List of urban areas in Europe
This list ranks urban areas in Europe by their population according to two different sources. The list includes urban areas that have a population of over 1 million.
Figures in the first and second column come from the UN 's World Urbanization Prospects and list only urban agglomerations . Figures in the third column come from the City Population website and list all continuous urban areas, including conurbations . Further information on how the areas are defined can be found in the source documents. These figures should be seen as an interpretation, not as conclusive fact.
Urban areas
Urban area
Country
Agglomerations (UN WUP)
Urban areas (City Population; 2011)[ 1]
(2007)[ 2]
(2015)[ 3]
Amsterdam
Netherlands
1,049,000
1,970,000
Antwerp
Belgium
965,000
1,017,197
Athens
Greece
5,000,000
5,051,899
5,075,000
Barcelona
Spain
5,083,000
5,258,319
4,500,000
Belgrade
Serbia
1,800,000
2,000,000
1,750,000
Berlin
Germany
3,450,000
3,563,194
4,325,000
Birmingham (West Midlands )
United Kingdom
2,302,000
2,514,596
2,594,803
Brussels-Capital Region
Belgium
1,904,000
1,910,000
Bucharest
Romania
1,934,000
2,075,000
Budapest
Hungary
1,706,000
2,525,000
Copenhagen
Denmark
1,186,000
1,420,000
Donetsk
Ukraine
966,000
1,450,000
Dnipro
Ukraine
1,004,000
1,360,000
Dublin
Ireland
1,346,000
1,100,000
Frankfurt Rhine-Main Region
Germany
Not listed
Not listed
1,940,000
Greater Glasgow
United Kingdom
1,170,000
1,026,880
The Hague
Netherlands
626,000
Not listed
Hamburg
Germany
1,786,000
2,625,000
Helsinki
Finland
1,115,000
1,120,000
Istanbul [ 4]
Turkey
10,525,000
14,163,989
15,900,000
Katowice urban area
Poland
Not listed
2,450,000
Kazan
Russia
1,140,000
1,140,000
Kharkiv
Ukraine
1,453,000
1,590,000
Kyiv
Ukraine
2,805,000
2,941,884
3,225,000
Kraków
Poland
756,000
Not listed
West Yorkshire (Bradford –Leeds )
United Kingdom
1,547,000
1,877,125
Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai
France / Belgium
1,033,000
1,240,000 [ 5]
Lisbon
Portugal
2,824,000
2,884,297
2,575,000
Greater London urban area
United Kingdom
8,631,000
10,313,307
10,552,913
Lyon
France
1,468,000
1,470,000
Madrid
Spain
5,851,000
6,199,254
5,400,000
Greater Manchester
United Kingdom
2,253,000
2,645,598
2,737,412
Marseille
France
1,469,000
1,470,000
Milan
Italy
3,115,392
3,098,974
8,875,000
Minsk
Belarus
1,852,000
1,860,000
Moscow
Russia
10,550,000
12,165,704
14,800,000
Munich
Germany
1,349,000
2,025,000
Naples
Italy
2,276,000
2,201,789
6,890,000
Nice
France
941,000
Not listed
Nizhny Novgorod
Russia
1,267,000
1,760,000
Nuremberg
Germany
Not listed
1,060,000
Odesa
Ukraine
1,009,000
1,070,000
Greater Oslo
Norway
888,000
1,130,000
Paris urban area
France
10,485,000
10,843,285
12,800,000
Perm
Russia
982,000
1,040,000
Porto
Portugal
1,355,000
1,240,000
Prague
Czech Republic
1,162,000
1,390,000
Rhein-Nord[ 6] (Düsseldorf –Neuss )
Germany
Not listed
Not listed
1,220,000 [ 7]
Rhein-Süd[ 6] (Cologne–Bonn Region )
Germany
1,001,000 [ 8]
Not listed
1,900,000 [ 8]
Rome
Italy
3,362,000
3,717,956
5,580,000
Rostov-on-Don
Russia
1,046,000
1,190,000
Rotterdam
Netherlands
1,010,000
Not listed
Rotterdam –The Hague
Netherlands
Not listed
Not listed
2,900,000
Ruhr area
Germany
Not listed
Not listed
4,650,000 [ 9]
Saint Petersburg
Russia
4,575,000
4,992,991
4,775,000
Samara
Russia
1,131,000
1,270,000
Saratov
Russia
822,000
1,070,000
Seville
Spain
Not listed
1,340,000
Sofia
Bulgaria
1,196,000
1,260,000
Stockholm urban area
Sweden
1,285,000
2,075,000
Stuttgart
Germany
Not listed
1,980,000
Thessaloniki urban area
Greece
837,000
Not listed
Turin
Italy
1,665,000
1,690,000
Ufa
Russia
1,023,000
1,040,000
Valencia
Spain
814,000
1,780,000
Vienna
Austria
1,706,000
2,025,000
Volgograd
Russia
977,000
1,360,000
Warsaw
Poland
1,712,000
2,225,000
Zürich
Switzerland
1,150,000
1,180,000
See also
Notes and references
^ Thomas Brinkoff, Principal Agglomerations of the World , City Population. Data for 2011-04-01. Accessed on 2009-03-12.
^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects (2009 revision) Archived 2013-10-31 at the Wayback Machine , (United Nations, 2010), Table A.12. Data for 2007.
^ Annual Population of Urban Agglomerations with 300,000 Inhabitants or More in 2014, by Country, 1950-2030 (thousands), World Urbanization Prospects, the 2014 revision Archived 2015-02-18 at the Wayback Machine , Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs . Retrieved 21 August 2015. Note: List based on estimates for 2015, from 2014.
^ 65% of the population lives on the European part
^ Includes Kortrijk
^ a b Polycentric metropolitan area
^ Excludes Duisburg, Krefeld, Mönchengladbach
^ a b Excludes Bonn
^ Includes Duisburg
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