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Shrinking European Cities

Try to name the 21 European cities that have lost at least 100,000 inhabitants since the year 1990.
Using city proper population whenever possible, with citypopulation.de as main source
As there's no Europe-wide census, censuses/estimates within 3 years of the reference year have been accepted (i.e. 1987-1993 and 2019-2022)
excluding the effects of Russia's war in Ukraine
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Last updated: October 26, 2022
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Pop.
(1990)
Pop.
(2022)
 
Net Loss
 
City
910,445
620,974
 
289,471
 
Riga
2,016,681
1’752’286
 
264’395
 
Budapest
2,067,545
1’819’419
 
248’126
 
Bucharest
1,191,971
968’502
 
223’469
 
Dnipro
1,438,133
1’226’076
 
212’057
 
Nizhny Novgorod
480,020
270’384
 
209’636
 
Murmansk
1,109,102
901’645
 
207’457
 
Donetsk
1,609,959
1’421’125
 
188’834
 
Kharkiv
816,556
637’798
 
178’758
 
Athens
883,909
710’052
 
173’857
 
Zaporizhzhia
838,367
672’185
 
166’182
 
Łódź
763,109
603’904
 
159’205
 
Kryvyi Rih
1,067,365
914’758
 
152’607
 
Naples
481,042
361’644
 
119’398
 
Ivanovo
418,087
298’753
 
119’334
 
Kaunas
663,394
544’851
 
118’543
 
Lisbon
678,771
560’688
 
118’083
 
Genoa
415,921
301’199
 
114’722
 
Arkhangelsk
962,507
848’885
 
113’622
 
Turin
424,220
317’778
 
106’442
 
Thessaloniki
1,115,371
1’010’537
 
104’834
 
Odessa
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Level 66
Oct 27, 2022
Great quiz Gassu:)
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Level 70
Nov 5, 2022
Great quiz! Works very well, with the hints provided.