Prague has more inhabitants than official statistics show. A quarter of a million
According to the municipality, because of this, the metropolis has to deal with a number of ailments. In particular, it is losing considerable funds. Municipalities and cities receive state funds on the basis of the budgetary determination of taxes, which are linked to the number of inhabitants.
“A quarter of a million more people live in Prague than are permanently registered. The government should therefore respect this in the budget determination of taxes, “thinks Mayor Zdeněk Hřib (Pirates). According to him, because of this, Prague loses eight to ten billion crowns a year. “If we had this money at our disposal, we could, for example, build new flats, which are so desperately lacking here,” says the mayor. According to Hřib, an additional 200,000 people commute to the city during peak hours.
The number of residents is increasing
“It is necessary to start looking at the real population. It is crucial from all points of view – not only in terms of development and availability of housing, but also in terms of the city budget and all costs, “adds Deputy Minister for Territorial Development Petr Hlaváček (TOP 09). According to councilors, the budget of Prague does not take into account in any way that the city takes care of others on its territory, which with their population is close to the size of Ostrava.
The metropolitan management used anonymized data from mobile operators for nine selected months from 2018, 2019 and 2020 to calculate. , but they are still logged on to the networks.
According to these data, despite the coronavirus crisis, the number of “Prague residents” increased slightly last year, from February 2018 to September 2020, the metropolis grew by approximately 30,000 people.