Rank |
Name of city / town |
Image |
Inhabitants |
Established |
Present country |
Notes |
1 |
Vienna |
|
2,006,134 (01.01.2024)[1] |
~100 AD |
Austria |
Capital and largest city in Austria. |
2 |
Budapest |
|
1,671,004 (01.01.2023)[2] |
1873 |
Hungary |
Capital and largest city in Hungary. |
3 |
Belgrade |
|
1,197,714 (2022)[3] |
279 BC |
Serbia |
Capital and largest city in Serbia. |
4 |
Bratislava |
|
475,503 (2021)[4] |
907 AD |
Slovakia |
Capital and largest city in Slovakia. |
5 |
Novi Sad |
|
306,702
(2022)[5] |
1748 |
Serbia |
Capital and largest city of the autonomous province of Vojvodina and second largest city in Serbia. |
6 |
Galați |
|
217,851
(2021) |
1445 |
Romania |
The largerst Danubian city in Romania and seat of Galați county. |
7 |
Linz |
|
212,538 (01.01.2024)[6] |
~150 AD |
Austria |
Capital city of Upper Austria and second largest Danubian city in Austria. |
8 |
Regensburg |
|
157,443 (31.12.2022)[7] |
179 AD |
Germany |
The largest Danubian city in Germany. |
9 |
Brăila |
|
154,686
(01.12.2021) |
~1370 |
Romania |
The second largest Danubian city in Romania. |
10 |
Ingolstadt |
|
141,029 (31.12.2022)[7] |
806 AD (~1250 – city status) |
Germany |
The second largest Danubian city in Germany. |
11 |
Ulm |
|
128,928 (31.12.2022) |
854 AD |
Germany |
The third largest Danubian city in Germany and home of the tallest church building in the world. |
12 |
Ruse |
|
123,134
(31.12.2022)[8] |
~1650 (~150 AD‡) |
Bulgaria |
Capital of Ruse Province and largest Danubian city in Bulgaria. |
13 |
Drobeta-Turnu Severin |
|
79,865
(01.12.2021) |
121 AD |
Romania |
The third largest Danubian city in Romania. |
14 |
Pančevo |
|
73,401
(2022) |
1153 (1873 – city status) |
Serbia |
The second largest Danubian city in Vojvodina and third in Serbia. |
15 |
Izmail |
|
69,932
(01.01.2022)[9] |
1589 (1830 – city status) |
Ukraine |
The largest Danubian city in Ukraine. |
16 |
Tulcea |
|
65,624
(01.12.2021) |
1506 (1860 – city status) |
Romania |
The 4th largest Danubian city in Romania. |
17 |
Neu-Ulm |
|
61,043 (31.12.2022)[7] |
1814 |
Germany |
The 4th largest Danubian city in Germany. |
18 |
Smederevo |
|
59,261
(2022) |
1430 |
Serbia |
The fourth largest Danubian city in Serbia. |
19 |
Călăraşi |
|
58,211
(01.12.2021) |
1700 (1833 – city status) |
Romania |
The 5th largest Danubian city in Romania. |
20 |
Giurgiu |
|
54,551
(01.12.2021) |
1395 (~550 AD‡) |
Romania |
The 6th largest Danubian city in Romania. |
21 |
Passau |
|
53,907 (31.12.2022)[7] |
~100 BC |
Germany |
The 5th largest Danubian city in Germany. |
22 |
Straubing |
|
49,164 (31.12.2022)[7] |
~100 AD |
Germany |
The 6th largest Danubian city in Germany. |
23 |
Dunakeszi |
|
43,061
(01.01.2023)[10] |
~1000 |
Hungary |
The second largest Danubian city in Hungary. |
24 |
Dunaújváros |
|
40,969
(01.01.2023)[11] |
1951[11] |
Hungary |
The third largest Danubian city in Hungary. |
25 |
Vidin |
|
36,490
(31.12.2022)[8] |
~250 BC |
Bulgaria |
Capital of Vidin Province and second largest Danubian city in Bulgaria. |
26 |
Deggendorf |
|
35,172 (31.12.2022)[7] |
868 (1212 – town status) |
Germany |
The 7th largest Danubian city in Germany. |
27 |
Vác |
|
33,285
(01.01.2023)[12] |
1074 |
Hungary |
The fifth largest Danubian city in Hungary. |
28 |
Komárno |
|
32,287
(31.12.2022)[13] |
1075 |
Slovakia |
The second largest Danubian city in Slovakia. |
29 |
Baja |
|
31,571
(01.01.2023)[14] |
1308 |
Hungary |
The fourth largest Danubian city in Hungary. |
30 |
Bačka Palanka |
|
25,476
(2022) |
|
Serbia |
The third largest Danubian city in Vojvodina and fifth in Serbia. |
31 |
Krems an der Donau |
|
25,271
(01.01.2023) |
1305 |
Austria |
The third largest Danubian city in Austria. |
32 |
Vukovar |
|
22,255
(2021) |
1231 |
Croatia |
The largest Danubian city in Croatia. |
33 |
Esztergom |
|
19,818
(01.01.2023)[15] |
972 |
Hungary |
The sixth largest Danubian city in Hungary. |
34 |
Vilshofen an der Donau |
|
17,960
(31.12.2022)[7] |
776 (1212 – town status) |
Germany |
The largest town in the Passau district. |
35 |
Apatin |
|
14,613
(2022)[9] |
1011 |
Serbia |
The fourth largest Danubian city in Vojvodina and sixth in Serbia. |