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100 Biggest Cities in Europe in 1900 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the 100 most populous cities in Europe in 1900?
Click on the map to zoom in.
Population estimates according to populstat.info.
Both historical and modern-day names accepted.
Some of these cities do not exist anymore and have since been absorbed into larger cities.
Quiz by Dekkie
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Last updated: May 17, 2024
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First submittedFebruary 19, 2022
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Population
Cities
4,53M
London
2,71M
Paris
1,88M
Berlin
1,67M
Vienna
1,43M
Saint Petersburg
1,03M
Moscow
942k
Constantinople
761k
Glasgow
756k
Warsaw
716k
Budapest
705k
Hamburg
684k
Liverpool
563k
Naples
543k
Manchester
539k
Madrid
530k
Barcelona
523k
Amsterdam
522k
Birmingham
499k
Munich
491k
Marseille
491k
Milan
462k
Rome
456k
Leipzig
441k
Lyon
428k
Leeds
Population
Cities
422k
Breslau
404k
Odessa
396k
Dresden
380k
Sheffield
378k
Copenhagen
372k
Cologne
356k
Lisbon
351k
Lodz
349k
Belfast
335k
Turin
328k
Bristol
320k
Kiev
319k
Rotterdam
316k
Edinburgh
309k
Palermo
300k
Stockholm
290k
Dublin
289k
Frankfurt am Main
282k
Bucharest
282k
Riga
281k
Antwerp
279k
Bradford
267k
West Ham
261k
Nuremberg
257k
Bordeaux
Population
Cities
240k
Kingston upon Hull
239k
Nottingham
235k
Hanover
234k
Genoa
229k
Magdeburg
227k
Kristiania
220k
Salford
215k
Newcastle upon Tyne
213k
Düsseldorf
211k
Leicester
210k
Lille
210k
Stettin
206k
Chemnitz
206k
The Hague
205k
Florence
201k
Prague
198k
Kharkov
189k
Charlottenburg
188k
Königsberg
188k
Portsmouth
183k
Brussels
176k
Stuttgart
172k
Porto
168k
Bolton
164k
Cardiff
Population
Cities
163k
Bremen
163k
Valencia
162k
Vilnius
161k
Altona
161k
Dundee
160k
Ghent
159k
Lemberg
157k
Elberfeld
157k
Liège
156k
Halle
152k
Bologna
151k
Straßburg
151k
Venice
150k
Zürich
149k
Catania
149k
Messina
149k
Toulouse
146k
Saint-Étienne
146k
Sunderland
145k
Seville
142k
Dortmund
141k
Barmen
141k
Mannheim
140k
Danzig
138k
Graz
19 Comments
Sirgomboach
+3
Level 24
Feb 27, 2022
Good quiz. I got 88% (I suck at UK)
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Feb 27, 2022
Thanks!
garcogait
+1
Level 66
Feb 27, 2022
I'm pretty sure that Vienna is to far west in this map
Dekkie
+5
Level 55
Feb 27, 2022
Nope.
Splodgylodgyy
+4
Level 62
Feb 27, 2022
remember vienna is right on the border with slovakia so its actually in the right place
IsleAuHaulte
+8
Level 89
Feb 27, 2022
Tough to remember the cities that got swallowed.
Splodgylodgyy
+7
Level 62
Feb 27, 2022
Great quiz! I didn't get a few german ones, especially the ones that just integrated into other cities.

5 stars

Dekkie
+2
Level 55
Feb 27, 2022
Thanks!
MrToad
+5
Level 65
Feb 28, 2022
Tameside didn't exist as such at the time - it was separate towns like Ashton, Stalybridge etc until 1974. Elberfeld certainly did exist as a town then, but it is now part of Wuppertal - no problem with it being there, but it's inconsistent with Tameside being an answer.
Dekkie
+5
Level 55
Feb 28, 2022
Guess I'll take it out then. Thanks for letting me know!
kalbahamut
+6
Level 82
Oct 4, 2022
Really evident the places where the industrial revolution began first.
Dekkie
+4
Level 55
Oct 4, 2022
Oh, definitely. The development of the urban areas of Birmingham, Manchester and the Ruhr can be very clearly seen here.
sumokitty
+4
Level 82
Oct 4, 2022
Crazy that Glasgow proper was bigger then than it is now (assuming these figures aren't for the whole urban area).
Dekkie
+3
Level 55
Oct 4, 2022
Figures for the Britsh cities are from the 1901 census, which I believe indeed uses city proper.
MCdoesgeography
+1
Level 69
Feb 20, 2023
Really interesting, but I'm surprised that more people knew Bolton than for example Halle. Also no Sofia, Athens or Belgrade really surprised me.
Nathaniel
+1
Level 74
Jul 15, 2023
100% on the first try and very proud!
elefmout
+1
Level 66
Nov 18, 2023
I feel so dumb not having recognized Strasbourg within 1900 German territory!
Ant1927
+1
Level 69
May 18, 2024
Nice quiz.

West Ham has never been anything other than an integral part of London

Dekkie
+1
Level 55
May 18, 2024
Thanks! West Ham was definitely still a separate urban district. It only became part of a Greater London in 1965 following the London Government Act 1963.
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