Largest Cities and Communes by Population in Austria (2026)

97 cities and communes in Austria with 10,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by population estimates for January 1, 2026 (by Statistics Austria).

Rank	City or Commune	Population
1	Vienna (Wien)	2,040,914
2	Graz	306,971
3	Linz	214,272
4	Salzburg	157,834
5	Innsbruck	132,820
6	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee	105,734
7	Villach	66,051
8	Wels	65,764
9	Sankt Pölten	60,112
10	Dornbirn	52,252
11	Wiener Neustadt	50,025
12	Steyr	37,898
13	Feldkirch	36,643
14	Bregenz	29,270
15	Leonding	29,161
16	Klosterneuburg	28,153
17	Baden	26,097
18	Krems an der Donau	25,581
19	Traun	25,436
20	Wolfsberg	25,011
21	Lustenau	24,704
22	Leoben	24,455
23	Amstetten	23,980
24	Kapfenberg	21,796
25	Hallein	21,607
26	Schwechat	21,471
27	Mödling	20,662
28	Kufstein	20,118
29	Traiskirchen	18,958
30	Ansfelden	18,229
31	Hohenems	17,668
32	Braunau am Inn	17,534
33	Stockerau	17,363
34	Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer	17,360
35	Tulln an der Donau	16,758
36	Telfs	16,467
37	Eisenstadt	16,396
38	Bruck an der Mur	15,608
39	Spittal an der Drau	15,263
40	Bludenz	14,994
41	Marchtrenk	14,942
42	Perchtoldsdorf	14,904
43	Ternitz	14,637
44	Hall in Tirol	14,625
45	Schwaz	14,581
46	Feldkirchen in Kärnten	14,558
47	Wals-Siezenheim	14,452
48	Wörgl	14,398
49	Bad Ischl	14,137
50	Hard	13,800
51	Korneuburg	13,790
52	Leibnitz	13,441
53	Feldbach	13,369
54	Gmunden	13,142
55	Vöcklabruck	12,985
56	Neunkirchen	12,984
57	Ried im Innkreis	12,965
58	Knittelfeld	12,792
59	Gratwein-Straßengel	12,759
60	Bad Vöslau	12,589
61	Hollabrunn	12,573
62	Götzis	12,426
63	Gänserndorf	12,348
64	Strasshof an der Nordbahn	12,324
65	Brunn am Gebirge	12,308
66	Seiersberg-Pirka	12,264
67	Weiz	12,212
68	Enns	12,191
69	Sankt Veit an der Glan	12,178
70	Rankweil	12,168
71	Groß-Enzersdorf	12,156
72	Gerasdorf bei Wien	12,142
73	Lienz	12,105
74	Ebreichsdorf	12,017
75	Mistelbach	11,976
76	Seekirchen am Wallersee	11,722
77	Deutschlandsberg	11,675
78	Sankt Johann im Pongau	11,593
79	Gleisdorf	11,554
80	Imst	11,076
81	Waidhofen an der Ybbs	11,053
82	Trofaiach	10,960
83	Bischofshofen	10,804
84	Völkermarkt	10,803
85	Zwettl-Niederösterreich	10,710
86	Lauterach	10,670
87	Fürstenfeld	10,358
88	Zell am See	10,217
89	Altmünster	9,974
90	Purkersdorf	9,931
91	Sierning	9,910
92	Sankt Johann in Tirol	9,908
93	Sankt Andrä	9,836
94	Laakirchen	9,726
95	Köflach	9,557
96	Voitsberg	9,517
97	Judenburg	9,441

Source: Statistics Austria (2026 estimate), via City Population by Thomas Brinkhoff.

Why don't these match official city populations?Official figures typically count only the population within administrative boundaries. UN urban area figures cover the entire built-up area, which can include multiple cities and towns.Show moreShow less

Tokyo

33,338,852

Urban area

9,953,160

23 wards

Essen

2,709,375

Urban area

573,618

City of Essen

Ankara

3,630,865

Urban area

5,186,002

Metropolitan municipality

What counts as an urban area? The UN uses satellite imagery to map built-up land, and treats each continuous stretch of built-up land as an urban area. This means that urban areas can extend beyond official city boundaries, and may include multiple cities and towns within a single urban area.

Can an urban area be smaller than its city? Yes. While most cities have urban areas larger than their administrative boundaries, some cities have extensive administrative limits that include sparsely populated areas.

8 urban areas in Austria with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by the UN's population estimates for 2026.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2026)	Yearly Change	Land Area (km²)	Density (P/km²)	World Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Wien (Vienna)	2,031,120	−0.01%	322	6,312	246	2,030,296	2,012,101
2	Graz	297,947	−0.02%	74	4,026	1,963	297,652	294,627
3	Linz	238,939	−0.23%	67	3,566	2,482	236,761	235,076
4	Salzburg	144,276	−0.23%	34	4,243	4,282	142,969	138,440
5	Innsbruck	140,985	−0.03%	25	5,639	4,369	140,799	139,959
6	Klagenfurt	79,808	−0.05%	24	3,325	7,923	79,646	78,671
7	Wels	51,883	−0.24%	18	2,882	11,919	51,376	50,604
8	Bregenz	51,598	+0.59%	21	2,434	11,960	52,820	52,564

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.

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