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

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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).

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. Common examples of confusion are Paris, where the Paris metropolitan area has different boundaries than the city proper, the City of Brussels that is confused with the Brussels-Capital Region, and Portuguese municipalities, where the population of the municipality's core may be significantly lower than the total population within its boundaries.

Cities by population within the city boundary

Cities in bold are capital cities of their respective countries.

City	Member state	Official population	Date
Berlin	Germany	3,782,202	31 Dec 2023
Madrid	Spain	3,416,771	1 Jan 2024
Rome	Italy	2,751,747	1 Jan 2024
Paris	France	2,087,577	1 Jan 2024
Vienna	Austria	2,026,029	1 Oct 2024
Hamburg	Germany	1,910,160	31 Dec 2023
Warsaw	Poland	1,862,402	30 Jun 2024
Bucharest	Romania	1,719,958	1 Jan 2024
Barcelona	Spain	1,702,547	1 Jan 2024
Budapest	Hungary	1,686,222	1 Jan 2024
Munich	Germany	1,505,814	30 Sep 2023
Prague	Czech Republic	1,384,732	1 Jan 2024
Milan	Italy	1,371,499	1 Jan 2024
Sofia	Bulgaria	1,286,965	31 Dec 2023
Cologne	Germany	1,086,463	30 Jun 2024
Stockholm	Sweden	988,943	31 Dec 2023
Amsterdam	Netherlands	936,235	31 Oct 2024
Naples	Italy	913,704	1 Jan 2024
Marseille	France	877,215	1 Jan 2022
Turin	Italy	851,199	1 Jan 2024
Valencia	Spain	825,948	1 Jan 2024
Kraków	Poland	807,644	30 Jun 2024
Zagreb	Croatia	772,122	31 Dec 2023
Frankfurt	Germany	749,596	31 Dec 2023
Seville	Spain	687,488	1 Jan 2024
Zaragoza	Spain	686,986	1 Jan 2024
Helsinki	Finland	683,669	1 Oct 2024
Wrocław	Poland	673,531	30 Jun 2024
Rotterdam	Netherlands	672,631	31 Oct 2024
Copenhagen	Denmark	659,350	1 Jan 2024
Łódź	Poland	648,711	30 Jun 2024
Athens	Greece	643,452	23 Oct 2021
Stuttgart	Germany	633,484	31 Dec 2023
Düsseldorf	Germany	632,867	30 Jun 2024
Palermo	Italy	630,427	1 Jan 2024
Riga	Latvia	605,273	1 Jan 2024
Vilnius	Lithuania	605,270	1 Jul 2024
Leipzig	Germany	604,780	30 Jun 2024
Gothenburg	Sweden	604,616	31 Dec 2023
Dortmund	Germany	596,720	30 Jun 2024
Dublin	Ireland	592,713	3 Apr 2022
Málaga	Spain	591,637	1 Jan 2024
Essen	Germany	587,115	30 Jun 2024
Bremen	Germany	577,026	31 Dec 2023
The Hague	Netherlands	568,918	31 Oct 2024
Lisbon	Portugal	567,131	31 Dec 2023
Genoa	Italy	562,422	1 Jan 2024
Dresden	Germany	560,829	30 Jun 2024
Antwerp	Belgium	552,787	1 Oct 2024
Hanover	Germany	548,186	31 Dec 2023
Poznań	Poland	536,818	30 Jun 2024
Nuremberg	Germany	526,229	30 Sep 2023
Lyon	France	520,774	1 Jan 2022
Toulouse	France	511,684	1 Jan 2022
Duisburg	Germany	503,129	30 Jun 2024
Gdańsk	Poland	487,834	30 Jun 2024
Bratislava	Slovakia	478,931	1 Sep 2024
Murcia	Spain	474,617	1 Jan 2024
Tallinn	Estonia	457,572	1 Jan 2024
Palma de Mallorca	Spain	431,521	1 Jan 2024
Brno	Czech Republic	400,566	1 Jan 2024
Sintra	Portugal	395,528	31 Dec 2023
Bologna	Italy	390,098	1 Jan 2024
Szczecin	Poland	387,700	30 Jun 2024
Las Palmas	Spain	380,436	1 Jan 2024
Utrecht	Netherlands	376,480	31 Oct 2024
Aarhus	Denmark	367,095	1 Jan 2024
Bochum	Germany	366,736	30 Jun 2024
Florence	Italy	362,613	1 Jan 2024
Malmö	Sweden	362,133	31 Dec 2023
Wuppertal	Germany	359,070	30 Jun 2024
Alicante	Spain	358,720	1 Jan 2024
Nice	France	353,701	1 Jan 2022
Bilbao	Spain	348,089	1 Jan 2024
Bielefeld	Germany	338,084	30 Jun 2024
Bonn	Germany	335,760	30 Jun 2024
Lublin	Poland	328,868	30 Jun 2024
Plovdiv	Bulgaria	325,485	31 Dec 2023
Nantes	France	325,070	1 Jan 2022
Bydgoszcz	Poland	324,984	30 Jun 2024
Varna	Bulgaria	323,386	31 Dec 2023
Córdoba	Spain	322,811	1 Jan 2024
Münster	Germany	322,656	30 Jun 2024
Espoo	Finland	319,811	1 Oct 2024
Thessaloniki	Greece	319,045	23 Oct 2021
Mannheim	Germany	316,877	31 Dec 2023
Bari	Italy	316,226	1 Jan 2024
Vila Nova de Gaia	Portugal	311,223	31 Dec 2023
Karlsruhe	Germany	309,964	31 Dec 2023
Montpellier	France	307,101	1 Jan 2022
Kaunas	Lithuania	304,731	1 Jul 2024
Graz	Austria	303,270	1 Jan 2024
Augsburg	Germany	302,116	30 Sep 2023
Valladolid	Spain	300,618	1 Jan 2024

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