Moscow metropolitan area
Metropolitan area in Russia
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The Moscow metropolitan area (Russian: Московская агломерация, romanized: Moskovskaya aglomeratsiya) or Moscow capital region (Russian: Московский столичный регион, romanized: Moskovskiy stolichnyy region) is the most populous metropolitan area in Russia and Europe, with a population of around 21.5 million. It consists of the city of Moscow and surrounding areas in Moscow Oblast.
Moscow metropolitan area
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 Federal city of Moscow - black, Moscow Oblast - light blue | |
| 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) | |
| • Metro | ₽51.89 trillion (2024) (US$560.74 billion) |
| • Per capita | ₽2.41 million (2024) (US$26,038.76) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (UTC) |
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 | GDP nominal[2] | GDP per capita nominal |
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| Moscow | 2562 | 13,010,112 | ₽41 trillion (2024) (US$443.13 billion) | ₽3.1 million (2024) (US$33,539.34) |
| Moscow Oblast | 44300 | 8,524,665 | ₽10.88 trillion (2024) (US$117.61 billion) | ₽1.25 million (2024) (US$13,498.07) |
| Moscow metropolitan area | 46862 | 21,534,777 | ₽51.89 trillion (2024) (US$560.74 billion) | ₽2.41 million (2024) (US$26,038.76) |
The Moscow metropolitan area includes the city of Moscow, population 12,197,596,[3] 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.[4] 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.
| 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 entire Russian population.
