IPR: Prague’s real population lies at around 1.6 million

While official estimates based off registered residents place Prague’s population at around 1.3 million, a newly released analysis conducted by the Prague Institute of Planning and Development (IPR) suggests that this is around 300,000 people short of the real number. The institute’s director, Ondřej Boháč, says that there are around 1.6 million permanent residents in Prague, with a further 200,000 people commuting to the capital daily from the surrounding Central Bohemian Region.

The institute based its estimate off anonymous data gathered from mobile operators.