United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division Urban and Rural Areas 1996 Population of the largest urban agglomerations in 1995 ------------------------------------------- As percentage Population of urban Country or area Agglomeration (thousands) population --------------- ------------- ----------- ------------- Europe Eastern Europe --------------------------------------------------------------------- Belarus Minsk 1784 24.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bulgaria Sofia 1188 20.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Czech Republic Prague 1225 18.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hungary Budapest 2017 30.9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Poland Katowice 3425 13.9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Republic of Moldova Kishinev 765 33.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Romania Bucharest 2100 16.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Russian Federation Moscow 9269 8.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Slovakia Bratislava 471 15.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ukraine Kiev 2812 7.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Northern Europe --------------------------------------------------------------------- Channel Islands St. Helier 29 67.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Denmark Copenhagen 1326 29.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Estonia Tallinn 499 46.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Faeroe Islands Torshavn 15 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Finland Helsinki 1059 32.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Iceland Reykjavik 156 63.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ireland Dublin 911 44.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Isle of Man Douglas 22 39.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Latvia Riga 921 49.9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lithuania Vilnius 639 23.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Norway Oslo 702 22.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweden Stockholm 1545 21.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- United Kingdom London 7640 14.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern Europe --------------------------------------------------------------------- Albania Tirana 270 21.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Andorra Andorra-la-vella 25 38.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bosnia & Herzegovina Sarajevo 465 31.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Croatia Zagreb 981 39.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibraltar Gibraltar 28 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Greece Athens 3093 49.9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Holy See Vatican City 1 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Italy Milan 4251 11.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Malta Valletta 99 30.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Portugal Lisbon 1863 53.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- San Marino San Marino 5 20.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Slovenia Ljubljana 278 28.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Spain Madrid 4072 13.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TFYR Macedonia (3) Skopje 466 36.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yugoslavia Belgrade 1204 20.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Europe --------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria Vienna 2060 39.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Belgium Brussels 1122 11.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- France Paris 9523 22.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Germany Essen 6482 9.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Liechtenstein Vaduz 6 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luxembourg Luxembourg-Ville 74 20.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Monaco Monaco 32 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Netherlands Amsterdam 1108 8.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Switzerland Zurich 909 20.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/166), Sales No. E.97.XIII.3 Copyright (C) United Nations 1997