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Top 150 Most Populated Subdivisions of Europe

How many of the 150 most populated first-level administrative subdivisions in Europe can you name?
As of May 2023
Population numbers are estimates based on the most recent available data adjusted to the country populations listed on this page.
There is one subdivision that straddles two continents, its population has been reduced to only the European side.
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Country
Subdivision
Population
United Kingdom
England
57.1 mil
Germany
North Rhine-
Westphalia
17.9 mil
Netherlands
Netherlands
17.5 mil
Germany
Bavaria
13.2 mil
Russia
Moscow
12.9 mil
France
Île-de-France
12.8 mil
Germany
Baden-Württemberg
11.1 mil
Turkey
Istanbul
10.3 mil
Italy
Lombardy
9.96 mil
Russia
Moscow
8.48 mil
Spain
Andalusia
8.48 mil
Germany
Lower Saxony
8.03 mil
France
Auvergne-Rhône-
Alpes
7.92 mil
Spain
Catalonia
7.77 mil
Belgium
Flanders
6.76 mil
Spain
Madrid
6.73 mil
Germany
Hesse
6.30 mil
Poland
Masovia
5.98 mil
France
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
5.92 mil
France
Hauts-de-France
5.91 mil
France
Occitanie
5.84 mil
Russia
Krasnodar
5.74 mil
Italy
Lazio
5.71 mil
Italy
Campania
5.60 mil
United Kingdom
Scotland
5.54 mil
Russia
Saint Petersburg
5.53 mil
France
Grand Est
5.47 mil
Spain
Valencia
5.08 mil
France
Provence-Alpes-Côte
d'Azur
5.00 mil
Italy
Veneto
4.84 mil
Italy
Sicily
4.81 mil
Poland
Silesia
4.77 mil
Italy
Emilia-Romagna
4.43 mil
Italy
Piedmont
4.24 mil
Russia
Rostov
4.11 mil
Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
4.11 mil
Germany
Saxony
4.05 mil
Russia
Bashkortostan
4.03 mil
Russia
Tatarstan
3.95 mil
Italy
Apulia
3.90 mil
Poland
Greater Poland
3.80 mil
Greece
Attica
3.76 mil
France
Pays de la Loire
3.75 mil
Poland
Lesser Poland
3.72 mil
Belgium
Wallonia
3.69 mil
Germany
Berlin
3.68 mil
Italy
Tuscany
3.65 mil
Ukraine
Donetsk
3.38 mil
France
Brittany
3.30 mil
France
Normandy
3.27 mil
Russia
Dagestan
3.17 mil
Poland
Lower Silesia
3.15 mil
United Kingdom
Wales
3.14 mil
Russia
Samara
3.10 mil
Russia
Nizhny Novgorod
3.04 mil
Germany
Schleswig-Holstein
2.92 mil
Russia
Stavropol
2.85 mil
France
Bourgogne-Franche-
Comté
2.77 mil
Spain
Galicia
2.68 mil
Poland
Łódź
2.61 mil
Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk
2.58 mil
Poland
Pomerania
2.56 mil
Germany
Brandenburg
2.54 mil
France
Centre-Val de Loire
2.53 mil
Russia
Perm
2.48 mil
Ukraine
Kiev
2.46 mil
Sweden
Stockholm
2.46 mil
Russia
Volgograd
2.44 mil
Russia
Saratov
2.37 mil
Spain
Castile and León
2.37 mil
Greece
Macedonia and
Thrace
2.33 mil
Poland
Subcarpathia
2.27 mil
Russia
Voronezh
2.26 mil
Portugal
Lisbon
2.26 mil
Poland
Lublin
2.23 mil
Spain
Basque
2.20 mil
Country
Subdivision
Population
Poland
Kuyavia-Pomerania
2.20 mil
Germany
Saxony-Anhalt
2.17 mil
Ukraine
Kharkiv
2.17 mil
Germany
Thuringia
2.11 mil
Ukraine
Lviv
2.06 mil
Belarus
Minsk
2.06 mil
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Federation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina
2.06 mil
Spain
Castilla-La Mancha
2.05 mil
Russia
Leningrad
2.00 mil
Ukraine
Odessa
1.96 mil
Austria
Vienna
1.95 mil
United Kingdom
Northern Ireland
1.92 mil
Russia
Crimea
1.89 mil
Denmark
Capital Region
1.88 mil
Germany
Hamburg
1.86 mil
Italy
Calabria
1.84 mil
Hungary
Budapest
1.83 mil
Russia
Orenburg
1.82 mil
Serbia
Belgrade
1.81 mil
Romania
Bucharest
1.80 mil
Poland
West Pomerania
1.80 mil
Sweden
Västra Götaland
1.77 mil
Portugal
Porto
1.77 mil
Ukraine
Luhansk
1.75 mil
Finland
Uusimaa
1.73 mil
Austria
Lower Austria
1.69 mil
Germany
Mecklenburg-
Vorpommern
1.61 mil
Italy
Sardinia
1.58 mil
Switzerland
Zürich
1.58 mil
Spain
Murcia
1.53 mil
Russia
Chechnya
1.51 mil
Belarus
Minsk
1.51 mil
Austria
Upper Austria
1.51 mil
Italy
Liguria
1.50 mil
Poland
Warmia-Masuria
1.50 mil
Ukraine
Kiev
1.50 mil
Russia
Belgorod
1.50 mil
Italy
Marche
1.48 mil
Russia
Tula
1.46 mil
Sweden
Skåne
1.43 mil
Russia
Udmurtia
1.42 mil
Belarus
Gomel
1.39 mil
Czech Republic
Central Bohemia
1.38 mil
Greece
Peloponnese,
Western Greece
and the Ionian
1.37 mil
Ukraine
Zaporizhia
1.36 mil
Belarus
Brest
1.36 mil
Denmark
Central Denmark
1.35 mil
Hungary
Pest
1.33 mil
Spain
Aragon
1.32 mil
Bulgaria
Sofia City
1.31 mil
Russia
Vladimir
1.31 mil
Poland
Holy Cross
1.30 mil
Norway
Viken
1.29 mil
Czech Republic
Prague
1.27 mil
Italy
Abruzzo
1.27 mil
Ukraine
Vinnytsia
1.26 mil
Poland
Podlaskie
1.25 mil
Austria
Styria
1.24 mil
Denmark
Southern Denmark
1.24 mil
Belgium
Brussels-Capital
Region
1.23 mil
Russia
Penza
1.23 mil
Russia
Tver
1.20 mil
Italy
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
1.19 mil
Czech Republic
South Moravia
1.18 mil
Greece
Thessaly and Central
Greece
1.18 mil
Russia
Yaroslavl
1.18 mil
Czech Republic
Moravia-Silesia
1.18 mil
Spain
Balearic Islands
1.17 mil
Russia
Ulyanovsk
1.17 mil
Russia
Chuvashia
1.16 mil
Turkey
Tekirdağ
1.15 mil
Russia
Bryansk
1.14 mil
Belarus
Vitebsk
1.13 mil
Ukraine
Poltava
1.13 mil
2 Comments
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Level 65
May 23, 2023
Good idea! But your regular reminder that Crimea is legally in Ukraine. Donetsk and Luhansk are too (as rightly recognised here) despite Russia's illegal and unrecognised annexation. No blame to the person who set the quiz, but it's the overall ruling on this site that is bizarre and wrong.
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Level 74
May 23, 2023
I only follow JetPunk standards, no political bias here. This site generally follows factual situations rather than international recognition. It's the reason Taiwan is recognized as a country but Palestine isn't.

Regarding Donetsk and Luhansk, Quizmaster has made it clear that no changes will be made until the war is over.