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This list ranks metropolitan areas in Europe by their population according to three different sources; it includes metropolitan areas that have a population of over 1 million.
Sources
List includes metropolitan areas according only to the studies of ESPON, Eurostat, and OECD. For this reason some metropolitan areas, like the Italian Genoa Metropolitan Area (with a population of 1,510,781 as of 2010) or the Ukrainian Kryvyi Rih metropolitan area (with a population of 1,170,953 as of 2019), are not included in this list, with data by other statistic survey institutes.
Population figures correspond to the populations of Functional urban areas (FUA). The concept of a functional urban area defines a metropolitan area as a core urban area defined morphologically on the basis of population density, plus the surrounding labour pool defined on the basis of commuting.
Figures in the first two population columns use a harmonised definition of a Functional urban area developed jointly in 2011, with delimitation basing on the DEGURBA method.
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.
Metropolitan areas
{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header"
!Metropolitan area name
!Country
!OECD<br />(2020)
!Eurostat
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Amsterdam metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Antwerp
|
|
| <small>(2024)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Athens metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2011)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Barcelona metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|-
|Belgrade
|
|
|
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Berlin metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Bilbao metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Bordeaux
|
|
| <small>(2022)</small>
|-
|Greater Bristol
|
|
| <small>(2018)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Brussels metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2024)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Bucharest metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2018)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Budapest metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|-
|Cardiff
|
|
| <small>(2018)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Copenhagen metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2013)</small>
|-
|Dnipro
|
|
|
|-
|Donetsk
|
|
|
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Dublin Metropolitan Area
|
|
| <small>(2011)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Frankfurt Rhine-Main
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Gdańsk (Tricity)
|
|
| <small>(2021)</small>
|-
|Greater Glasgow
|
|
| <small>(2018)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Gothenburg
|
|
| <small>(2018)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|The Hague
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Hamburg Metropolitan Region
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Hannover
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Helsinki Metropolitan Area
|
|
| <small>(2024)</small>
|-
|Istanbul
|
|
| <small>(2004)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Katowice metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2021)</small>
|-
|Kazan metropolitan area
|
|
|
|-
|Kharkiv
|
|
|
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Kraków metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2021)</small>
|-
|Kyiv metropolitan area
|
|
|
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Lille
|
|
| <small>(2022)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Lisbon metropolitan area
||
|
| <small>(2024)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Łódź metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2021)</small>
|-
|London metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2018)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Lyon
|
|
| <small>(2022)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Madrid metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2022)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Málaga
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|-
|Greater Manchester
|
|
| <small>(2018)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Mannheim-Ludwigshafen
|
|
| <small>(2022)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Marseille
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|-
|Liverpool City Region
|
|
| <small>(2018)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Milan metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2024)</small>
|-
|Minsk metropolitan area
|
|
|
|-
|Moscow metropolitan area
|
|
|
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Munich
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Nantes
|
|
| <small>(2022)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Naples metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2024)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Nice
|
|
| <small>(2022)</small>
|-
|Nizhny Novgorod
|
|
|
|-
|Nottingham-Derby
|
|
| <small>(2018)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Northwest Metropolitan Region (Bremen)
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Nuremberg Metropolitan Region
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|-
|Odesa
|
|
|
|-
|Greater Oslo Region
|
|
| <small>(2013)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Paris metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2022)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Porto Metropolitan Area
|
|
| <small>(2024)</small>
|-
|Portsmouth-Southampton
|
|
| <small>(2018)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Poznań metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2021)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Prague metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2022)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Rhein-Nord (Düsseldorf - Neuss)
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Rhein-Süd (Cologne - Bonn)
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Rome metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2024)</small>
|-
|Rostov-on-Don
|
|
|
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Rotterdam
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Ruhr
|
|
| <small>(2021)</small>
|-
|Saint Petersburg metropolitan area
|
|
|
|-
|Samara
|
|
|
|-
|Saratov
|
|
|
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Seville metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2021)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Sofia
|
|
| <small>(2022)</small>
|-
|South Yorkshire (Sheffield-Doncaster)
|
|
| <small>(2018)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Metropolitan Stockholm
|
|
| <small>(2018)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Stuttgart Metropolitan Region
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|-
|Tbilisi
|
|
|
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Thessaloniki metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2011)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Toulouse
|
|
| <small>(2022)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Turin metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|-
|Tyne and Wear (Newcastle-Sunderland)
|
|
| <small>(2018)</small>
|-
|Ufa
|
|
|
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Valencia
|
|
| <small>(2023)</small>
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Vienna
|
|
|
|-
|Volgograd
|
|
|
|-
|Voronezh
|
|
|
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Warsaw metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2021)</small>
|-
|West Midlands conurbation (Birmingham)
|
|
| <small>(2018)</small>
|-
|West Yorkshire Built-up Area (Leeds - Bradford)
|
|
| <small>(2018)</small>
|-
|Yerevan
|
|
|
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
|Zagreb metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2022)</small>
|-
|Zurich metropolitan area
|
|
| <small>(2022)</small>
|}
See also
- List of European cities by population within city limits
- List of urban areas in Europe
- List of European city regions
- Lists of cities in Europe
- List of largest cities in the European Union by population within city limits
- List of urban areas in the European Union
- List of European Union cities proper by population density
- List of metropolitan areas by population for the world
- World's largest cities
Regional and country-specific lists
- Largest metropolitan areas in the Nordic countries
- List of metropolitan areas in Belgium
- List of metropolitan areas in France
- List of metropolitan areas in Germany
- List of metropolitan areas in Italy
- List of metropolitan areas in Poland
- List of metropolitan areas in Romania
- List of metropolitan areas in Spain
- List of metropolitan areas in Sweden
- List of metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom
Notes
References
External links
- Geopolis: research group, university of Paris-Diderot, France - Population of urban areas of 10,000 or more