Moscow metropolitan area

Moscow metropolitan area
Московская агломерация (Russian)
Location of Moscow metropolitan area
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow
 Moscow Oblast
Largest cityMoscow (13,010,112)
Area
 • Metro48,360 km2 (18,670 sq mi)
Population
(2023)
 • Metro21,700,000
 • Metro density450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
 
GDP
 • Metro31.303 trillion
US$425 billion (2021)
 • Per capita1,453,600 ₽
US$19,722 (2021)
Time zoneUTC+3 (UTC)

The Moscow metropolitan area (Russian: Московская агломерация) or Moscow capital region (Russian: Московский столичный регион) is the most populous metropolitan area in Russia as well as in Europe, with a population of around 21.5 million. It consists of the city of Moscow and surrounding areas in Moscow Oblast.

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

Subdivision Area km2 Population Gross Domestic Product
 Moscow 2562 13,010,112 24.471 ₽ trillion
(US$332 billion)
 Moscow Oblast 44300 8,524,665 6.833 ₽ trillion
(US$93 billion)
Moscow metropolitan area 46862 21,534,777 31.303 ₽ trillion
(US$425 billion)
Moscow metropolitan area from space

The Moscow metropolitan area includes the city of Moscow, population 12,197,596, 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. 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.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18972,430,615—    
19266,590,336+171.1%
195910,895,003+65.3%
197012,716,490+16.7%
197914,189,894+11.6%
198915,660,955+10.4%
200217,001,292+8.6%
201018,598,621+9.4%
202121,534,777+15.8%
Source: Census data

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.

55°40′00″N 37°30′00″E / 55.6667°N 37.5°E / 55.6667; 37.5



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