Europe - Top 100+ Urban Areas by Population

Population data courtesy of the United Nations Statistics Division and is by urban area as defined by each member country in Europe (for specific city data, see our ranking by city). Data is as of 2010 estimates.

Rank Urban AreaCountryPopulation
1. Moscow Russia 13,250,000
2. Paris France 10,475,000
3. London United Kingdom 8,278,000
4. Essen-Düsseldorf Germany 7,250,000
5. Madrid Spain 4,900,000
6. Saint Petersburg Russia 4,560,000
7. Milan Italy 4,200,000
8. Barcelona Spain 3,900,000
9. Berlin Germany 3,450,000
10. Athens Greece 3,260,000
11. Napoli Italy 3,000,000
12. Lisbon Portugal 2,825,000
13. Kiev Ukraine 2,810,000
14. Rome Italy 2,750,000
15. Katowice-Gliwice-Tychy Poland 2,450,000
16. Birmingham United Kingdom 2,284,000
17. Frankfurt Germany 2,260,000
18. Manchester United Kingdom 2,245,000
19. Rotterdam-Hague Netherlands 2,075,000
20. Cologne-Bonn Germany 1,960,000
21. Bucharest Romania 1,930,000
22. Brussels Belgium 1,900,000
23. Minsk Belarus 1,850,000
24. Hamburg Germany 1,790,000
26. Warsaw Poland 1,710,000
25. Vienna Austria 1,710,000
27. Budapest Hungary 1,700,000
28. Leeds-Bradford United Kingdom 1,499,000
30. Marseille-Aix-en-Provence France 1,470,000
29. Lyon France 1,470,000
31. Kharkiv Ukraine 1,450,000
32. Novosibirsk Russia 1,400,000
35. Torino Italy 1,350,000
34. München Germany 1,350,000
33. Porto Portugal 1,350,000
36. Yekaterinburg Russia 1,340,000
37. Nizhniy Novgorod Russia 1,270,000
39. Stuttgart Germany 1,250,000
38. Stockholm Sweden 1,250,000
40. Glasgow United Kingdom 1,200,000
41. Copenhagen Denmark 1,180,000
42. Sofia Bulgaria 1,175,000
43. Prague Czech Republic 1,150,000
44. Kazan Russia 1,140,000
46. Samara Russia 1,120,000
45. Helsinki Finland 1,120,000
47. Omsk Russia 1,110,000
50. Belgrade Serbia 1,100,000
49. Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 1,100,000
48. Dublin Ireland 1,100,000
51. Chelyabinsk Russia 1,090,000
53. Amsterdam Netherlands 1,050,000
52. Lille France 1,050,000
54. Rostov Russia 1,040,000
56. Ufa Russia 1,020,000
55. Nuremberg Germany 1,020,000
57. Odessa Ukraine 1,010,000
59. Perm Russia 975,000
58. Nice France 975,000
61. Donetsk Ukraine 970,000
60. Volgograd Russia 970,000
63. Krasnoyarsk Russia 960,000
62. Antwerpen Belgium 960,000
64. Lodz Poland 950,000
65. Oslo Norway 910,000
66. Toulouse France 900,000
67. Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom 880,000
68. Palermo Italy 875,000
71. Voronezh Russia 840,000
70. Thessaloniki Greece 840,000
69. Bordeaux France 840,000
72. Liverpool United Kingdom 816,000
73. Valencia Spain 810,000
74. Saratov Russia 800,000
76. Zaporizhzhya Ukraine 775,000
75. Gda´nsk Poland 775,000
77. Kraków Poland 760,000
82. L'viv Ukraine 750,000
81. Seville Spain 750,000
80. Bilbao Spain 750,000
79. Riga Latvia 750,000
78. Florence Italy 750,000
83. Zürich Switzerland 735,000
85. Krasnodar Russia 725,000
84. Hannover Germany 725,000
87. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 700,000
86. Zagreb Croatia 700,000
88. Nottingham United Kingdom 666,000
90. Tol'yatti Russia 650,000
91. Kryvyy Rih Ukraine 650,000
89. Bremen Germany 650,000
92. Sheffield United Kingdom 641,000
93. Dresden Germany 640,000
100. Ul'yanovsk Russia 600,000
99. Yaroslavl' Russia 600,000
98. Izhevsk Russia 600,000
101. Málaga Spain 600,000
97. Barnaul Russia 600,000
96. Wroclaw Poland 600,000
95. Pozna´n Poland 600,000