Largest Metropolitan Areas
| Rank | Metropolitan Area | Country | Main city | Population | Area (km²) | Population density | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Metropolitan Stockholm | Sweden | Stockholm | 2,135,865 | 6,519 km² | 327.6/km² | |
| 2. | Copenhagen metropolitan area | Denmark | Copenhagen | 1,950,522 | 3,030 km² | 644.0/km² | |
| 3. | Greater Helsinki | Finland | Helsinki | 1,425,610 | 3 563.6 km² | 400.1/km² | |
| 4. | Greater Oslo Region | Norway | Oslo | 1,422,443 | 8,900 km² | 159.8/km² | |
| 5. | Metropolitan Gothenburg | Sweden | Gothenburg | 949,812 | 3,718 km² | 255.4/km² | |
| 6. | Aarhus metropolitan area | Denmark | Aarhus | 829,224 | 5,842 km² | 142/km² | |
| 7. | Metropolitan Malmö | Sweden | Malmö | 672,291 | 2,715 km² | 247.6/km² | |
| 8. | Triangle Region Denmark | Denmark | Triangle Region Denmark | 408,880 | 4,272 km² | 130.9/km² | |
| 9. | Greater Bergen Region | Norway | Bergen | 375,489 | 2,755 km² | 136.3/km² | |
| 10. | Tampere sub-region | Finland | Tampere | 375,289 | 3,776.16 km² | 90.3/km² | |
| 11. | Turku sub-region | Finland | Turku | 303,492 | 2,331 km² | 130.2/km² | |
| 12. | Stavanger Region | Norway | Stavanger | 275,814 | 2,598 km² | 106.2/km² | |
| 13. | Trondheim Region | Norway | Trondheim | 260,364 | 7,295 km² | 35.7/km² | |
| 14. | Reykjavík metropolitan area | Iceland | Reykjavík | 241,398 | 2,494 km² | 96.8/km² | |
| 15. | Uppsala Municipality | Sweden | Uppsala | 203,299 | 2,246 km² | 90.5/km² | |
| 16. | Odense Metropolitan Area | Denmark | Odense | 191,610 | 304,34 km² | 550/km² |
^ Population within 50 km road distance, or a 20-40 minute commute. Reykjavík conurbation: 202,341.
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