Population density: Eurostat Census 2021

Nordic capitals

Image Copenhagen.png Image Helsinki.png Image Oslo.png Image Stockholm.png
Share of population (%) in 1km grid cells with population
City0–2000–4000–8000–12000–16000–20000–24000–28000MeanTotal (m)
Copenhagen 16.9 25.2 24.0 12.2 7.3 5.7 8.5 0 7380 1.53
Helsinki 22.3 30.7 35.5 6.5 3.6 1.3 0 0 4521 1.21
Oslo 26.2 32.6 20.6 5.9 8.6 6.2 0 0 5248 1.15
Stockholm 21.1 24.8 28.7 13.9 6.2 1.9 2.1 1.3 6027 2.08
 
City area is defined as grid cells located within 25km radius of the center. Notice that the corner areas of the square-shaped maps above are therefore not included.
 

Nordic second cities

Image Aarhus.png Image Bergen.png Image Gothenburg.png Image Malmo.png Image Odense.png Image Tampere.png Image Trondheim.png Image Turku.png
Share of population (%) in 1km grid cells with population
City0–2000–4000–8000–12000–16000–20000–24000–28000MeanTotal (m)
Aarhus 49.4 27.0 13.6 3.8 6.2 0 0 0 3293 0.47
Bergen 61.5 26.4 9.8 2.2 0 0 0 0 2001 0.39
Gothenburg 35.5 21.8 31.8 5.9 2.9 2.1 0 0 4085 0.86
Malmö 27.8 25.0 26.8 13.9 6.5 0 0 0 4795 0.63
Odense 67.8 14.4 17.8 0 0 0 0 0 1914 0.32
Tampere 54.6 29.1 5.2 11.1 0 0 0 0 2765 0.37
Trondheim 41.9 44.5 13.6 0 0 0 0 0 2415 0.25
Turku 56.7 23.3 14.2 5.8 0 0 0 0 2419 0.33
 
City area is defined as grid cells located within 25km radius of the center. Notice that the corner areas of the square-shaped maps above are therefore not included.

Big cities (3+ million)

Image Barcelona.png Image Berlin.png Image Madrid.png Image Milano.png Image Paris.png Image Roma.png

Mid-size cities (1 to 3 million)

Image Amsterdam.png Image Antwerpen.png Image Brussels.png Image Dublin.png Image Firenze.png Image Frankfurt.png Image Hamburg.png Image Lisbon.png Image Lyon.png Image Munich.png Image Nurnberg.png Image Porto.png Image Prague.png Image Rotterdam.png Image Sevilla.png Image Torino.png Image Warszawa.png Image Wien.png

Smaller cities

Image Bilbao.png Image Freiburg.png Image Geneve.png Image Nice.png Image Tallinn.png

Table: Population shares by grid cell density

City area is defined as grid cells located within 25km radius of the center. Notice that the corner areas of the square-shaped maps above are therefore not included in the tables.

Share of population (%) in 1km grid cells with population
City0–2000–4000–8000–12000–16000–20000–24000–28000–32000–64000MeanTotal (m)
Aarhus 36.7 30.1 19.8 7.4 4.8 1.2 0 0 0 0 3745 0.48
Amsterdam 8.9 14.5 36.7 20.8 10.2 5.7 2.5 0.7 0 0 7700 2.48
Antwerpen 32.1 24.7 21.8 11.5 5.1 4.8 0 0 0 0 4956 1.66
Barcelona 3.5 4.1 8.6 8.9 9.1 10.9 10.9 8.1 8.5 27.4 24623 4.26
Bergen 48.9 31.5 17.2 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2628 0.43
Berlin 11.7 13.6 19.8 22.6 16.7 11.5 3.5 0.6 0 0 9436 4.17
Bilbao 13.6 12.8 16.0 13.0 14.1 12.7 9.6 4.5 2.7 1.0 12386 1.05
Brussels 29.3 13.6 15.4 12.4 11.0 10.6 5.6 2.1 0 0 8149 2.57
Copenhagen 16.9 25.2 24.0 12.2 7.3 5.7 8.5 0 0 0 7380 1.53
Dublin 12.6 26.4 48.0 9.4 3.6 0 0 0 0 0 4848 1.50
Firenze 25.6 19.6 26.5 18.8 6.3 3.2 0 0 0 0 5649 1.19
Frankfurt 18.6 26.7 34.8 13.0 3.7 2.4 0.8 0 0 0 5394 2.37
Freiburg 40.7 21.6 29.6 6.2 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 3620 0.65
Geneve 36.9 12.4 21.1 14.6 7.5 5.1 2.5 0 0 0 6244 0.98
Gothenburg 30.7 25.4 30.0 9.7 2.4 1.8 0 0 0 0 4407 0.91
Hamburg 18.4 21.8 33.3 16.7 7.5 1.6 0.7 0 0 0 6142 2.55
Helsinki 20.1 29.0 38.1 7.2 5.6 0 0 0 0 0 4846 1.25
Lisbon 11.9 13.6 31.4 24.8 12.3 4.5 1.5 0 0 0 7854 2.67
Luxembourg 47.3 23.4 17.4 7.3 4.6 0 0 0 0 0 3500 0.22
Lyon 25.7 14.2 19.1 10.5 10.3 8.9 9.6 1.6 0 0 8530 1.86
Madrid 3.6 4.8 10.6 11.4 12.7 11.8 12.2 9.2 12.9 10.8 19841 5.67
Malmö 27.8 25.0 26.8 13.9 6.5 0 0 0 0 0 4795 0.63
Milano 12.2 19.7 30.5 16.8 10.2 6.9 3.0 0.7 0 0 7943 4.35
Munich 15.0 17.4 33.2 19.8 8.1 4.8 1.7 0 0 0 7307 2.42
Nice 26.2 14.5 26.4 15.4 8.1 4.8 4.6 0 0 0 6703 0.85
Nurnberg 32.4 28.4 20.7 11.4 5.4 1.7 0 0 0 0 4924 1.32
Odense 56.7 19.4 20.1 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2503 0.35
Oslo 24.5 32.6 23.7 6.8 6.9 5.5 0 0 0 0 5495 1.18
Paris 4.2 8.2 23.2 19.8 12.9 7.7 4.5 4.4 6.0 9.1 15248 9.86
Porto 34.3 24.2 30.6 8.7 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 3998 1.58
Prague 24.9 13.5 23.9 21.0 11.2 3.8 1.7 0 0 0 7016 1.82
Roma 12.9 13.3 24.4 20.4 15.9 6.5 3.7 2.7 0.2 0 9539 3.52
Rotterdam 10.9 17.5 44.1 16.9 7.3 2.6 0.7 0 0 0 6891 3.21
Ruhr 18.8 31.2 39.5 8.9 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 4714 5.56
Sevilla 11.4 10.8 21.4 20.1 13.5 13.5 5.8 2.9 0.7 0 11180 1.48
Stockholm 19.5 25.8 30.0 11.8 7.4 2.9 1.6 1.0 0 0 6473 2.15
Tallinn 24.5 13.8 31.4 13.4 11.1 5.8 0 0 0 0 6777 0.58
Tampere 49.4 31.4 7.9 11.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3066 0.38
Torino 18.1 15.1 21.3 16.3 14.6 8.5 4.9 1.2 0 0 8915 1.96
Trondheim 37.3 44.6 18.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2610 0.26
Turku 52.7 26.7 14.0 6.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2684 0.35
Venezia 51.3 20.2 18.3 7.7 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 3169 0.87
Verona 55.2 17.4 20.0 7.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2917 0.60
Warszawa 19.9 12.8 17.6 18.6 20.4 9.7 1.1 0 0 0 8489 2.71
Wien 14.4 10.0 15.3 13.3 11.4 11.2 13.1 9.5 1.8 0 12675 2.46
Zurich 30.7 29.5 28.5 7.8 3.5 0 0 0 0 0 4321 1.20

Data from Eurostat Census 2021 Grid V2.2. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/grids
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