Moscow metropolitan area

The Moscow metropolitan area (Russian: Московская агломерация) or Moscow capital region (Russian: Московский столичный регион) is the largest metropolitan area in Russia as well as in Europe, with a population of around 20 million.[2][3] It consists of the city of Moscow and surrounding areas in Moscow Oblast.

Not to be confused with Moscow Oblast.
Moscow metropolitan area
Московская агломерация (Russian)
CountryRussia
Largest cityMoscow
Area
 • Metro
26,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi)
Population
 • Metro
20,000,000
 • Metro density770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (UTC)
GRP (PPP)$1.0 trillion[1]
GRP per capita (PPP)$50,000

The related term Moscow region (Московский регион) is used unofficially to describe Moscow and Moscow Oblast together. However, formally, they are two separate federal subjects.

Structure and population estimation

Moscow metropolitan area includes the city of Moscow, population 12,197,596,[4] a ring of cities annexed to it and administered within (Balashikha, Korolyov, Krasnogorsk, Khimki, Mytishchi and Zelenograd), as well as large nearby towns with population of over 100,000 citizens (Reutov, Zheleznodorozhny, Podolsk and Lubertsy, to name a few) that fall under regional administration.[5] Administratively, all those towns are a part of the Moscow Oblast. The metropolitan area has thus no coordinated administration structures, and no official population statistics.

The population of the Moscow region is the sum of populations of the city (13,010,112) and surrounding oblast (8,524,665),coming to 21,534,777 – about 14% of the entire Russian population.

Economy

As of 2020, the GMP of Moscow metropolitan area(Moscow + Moscow Region) was ₽25 trillion[6] or around US$400 billion.

Nominal GMP per capita was around ₽1.2 million (US$20,000).

References
  1. "Global Wealth PPP Distribution: Who Are The Leaders Of The Global Economy? - Full Size". www.visualcapitalist.com. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  2. Alexander Akishin (August 17, 2017). "A 3-Hour Commute: A Close Look At Moscow The Megapolis". Strelka Mag. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  3. "ОЦЕНКА ЧИСЛЕННОСТИ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ на 1 января 2018 года и в среднем за 2017 год". Главная::Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. Rosstat. Popul2015.xls (in Russian)
  5. Information taken and translated directly from the Russian Wikipedia page, using its sources.
  6. https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/VRP.xlsx


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