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Biggest Cities in Europe

Try to name the most populous urban areas in Europe.
Urban population according to citypopulation.de, 2025
Cities whose urban area spans multiple continents in yellow
Loosely-defined areas have been filled in by default
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First submittedApril 23, 2012
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Pop.
City
18.8 m
Moscow
16.0 m
Istanbul
15.1 m
London
11.5 m
Paris
10.9 m
Rhine-Ruhr
6.70 m
Madrid
6.35 m
Saint Petersburg
6.15 m
Milan
6.10 m
Manchester / Liverpool
4.88 m
Barcelona
4.70 m
Berlin
4.05 m
Naples
3.98 m
Birmingham
3.58 m
Athens
3.48 m
Kyiv
3.45 m
Rotterdam / The Hague
3.43 m
Rome
Pop.
City
3.23 m
Frankfurt
2.90 m
Hamburg
2.80 m
Brussels
2.58 m
Amsterdam
2.53 m
Budapest
2.50 m
Lisbon
2.48 m
Warsaw
2.38 m
Vienna
2.33 m
Stockholm
2.30 m
Munich
2.30 m
Stuttgart
2.23 m
Bucharest
2.18 m
Leeds
2.18 m
Upper Silesia
2.10 m
Minsk
2.05 m
Lyon
1.94 m
Valencia
Pop.
City
1.81 m
Yekaterinburg
1.80 m
Copenhagen
1.71 m
Glasgow
1.71 m
Marseille
1.62 m
Nizhny Novgorod
1.59 m
Turin
1.58 m
Kharkiv
1.56 m
Helsinki
1.56 m
Kazan
1.55 m
Dublin
1.55 m
Mannheim
1.55 m
Porto
1.52 m
Zurich
1.47 m
Newcastle
1.47 m
Prague
1.47 m
Sheffield
1.43 m
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101 Recent Comments
Bernd
+8
Level 78
Sep 2, 2020
Mannheim doesn't really have a million inhabitants. Neither does Leeds nor Stuttgart
NHG
+9
Level 48
Sep 16, 2020
I can't comment on the Mannheim and Stuttgart conurbations, but "Leeds" (the West Yorkshire conurbation under the urban area definition stated at the top of this quiz) is easily over a million. Leeds + Bradford + Huddersfield combined are probably around a million, even before adding in the countless other towns in the area.
Bjarne1999
+5
Level 32
Jan 13, 2025
Mannheim (350k), Heidelberg (160k) and Ludwigshafen (175k) have together 685k inhabtiants. If you now include all the smaller cities and towns around you can get a Million. Maybe Frankenthal and Speyer (both 50 k) are included, than we have 685k. With Worms it would be additional 80k. I don't know where the borders of an agglomeration ends exactly.

Frankfurt, Mainz, Offenbach, Darmstadt, Wiesbaden and Hanau are too put together.

Lithian5032
+12
Level 52
Jan 16, 2025
thats a lot of worms holy
weaselmarsh93641
+1
Level 41
Jun 1, 2025
haha!
Schuiram
+9
Level 21
Sep 21, 2020
It should not say Largest Cities, but Largest Agglomerations. Frankfurt City has only 700k inhabitants ... only if you count the large region around this would sum up to what is depicted here. I live there xD
Earthisround
+1
Level 24
Sep 23, 2020
Why Ruhr is not answer in jetpunk quizzes
RandomMensch
+11
Level 42
Oct 14, 2024
Because „Ruhr“ is not a city, but that entire area around Cologne/Gelsenkirchen/Dortmund/Düsseldorf/Duisburg/etc and it gets very messy to see where one citys‘ area ends and where the others‘ begins. Thus you just say Ruhr and save yourself a headache.
Momillo
+4
Level 61
Oct 25, 2020
Just want to say that the city of Madrid doesn't have 6M people, that's the whole province which is a huge territory (8,000 sqkm, almost like whole Puerto Rico). The city has around 3M people.
ptilinopus
+3
Level 44
Nov 15, 2020
Having gone through the 2020 version of this website, there are a number of anomalies and updates to suggest. 1. Brussels is listed as 2.7m, not 1.41 - big change in 2 years! 2. Katowice is listed but not Upper Silesia - are they the same? If so, Katowice should be accepted. 3. Yekaterinburg is in the 2020 list, after Kharkiv, and ahead of Mannheim. 4. Porto (Portugal) is listed at 1,54m. Not on your list. 5. Dnepropetrovsk is not on your list, but is listed just ahead of Dublin at 1.39m. I suggest an update based on 2020 figures. It would mean some tail enders would drop off, and there would be considerable rearranging of the sequence!
SuperDom
+1
Level 22
Jan 24, 2021
Zurich has 0.4 Mio. not 1.4 Mio
turnbacktwo
+2
Level 44
Jan 30, 2021
Urban area population
AlexGibbon
+3
Level 21
Feb 17, 2021
Wait, What? Nottingham has 1.37 million inhabitants? That can only be possible by counting the large area around the city. Not the actual city itself.
camus
+5
Level 79
Feb 26, 2021
The quiz is about urban areas, even though it has cities in the title.
Billy1970
+2
Level 58
Mar 2, 2021
Zurich has 0.42 millions not 1.42 m!
bigbywolf
+3
Level 55
May 4, 2021
Read the description. source gives this for Zurich:

City proper=0.42m;

Agglomeration core=1.12m;

Agglomeration=1.41m

I live nearby. IMO the colored "Agglomeration" region is not appropriate to be used for urban area. My estimate for the urban area of Zurich would be 1 million. Then again, you could argue that most of Switzerland is one big urban area.

buck1017
+5
Level 78
Mar 17, 2021
I can never remember Nizhny Novgorod. It sounds like a Harry Potter character from Durmstrang.
NewYorker125
+1
Level 25
Mar 22, 2021
Dangit! I missed Kharkiv even though I study Ukraine in school
Sifhraven
+1
Level 74
Apr 7, 2025
I got it while trying Krakow.. which I then tried as Krakov. (Since where some languages use v others use w and vice versa)
JAromt06
+1
Level 55
Mar 24, 2021
Im 14 and only forgot mannheim
kimanguri
+13
Level 61
Aug 27, 2024
Congrats, what should we do about that
Smokebasics
+1
Level 75
Apr 23, 2025
do you want a reward?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 80
Mar 30, 2021
I got all EXCPT Donetsk!!
richiesyxx
+1
Level 73
May 9, 2021
Maybe someone has already asked this but, why is Upper Silesia on here? It just isn’t on the list provided in your source. Or is that your own calculation? (Just interested, not trying to be a whingeing pedant!)
y4r4
+2
Level 41
May 28, 2021
Surprised Stockholm is there but no Helsinki and Oslo!
Gaicoye
+3
Level 36
Feb 29, 2024
Sweden almost has the same population as Norway and Finland combined
ItzIngenious
+2
Level 66
Jun 2, 2021
You should accept Petersburg.
Jayyz
+3
Level 68
Jan 3, 2022
That makes no sense because there are already cities in the world with that name.Why would you willingly spell it wrong?
camus
+8
Level 79
Jun 15, 2021
I've since created a blog article about the Ruhr issue. It's so weird to read all these statements if you're from the region. Imagine being from Philadelphia and reading that people "consider" your city to be part of the South, or to belong to the Boston metro area.
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 90
Jun 17, 2021
Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
tjasohalt
+4
Level 51
Jun 15, 2021
the titles "biggest cities" doesnt really fit imo if the quiz is about urban populations. Like Stuttgart definitely doesnt have over 2 million inhabitants, we have less than 700,000
NokiaQFikec
+2
Level 61
Jun 15, 2021
missed amsterdam, kharkov, leeds and sheffield
barackobama69420
+1
Level 34
Jun 17, 2021
yes
khizerbaijan
+1
Level 54
Jun 18, 2021
got 40 but somehow missed paris
y4r4
+2
Level 41
Jun 21, 2021
How did I forgot London?!? I wanna cry!
coookie100
+1
Level 26
Jul 26, 2021
50/50

I’m smart

Benloveswwe
+1
Level 21
Aug 13, 2021
Why no st petersburg
Benloveswwe
+1
Level 21
Aug 13, 2021
You mint have it
OriginalGuilty
+1
Level 19
Aug 20, 2021
So Hard
Hampus
+2
Level 56
Oct 26, 2021
I typed krakov and got kharkiv ;l
Sifhraven
+1
Level 74
Apr 7, 2025
Same :D
GrammarBeane1
+1
Level 83
Dec 13, 2021
I love when I get one that many people didn't get. Like, yes, I did miss Liverpool, but I did guess Yekaterinburg!
GrantisAtlantis3
+1
Level 25
Dec 30, 2021
Only missed Valencia 😪
Jayyz
+2
Level 68
Jan 3, 2022
I just moved to Norway's most historical city (possibly) NARVIK!!! in the north! where its cold!
Jiff123
+2
Level 47
Feb 21, 2022
I.. forgot London but got Yekaterinburg.
Erica03
+2
Level 35
May 6, 2022
Istanbul shouldn’t be considered Europe.
Minecraftyoshi2
+3
Level 57
Feb 13, 2025
Half of it is
JZG77
+1
Level 37
Jul 6, 2025
Except that it is Europe. How you feel about it doesn't matter.
sallikegeography
+2
Level 27
Jun 18, 2022
im sorry but as a german i can tell you that neither stuttgart nor frankfurt have that many inhabitants???
brandybuck96
+4
Level 83
Jun 11, 2024
the source website is also German so have it off with them I guess?
PerfectGuessrGeo
+3
Level 7
Jul 13, 2022
Why Is Upper Silesia here? The biggest city in Upper Silesia has only 354.200 people! Theoretically you can call every bigger region as a urban area. That is so confusing.
Sadina
+3
Level 32
Jul 21, 2022
I was so supried at how many British cities made the list, when I tried quite a few capitals that didn't make it
Nickelz
+11
Level 67
Nov 13, 2022
Yekaterinburg is not even a European city.
Dimby
+5
Level 80
Apr 16, 2025
True. They claim to have the border in their city, but I think even the sign showing the Asia/Europe “border” is a bit west of the city. They’re definitely east of the Urals, in any case.
toowise
+1
Level 80
Jul 6, 2025
You can see the border, or at least a monument to it with a line, on GSV and as you say it is just west of the city. It is, however, inside of their ring road. Most of the population of Yekaterinburg is however east of the line.
Fomalhaut
+1
Level 44
Dec 22, 2022
Well I think danzig could be an alternative to gdansk :)
Fomalhaut
+1
Level 44
Dec 22, 2022
Also, stalingrad to st. petersburg, and constantinople to istanbul
Djilas
+1
Level 85
Apr 16, 2025
That's 3 cities though
AK11BJK
+1
Level 20
Apr 24, 2025
No?
G30GR4PHY
+1
Level 59
Jun 5, 2025
Stalingrad is attributed to Volgograd, another city in Russia. You're thinking of Leningrad.
kimanguri
+1
Level 61
Aug 27, 2024
Also USSR for Russia, Edo for Tokyo, and Pangea for North & South America, Eurasia, Oceania, Africa, and Antarctica
megaloceros
+1
Level 70
Mar 4, 2025
USSR and Russia are distinct political entities. They are not the same
Dimby
+1
Level 80
Apr 16, 2025
Suuuuuuuuuure.
DawnX
+1
Level 54
Feb 1, 2023
frankfurt barely has 700k people so it is very far from being on this list
RJG
+1
Level 63
Feb 10, 2023
42/50 can't believe i missed Copenhagen and Newcastle.
notjakob
+1
Level 36
May 8, 2023
Frankfurt on 3.6 Million??
Kalikiano98
+6
Level 43
Jul 2, 2023
Took me many tries but was really fun. I also agree that Yekaterinburg might be a stretch based on its location.
Carrutos
+2
Level 66
Jul 8, 2023
Samara and Tolyatti form an agglomeration of 2-3 million people, weird that the source doesn’t count that.
HydratedMite
+1
Level 67
Mar 27, 2024
Samara and Tolyatti are nowhere near each other???
Gewuerztraminer
+4
Level 44
Aug 5, 2023
Mannheim is a really strange pick here, maybe include the rhein-neckar metropolitan area instead. Mannheim is not even in the top 15 largest cities in Germany
AK11BJK
+1
Level 20
Apr 24, 2025
Du hast Recht mein Freund.
Horaldgeo
+3
Level 52
Aug 27, 2023
This is very but i mean really extremely inaccurate, maybe most of the cities fits there, alright, but the order is crazy, use a normal source next time.
EpicFailure
+1
Level 30
Dec 25, 2023
48/50 missed Dublin and Valencia
NorgeWolfeler
+1
Level 43
Jan 7, 2024
Upper Silesia have 3 million not 2.33 million
Lilylee
+1
Level 76
Jan 27, 2024
With the same logic there's The Ruhr, maybe add Randstad?
Guulkrul2000
+4
Level 56
Mar 26, 2024
Please separate Rotterdam and The Hague. They are not considered to be one city. If 'the Ruhr' is an answer, then 'the Randstad' should also be an answer, which is Rotterdam, The Hague, Haarlem, Amsterdam and Utrecht combined (and more)
PolPetrol
+1
Level 58
May 15, 2024
Brussels 2.7 million?? Bwahahahaha.
Samuelfghk
+1
Level 38
Jun 13, 2024
I was searching in Russia and forgot about Copenhagen... Anyway 41/50
Nestormakhno
+1
Level 74
Jun 27, 2024
surely Kazan has more than 1.4 million
RedStar12345
+1
Level 53
Jul 24, 2024
I wrote Constantinople, with no success. For some reason, I never though about writing Istanbul
Albrik
+6
Level 59
Aug 14, 2024
Yekaterinburg is not in Europe, it's over the Ural
minnakronberg
+2
Level 67
Sep 9, 2024
Surely Nizhni Novogorod should be accepted. Both are a transliteration anyway and I've seed the spelling with i at the end on other quizzes here.
AKAbi
+3
Level 36
Nov 29, 2024
Mannheim (Germany) has NOT 1.58 Million population.

Metropolitan etc. is fake, this city has not more than 300-400 thousand people.

I live there, that‘s crazy.!

(Edit) Even with the surrounding areas it (only) makes about 800-900 thousand.

AK11BJK
+2
Level 20
Apr 24, 2025
You are right my friend.
Berney
+5
Level 83
Apr 15, 2025
Why are Manchester and Liverpool lumped together? They are completely separate and very distinct cities.
megaloceros
+2
Level 70
Apr 15, 2025
The urban area is contiguous
kitsims
+2
Level 85
Apr 15, 2025
No, it’s not. There is significant green/agricultural space between the two. My mother lived in a small rural village located near Warrington, halfway between Manchester and Liverpool.
TWM03
+2
Level 72
Apr 20, 2025
Soon Citypopulation.de is probably going to decide that New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington DC all form one "urban area". From looking at satellite photos, I think there may in fact be a stronger argument for this than grouping Manchester and Liverpool together!
Seanthesheep
+6
Level 75
Apr 16, 2025
Has been said many times already but Yekatrinburg is not in Europe. Sources: Wikipedia: "Geographically, Yekaterinburg is in North Asia, close to the Ural Mountains" and "Of the 16 Russian cities with over 1 million inhabitants, 12 lie within European Russia: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Voronezh, Perm and Volgograd (the remaining four are Yekaterinburg, Omsk, Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk)." US Embassy: "Yekaterinburg lies at the crossroads between Europe and Asia, east of the slopes of the Ural Mountains in central Russia."
Hardeep
+2
Level 68
Apr 16, 2025
Can we protest against using citypopulation.de as a source
PolPetrol
+1
Level 58
Apr 22, 2025
Absolutely!
PolPetrol
+1
Level 58
Apr 22, 2025
Brussels 2.8 million?? Bwahahahaha.
ooftownroad
+1
Level 64
May 16, 2025
Can you accept Beograd for Belgrade?
Jules38260
+1
Level 56
Jun 7, 2025
If we are talking about urban areas, some are missing : Madrid, Stockholm, Antwerp, etc...
Euronick61
+1
Level 68
Jun 21, 2025
Liverpool and Manchester are two separate cities .. you can't count them as one
Constantinos
+1
Level 74
Jul 6, 2025
Yekaterinburg is entirely east of the Urals so defo not European.
Alouka
+1
Level 70
Jul 6, 2025
Well done, I managed to not get my own capital city because I didn't realise I wasn't writing it in English. I tried it 3 times XD I guess I'll need a bit more cafein today
workie
+1
Level 68
Jul 6, 2025
In other quizzes, e.g. Countries of the world, Jetpunk class Turkey as being in Asia.
JZG77
+1
Level 37
Jul 6, 2025
Because most of Turkey is in Asia (97%) with only Eastern Thrace region being in Europe. Half of İstanbul is Europe geographically and culture+history wise it is natural to clasiffy it as entirely European.
CreeperFRFRFR
+1
Level 31
Jul 6, 2025
Istanbul is in turkey xD
Penguin
+1
Level 45
Jul 6, 2025
how tf did i miss birmingham but got nizhny novgorod and yekaterinburg... and I am scottish 😭😭😭
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