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. 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 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 | 2,102,650 | 1 Jan 2023 | [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 | 1,739,297 | 1 Jan 2023 | [7] |
Budapest | Hungary | 1,671,004 | 1 Jan 2023 | [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 | 614,987 | 1 Jan 2023 | [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] |
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 | [21] |
Lisbon | Portugal | 548,703 | 1 Jan 2022 | [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] |
Bologna | Italy | 390,518 | 1 Jan 2024 | [3] |
Szczecin | Poland | 389,066 | 31 Dec 2023 | [6] |
Sintra | Portugal | 388,767 | 1 Jan 2022 | [22] |
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] |
Karlsruhe | Germany | 308,707 | 31 Dec 2022 | [1] |
Vila Nova de Gaia | Portugal | 307,563 | 1 Jan 2022 | [22] |
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] |