List of European cities by population within city limits

This list ranks European cities by population within city limits. The largest cities in Europe have official populations of over one million inhabitants within their city boundaries. These rankings are based on populations contained within city administrative boundaries, as opposed to urban areas or metropolitan areas, which necessarily have larger populations than the cities at their core.

The limits of a city proper can differ greatly from the size of the city's urban area, so the figures in this list may not give an accurate view of the comparative population of different urban areas and should be treated with caution. For example, the Paris metropolitan area is the fourth most populous in Europe, but the strict definition of the administrative limits of the City of Paris results in a far lower population.

Largest cities

City Country Official population Date Istanbul Moscow London Saint Petersburg Berlin Madrid Kyiv Rome Baku Paris Vienna Minsk Hamburg Warsaw Barcelona Bucharest Belgrade Budapest Munich Kharkiv Prague Tbilisi Milan Kazan Sofia Nizhny Novgorod Ufa Birmingham Krasnodar Samara Yerevan Rostov-on-Don Voronezh Perm Cologne Volgograd Odesa Stockholm

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See also

List of urban areas in Europe List of metropolitan areas in Europe List of urban areas in the European Union

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