List of South American metropolitan areas by population

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This is a list of the fifty most populous metropolitan areas in South America as of 2015, the most recent year for which official census results, estimates or projections are available for every major metropolitan area in South America. All figures refer to mid-year populations.

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Metropolitan area Population Year Country
1 São Paulo 21,090,792[1] 2015  Brazil
2 Buenos Aires 13,693,657[a][3][4] 2015  Argentina
3 Rio de Janeiro 12,280,702[1] 2015  Brazil
4 Lima 9,904,727[b][6] 2015  Peru
5 Bogotá 9,286,225[c][8] 2015  Colombia
6 Santiago 6,683,852[d][10] 2015  Chile
7 Belo Horizonte 5,829,923[1] 2015  Brazil
8 Caracas 5,322,310[e][13] 2015  Venezuela
9 Porto Alegre 4,258,926[1] 2015  Brazil
10 Brasília 4,201,737[1] 2015  Brazil
11 Fortaleza 3,985,297[1] 2015  Brazil
12 Salvador 3,953,290[1] 2015  Brazil
13 Recife 3,914,397[1] 2015  Brazil
14 Medellín 3,777,009[f][8] 2015  Colombia
15 Curitiba 3,502,804[1] 2015  Brazil
16 Campinas 3,094,181[1] 2015  Brazil
17 Guayaquil 2,952,159[g][15] 2015  Ecuador
18 Cali 2,911,278[h][8] 2015  Colombia
19 Quito 2,653,330[i][15] 2015  Ecuador
20 Maracaibo 2,576,836[j][13] 2015  Venezuela
21 Manaus 2,523,819[1] 2015  Brazil
22 Asunción 2,482,760[k][19] 2015  Paraguay
23 Paraíba Valley and North Coast 2,453,387[1] 2015  Brazil
24 Goiânia 2,421,833[1] 2015  Brazil
25 Belém 2,402,438[1] 2015  Brazil
26 Montevideo 2,059,988[l][21] 2015  Uruguay
27 Barranquilla 2,025,071[m][8] 2015  Colombia
28 Santa Cruz 1,986,855[n][24] 2015  Bolivia
29 Vitória 1,910,101[1] 2015  Brazil
30 Sorocaba 1,888,073[1] 2015  Brazil
31 La Paz 1,849,504[o][24] 2015  Bolivia
32 Baixada Santista 1,797,500[1] 2015  Brazil
33 Valencia 1,544,004[p][13] 2015  Venezuela
34 São Luís 1,538,131[1] 2015  Brazil
35 Córdoba 1,519,000[q][28] 2015  Argentina
36 Natal 1,504,819[1] 2015  Brazil
37 Rosario 1,429,000[r][28] 2015  Argentina
38 Piracicaba 1,412,721[1] 2015  Brazil
39 Norte Catarinense 1,344,089[1] 2015  Brazil
40 Barquisimeto 1,308,163[s][13] 2015  Venezuela
41 Maceió 1,304,190[1] 2015  Brazil
42 João Pessoa 1,253,929[1] 2015  Brazil
43 Cochabamba 1,227,044[t][24] 2015  Bolivia
44 Teresina 1,194,911[1] 2015  Brazil
45 Maracay 1,189,314[u][32] 2015  Venezuela
46 Cartagena 1,161,320[v][8] 2015  Colombia
47 Florianópolis 1,131,981[1] 2015  Brazil
48 Bucaramanga 1,122,945[w][8] 2015  Colombia
49 Mendoza 1,082,000[x][28] 2015  Argentina
50 Londrina 1,076,454[1] 2015  Brazil
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São Paulo, the most populated metropolitan area in a country outside Asia.

Notes

  1. [a]
    INDEC defines Greater Buenos Aires as comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires plus twenty-four partidos of Buenos Aires Province, namely Almirante Brown, Avellaneda, Berazategui, Esteban Echeverría, Ezeiza, Florencio Varela, General San Martín, Hurlingham, Ituzaingó, José C. Paz, La Matanza, Lanús, Lomas de Zamora, Malvinas Argentinas, Merlo, Moreno, Morón, Quilmes, San Fernando, San Isidro, San Miguel, Tigre, Tres de Febrero and Vicente López.[2]
  2. [b]
    INEI defines the Lima Metropolitan Area as comprising Lima Province and the Constitutional Province of Callao.[5]
  3. [c]
    DANE defines the metropolitan area of Bogotá as comprising the Capital District and seventeen municipalities in Cundinamarca: Soacha, Facatativá, Zipaquirá, Chía, Mosquera, Madrid, Funza, Cajicá, Sibaté, Tocancipá, La Calera, Sopó, Tabio, Tenjo, Cota, Gachancipá and Bojacá.[7]
  4. [d]
    The government of the Santiago Metropolitan Region defines the metropolitan area of Santiago as comprising Santiago Province, Cordillera Province and two communes (Calera de Tango and San Bernardo) in Maipo Province.[9]
  5. [e]
    Population projection is that of the Sistema Metropolitano de Caracas, which comprises the five municipalities of the Metropolitan District of Caracas as well as the Altos Mirandinos Metropolitan Area, Guarenas-Guatire conurbation, Litoral Varguense conurbation and Valles del Tuy Metropolitan Area.[11][12]
  6. [f]
    Medellín's metropolitan area, officially known as the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley, comprises the municipalities of Barbosa, Bello, Caldas, Copacabana, Envigado, Girardota, Itagüí, La Estrella, Medellín and Sabaneta.[7]
  7. [g]
    Population projection is that of the future Metropolitan District of Guayaquil, which will comprise the cantons of Guayaquil proper, Durán and Samborondón.[14]
  8. [h]
    DANE defines the metropolitan area of Cali as comprising the municipalities of Cali, Jamundí, Palmira and Yumbo.[7]
  9. [i]
    Population projection is that of Quito proper plus Rumiñahui Canton, which "is clearly within the suburban zone of the city of Quito."[16]
  10. [j]
    The metropolitan area of Maracaibo comprises the municipalities of Jesús Enrique Lossada, La Cañada de Urdaneta, Mara, Maracaibo and San Francisco in the state of Zulia.[17]
  11. [k]
    The Zona Metropolitana de Asunción (ZOMA) comprises twenty districts, including Asunción proper, fifteen districts in Central Department (all except Guarambaré, Nueva Italia, Villeta and Ypacaraí), and Benjamín Aceval, José Falcón, Nanawa and Villa Hayes districts in Presidente Hayes Department.[18]
  12. [l]
    The metropolitan area of Montevideo comprises the departments of Montevideo proper, Canelones and San José.[20]
  13. [m]
    The metropolitan area of Barranquilla comprises the municipalities of Barranquilla, Soledad, Galapa, Puerto Colombia and Malambo.[22]
  14. [n]
    The government of Santa Cruz Department defines the metropolitan area of Santa Cruz as comprising Andrés Ibáñez Province and the municipality of Warnes in Ignacio Warnes Province.[23]
  15. [o]
    A Metropolitan Development Agency for the La Paz area is currently being formed between the five municipalities of Pedro Domingo Murillo Province and the municipalities of Viacha in Ignacio Warnes Province and Laja in Los Andes Province.[25]
  16. [p]
    The future Metropolitan District of Valencia will comprise the municipalities of Libertador, Los Guayos, Miguel Peña (currently still a parish within the municipality of Valencia), Naguanagua, San Diego and Valencia in the state of Carabobo.[26]
  17. [q]
    INDEC defines Greater Córdoba as comprising the city of Córdoba proper plus nineteen localities in Colón Department, Córdoba Province.[27]
  18. [r]
    INDEC defines Greater Rosario as comprising the city of Rosario proper plus the localities of Capitán Bermúdez, Fray Luis Beltrán, Funes, Granadero Baigorria, Puerto General San Martín, Pérez, Roldán, San Lorenzo, Soldini and Villa Gobernador Gálvez.[27]
  19. [s]
    The metropolitan area of Barquisimeto comprises the municipalities of Iribarren and Palavecino in the state of Lara.[29]
  20. [t]
    Cochabamba's metropolitan area, officially known as the Kanata Metropolitan Region, comprises the municipalities of Cochabamba proper, Quillacollo, Sipe Sipe, Tiquipaya, Vinto, Colcapirhua and Sacaba in Cochabamba Department.[30]
  21. [u]
    The metropolitan area of Maracay comprises the city of Maracay proper plus the localities of Cagua, El Limón, Palo Negro, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Rita and Turmero in the state of Aragua.[31]
  22. [v]
    The metropolitan area of Cartagena comprises the municipalities of Cartagena, Arjona, Turbaco and Turbana.[33]
  23. [w]
    The metropolitan area of Bucaramanga comprises the municipalities of Bucaramanga, Floridablanca, Girón and Piedecuesta.[34]
  24. [x]
    INDEC defines Greater Mendoza as comprising the city of Mendoza proper plus the localities of Capdeville, Godoy Cruz, Guaymallén, Las Heras, Luján de Cuyo, Maipú, and Papagayos.[27]

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