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


Below is a list of the largest cities in the European Union according to the population within their city limits. The cities listed all have populations over 300,000 and total. The list deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries as opposed to urban areas or larger urban zones, 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. Paris is the most populous urban area in the European Union, but the strict definition of the administrative limits of the City of Paris results in a far lower population shown in the table.

Cities by population within city limits

Cities in bold are capital cities of their respective countries.
CityMember StateOfficial
population		Date of censusReferencePhotography
Berlin374814831 December 2018
Madrid33485361 February 2020
Rome285613331 December 2018
Bucharest21516651 January 2020
Paris21405261 January 2019
Vienna19117281 January 2020
Hamburg184117931 December 2018
Warsaw179065831 December 2019
Budapest17522861 January 2019
Barcelona162034331 January 2018
Munich147150831 December 2018
Milan140423931 December 2019
Prague13242771 January 2020
Sofia124167515 March 2018
Cologne108566431 December 2018
Stockholm97407331 December 2019
Naples95918831 December 2018
Turin87569831 December 2018
Amsterdam87355531 January 2020
Marseille8622111 January 2016
Zagreb8040491 January 2018
Copenhagen7941281 January 2020
Valencia79141331 January 2018
Kraków77911531 December 2019
Frankfurt75305631 December 2018
Seville6887111 January 2018
Łódź67994131 December 2019
Zaragoza6668801 January 2018
Athens66404631 January 2012
Palermo66340131 December 2018
Rotterdam65187031 January 2020
Helsinki6480421 January 2019
Wrocław64286931 December 2019
Stuttgart63483031 December 2018
Riga6326141 January 2019
Düsseldorf61929431 December 2018
Leipzig58785731 December 2018
Dortmund58701031 December 2018
Essen58339331 December 2017
Gothenburg57928131 December 2019
Genoa57800031 December 2018
Málaga57102613 January 2018
Bremen56935231 December 2018
Vilnius5574401 July 2019
Dresden55464931 December 2018
Dublin27 August 2019
The Hague54527331 January 2020
Hanover53806831 December 2018
Poznań53481331 December 2019
Antwerp5259351 January 2019
Nuremberg51836531 December 2018
Lyon51569531 January 2016
Lisbon50665431 December 2018
Duisburg49859031 December 2018
Toulouse4796381 January 2015
Gdańsk47090731 December 2019
Murcia44718231 January 2018
Tallinn4411011 April 2019
Bratislava4328641 January 2019
Palma de Mallorca4096611 January 2018
Szczecin40190031 December 2019
Bologna39063631 December 2018
Brno3813461 January 2020
Iași3789541 January 2018
Florence37883931 December 2018
Las Palmas3785171 January 2018
Bochum36462831 December 2018
Utrecht35767631 January 2020
Wuppertal35438231 December 2018
Bydgoszcz34819031 December 2019
Aarhus3499771 october 2019
Plovdiv34689331 December 2018
Bilbao3458211 January 2018
Malmö34416631 December 2019
Nice3426371 January 2016
Lublin33978431 December 2018
Varna33650531 December 2018
Bielefeld33378631 December 2018
Alicante3315771 January 2018
Timișoara3281861 January 2018
Bonn32725831 December 2018
Córdoba3257081 January 2018
Thessaloniki32518230 June 2011
Cluj-Napoca3249601 January 2018
Bari32086231 December 2018
Constanța3178321 January 2016
Münster31431931 December 2018
Karlsruhe31309231 December 2018
Catania31158430 May 2018
Mannheim30937031 December 2018
Nantes3066941 January 2016
Galați3040501 January 2018
Craiova3012691 January 2018