Largest capital cities of the European Union


This is a list of the largest capital cities of the European Union by population within city limits.
It deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries as opposed to urban areas or metropolitan areas, which are generally larger in terms of population than the main city.

Largest cities

Note : The cities are sorted by the column labelled Official population.
RankCityCountryEurostat population Official populationDateReferencesImage
1BerlinDEU31 August 2013
2MadridESP1 January 2011
3RomeITA2553873277797930 September 2011
4ParisFRA218137422038171 January 2007
5BucharestRomania192744831 October 2011
6ViennaAUT1598626186796001 January 2017
7WarsawPOL1716855179065831 December 2019
8BudapestHUN169581417527041 January 2017
9PragueCZE1290846129084617 June 2011
10SofiaBulgaria11389501204685
12StockholmSWE21270068812351 November 2013
13AmsterdamNED15712348734711 November 2019