Largest cities in the Americas

This is a list of the 50 largest cities in the Americas by population. Official definitions of cities are defined according to the concept of city proper, which is the territory within the city limits. The list ranks the world's urban municipal units (or well-defined statistical groupings of such units) according to population. Note that the populations listed are for the city proper and not for the urban area nor the metropolitan area. For the 50 largest metro areas in the Americas, see List of metropolitan areas in the Americas by population.

Rank City Image Country Population Year
1 São Paulo Brazil Brazil 11,895,893[1] 2014
2 Mexico City Mexico Mexico 8,851,080[2] 2010
3 Lima Peru Peru 8,617,314[3] 2013
4 New York City United States United States 8,405,837[4] 2013
5 Bogotá Colombia Colombia 7,613,303[5] 2011
6 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Brazil 6,453,682[6] 2014
7 Santiago Chile Chile 5,084,038[7] 2010
8 Los Angeles United States United States 3,884,307[8] 2013
9 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 3,525,000[9] 2010
10 Salvador Brazil Brazil 2,902,927[10] 2014
11 Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina 2,891,082[11] 2010
12 Brasília Brazil Brazil 2,852,372[12] 2014
13 Toronto Canada Canada 2,791,140[13] 2012
14 Chicago United States United States 2,718,782[14] 2013
15 Fortaleza Brazil Brazil 2,571,896[15] 2014
16 Belo Horizonte Brazil Brazil 2,491,109[16] 2014
17 Guayaquil Ecuador Ecuador 2,366,902[17] 2008
18 Medellín Colombia Colombia 2,343,049[18] 2010
19 Quito Ecuador Ecuador 2,239,191[19] 2010
20 Santiago de Cali Colombia Colombia 2,219,714[20] 2010
21 Houston United States United States 2,195,914[21] 2013
22 Havana Cuba Cuba 2,135,498[22] 2010
23 Manaus Brazil Brazil 2,020,301[23] 2014
24 Caracas Venezuela Venezuela 2,013,366[24] 2011
25 Curitiba Brazil Brazil 1,864,416[25] 2014
26 Ecatepec City Mexico Mexico 1,656,107[2] 2010
27 Santa Cruz Bolivia Bolivia 1,651,436[26] 2010
28 Montréal Canada Canada 1,649,519[13] 2011
29 Recife Brazil Brazil 1,608,488[27] 2014
30 Tijuana Mexico Mexico 1,559,683[2] 2010
31 Philadelphia United States United States 1,553,165[28] 2013
32 Puebla Mexico Mexico 1,539,819[29][30] 2010
33 Phoenix United States United States 1,513,367[31] 2013
34 Guadalajara Mexico Mexico 1,495,189[2] 2010
35 Maracaibo Venezuela Venezuela 1,473,007[32] 2009
36 Porto Alegre Brazil Brazil 1,472,482[33] 2014
37 León Mexico Mexico 1,436,480[2] 2010
38 Belém Brazil Brazil 1,432,844[34] 2014
39 Goiânia Brazil Brazil 1,412,364[35] 2014
40 San Antonio United States United States 1,409,019[36] 2013
41 San Diego United States United States 1,355,896[37] 2013
42 Montevideo Uruguay Uruguay 1,336,878[38] 2010
43 Ciudad Juárez Mexico Mexico 1,332,131[2] 2010
44 Córdoba Argentina Argentina 1,330,023[39] 2010
45 Guarulhos Brazil Brazil 1,312,197[40] 2014
46 Dallas United States United States 1,257,676[41] 2013
47 Zapopan Mexico Mexico 1,243,756[2] 2010
48 Rosario Argentina Argentina 1,198,528[42] 2010
49 Barranquilla Colombia Colombia 1,186,640[20] 2010
50 Campinas Brazil Brazil 1,154,617[43] 2014

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