List of largest European cities in history

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Over the centuries, cities in Europe have changed a great deal, rising and falling in size and influence. These tables give an idea of estimated population at various dates from the earliest times to the most recent:

Timeline 7000–1200 B.C.

This period covers the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.

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Population of cities (7000–1200 B.C.)
City 7000 6500 – 6000 5000 4000 3800 3000 – 2500 2000 1600 1300
Athens 10,000 – 15,000 [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Akrotiri 8,000 – 15,000 – 30,000 [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
Choirokoitia 300 – 600 2,000 [31][32][33][34][35][36][37]
Dobrovody 10,000 – 16,000 [38][39]
Dimini 300 [40]
Durrington Walls 4,000 [41][42][43]
Fedorivka 6,000 [39]
Gournia 4,000 [44][45]
Knossos 100 1,000 1,300 – 2,000 18,000 20,000 – 40,000 – 100,000 30,000 [3][14][22][46][47][48][49][50][51][52]
Lepenski Vir 150 – 1,000 [53][54][55][56][57][58]
Mycenae 20,000[59] 30,000 – 35,000 [52][60]
Manika 6000 – 15,000 [61][62][63][64][65][66]
Malia 700 – 1,000 5,000 – 10,000 – 12.500 [22]
Maidanetske 10,000 – 29,000 – 46,000 [38][67][68]
Nea Nikomedeia 500 – 700 [69]
Okolište 1000 – 3000 [67]
Palaikastro 18,000 [22][70]
Vinča-Belo Brdo 2000 – 2500 [71][72]
Sesklo 300 1000 – 5000 [73][74][75][76][77]
Solnitsata 350 [78][79]
Tiryns 1,200 – 1,800 10,000 [80][81][82]
Nebelivka 17,000 [39]
Talianky 15,000 – 30,000 [39][83][84][85]
Thebes, Greece 4,000 – 6,000 8,000 [86][87][88][89][90]
Los Millares 1,000 – 2,300 [91][92][93]
Pavlopetri 500 2,000 [94][95]
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Timeline 1000–1 B.C.

This period covers the Iron Age, ancient Greece, and the Roman Republic.

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Population of cities (1000–1 B.C.)
City 1000 700 600 500 – 400 300 200 100 – 1
Athens 2,500 – 5,000 5,000 – 10,000 70,000 – 100,000 – 130,000 150,000 – 350,000 – 610,000 120,000 – 200,000 – 300,000 – 431,000 100,000 – 200,000 [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Argos 600 – 1,200 5,000 – 10,000 30,000 – 60,000 [3][14][96][97][98][99]
Aegina 20,000 – 40,000 [100]
Agrigento 200,000 – 800,000 [101][102][103][104][105]
Avaricum 40,000[106]
Bibracte 30,000[107]
Cerveteri 25,000 – 40,000 [108][109][110][111][112]
Capua 100,000 300,000 100,000 [113][114][115][116][117][118]
Corinth 5,000[119] 50,000 – 90,000 – 100,000 [82][120][121]
Crotone 50,000 – 80,000 [122]
Heuneburg 10,000 [123][124][125][126]
Ischia 5,000 – 10,000 [127][128][129]
Knossos 5,000 – 10,000 [3][14][22][46][47][48][49][50][51][52]
Populonia 25,000 – 40,000 [110][111][130][131]
Tarquinia 20,000 – 25,000 – 40,000 [110][111][130][131]
Veii 25,000 – 40,000 – 100,000 [110][111][130][131][132][133][134]
Volsinii 13,000 – 25,000 – 40,000 [110][111][130][131]
Vulci 15,000 – 25,000 – 40,000 [110][111][130][131]
Sparta 40,000 – 50,000 [2][135]
Syracuse, Sicily 200,000 – 800,000 – 1,200,000 200,000 – 400,000 [105][136][137][138][139][140][141][142]
Sybaris 100,000 – 300,000 [143][122][144][145][146][147]
Tiryns 15,000 [80][81][82]
Taranto 100,000 – 300,000 [118][148][149]
Thebes, Greece 30,000 – 60,000 [86][87][150][151][152]
Rome 3,145 – 7,400 24,240 – 60,600 80,000 130,000 250,000 – 300,000 350,000 500,000 – 1,000,000 [118][153][154][155][156][157][158][159][160][161][162][163][164]
Rhodes 100,000 – 200,000 100,000 [20][21][165]
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Timeline: Roman Empire–modern age (1–1800 A.D.)

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City 1 – 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800
Agrigento 50,000 [166]
Athens 30,000 – 90,000 110,000 25,000 35,000 – 50,000 40,000 [167][168][169][170]
Aquileia 12,000 – 100,000 100,000 [171][172][173]
Augsburg 25,000 – 50,000 25,000 – 50,000 12,000 50,000 30,000 – 50,000 45,000 – 50,000 – 100,000 26,000 28,000 – 32,000 [174][175][176][177][178][179][180]
Amalfi 80,000 [181]
Antwerp 5,000 20,000 100,000 – 200,000 46,000 – 90,000 75,000 [182][183][184][185][186]
Arles 75,000 – 100,000 [187][188][189]
Autun 40,000 – 100,000 [190][191][192]
Amsterdam 30,000 65,000 – 100,000 – 175,000 175,000 – 200,000 – 210,000 195,000 – 201,000 [185][193][194][195]
Barcelona 50,000 60,000 – 70,000 100,000 [195][196][197][198]
Bruges 50,000 125,000 – 200,000 [199][200]
Bucharest 60,000 50,000 [201]
Brussels 30,000 100,000 100,000 70,000 [184][194][202]
Bordeaux 15,000 30,000 – 40,000 50,000 100,000 [203][204][205][169][173]
Berlin 6,000 12,000 20,000 172,000 [194][206]
Bologna 35,000 50,000 – 70,000 [169][207][208]
Bolgar 25,000 – 30,000 50,000 [201]
Capua 30,000 [173]
Carnuntum 12,000 – 50,000 50,000 50,000 [209][210][211]
Cádiz 100,000 87,000 [192][212]
Corinth 100,000 – 200,000 – 700,000 45,000 + in 856 AD.[213] [82][214][215][216][217]
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Istanbul		 12,000 400,000 400,000 – 800,000 100,000 – 800,000 100,000 – 800,000 100,000 – 250,000 500,000 – 1,000,000 500,000 300,000 400,000 70,000 100,000 400,000 – 660,000 700,000 300,000 – 700,000 400,000 – 570,000 [218][219][220][221][222][223][224][225][226][227][169][170]
Córdoba 45,000 350,000 60,000 [192][207][228]
Cologne 40,000 40,000 15,000 – 20,000 21,000 20,000 21,000 – 50,000 50,000 – 60,000 50,000 – 60,000 40,000 45,000 40,000 50,000 [208][229][230][231][232][233]
Gdańsk 30,000 60,000 – 80,000 [174][234]
Dublin 1,000 – 2,000 4,000 – 5,000 10,000 20,000 75,000 200,000 [235][236][237][238]
Edirne (Adrianople) 10,000 28,000 125,000 160,000 – 183,000 93,000 100,000 [201]
Feodosia 40,000 85,000 – 88,000 50,000 40,000 36,000 – 44,000 [201]
Florence 15,000 50,000 – 60,000 80,000 – 120,000 70,000 70,000 [239][185][208][229][240][241]
Gela 30,000 [166]
Genoa 80,000 50,000 100,000 100,000 60,000 70,000 90,000 [239][185][208][242][243][244]
Ghent 5,000 10,000 60,000 – 80,000 70,000 – 80,000 80,000 – 150,000 – 175,000 – 200,000 [183][199][245][246][247][248][249][250][196]
Gortyna 22,500 [251]
Granada 26,000 150,000 100,000 70,000 [252][253][203]
Hamburg 8,000 15,000 – 20,000 40,000 – 60,000 – 100,000 63,000 – 75,000 117,000 – 130,000 [174][176][180][234][194][254]
Kyiv 10,000 18,000 [255][256]
Lisbon 35,000 50,000 – 60,000 60,000 – 70,000 – 120,000 120,000 – 140,000 200,000 237,000 [212][257][258][259]
London 30,000 45,000 – 50,000 – 60,000 10,000 – 12,000 20,000 – 25,000 10,000 – 20,000 20,000 – 25,000 50,000 – 100,000 50,000 – 100,000 – 120,000 225,000 – 410,000 550,000 – 700,000 861,000 – 1,000,000 [227][260][261][262][263][264][265][266][267]
Lugdunum (Lyon) 50,000 – 100,000 – 200,000 50,000 – 100,000 – 200,000 12,000 20,000 40,000 – 70,000 40,000 – 70,000 100,000 150,000 [234][268][208][269][270][271][272][273]
Leuven 45,000 [274]
Lublin 40,000 – 70,000 [201]
Lübeck 6,000 24,000 30,000 – 37,000 32,000 24,000 [201]
Madrid 60,000 105,000 182,000 [234][194][254]
Magdeburg 30,000 40,000 – 45,000 [174][233]
Marseille 15,000 80,000 – 100,000 80,000 83,000 – 100,000 [234][194][195][254][169][173]
Mainz 15,000 20,000 30,000 25,000 24,000 20,000 20,000 – 42,000 [275][169][173]
Messina 100,000 [193][254][276]
Milan 30,000 – 40,000 40,000 100,000 90,000 200,000 125,000 100,000 180,000 113,000 122,000 – 250,000 [115][239][277][192][194][243][254][278][279][280][281][173]
Metz 40,000 25,000 40,000 [268][272][282]
Montpellier 30,000 – 40,000 15,000 40,000 [268][283]
Moscow 20,000 – 30,000 30,000 – 40,000 100,000 200,000 200,000 270,000 [284][285]
Narbonne 20,000 30,000 – 50,000 31,000 [190][208][169][173]
Naples 30,000 50,000 30,000 30,000 50,000 – 60,000 200,000 350,000 207,000 500,000 [239][194][208][286][287][288][289][290][291][292]
Nimes 40,000 – 60,000 40,000 [268][293][294][295][296]
Nuremberg 10,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 – 52,000 40,000 – 50,000 – 100,000 27,000 [176][178][180][254][297][298][299]
Ostia Antica 20,000 – 50,000 – 100,000 50,000 – 100,000 [300][301][302][303][304][305]
Ohrid 40,000 [201]
Palermo 60,000 – 350,000 150,000 150,000 50,000 100,000 124,000 135,000 [306][193][194][307][259]
Paris 8,000 30,000 20,000 – 30,000 20,000 – 30,000 20,000 50,000 110,000 – 160,000 228,000 – 275,000 – 300,000 280,000 225,000 245,000 – 420,000 515,000 546,000 – 830,000 [208][227][308][309][310][268][311][312][169][313]
Padua 25,000 – 40,000 25,000 – 40,000 25,000 – 40,000 40,000 [169][314]
Philippi 10,000 – 100,000 [315][170]
Pliska 44,000 [201]
Plovdiv 20,000 20,000 30,000 [201]
Pozzuoli 30,000 – 100,000 [115][316][177][173]
Pskov 35,000 52,000 – 60,000 [201]
Preslav 60,000 60,000 [317]
Prague 10,000[318] 22,000 40,000 – 77,000 95,000 – 100,000 70,000 100,000 48,000 77,000 – 100,000 [319][194][320]
Regensburg 25,000 40,000 [277][272]
Reims 30,000 – 50,000 30,000 [190][268]
Rome 1,000,000 – 1,650,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 1,100,000 100,000 90,000 40,000 – 50,000 50,000 30,000 20,000 50,000 – 55,000 90,000 – 110,000 120,000 – 150,000 150,000 [153][154][155][156][157][158][159][160][161][185][218][321][322][323][324][325][326][169][173]
Ravenna 50,000 50,000 [187]
Rhodes 40,000 [170]
Rouen 10,000 30,000 40,000 70,000 40,000 – 70,000 40,000 – 70,000 63,000 80,000 – 90,000 [194][268][272][273][320][327][328]
Saint Petersburg 100,000+ 220,000 – 425,000 [195][329]
Salerno 50,000 50,000 30,000 4,000 [208][307]
Smolensk 20,000 – 30,000 – 40,000 25,000 50,000 64,000 40,000 [330][331]
Sarai 100,00 – 600,000 [332]
Speyer 30,000+ 30,000 20,000 [201]
Seville 90,000 150,000 25,000 100,000 – 300,000 80,000 96,000 [333][193][194][203]
Siena 50,000 – 120,000[334] 25,000 [335]
Stara Zagora 35,000 30,000 40,000 38,000 [201]
Syracuse, Sicily 80,000 – 90,000 [192][166]
Thessaloniki 30,000 – 200,000 50,000 40,000 150,000 150,000 100,000 – 150,000 100,000 – 150,000 [255][336][337][338][339][340][169][170]
Trakai 50,000 [201]
Trnovo 48,000 35,000 [201]
Targoviste 25,000 – 40,000 50,000 – 60,000 45,000 – 60,000 [201]
Trier 70,000 – 80,000 – 100,000 70,000 – 80,000 – 100,000 15,000 20,000 [208][272][341][342][343][187]
Toulouse 20,000 40,000 50,000 30,000 40,000 24,000 50,000 43,000 50,000 [344][274][268][345][346][347][348]
Venice 60,000 80,000 110,000 – 180,000 110,000 – 150,000 100,000 – 170,000 200,000 140,000 140,000 [239][277][241][242][349]
Verona 20,000 – 25,000 40,000 [350][351]
Veliky Novgorod 10,000 – 15,000 – 18,000 20,000 – 30,000 – 40,000 50,000 – 60,000 – 400,000 50,000 [352][353][354][355]
Vienna 15,000 – 20,000 15,000 – 20,000 12,000 20,000 24,000 45,000 30,000 – 50,000 – 60,000 100,000 – 113,000 250,000 [174][180][234][194][299][211][356][357]
Worms 28,000 – 60,000 20,000 [201]
Ypres 40,000 – 80,000 – 200,000 40,000 – 80,000 – 200,000 [208][204][358][359][360][361][362][363]
Zadar 30,000 [364]
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Data from Hohenberg and Lees (1985)

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Data from Chandler (1987)

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City Country 430 B.C. 200 B.C. A.D. 100 A.D. 361 A.D. 500 A.D. 622
SevilleSpain37–40,00040,000
LondonUnited Kingdom30,000
SyracuseItaly125,000100,00051–60,00045–50,000
RomeItaly35,000150,000450,000150,000100,00050,000
MilanItaly30,00040,000
AthensGreece155,00075,00075,00050–60,000
CorinthGreece70,00070,00050,000
ConstantinopleTurkey36,000300,000400,000350,000
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City Country 800 900 1000 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300 1350 1400 1450 1500 1550 1575 1600 1650
LondonUnited Kingdom15,00025,00040,00045,00050,00060,00050,00074,000112,000187,000410,000
LisbonPortugal15,00015,00015,00035,00045,00055,00060,00055,00062,00085,000100,000170,000
CórdobaSpain160,000200,000450,00060,00060,00060,00040,00036,00030,00032,000
SevilleSpain35,00040,00090,000125,000125,000150,00075,00090,00060,00060,00060,00046,00070,000100,000126,00060,000
GranadaSpain60,00060,00060,00075,00090,00060,00090,000165,00070,00070,00060,00068,000
MadridSpain80,000125,000
ParisFrance25,00020,00030,00050,000110,000160,000228,000215,000280,000150,000185,000210,000220,000245,000455,000
AmsterdamNetherlands48,000165,000
RomeItaly50,00040,00035,00035,00035,00030,00033,00038,00058,00070,000102,000110,000
TurinItaly25,00030,00030,00035,00040,00040,00040,00075,000114,000209,000215,000224,000265,000
MilanItaly25,00020,00030,00042,00045,00060,00065,00060,00050,00080,00083,00089,00075,00098,000107,000105,000
PalermoItaly35,00075,00090,000125,000150,00075,00035,00025,00039,00060,00070,000105,000132,000
VeniceItaly35,00045,00055,00060,00070,00090,000110,00085,000110,000100,000115,000171,000157,000151,000134,000
CopenhagenDenmark15,00022,00030,00040,00055,00076,00080,00084,00090,000110,000
PragueCzech Republic25,00035,00035,00033,000
Constantinople/
Istanbul		Turkey250,000300,000300,000200,000200,000150,000100,000100,00080,00075,00045,000200,000660,000680,000700,000700,000
SmolenskRussia80,000100,000120,000
MoscowRussia30,00080,00075,00060,00080,000100,000
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City Country 1675 1700 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1862 1875 1900 1914 1925 1936 1950 1975
LondonUnited Kingdom485,000550,000676,000710,000861,0001,335,0002,320,0002,803,0004,241,0006,480,0007,419,0007,742,0009,710,0008,860,00010,500,000
LisbonPortugal178,000188,000213,000219,000237,000258,000262,000280,000243,000363,000455,000567,000875,0001,600,000
CórdobaSpain27,00028,00034,00052,000
SevilleSpain80,00068,00096,00083,000117,000148,000212,000383,000685,000
GranadaSpain35,00045,00053,00058,00075,000
MadridSpain115,000105,000110,000132,000182,000201,000216,000303,000373,000539,000623,000791,0001,220,0001,527,0004,150,000
ParisFrance540,000530,000556,000600,000547,000855,0001,314,0001,800,0002,250,0003,330,0004,000,0004,800,0005,950,0005,900,0009,400,000
AmsterdamNetherlands195,000210,000219,000209,000195,000196,000225,000268,000289,000510,000601,000718,000859,0001,800,000
RomeItaly105,000138,000146,000148,000142,000125,000158,000194,000251,000438,000570,000758,0001,155,0001,665,0003,600,000
NaplesItaly170,000207,000310,000355,000430,000350,000413,000447,000450,000563,000691,000852,0001,210,0001,900,000
MilanItaly114,000113,000110,000117,000122,000156,000182,000226,000267,000491,000655,000917,0001,103,0001,400,0003,800,000
PalermoItaly128,000125,000111,000127,000135,000154,000170,000175,000188,000255,000370,000470,000672,000
VeniceItaly138,000143,000158,000151,000146,00099,000141,000171,000226,000354,000
BerlinGermany26,000113,000136,000172,000222,000446,000582,0001,045,0002,707,0003,500,0004,013,0004,226,0003,707,0002,000,000
BudapestHungary--------309,208733,385880,371960,9951,060,4311,629,0002,026,543
PragueCzech Republic48,00058,00077,00098,000117,000474,000670,000745,000951,0001,275,000
CopenhagenDenmark30,000181,000571,0001,140,0003,300,000
IstanbulTurkey750,000700,000625,000600,000570,000675,000785,000820,000873,000900,0001,125,000817,0001,035,0003,200,000
EdirneTurkey100,00085,00082,00080,00088,00085,000
MoscowRussia105,000114,000146,000177,000248,000257,000373,000346,000600,0001,120,0001,805,0001,764,0004,050,0005,100,00010,700,000
Saint PetersburgRussia74,000164,000220,000438,000502,000565,000764,0001,439,0002,133,0001,430,0002,983,0002,700,0004,280,000
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