Moscow metropolitan area Московская агломерация (Russian) | |
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| Country |  Russia |
| Federal subject |  Moscow Moscow Oblast |
| Largest city | Moscow (13,010,112) |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 48,360 km2 (18,670 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Metro | 21,700,000 |
| • Metro density | 449/km2 (1,160/sq mi) |
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| GDP(Nominal, 2022) | |
| • Metro | ₽ 36,228 billion US$ 491.890 billion |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (UTC) |
TheMoscow metropolitan area (Russian:Московская агломерация) orMoscow capital region (Russian:Московский столичный регион) is the most populous metropolitan area inRussia andEurope, with a population of around21.5 million. It consists of the city ofMoscow and surrounding areas inMoscow Oblast.
The related termMoscow region (Московский регион) is used unofficially to describe Moscow and Moscow Oblast together. However, formally, they are two separatefederal subjects.
| Subdivision | Area km2 | Population | GDP[2] |
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| Moscow | 2562 | 13,010,112 | ₽28.51trillion (US$387.06billion) |
| Moscow Oblast | 44300 | 8,524,665 | ₽7.72trillion (US$104.83billion) |
| Moscow metropolitan area | 46862 | 21,534,777 | ₽36.23trillion (US$491.89billion) |
The Moscow metropolitan area includes the city ofMoscow, population 12,197,596,[3] a ring of cities annexed to it and administered within (Balashikha,Korolyov,Krasnogorsk,Khimki,Mytishchi andZelenograd), as well as large nearby towns with population of over 100,000 citizens (Reutov,Zheleznodorozhny,Podolsk andLubertsy, to name a few) that fall under regional administration.[4] Administratively, all those towns are a part of theMoscow Oblast. The metropolitan area has thus no coordinated administration structures, and no official population statistics.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1897 | 2,430,615 | — |
| 1926 | 6,590,336 | +171.1% |
| 1959 | 10,895,003 | +65.3% |
| 1970 | 12,716,490 | +16.7% |
| 1979 | 14,189,894 | +11.6% |
| 1989 | 15,660,955 | +10.4% |
| 2002 | 17,001,292 | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 18,598,621 | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 21,534,777 | +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 entireRussian population.
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