List of metropolitan areas in Europe
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.
Metropolitan areas
| Metropolitan area name | Country | City Population Urban Agglomeration | Eurostat Metropolitan region | Eurostat Metropolitan region | ESPON Functional Urban Area | OECD Metropolitan region |
| Amsterdam metropolitan area | Netherlands | 2,475,000 | 3,269,905 | 2497000 | ||
| Antwerp | Belgium | 1,120,000 | 985,332 | 1406000 | ||
| Athens | Greece | 3,350,000 | 3,561,750 | 3761000 | ||
| Barcelona metropolitan area | Spain | 4,775,000 | 5,575,204 | 4082000 | ||
| Belgrade | Serbia | 1,420,000 | No data | No data | No data | 1,133,146 |
| Berlin | Germany | 4,725,000 | 5,303,846 | 4016000 | ||
| Bilbao | Spain | <1,000,000 | 1,137,191 | 947000 | ||
| Birmingham | United Kingdom | 3,150,000 | 2,558,916 | 3,683,000 | ||
| Bremen | Germany | 1,000,000 | 1,277,609 | 1077000 | ||
| Bristol | United Kingdom | <1,000,000 | 1,157,937 | 1041000 | ||
| Brussels-Capital Region | Belgium | 2,700,000 | 2,548,941 | 2639000 | ||
| Bucharest metropolitan area | Romania | 2,200,000 | 2,315,173 | 2064000 | No data | |
| Budapest metropolitan area | Hungary | 2,625,000 | 3,031,160 | |||
| Cardiff | United Kingdom | <1,000,000 | 1,140,165 | 1097000 | ||
| Copenhagen | Denmark | 1,680,000 | 2,045,259 | 2350000 | ||
| Donetsk | Ukraine | 1,440,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Dnipro | Ukraine | 1,390,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Dublin Metropolitan Area | 1,390,000 | 2,107,749 | ||||
| Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Region | Germany | 3,250,000 | 2,710,127 | 2764000 | ||
| Gdańsk | Poland | <1,000,000 | 993000 | |||
| Gothenburg | Sweden | 1,041,850 | 1,021,831 | |||
| Greater Glasgow | United Kingdom | 1,680,000 | 1,861,315 | 1395000 | ||
| The Hague | Netherlands | Included in Rotterdam | No data | No data | ||
| Hamburg Metropolitan Region | Germany | 2,875,000 | 3,327,940 | 2983000 | ||
| Helsinki Metropolitan Area | Finland | 1,300,000 | 1,671,024 | |||
| Istanbul | Turkey | 16,000,000 | No data | No data | No data | 11400000 |
| Katowice metropolitan area | Poland | 2,350,000 | 2,695,148 | 3029000 | ||
| Kazan | Russia | 1,260,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Kharkiv | Ukraine | 1,640,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Kiev metropolitan area | Ukraine | 3,475,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Kraków metropolitan area | Poland | <1,000,000 | 1,491,811 | |||
| West Yorkshire | United Kingdom | 2,175,000 | 1,750,276 | 2302000 | ||
| Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai | France/ Belgium | 1,290,000 | 2,594,456 | 1379000 | ||
| Lisbon metropolitan area | Portugal | 2,475,000 | 2,846,332 | 2591000 | ||
| Liverpool/Birkenhead | United Kingdom | 1,880,000 | 1,784,475 | 2241000 | ||
| Łódź | Poland | <1,000,000 | 1,070,544 | 1165000 | ||
| Wrocław | Poland | <1,000,000 | 638,659 | 861000 | No data | |
| London metropolitan area | United Kingdom | 14,800,000 | 14,372,596 | 11203000 | ||
| Lyon | France | 1,980,000 | 1,865,534 | 1669000 | ||
| Madrid metropolitan area | Spain | 6,550,000 | 6,641,649 | 5263000 | ||
| Greater Manchester | United Kingdom | 3,350,000 | 3,712,997 | 2556000 | ||
| Marseille | France | 1,660,000 | 3,100,329 | 1530000 | ||
| Milan metropolitan area | Italy | 6,200,000 | 4,354,448 | |||
| Minsk | Belarus | 2,000,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Moscow metropolitan area | Russia | 17,300,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Munich | Germany | 2,250,000 | 2,908,664 | 2665000 | ||
| Naples metropolitan area | Italy | 4,225,000 | 3,084,890 | |||
| Nice | France | <1,000,000 | 1,080,815 | 1082000 | ||
| Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | 1,730,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Nottingham-Derby | 1,380,000 | 331,297 | 1534000 | |||
| Nuremberg Metropolitan Region | Germany | 1,200,000 | 1,349,848 | 1443000 | ||
| Odessa | Ukraine | 1,110,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Greater Oslo | Norway | 1,190,000 | 1,305,122 | 1037000 | ||
| Paris metropolitan area | France | 11,400,000 | 12,244,807 | 11175000 | ||
| Perm | Russia | 1,110,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Porto Metropolitan Area | Portugal | 1,540,000 | 1,722,374 | 1245000 | ||
| Portsmouth-Southampton | United Kingdom | 1,160,000 | 806,001 | 1547000 | ||
| Poznań | Poland | <1,000,000 | 919000 | |||
| Prague | Czech Republic | 1,440,000 | 2,677,964 | 1669000 | ||
| Rhein-Nord | Germany | See Rhein-Sud | 1,555,985 | 3073000 | Not listed | |
| Rhein-Süd | Germany | 5,000,000 | 2,003,046 | 3070000 | ||
| Riga | Latvia | <1,000,000 | 1,003,203 | 1195000 | ||
| Rome metropolitan area | Italy | 3,575,000 | 4,342,212 | 5190000 | ||
| Rostov-on-Don | Russia | 1,300,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Rotterdam - The Hague | Netherlands | 3,250,000 | 1,846,933 | 1904000 | ||
| Ruhr area | Germany | 5,700,000 | 5,111,530 | 5376000 | ||
| Saarbrücken - Forbach | Germany/ France | No data | 1102000 | |||
| Saint Petersburg | Russia | 5,650,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Samara | Russia | 1,300,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Saratov | Russia | 1,090,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Seville | Spain | 1,290,000 | 1,949,640 | 1180000 | ||
| Sofia | Bulgaria | 1,300,000 | 1,678,041 | 1,174,000 | no data | |
| Metropolitan Stockholm | Sweden | 2,225,000 | 2,344,124 | 2171000 | ||
| South Yorkshire | United Kingdom | 1,570,000 | 584,028 | 1869000 | ||
| Stuttgart Metropolitan Region | Germany | 2,400,000 | 2,787,724 | 2289000 | ||
| Thessaloniki metropolitan area | Greece | <1,000,000 | 1,104,690 | 1052000 | ||
| Turin metropolitan area | Italy | 1,640,000 | 2,259,523 | 1601000 | ||
| Newcastle-Sunderland | United Kingdom | 1,480,000 | 1,177,704 | 1599000 | ||
| Ufa | Russia | 1,130,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Valencia | Spain | 2,000,000 | 2,540,588 | 1398000 | ||
| Vienna | Austria | 2,250,000 | 2,853,903 | 2584000 | ||
| Volgograd | Russia | 1,410,000 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Warsaw metropolitan area | Poland | 2,375,000 | 3,053,104 | 2785000 | ||
| Zagreb | Croatia | <1,000,000 | 1,240,433 | No data | No data | |
| Zürich metropolitan area | Switzerland | 1,430,000 | 1,520,968 | 1615000 |
Polycentric metropolitan areas in the [European Union]
| Rank | Area | State | Population |
| 1 | Rhine-Ruhr | 12,190,000 | |
| 2 | Randstad | 8,219,380 | |
| 3 | Upper Silesian metropolitan area | / | 5,294,000 |
| 4 | Flemish Diamond | 5,103,000 |
Regional and country-specific lists
- Largest metropolitan areas in the Nordic countries
- List of metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom
- 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 Spain
- List of metropolitan areas in Sweden
- List of metropolitan areas in Poland