Demographia

Western Europe:
Metropolitan Areas & Core Cities
1965 to 2000/2001

POPULATION   1965       Recent (Generally 2000/2001)  
Metropolitan Area Metropolitan Area Core City Suburbs   Metropolitan Area Core City Suburbs
Amsterdam 1,730 866 864   1,875 713 1,162
Antwerp 1,015 248 767   1,225 157 1,068
Athens 1,950 650 1,300   3,188 745 2,443
Barcelona 2,175 1,650 525   3,766 1,504 2,262
Berlin 4,025 3,241 784   4,101 3,388 713
Birmingham 2,640 1,115 1,525   2,705 966 1,739
Brussels 1,975 165 1,810   2,500 137 2,363
Copenhagen 1,380 705 675   1,524 501 1,023
Dublin 690 537 153   1,004 495 509
Dusseldorf 1,050 704 346   1,316 571 745
Frankfurt 1,450 695 755   1,897 641 1,256
Glasgow 1,885 1,030 855   1,870 663 1,207
Hamburg 2,300 1,855 445   2,593 1,726 867
Helsinki 635 476 159   1,070 559 511
Koln 1,550 855 695   1,893 968 925
Leeds 1,360 514 846   1,530 424 1,106
Lille 865 193 672   1,143 185 958
Lisbon 1,300 802 498   2,250 564 1,686
Liverpool 1,685 738 947   1,515 482 1,033
London 12,930 3,175 9,755   13,945 2,766 11,179
Lyon 1,000 545 455   1,649 422 1,227
Madrid 2,575 2,450 125   5,087 2,939 2,148
Manchester 2,850 652 2,198   2,760 403 2,357
Mannheim 1,170 323 847   1,569 308 1,261
Marseille 870 778 92   1,516 798 718
Milan 2,775 1,665 1,110   3,790 1,306 2,484
Munich 1,500 1,175 325   1,894 1,228 666
Naples 1,765 1,225 540   3,150 1,047 2,103
Newcastle 1,155 262 893   1,350 189 1,161
Nuremburg 675 466 209   1,018 491 527
Paris 8,000 2,800 5,200   11,175 2,125 9,050
Porto 750 303 447   1,035 263 772
Rhine-Ruhr 5,200 729 4,471   5,823 592 5,231
Rome 2,500 2,340 160   3,235 2,650 585
Rotterdam 1,010 732 278   1,325 599 726
Seville 750 443 307   1,180 685 495
Stockholm 1,180 800 380   1,684 758 926
Stuttgart 1,415 642 773   2,593 587 2,006
Turin 1,350 1,110 240   1,550 921 629
Valencia 660 505 155   1,398 738 660
Vienna 2,025 1,660 365   1,825 1,550 275
Zurich 715 440 275   1,220 340 880
Total 86,480 42,259 44,221   110,736 39,094 71,642
Change         24,256 (3,165) 27,421
Share of Growth           -13.0% 113.0%
               
CHANGE IN POPULATION            
Metropolitan Area Metropolitan Area Core City Suburbs   Metropolitan Area Core City Suburbs
Amsterdam 145 (153) 298   8.4% -17.7% 34.5%
Antwerp 210 (91) 301   20.7% -36.7% 39.2%
Athens 1,238 95 1,143   63.5% 14.6% 87.9%
Barcelona 1,591 (146) 1,737   73.1% -8.8% 330.9%
Berlin 76 147 (71)   1.9% 4.5% -9.1%
Birmingham 65 (149) 214   2.5% -13.4% 14.0%
Brussels 525 (28) 553   26.6% -17.0% 30.6%
Copenhagen 144 (204) 348   10.4% -28.9% 51.6%
Dublin 314 (42) 356   45.5% -7.8% 232.7%
Dusseldorf 266 (133) 399   25.3% -18.9% 115.3%
Frankfurt 447 (54) 501   30.8% -7.8% 66.4%
Glasgow (15) (367) 352   -0.8% -35.6% 41.2%
Hamburg 293 (129) 422   12.7% -7.0% 94.8%
Helsinki 435 83 352   68.5% 17.4% 221.4%
Koln 343 113 230   22.1% 13.2% 33.1%
Leeds 170 (90) 260   12.5% -17.5% 30.7%
Lille 278 (8) 286   32.1% -4.1% 42.6%
Lisbon 950 (238) 1,188   73.1% -29.7% 238.6%
Liverpool (170) (256) 86   -10.1% -34.7% 9.1%
London 1,015 (409) 1,424   7.8% -12.9% 14.6%
Lyon 649 (123) 772   64.9% -22.6% 169.7%
Madrid 2,512 489 2,023   97.6% 20.0% 1618.4%
Manchester (90) (249) 159   -3.2% -38.2% 7.2%
Mannheim 399 (15) 414   34.1% -4.6% 48.9%
Marseille 646 20 626   74.3% 2.6% 680.4%
Milan 1,015 (359) 1,374   36.6% -21.6% 123.8%
Munich 394 53 341   26.3% 4.5% 104.9%
Naples 1,385 (178) 1,563   78.5% -14.5% 289.4%
Newcastle 195 (73) 268   16.9% -27.9% 30.0%
Nuremburg 343 25 318   50.8% 5.4% 152.2%
Paris 3,175 (675) 3,850   39.7% -24.1% 74.0%
Porto 285 (40) 325   38.0% -13.2% 72.7%
Rhine-Ruhr 623 (137) 760   12.0% -18.8% 17.0%
Rome 735 310 425   29.4% 13.2% 265.6%
Rotterdam 315 (133) 448   31.2% -18.2% 161.2%
Seville 430 242 188   57.3% 54.6% 61.2%
Stockholm 504 (42) 546   42.7% -5.3% 143.7%
Stuttgart 1,178 (55) 1,233   83.3% -8.6% 159.5%
Turin 200 (189) 389   14.8% -17.0% 162.1%
Valencia 738 233 505   111.8% 46.1% 325.8%
Vienna (200) (110) (90)   -9.9% -6.6% -24.7%
Zurich 505 (100) 605   70.6% -22.7% 220.0%
Total 24,256 (3,165) 27,421        
               
Notes              
In 000s              
All Western European metropolitan areas with more than 1,000,000 population by latest estimates
Antwerp and London central cities 1965 definition        
               
Sources              
Rand McNally (1965 estimates except London & Seville and some latest estimates)  
National census data            
www.citypopulation.de            
www.demographia.com estimates          

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