Largest metropolitan areas in the Americas
This is a list of the largest metropolitan areas in the Americas.
| Rank
| Metropolitan area name
| Population estimate
|
| 1
| New York City, United States
| 22,313,756
|
| 2
| Mexico City, Mexico
| 22,095,047
|
| 3
| São Paulo, Brazil
| 19,092,087
|
| 4
| Los Angeles, United States
| 17,542,967
|
| 5
| Buenos Aires, Argentina
| 13,326,048
|
| 6
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| 11,495,626
|
| 7
| Chicago, United States
| 9,418,269
|
| 8
| Lima-Callao, Peru
| 8,535,682
|
| 9
| Washington-Baltimore, United States
| 8,036,348
|
| 10
| Bogotá, Colombia
| 7,582,056
|
| 11
| San Francisco-San Jose, United States
| 7,533,837
|
| 12
| Philadelphia, United States
| 6,254,178
|
| 14
| Toronto-Hamilton, Canada
| 6,040,829
|
| 15
| Boston, United States
| 5,908,923
|
| 16
| Dallas-Fort Worth, United States
| 5,896,615
|
| 17
| Detroit-Windsor, United States/Canada
| 5,885,324
|
| 18
| Houston, United States
| 5,194,590
|
| 19
| Santiago, Chile
| 4,837,248
|
| 20
| Atlanta, United States
| 4,716,321
|
| 21
| San Diego-Tijuana, United States/Mexico
| 4,688,762
|
| 22
| Belo Horizonte-Contagem, Brazil
| 4,653,603
|
| 23
| Miami, United States
| 4,286,049
|
| 24
| Guadalajara-Zapopan -Tlaquepaque, Mexico
| 4,005,184
|
| 25
| Phoenix-Mesa, United States
| 3,792,251
|
| 26
| Seattle, United States
| 3,769,400
|
| 27
| Porto Alegre, Brazil
| 3,762,194
|
| 28
| Caracas, Venezuela
| 3,723,728
|
| 29
| Monterrey-Guadalupe-San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
| 3,677,663
|
| 30
| Montreal, Canada
| 3,601,870
|
| 31
| Recife-Jaboatão -Olinda, Brazil
| 3,540,683
|
| 32
| Salvador, Brazil
| 3,357,182
|
| 33
| Guayaquil, Ecuador
| 3,295,143
|
| 34
| Medellín-Bello, Colombia
| 3,263,949
|
| 35
| Minneapolis-Saint Paul, United States
| 3,162,872
|
| 36
| Fortaleza, Brazil
| 3,131,556
|
| 37
| Cali, Colombia
| 3,049,391
|
| 38
| Curitiba, Brazil
| 3,042,518
|
| 39
| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
| 3,014,746
|
| 40
| Cleveland, United States
| 2,956,323
|
| 41
| Guatemala City-Mixco -Villa Nueva , Guatemala
| 2,727,180
|
| 42
| Puebla, Mexico
| 2,701,517
|
| 43
| Denver-Aurora, United States
| 2,685,584
|
| 44
| Saint Louis, United States
| 2,629,256
|
| 45
| Tampa, United States
| 2,584,448
|
| 46
| Havana, Cuba
| 2,581,619
|
| 47
| Portland, United States
| 2,467,746
|
| 48
| Pittsburgh, United States
| 2,332,157
|
| 49
| Ciudad Juárez-El Paso, Mexico/United States
| 2,218,688
|
| 50
| Brasília, Brazil
| 2,207,812
|
| 51
| Vancouver, Canada
| 2,157,454
|
| 52
| Port-au-Prince-Carrefour-Delmas, Haiti
| 2,134,524
|
| 53
| Belém-Ananindeua , Brazil
| 2,072,189
|
| 54
| Maracaibo, Venezuela
| 2,063,461
|
| 55
| Cincinnati, United States
| 2,038,851
|
| 56
| Barranquilla-Soledad , Colombia
| 2,020,710
|
| 57
| San Juan-Bayamón, Puerto Rico
| 1,988,623
|
| 58
| Sacramento, United States
| 1,980,692
|
| 59
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, United States
| 1,952,820
|
| 60
| Quito, Ecuador
| 1,941,506
|
| 61
| Orlando, United States
| 1,901,541
|
| 62
| Kansas City, United States
| 1,856,530
|
| 63
| Goiânia-Aparecida de Goiânia , Brazil
| 1,855,793
|
| 64
| La Paz-El Alto , Bolivia
| 1,836,287
|
| 65
| San Salvador-Soyapango , El Salvador
| 1,830,793
|
| 65
| Montevideo, Uruguay
| 1,756,601
|
| 66
| Milwaukee, United States
| 1,743,593
|
| 67
| San Antonio, United States
| 1,739,834
|
| 68
| Indianapolis, United States
| 1,706,535
|
| 69
| Santos-São Vicente-Guarujá-Praia Grande, Brazil
| 1,665,013
|
| 70
| Charlotte, United States
| 1,658,157
|
| 71
| Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Newport News, United States
| 1,645,015
|
| 72
| Córdoba, Argentina
| 1,640,519
|
| 73
| Columbus, United States
| 1,623,861
|
| 74
| Tegucigalpa, Honduras
| 1,603,116
|
| 75
| Manaus, Brazil
| 1,598,227
|
| 76
| San José, Costa Rica
| 1,574,612
|
| 77
| Buffalo-St. Catharines, United States/Canada
| 1,571,398
|
| 78
| León, Mexico
| 1,538,125
|
| 79
| Vitória, Brazil
| 1,512,322
|
| 80
| Austin, United States
| 1,503,247
|
| 81
| Managua, Nicaragua
| 1,487,907
|
| 82
| Campinas, Brazil
| 1,443,814
|
| 83
| Salt Lake City, United States
| 1,420,555
|
| 84
| Rosario, Argentina
| 1,391,061
|
| 85
| Valencia, Venezuela
| 1,385,202
|
| 86
| Asunción-San Lorenzo-Luque -Capiatá , Paraguay
| 1,382,559
|
| 87
| Raleigh-Durham, United States
| 1,356,786
|
| 88
| Santa Cruz, Bolivia
| 1,342,640
|
| 89
| New Orleans-Metairie, United States
| 1,342,639
|
| 90
| Greensboro-Winston-Salem, United States
| 1,333,726
|
| 91
| Nashville, United States
| 1,330,842
|
| 92
| Maracay-Turmero -El Limón , Venezuela
| 1,255,639
|
| 93
| Providence, United States
| 1,251,066
|
| 94
| West Palm Beach, United States
| 1,250,731
|
| 95
| Hartford, United States
| 1,225,384
|
| 96
| São Luís, Brazil
| 1,224,147
|
| 97
| Jacksonville, United States
| 1,214,124
|
| 98
| Natal-Parnamirim , Brazil
| 1,172,831
|
| 99
| Barquisimeto, Venezuela
| 1,172,304
|
| 100
| Memphis, United States
| 1,169,805
|
| 101
| Grand Rapids, United States
| 1,156,883
|
| 102
| Oklahoma City, United States
| 1,131,137
|
| 103
| Torreón-Gómez Palacio, Mexico
| 1,123,008
|
| 104
| Ottawa, Canada
| 1,116,705
|
| 105
| Panama City-San Miguelito , Panama
| 1,115,193
|
| 106
| Rochester, United States
| 1,106,632
|
| 107
| Richmond, United States
| 1,073,868
|
| 108
| Calgary, Canada
| 1,059,590
|
| 109
| Bucaramanga-Floridablanca-Girón , Colombia
| 1,058,753
|
| 110
| Louisville, United States
| 1,051,961
|
| 111
| Fresno, United States
| 1,028,339
|
| 112
| Greenville, United States
| 1,021,292
|
| 113
| Maceió, Brazil
| 1,019,063
|
| 114
| Cartagena, Colombia
| 1,012,011
|
| 115
| Teresina-Timon, Brazil
| 1,014,923
|
| 116
| San Luis Potosí-Soledad , Mexico
| 1,004,346
|
Source: World Gazatteer
Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
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