Estimation of the population of municipalities in the Moscow metropolitan region according to the data of mobile operators
Abstract
The population numbers in municipalities of Moscow and the Moscow region were compared according to the Rosstat data and the information about localization of subscribers provided by mobile operators. The possibility of using mobile operators’ data to check the results of current population accounting is established. The statistical overstatement of the population of Old Moscow was revealed along with considerable underreporting of the number of people living in the Moscow region and in New Moscow. This is due to errors in the current population accounting, availability of two houses for many Muscovites and a number of other factors.
About the Author
R. A. Babkin
Lomonosov Moscow State University; Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia, graduate student Lomonosov MSU; Research Laboratory of Regional Policy and Regional Investment Processes, Junior Scientific Researcher Plekhanov RUE
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Babkin R.A. Estimation of the population of municipalities in the Moscow metropolitan region according to the data of mobile operators. Lomonosov Geography Journal. 2020;(4):116-121. (In Russ.)
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