Kyiv metropolitan area
Kyiv metropolitan area
Київська агломерація | |
|---|---|
Urban area | |
Skyline of Kyiv | |
Map of the administrative-territorial division of the Kyiv agglomeration | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblasts | Kyiv Kyiv City |
| Largest city | Kyiv |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 13,534 km2 (5,226 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Metro | 4,100,000 |
| • Metro density | 303/km2 (780/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | ₴1.568 trillion €40.6 billion (2021) |
The Kyiv metropolitan area (Ukrainian: Київська агломерація, romanized: Kyivska ahlomeratsiia) is an unofficially designated urban agglomeration within the outer boundary of Kyiv Oblast in Ukraine. The metropolitan area is not officially defined, but it generally includes Kyiv and surrounding suburban and satellite settlements within Kyiv Oblast that are closely integrated with the capital through commuting, economic activity, and infrastructure. It is ranked among the 10 largest metropolitan areas in Europe.
Area and population
- Total population: censuses and estimates numbers vary from 3.375.000 (138 world rank) to as much as 5,206,000.
- Kyiv City proper population:
- official: 2,847,200 as of July 2013;[3]
- 2,611,300 as of the 2001 Ukrainian census
- at least 3.5 million, according to the 2007 estimates based on the amount of bakery products sold in the city (thus including temporary visitors and commuters)[4]
- 2.95 million, according to a 2022 estimate
- 3.02 million, according to a 2024 estimate
- Suburban population: 1,076,000[5]
- Total area: 13,534 km².
- Population density: 268,4 people/km².
Economy
In 2021, Kyiv metropolitan area had a Gross regional product of around ₴1.568 trillion (€40.6 billion) of which ₴1.276 trillion (€33 billion) was Kyiv city.[2]
Transport
The area has a highly developed railway and road infrastructure, being linked to Kyiv through the suburban railways, buses and minibuses.
The Kyiv metropolitan area is served by two international passenger airports: Boryspil Airport and Kyiv (Zhuliany) Airport; there are also the Hostomel cargo airport and an additional three operating airfields facilitating airplane manufacturing and general aviation.
References
- ^ "Major Agglomerations of the World". Citypopulation.de.
- ^ a b "Валовий регіональний продукт у 2021 році", ukrstat.gov.ua
- ^ "Соціально-економічне становище м.Києва: Січень–липень 2013 року". Department of Statistics, Kiev City State Administration. July 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "There are up to 1.5 mln undercounted residents in Kiev". Korrespondent (in Russian). 15 June 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ (out of the 1,722,875 total population of the Kyiv Oblast outside the Kyiv City)
External links
- Алфьоров М.А. Урбанізаційні процеси в Україні в 1945-1991 рр: Монографія/ М.А.Алфьоров – Донецьк: Донецьке відділення НТШ ім. Шевченка, ТОВ «Східний видавничий дім» 2012. – 552 с. (in Ukrainian)