List of European cities by Population within city limits - wikipedia List of European cities by Population within city limits This is a list of the largest cities in Europe ranked according to population within their city limits. It deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries ( municipalities ) as opposed to urban areas or metropolitan areas, which are generally larger in terms of population than the main city. The list includes cities geographically situated in Europe, using the conventional definition of its boundaries. It is notable that Istanbul 's commercial and historical center lies on the European side, and about a third of its population lives on the Asian side. 64.7 % of the residents live on the European side, and 35.3 % on the Asian side. According to the population within city limits value listed below, the city as a whole is larger than Moscow. However, the European side is not as populous as Moscow. Map all coordinates using : OpenStreetMap Google Maps Download coordinates as : KML GPX Contents 1 Largest cities 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References Largest cities Note : The cities are sorted by the column labelled Population within city limits. Cities in bold are capital cities of their respective countries. City Country Population within city limits Date 2011 Eurostat population Image Location Ref. Istanbul Turkey 7007150292310000000 ♠ 15,029,231 000000002017 - 12 - 31 - 0000 31 December 2017 41 ° 00 ′ 49 '' N 28 ° 57 ′ 18 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 41.013611 ° N 28.955 ° E ﻿ / 41.013611 ; 28.955 ﻿ ( 1 Istanbul ) Moscow Russia 7007131975960000000 ♠ 13,197,596 000000002017 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2017 55 ° 45 ′ 00 '' N 37 ° 37 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 55.75 ° N 37.616667 ° E ﻿ / 55.75 ; 37.616667 ﻿ ( 2 Moscow ) London United Kingdom 7006878789200000000 ♠ 8,787,892 000000002016 - 06 - 30 - 0000 30 June 2016 7006817394100000000 ♠ 8,173,941 51 ° 30 ′ 26 '' N 0 ° 07 ′ 39 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 51.507222 ° N 0.1275 ° W ﻿ / 51.507222 ; - 0.1275 ﻿ ( 3 London ) Saint Petersburg Russia 7006532330000000000 ♠ 5,323,300 000000002017 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2017 59 ° 57 ′ N 30 ° 18 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 59.95 ° N 30.3 ° E ﻿ / 59.95 ; 30.3 ﻿ ( 1 Saint Petersburg ) Berlin Germany 7006367100000000000 ♠ 3,671,000 000000002016 - 12 - 31 - 0000 31 December 2016 7006346072500000000 ♠ 3,460,725 52 ° 31 ′ 00 '' N 13 ° 23 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 52.516667 ° N 13.383333 ° E ﻿ / 52.516667 ; 13.383333 ﻿ ( 5 Berlin ) 6 Madrid Spain 7006316523500000000 ♠ 3,165,235 000000002014 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2014 7006319864500000000 ♠ 3,198,645 40 ° 23 ′ 00 '' N 3 ° 43 ′ 00 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.383333 ° N 3.716667 ° W ﻿ / 40.383333 ; - 3.716667 ﻿ ( 6 Madrid ) 7 Kiev Ukraine 7006293440100000000 ♠ 2,934,401 000000002018 - 02 - 01 - 0000 1 February 2018 50 ° 27 ′ 00 '' N 30 ° 31 ′ 24 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 50.45 ° N 30.523333 ° E ﻿ / 50.45 ; 30.523333 ﻿ ( 8 Kiev ) 8 Rome Italy 7006287903800000000 ♠ 2,879,038 000000002017 - 10 - 19 - 0000 19 October 2017 7006287349400000000 ♠ 2,873,494 41 ° 54 ′ N 12 ° 30 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 41.9 ° N 12.5 ° E ﻿ / 41.9 ; 12.5 ﻿ ( 7 Rome ) 9 Paris France 7006224134600000000 ♠ 2,241,346 000000002014 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2014 7006224997700000000 ♠ 2,249,977 48 ° 51 ′ 24 '' N 2 ° 21 ′ 03 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 48.8567 ° N 2.3508 ° E ﻿ / 48.8567 ; 2.3508 ﻿ ( 9 Paris ) 10 Minsk Belarus 7006194940000000000 ♠ 1,949,400 000000002015 - 10 - 01 - 0000 1 October 2015 53 ° 54 ′ 00 '' N 27 ° 34 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 53.9 ° N 27.566667 ° E ﻿ / 53.9 ; 27.566667 ﻿ ( 10 Minsk ) 11 Bucharest Romania 7006188314400000000 ♠ 1,883,144 000000002016 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2016 7006190329900000000 ♠ 1,903,299 44 ° 25 ′ 57 '' N 26 ° 06 ′ 14 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 44.4325 ° N 26.103889 ° E ﻿ / 44.4325 ; 26.103889 ﻿ ( 11 Bucharest ) 12 Vienna Austria 7006187783600000000 ♠ 1,877,836 000000002017 - 07 - 01 - 0000 1 July 2017 7006159862600000000 ♠ 1,598,626 48 ° 12 ′ 00 '' N 16 ° 22 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 48.2 ° N 16.366667 ° E ﻿ / 48.2 ; 16.366667 ﻿ ( 12 Vienna ) 13 Budapest Hungary 7006175940700000000 ♠ 1,759,407 000000002015 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2015 7006172904000000000 ♠ 1,729,040 47 ° 29 ′ 33 '' N 19 ° 03 ′ 05 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 47.4925 ° N 19.051389 ° E ﻿ / 47.4925 ; 19.051389 ﻿ ( 14 Budapest ) 14 Hamburg Germany 7006175804100000000 ♠ 1,758,041 000000002014 - 10 - 31 - 0000 31 October 2014 7006178644800000000 ♠ 1,786,448 53 ° 33 ′ 55 '' N 10 ° 00 ′ 05 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 53.565278 ° N 10.001389 ° E ﻿ / 53.565278 ; 10.001389 ﻿ ( 13 Hamburg ) 15 Warsaw Poland 7006174891600000000 ♠ 1,748,916 000000002016 - 06 - 30 - 0000 30 June 2016 7006170849100000000 ♠ 1,708,491 52 ° 14 ′ 00 '' N 21 ° 01 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 52.233333 ° N 21.016667 ° E ﻿ / 52.233333 ; 21.016667 ﻿ ( 15 Warsaw ) 16 Barcelona Spain 7006160238600000000 ♠ 1,602,386 000000002014 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2014 7006161101300000000 ♠ 1,611,013 41 ° 23 ′ 00 '' N 2 ° 11 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 41.383333 ° N 2.183333 ° E ﻿ / 41.383333 ; 2.183333 ﻿ ( 16 Barcelona ) 17 Munich Germany 7006152167800000000 ♠ 1,521,678 000000002015 - 12 - 31 - 0000 31 December 2015 7006137817600000000 ♠ 1,378,176 48 ° 08 ′ 00 '' N 11 ° 34 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 48.133333 ° N 11.566667 ° E ﻿ / 48.133333 ; 11.566667 ﻿ ( 18 Munich ) 18 Kharkiv Ukraine 7006143156500000000 ♠ 1,431,565 000000002014 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2014 50 ° 00 ′ 16 '' N 36 ° 13 ′ 53 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 50.004444 ° N 36.231389 ° E ﻿ / 50.004444 ; 36.231389 ﻿ ( 17 Kharkiv ) 19 Milan Italy 7006136269500000000 ♠ 1,362,695 000000002017 - 07 - 31 - 0000 31 July 2017 7006132411000000000 ♠ 1,324,110 45 ° 28 ′ 00 '' N 9 ° 11 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 45.466667 ° N 9.183333 ° E ﻿ / 45.466667 ; 9.183333 ﻿ ( 19 Milan ) 20 Prague Czech Republic 7006128020800000000 ♠ 1,280,208 000000002016 - 12 - 31 - 0000 31 December 2016 7006124166400000000 ♠ 1,241,664 50 ° 05 ′ 00 '' N 14 ° 25 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 50.083333 ° N 14.416667 ° E ﻿ / 50.083333 ; 14.416667 ﻿ ( 21 Prague ) 21 Sofia Bulgaria 7006132402400000000 ♠ 1,324,024 000000002017 - 09 - 15 - 0000 15 September 2017 7006132402500000000 ♠ 1,324,025 42 ° 42 ′ N 23 ° 20 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 42.7 ° N 23.33 ° E ﻿ / 42.7 ; 23.33 ﻿ ( 22 Bulgaria ) 22 Nizhny Novgorod Russia 7006125000000000000 ♠ 1,250,000 000000002013 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2013 56 ° 19 ′ 37 '' N 44 ° 00 ′ 27 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 56.326944 ° N 44.0075 ° E ﻿ / 56.326944 ; 44.0075 ﻿ ( 20 Nizhny Novgorod ) 23 Kazan Russia 7006121696500000000 ♠ 1,216,965 000000002016 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2016 55 ° 47 ′ 25 '' N 49 ° 08 ′ 05 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 55.790278 ° N 49.134722 ° E ﻿ / 55.790278 ; 49.134722 ﻿ ( 23 Kazan ) 24 Brussels Belgium 7006117182800000000 ♠ 1,171,828 000000002015 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2015 7006113677800000000 ♠ 1,136,778 50 ° 50 ′ 48 '' N 4 ° 21 ′ 09 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 50.8467 ° N 4.3525 ° E ﻿ / 50.8467 ; 4.3525 ﻿ ( 26 Brussels ) 25 Samara Russia 7006117091000000000 ♠ 1,170,910 000000002016 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2016 53 ° 12 ′ 10 '' N 50 ° 08 ′ 27 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 53.202778 ° N 50.140833 ° E ﻿ / 53.202778 ; 50.140833 ﻿ ( 24 Samara ) 26 Belgrade Serbia 7006116676300000000 ♠ 1,166,763 000000002011 - 09 - 30 - 0000 30 September 2011 44 ° 49 ′ 00 '' N 20 ° 28 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 44.816667 ° N 20.466667 ° E ﻿ / 44.816667 ; 20.466667 ﻿ ( 25 Belgrade ) 27 Birmingham United Kingdom 7006112460000000000 ♠ 1,124,600 000000002016 - 06 - 30 - 0000 30 June 2016 7006107304500000000 ♠ 1,073,045 52 ° 28 ′ 59 '' N 1 ° 53 ′ 37 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 52.483056 ° N 1.893611 ° W ﻿ / 52.483056 ; - 1.893611 ﻿ ( 28 Birmingham ) 28 Ufa Russia 7006112142900000000 ♠ 1,121,429 000000002016 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2016 54 ° 45 ′ 00 '' N 55 ° 58 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 54.75 ° N 55.966667 ° E ﻿ / 54.75 ; 55.966667 ﻿ ( 29 Ufa ) 29 Rostov - on - Don Russia 7006111987500000000 ♠ 1,119,875 000000002016 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2016 47 ° 14 ′ 00 '' N 39 ° 42 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 47.233333 ° N 39.7 ° E ﻿ / 47.233333 ; 39.7 ﻿ ( 27 Rostov - on - Don ) 30 Tbilisi Georgia 7006111803500000000 ♠ 1,118,035 2014 41 ° 43 ′ 00 '' N 44 ° 47 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 41.7166 ° N 44.7833 ° E ﻿ / 41.7166 ; 44.7833 ﻿ ( 29 Tbilisi ) 31 Cologne Germany 7006103948800000000 ♠ 1,039,488 000000002014 - 06 - 30 - 0000 30 June 2014 7006100711900000000 ♠ 1,007,119 50 ° 56 ′ 11 '' N 6 ° 57 ′ 10 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 50.936389 ° N 6.952778 ° E ﻿ / 50.936389 ; 6.952778 ﻿ ( 30 Cologne ) 32 Perm Russia 7006104187600000000 ♠ 1,041,876 000000002016 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2016 58 ° 00 ′ 00 '' N 56 ° 19 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 58 ° N 56.316667 ° E ﻿ / 58 ; 56.316667 ﻿ ( 32 Perm ) 33 Voronezh Russia 7006103238200000000 ♠ 1,032,382 000000002016 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2016 51 ° 40 ′ 18 '' N 39 ° 12 ′ 38 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 51.671667 ° N 39.210556 ° E ﻿ / 51.671667 ; 39.210556 ﻿ ( 33 Voronezh ) 34 Volgograd Russia 7006101613700000000 ♠ 1,016,137 000000002016 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2016 48 ° 42 ′ 00 '' N 44 ° 31 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 48.7 ° N 44.516667 ° E ﻿ / 48.7 ; 44.516667 ﻿ ( 31 New York City ) 35 Odessa Ukraine 7005999359000000000 ♠ 999,359 000000002014 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2014 46 ° 28 ′ 00 '' N 30 ° 44 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 46.466667 ° N 30.733333 ° E ﻿ / 46.466667 ; 30.733333 ﻿ ( 34 Odessa ) 36 Dnipro Ukraine 7005982969000000000 ♠ 982,969 000000002014 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2014 48 ° 27 ′ 00 '' N 34 ° 59 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 48.45 ° N 34.983333 ° E ﻿ / 48.45 ; 34.983333 ﻿ ( 36 Dnipro ) 37 Naples Italy 7005970185000000000 ♠ 970,185 000000002017 - 10 - 19 - 0000 19 October 2017 7005959574000000000 ♠ 959,574 40 ° 50 ′ 00 '' N 14 ° 15 ′ 00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.833333 ° N 14.25 ° E ﻿ / 40.833333 ; 14.25 ﻿ ( 35 Naples ) See also List of urban areas in Europe List of metropolitan areas in Europe List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits List of cities and towns in Russia by population Notes Jump up ^ Istanbul is a transcontinental city in Eurasia, with its commercial and historical centre and about two - thirds of the population lying on the European side, and about one - third living on the Asian side. 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Question: 5 cities with the highest population in europe
Answer: Istanbul; Istanbul