List of urban areas in Europe

This is a list of urban areas. For a list of cities proper, see List of European cities by population within city limits. For a list of cities by country, see Lists of cities in Europe.

This is a list of urban areas in Europe, with 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

  Within the European Union
Urban area name Country UN WUP

(2007)[1]

UN WUP

(2015)[2]

City Population

(2011)[3]

Amsterdam  Netherlands 1,049,000 1,970,000
Antwerp  Belgium 965,000 1,017,197
Athens  Greece 3,257,000 3,051,899 3,775,000
Barcelona  Spain 5,083,000 5,258,319 4,500,000
Belgrade  Serbia 1,617,000 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 2,650,000
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
Dnipropetrovsk  Ukraine 1,004,000 1,360,000
Dublin  Ireland 1,274,000 1,100,000
Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Region  Germany Not listed 1,940,000
Greater Glasgow  United Kingdom 1,170,000 1,430,000
The Hague  Netherlands Not listed 2,900,000[4]
Hamburg  Germany 1,786,000 2,625,000
Helsinki  Finland 1,115,000 1,120,000
Istanbul[5]  Turkey 10,525,000 14,163,989 13,600,000
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
Kiev  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 2,250,000
Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai  France/
 Belgium
1,033,000 1,240,000[6]
Lisbon  Portugal 2,824,000 2,884,297 2,575,000
Liverpool  United Kingdom 819,000 1,350,000
London urban area  United Kingdom 8,631,000 10,313,307 12,500,000
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 2,625,000
Marseille  France 1,469,000 1,470,000
Milan  Italy 3,115,392 3,098,974 4,575,000
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 4,150,000
Nice  France 941,000 Not listed
Nizhniy Novgorod  Russia 1,267,000 1,760,000
Nuremberg  Germany Not listed 1,060,000
Odessa  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 10,500,000
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[7] (Düsseldorf-Neuss)  Germany Not listed 1,220,000[8]
Rhein-Süd[7] (Cologne/Bonn Region)  Germany 1,001,000[9] 1,900,000[9]
Rome  Italy 3,362,000 3,717,956 3,300,000
Rostov-on-Don  Russia 1,046,000 1,190,000
Rotterdam  Netherlands 1,010,000 2,900,000[10]
Ruhr area  Germany Not listed 4,650,000[11]
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
South Yorkshire (Sheffield)  United Kingdom Not listed 1,330,000
Stuttgart  Germany Not listed 1,980,000
Thessaloniki urban area  Greece 837,000 Not listed
Turin  Italy 1,665,000 1,690,000
Newcastle-Sunderland  United Kingdom 891,000 1,110,000
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

  1. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects (2009 revision), (United Nations, 2010), Table A.12. Data for 2007.
  2. Annual Population of Urban Agglomerations with 300,000 Inhabitants or More in 2014, by Country, 1950-2030 (thousands), World Urbanization Prospects, the 2014 revision, 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.
  3. Thomas Brinkoff, Principal Agglomerations of the World, City Population. Data for 2011-04-01. Accessed on 2009-03-12.
  4. Includes Rotterdam
  5. 65% of the population lives on the European part
  6. Includes Kortrijk
  7. 1 2 Polycentric metropolitan area
  8. Excludes Duisburg, Krefeld, Mönchen-Gladbach
  9. 1 2 Excludes Bonn
  10. Includes The Hague
  11. Includes Duisburg

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