ESTIMATION OF THE POPULATION OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE MOSCOW METROPOLITAN REGION ACCORDING TO THE DATA OF MOBILE OPERATORS
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 mobi le operators. The possibility of using mobile operators’ data to check the results of current populatio n accounting is established. The statistical overstatement of the population of Old Moscow was reveale d along with considerable underreporting of the number of people living in the Moscow region and in Ne w Moscow. This is due to errors in the current population accounting, availability of two houses for m any Muscovites and a number of other factors.