List of European cities by population within city limits

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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.

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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

  Capital cities

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Locations of cities in Europe with more than 1 million inhabitants

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Istanbul is a transcontinental city, with its commercial and historical centre and two-thirds of the population in Europe, the rest in Asia (see Districts of Istanbul for details).
  2. ↑ Istanbul total (2024) = 15,701,602
    Europe (25 districts) = 10,042,847
    Asia (14 districts) = 5,658,755
  3. ↑ Moscow is the most populous city entirely within Europe.
  4. ↑ Greater London, not the City of London
  5. 1 2 3 Continental placement may vary depending on geographic convention being followed.

References

  1. ↑ "The Results of Address Based Population Registration System, 2024". Turkish Statistical Institute. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2024 года" (in Russian). Russian Federal State Statistics Service . Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics . 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Bevölkerung" (in German). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Municipal breakdown". Instituto Nacional de Estadística . Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 "Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1" (PDF). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. 2022. pp. 35–47. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Resident population on 1st January". Italian National Institute of Statistics . Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "Population: Administrative – territorial divisions, number and structure of population". State Statistics Committee. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "Estimation de la population au 1er janvier 2025" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "Population at beginning of year/quarter". Statistics Austria . Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа" (in Russian). National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "Bevölkerung: Eckzahlen" (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  13. ↑ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2024. As of 30 June (Table III)". Statistics Poland. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  14. ↑ "POP105A - Usually resident population by age group and ages, sex, urban/ rural area, macroregions, development regions and counties at January 1st". National Institute of Statistics (Romania). 11 September 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  15. ↑ "Population by type of settlement, 1 January". Hungarian Central Statistical Office . Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  16. ↑ "Estimates of population: Estimated population, 2023". Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia . Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  17. ↑ "Ergebnis 12411-003r: Tabelle" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  18. ↑ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 17 May 2024.
  19. ↑ "Population by districts, municipalities, place of residence and sex". National Statistical Institute. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  20. ↑ "Population: Population by cities and boroughs, as of 1 January". National Statistics Office of Georgia . Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  21. ↑ "Number of De Jure Population of the Republic of Armenia as of July 1, 2024" (in English and Armenian). Statistical Committee of Armenia. p. 4. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  22. ↑ "Bevölkerung nach Gemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Nordrhein-Westfalen. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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