||
62 | Lyon | 491,268 | 31 December 2011 | [36] | ||
63 | Duisburg | 491,231 | 31 December 2015 | [17] | ||
64 | Liverpool | 478,580 | 30 June 2015 | [16] | ||
65 | Gdańsk | 462,249 | 31 December 2015 | [10] | ||
66 | Bristol | 449,328 | 30 June 2015 | [16] | ||
67 | Toulouse | 447,340 | 31 December 2011 | [37] | ||
68 | Tallinn | 444,215 | 1 April 2017 | [38] | ||
69 | Murcia | 439,889 | 1 January 2015 | [3] | ||
70 | Bratislava | 422,932 | 31 October 2016 | [39] | ||
71 | Szczecin | 405,657 | 31 December 2015 | [10] | ||
72 | Palma de Mallorca | 400,578 | 1 January 2015 | [3] | ||
73 | Bologna | 388,367 | 31 December 2016 | [4] | ||
74 | Florence | 382,258 | 31 December 2016 | [4] | ||
75 | Las Palmas | 379,766 | 1 January 2015 | [3] | ||
76 | Brno | 378,327 | 1 January 2013 | [13] | ||
77 | Bochum | 364,742 | 31 December 2015 | [17] | ||
78 | Cardiff | 357,160 | 30 June 2015 | [16] | ||
79 | Bydgoszcz | 355,645 | 31 December 2015 | [10] | ||
80 | Wuppertal | 350,046 | 31 December 2015 | [17] | ||
81 | Coventry | 345,385 | 30 June 2015 | [16] | ||
82 | Bilbao | 345,141 | 1 January 2015 | [3] | ||
83 | Nice | 344,064 | 31 December 2011 | [40] | ||
84 | Utrecht | 343,086 | 31 December 2016 | [20] | ||
85 | Leicester | 342,627 | 30 June 2015 | [16] | ||
86 | Plovdiv | 341,625 | 31 December 2015 | [14] | ||
87 | Lublin | 340,727 | 31 December 2015 | [10] | ||
88 | Belfast | 338,907 | 30 June 2015 | [41] | ||
89 | Varna | 334,466 | 31 December 2015 | [14] | ||
90 | Wakefield | 333,759 | 30 June 2015 | [16] | ||
91 | Bielefeld | 333,090 | 31 December 2015 | [17] | ||
92 | Malmö | 331,201 | 30 June 2017 | [18] | ||
93 | Alicante | 328,648 | 1 January 2015 | [3] | ||
94 | Córdoba | 327,362 | 1 January 2015 | [3] | ||
95 | Aarhus | 326,676 | 1 October 2014 | .[42] | ||
96 | Thessaloniki | 325,182 | 24 May 2011 | [43] | ||
97 | Cluj-Napoca | 324,576 | 20 October 2011 | [44] | ||
98 | Bari | 324,198 | 31 December 2016 | [4] | ||
99 | Timișoara | 319,279 | 20 October 2011 | [44] | ||
100 | Catania | 313,396 | 31 December 2016 | [4] |
See also
- List of urban areas in the European Union
- List of larger urban zones (metropolitan area)
- List of cities in Europe by population within city limits
Notes
- ^ Refers to Greater London which is composed of the Greater London Authority, 32 borough councils and the City of London
- ^ Refers to Brussels Capital Region
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