|
Country
|
City
|
Population
|
|
German Reich
|
Berlin
|
4,321,521
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Moscow
|
4,141,633
|
|
United Kingdom
|
London
|
4,013,400
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Saint Petersburg
|
3,191,304
|
|
France
|
Paris
|
2,829,746
|
|
German Reich
|
Vienna
|
1,912,608
|
|
German Reich
|
Hamburg
|
1,698,388
|
|
Spain
|
Barcelona
|
1,305,000
|
|
Poland
|
Warsaw
|
1,265,700
|
|
Italy
|
Rome
|
1,257,890
|
|
Italy
|
Milan
|
1,188,200
|
|
Spain
|
Madrid
|
1,139,000
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Glasgow
|
1,126,000
|
|
Hungary
|
Budapest
|
1,115,877
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Birmingham
|
1,029,700
|
|
German Reich
|
Prague
|
976,759
|
|
Italy
|
Naples
|
910,139
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Kyiv
|
846,000
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Liverpool
|
836,300
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Kharkiv
|
833,000
|
|
German Reich
|
Munich
|
815,212
|
|
Netherlands
|
Amsterdam
|
800,700
|
|
German Reich
|
Cologne
|
768,352
|
|
Turkey
|
Istanbul
|
741,148
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Manchester
|
736,500
|
|
German Reich
|
Leipzig
|
702,155
|
|
Denmark
|
Copenhagen
|
698,805
|
|
Italy
|
Turin
|
679,842
|
|
Poland
|
Łódź
|
665,200
|
|
German Reich
|
Essen
|
664,523
|
|
Italy
|
Genoa
|
648,220
|
|
Romania
|
Bucharest
|
648,162
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Nizhny Novgorod
|
643,689
|
|
German Reich
|
Dresden
|
629,713
|
|
German Reich
|
Wrocław
|
620,976
|
|
France
|
Marseille
|
620,232
|
|
Netherlands
|
Rotterdam
|
619,700
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Odesa
|
601,651
|
|
Portugal
|
Lisbon
|
594,390
|
|
Sweden
|
Stockholm
|
583,621
|
|
France
|
Lyon
|
570,622
|
|
German Reich
|
Frankfurt am Main
|
548,220
|
|
German Reich
|
Dortmund
|
537,865
|
|
German Reich
|
Düsseldorf
|
535,753
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Sheffield
|
518,200
|
|
Netherlands
|
The Hague
|
504,200
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Rostov-on-Don
|
502,928
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Dnipro
|
500,636
|
|
Greece
|
Athens
|
499,360
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Leeds
|
491,880
|
|
Ireland
|
Dublin
|
487,500
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Edinburgh
|
468,500
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Donetsk
|
466,268
|
|
German Reich
|
Hanover
|
464,646
|
|
German Reich
|
Stuttgart
|
454,346
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Volgograd
|
445,312
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Belfast
|
443,500
|
|
German Reich
|
Duisburg
|
433,530
|
|
Italy
|
Palermo
|
426,625
|
|
German Reich
|
Nuremburg
|
420,349
|
|
German Reich
|
Bremen
|
419,266
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Bristol
|
415,100
|
|
German Reich
|
Wuppertal
|
399,718
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Kazan
|
398,014
|
|
Latvia
|
Riga
|
393,211
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Samara
|
390,488
|
|
Spain
|
Valencia
|
388,000
|
|
German Reich
|
Szczecin
|
374,017
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Saratov
|
372,002
|
|
German Reich
|
Kaliningrad
|
360,577
|
|
Italy
|
Florence
|
345,420
|
|
German Reich
|
Chemnitz
|
334,713
|
|
German Reich
|
Magdeburg
|
329,824
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Voronezh
|
326,932
|
|
Switzerland
|
Zurich
|
324,400
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Kingston upon Hull
|
319,400
|
|
Poland
|
Lviv
|
317,700
|
|
German Reich
|
Gelsenkirchen
|
317,505
|
|
Italy
|
Bologna
|
308,611
|
|
German Reich
|
Bochum
|
305,469
|
|
Finland
|
Helsinki
|
304,965
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Yaroslavl
|
299,359
|
|
German Reich
|
Brno
|
295,400
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
290,400
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Bradford
|
289,510
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Zaporizhzhia
|
289,280
|
|
Greece
|
Piraeus
|
287,800
|
|
Bulgaria
|
Sofia
|
287,095
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Ivanovo
|
285,182
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Arkhangelsk
|
284,570
|
|
Italy
|
Venice
|
280,855
|
|
Sweden
|
Gothenburg
|
280,602
|
|
German Reich
|
Mannheim
|
280,365
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Nottingham
|
278,800
|
|
Norway
|
Oslo
|
274,223
|
|
Belgium
|
Antwerp
|
273,317
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
272,800
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Tula
|
272,224
|
|
Poland
|
Poznań
|
268,800
|
|
Greece
|
Thessaloniki
|
268,140
|
|
Yugoslavia
|
Belgrade
|
266,849
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Leicester
|
262,900
|
|
German Reich
|
Kiel
|
261,298
|
|
United Kingdom
|
West Ham
|
259,500
|
|
France
|
Bordeaux
|
258,348
|
|
Italy
|
Trieste
|
256,235
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Portsmouth
|
256,200
|
|
Free City of Danzig
|
Gdańsk
|
255,700
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Perm
|
255,236
|
|
Poland
|
Kraków
|
254,600
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Astrakhan
|
253,595
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Ufa
|
250,011
|
|
Italy
|
Catania
|
248,772
|
|
Spain
|
Seville
|
247,000
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Croydon
|
242,300
|
|
France
|
Nice
|
241,916
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Makiivka
|
241,897
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Minsk
|
238,948
|
|
Portugal
|
Porto
|
232,280
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Cardiff
|
224,850
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Mariupol
|
223,796
|
|
Spain
|
Málaga
|
222,000
|
|
German Reich
|
Halle
|
217,480
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Tver
|
216,000
|
|
France
|
Toulouse
|
213,220
|
|
Spain
|
Bilbao
|
212,000
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Luhansk
|
211,682
|
|
German Reich
|
Kassel
|
211,624
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Plymouth
|
210,460
|
|
Poland
|
Vilnius
|
208,500
|
|
Italy
|
Bari
|
207,477
|
|
German Reich
|
Graz
|
204,779
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Coventry
|
204,700
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Krasnodar
|
203,806
|
|
Spain
|
Zaragoza
|
203,000
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Salford
|
201,800
|
|
Italy
|
Messina
|
200,820
|
|
France
|
Lille
|
200,575
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Kryvyi Rih
|
197,600
|
|
Spain
|
Murcia
|
195,658
|
|
France
|
Nantes
|
195,185
|
|
France
|
Strasbourg
|
193,119
|
|
German Reich
|
Oberhausen
|
191,829
|
|
Belgium
|
Brussels
|
191,678
|
|
France
|
Saint-Étienne
|
190,236
|
|
German Reich
|
Braunschweig
|
189,628
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Taganrog
|
188,781
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Willesden
|
187,640
|
|
Yugoslavia
|
Zagreb
|
185,581
|
|
|
Country
|
City
|
Population
|
|
German Reich
|
Karlsruhe
|
184,489
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Sunderland
|
182,900
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Horlivka
|
181,500
|
|
German Reich
|
Augsburg
|
180,039
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Southampton
|
178,700
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Aberdeen
|
178,200
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Dundee
|
177,600
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Izhevsk
|
175,567
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Grozny
|
172,448
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Orenburg
|
171,726
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Bolton
|
170,400
|
|
German Reich
|
Krefeld
|
170,205
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Vitebsk
|
167,299
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Mykolaiv
|
166,688
|
|
Italy
|
Verona
|
165,786
|
|
German Reich
|
Wiesbaden
|
165,646
|
|
Netherlands
|
Utrecht
|
165,000
|
|
France
|
Le Havre
|
164,083
|
|
Belgium
|
Ghent
|
162,858
|
|
Belgium
|
Liège
|
162,229
|
|
Switzerland
|
Basel
|
161,900
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Swansea
|
161,750
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Zlatoust
|
161,000
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Penza
|
159,776
|
|
German Reich
|
Aachen
|
159,631
|
|
German Reich
|
Erfurt
|
159,201
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Ilford
|
157,300
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Smolensk
|
156,884
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Ealing
|
156,460
|
|
Sweden
|
Malmö
|
154,270
|
|
Lithuania
|
Kaunas
|
154,109
|
|
German Reich
|
Mainz
|
154,033
|
|
Spain
|
Granada
|
152,006
|
|
German Reich
|
Hagen
|
151,481
|
|
France
|
Toulon
|
150,310
|
|
German Reich
|
Lübeck
|
149,502
|
|
Italy
|
Padua
|
148,895
|
|
Italy
|
Taranto
|
148,839
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Kamianske
|
147,800
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Brighton
|
146,700
|
|
Estonia
|
Tallinn
|
146,388
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Tottenham
|
146,200
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Magnitogorsk
|
145,900
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Birkenhead
|
145,500
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Wolverhampton
|
144,000
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Rybinsk
|
144,000
|
|
German Reich
|
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
|
143,934
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Kirov
|
143,558
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Simferopol
|
142,634
|
|
Netherlands
|
Haarlem
|
140,500
|
|
German Reich
|
Solingen
|
140,453
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Derby
|
139,700
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Middlesbrough
|
139,600
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Gomel
|
139,120
|
|
Slovakia
|
Bratislava
|
138,981
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Southend on Sea
|
137,400
|
|
Poland
|
Bydgoszcz
|
137,100
|
|
German Reich
|
Mülheim an der Ruhr
|
136,828
|
|
Poland
|
Częstochowa
|
136,000
|
|
Spain
|
Córdoba
|
135,674
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Shakhty
|
135,000
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Stockport
|
133,700
|
|
Poland
|
Katowice
|
132,900
|
|
German Reich
|
Münster
|
132,760
|
|
Italy
|
Livorno
|
132,506
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Walthamstow
|
131,900
|
|
Hungary
|
Szeged
|
131,893
|
|
Italy
|
Brescia
|
131,780
|
|
German Reich
|
Saarbrücken
|
131,285
|
|
United Kingdom
|
East Ham
|
131,100
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Vladikavkaz
|
130,755
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Poltava
|
130,487
|
|
German Reich
|
Ostrava
|
129,993
|
|
German Reich
|
Mönchengladbach
|
128,329
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Oldham
|
127,800
|
|
German Reich
|
Bielefeld
|
126,711
|
|
German Reich
|
Potsdam
|
126,241
|
|
German Reich
|
Zabrze
|
126,079
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Huddersfield
|
125,500
|
|
Poland
|
Sosnowiec
|
124,500
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Blackpool
|
123,800
|
|
Belgium
|
Schaerbeek
|
123,468
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Tambov
|
123,207
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Hendon
|
123,200
|
|
Switzerland
|
Geneva
|
123,150
|
|
Spain
|
Vigo
|
123,105
|
|
German Reich
|
Linz
|
123,062
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Norwich
|
123,000
|
|
France
|
Rouen
|
122,832
|
|
Italy
|
Ferrara
|
122,803
|
|
Hungary
|
Debrecen
|
122,517
|
|
Netherlands
|
Groningen
|
121,500
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Kostroma
|
121,325
|
|
France
|
Nancy
|
121,301
|
|
Switzerland
|
Bern
|
121,050
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Bournemouth
|
121,000
|
|
Italy
|
Reggio Calabria
|
120,906
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Kursk
|
120,000
|
|
Poland
|
Lublin
|
119,900
|
|
German Reich
|
Pilsen
|
119,832
|
|
Italy
|
Cagliari
|
118,393
|
|
German Reich
|
Rostock
|
118,048
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Gateshead
|
117,600
|
|
Italy
|
La Spezia
|
117,257
|
|
Spain
|
Palma
|
117,188
|
|
German Reich
|
Dessau
|
117,110
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Murmansk
|
117,069
|
|
France
|
Reims
|
116,687
|
|
German Reich
|
Bremerhaven
|
114,048
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Blackburn
|
114,000
|
|
Poland
|
Gdynia
|
113,800
|
|
Denmark
|
Frederiksberg
|
113,706
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Preston
|
113,600
|
|
Netherlands
|
Eindhoven
|
113,100
|
|
Romania
|
Chișinău
|
112,500
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Leyton
|
111,100
|
|
United Kingdom
|
South Shields
|
111,000
|
|
German Reich
|
Darmstadt
|
110,982
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Oryol
|
110,564
|
|
Romania
|
Chernivtsi
|
109,698
|
|
German Reich
|
Plauen
|
109,556
|
|
Spain
|
Valladolid
|
109,538
|
|
Italy
|
Parma
|
109,365
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Sevastopol
|
109,104
|
|
Poland
|
Chorzów
|
109,100
|
|
German Reich
|
Freiburg im Breisgau
|
108,481
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Saint Helens
|
107,400
|
|
France
|
Roubaix
|
107,105
|
|
Norway
|
Bergen
|
107,003
|
|
Poland
|
Białystok
|
107,000
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Walsall
|
106,800
|
|
Italy
|
Modena
|
104,657
|
|
Romania
|
Iași
|
104,471
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Kerch
|
104,443
|
|
German Reich
|
Osnabrück
|
104,086
|
|
German Reich
|
Remscheid
|
103,912
|
|
German Reich
|
Wilhelmshaven
|
103,842
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Ulyanovsk
|
103,779
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Dzerzhinsk
|
103,400
|
|
Romania
|
Galați
|
102,232
|
|
German Reich
|
Würzburg
|
101,345
|
|
France
|
Clermont-Ferrand
|
101,128
|
|
German Reich
|
Bytom
|
101,029
|
|
Soviet Union
|
Kropyvnytskyi
|
100,392
|
|
Romania
|
Cluj-Napoca
|
100,272
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Reading
|
100,200
|
|
United Kingdom
|
York
|
100,090
|
|
Yugoslavia
|
Subotica
|
100,058
|
|
Sources for population estimates can be found here (8 total)
ADDITIONAL NOTICE: London's population seems so low because at the time many now-neighborhoods or boroughs of London were separate cities. When they merged with London in 1965 the population of London's city proper more than doubled
Jetpunk usually accepts "Nizhny" and that's it.
Accept it please.
Kaliningrad was still Königsberg so you should accept it too if you can, thanks