This list ranks urban areas in Europe by their population according to two different sources. The list includes urban areas that he 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. be seen as an interpretation, not as conclusive fact.
Urban areas[edit] Within a European Union member state 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 3,257,000 3,051,899 3,575,000 Barcelona Spain 5,083,000 5,258,319 4,500,000 Belgrade Serbia 1,617,000 1,430,000 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 4,875,000 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 4,890,000 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[edit] List of cities in Europe by population within city limits List of metropolitan areas in Europe List of largest cities in the European Union by population within city limits List of urban areas in the European Union List of larger urban zones (metropolitan area) List of cities in Europe by country List of European cities proper by population density List of European city regions World's largest cities Notes and references[edit] ^ 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. 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