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Urban area in Ukraine
Kyiv metropolitan area Київська агломерація
Urban area
Skyline of KyivSkyline of Kyiv
Map of the administrative-territorial division of the Kyiv agglomerationMap of the administrative-territorial division of the Kyiv agglomeration
Country Ukraine
Largest city Kyiv
Area
 • Metro13,534 km (5,226 sq mi)
Population
 • Metro3,475,000
 • Metro density255/km (660/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. It consists of the country's capital city of Kyiv (an enclave within the oblast), its satellite settlements and nearest rural areas closely bound to the city by employment and commerce. According to different sources, it is ranked among 20 largest metropolitan areas in Europe.

Area and population

  • Total population: censuses and estimates numbers vary from 3.375.000 (138 world rank) to 3,648,900 (some other sources bring 4,130,000 - 5,206,000);
  • Kyiv City proper population:
    • official: 2,847,200 as of July 2013;
    • 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)
  • Suburban population: 1,076,000
  • 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.

Transport

See also: Transport in Kyiv and Ukrzaliznytsia
Simplified map of the major railway lines in Kyiv Oblast.

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

  1. "Major Agglomerations of the World". Citypopulation.de.
  2. ^ "Валовий регіональний продукт у 2021 році", ukrstat.gov.ua
  3. "Соціально-економічне становище м.Києва: Січень–липень 2013 року". Department of Statistics, Kiev City State Administration. July 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  4. "There are up to 1.5 mln undercounted residents in Kiev". Korrespondent (in Russian). 15 June 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  5. (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)

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