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Top 100 Most Populous Cities In South America 2010
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This is a list of the most heavily populated cities in South America, as opposed to the most populous metropolitan or urban areas. This list includes 2010 population estimates for all of those who are defined as living within the 'city limits', or 'city boundary', and are based on a mixture of official and independent sources.
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Data released by World Gazetteer - January.01.2010 - Next data release 2011 (unknown date)
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Top 100 Most Populous Cities In South America 2010
City Country 2010 Estimate [1]
1 Buenos Aires Argentina 13,080,026
2 Sao Paulo Brazil 10,381,400
3 Lima Peru 8,000,111
4 Bogota Colombia 7,342,569
5 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 6,255,971
6 Santiago Chile 5,196,846
7 Salvador Brazil 2,999,725
8 Maracaibo Venezuela 2,634,251
9 Fortaleza Brazil 2,558,558
10 Brasília Brazil 2,551,909
11 Belo Horizonte Brazil 2,534,455
12 Medellin Colombia 2,352,491
13 Guayaquil Ecuador 2,286,302
14 Cali Colombia 2,222,724
15 Caracas Venezuela 1,966,463
16 Curitiba Brazil 1,896,743
17 Manaus Brazil 1,865,277
18 Valencia Venezuela 1,853,117
19 Santa Cruz Bolivia 1,685,884
20 Quito Ecuador 1,650,034
21 Belem Brazil 1,584,848
22 Recife Brazil 1,556,657
23 Cordoba Argentina 1,526,607
24 Porto Alegre Brazil 1,428,859
25 Guarulhos Brazil 1,365,041
26 Montevideo Uruguay 1,328,606
27 Goiania Brazil 1,284,209
28 Rosario Argentina 1,240,557
29 Barquisimeto Venezuela 1,156,424
30 Maceio Brazil 1,148,589
31 Barranquilla Colombia 1,144,706
32 Campinas Brazil 1,129,481
33 Nova Iguacu Brazil 1,105,460
34 Sao Luís Brazil 1,021,466
35 Ciudad Guayana Venezuela 1,017,970
36 Sao Goncalo Brazil 1,005,417
37 El Alto Bolivia 992,716
38 Mendoza Argentina 935,033
39 Arequipa Peru 922,625
40 Cartagena Colombia 914,486
41 La Paz Bolivia 896,802
42 Duque de Caxias Brazil 886,721
43 Trujillo Peru 846,083
44 Tucuman Argentina 844,135
45 Jaboatao Brazil 842,381
46 Sao Bernardo do Campo Brazil 831,162
47 Natal Brazil 829,241
48 Teresina Brazil 828,228
49 Campo Grande Brazil 827,535
50 Puente Alto Chile 790,658
51 La Plata Argentina 769,739
52 Contagem Brazil 728,767
53 Osasco Brazil 725,131
54 Joao Pessoa Brazil 717,486
55 Sao Jose dos Campos Brazil 705,056
56 Santo Andre Brazil 683,837
57 Uberlandia Brazil 667,680
58 Sorocaba Brazil 646,070
59 Ribeirao das Neves Brazil 628,073
60 Maracay Venezuela 627,000
61 Cochabamba Bolivia 624,850
62 Barcelona Venezuela 620,555
63 Aparecida de Goiania Brazil 608,210
64 Cucuta Colombia 603,816
65 Ribeirao Preto Brazil 602,824
66 Maturin Venezuela 593,333
67 Mar del Plata Argentina 580,393
68 Cuiaba Brazil 575,714
69 Soledad Colombia 569,816
70 Petare Venezuela 565,593
71 Salta Argentina 557,898
72 Feira de Santana Brazil 547,927
73 Asuncion Paraguay 542,023
74 Chiclayo Peru 531,794
75 Aracaju Brazil 528,513
76 Londrina Brazil 525,721
77 Joinville Brazil 524,156
78 Bucaramanga Colombia 521,564
79 Serra Brazil 518,462
80 Betim Brazil 515,641
81 Santa Fe Argentina 515,176
82 Belford Roxo Brazil 514,751
83 Juiz de Fora Brazil 511,481
84 Florianopolis Brazil 503,377
85 Ibague Colombia 500,990
86 San Juan Argentina 492,837
87 Ananindeua Brazil 488,553
88 Ciudad Bolivar Venezuela 478,874
89 Soacha Colombia 475,540
90 Sao Joao de Meriti Brazil 468,407
91 Niteroi Brazil 466,833
92 Vila Velha Brazil 457,309
93 Turmero Venezuela 454,719
94 Santa Marta Colombia 441,176
95 Macapa Brazil 440,064
96 Itaquaquecetuba Brazil 437,071
97 Caxias do Sul Brazil 436,912
98 Diadema Brazil 428,712
99 Barinas Venezuela 428,038
100 Maua Brazil 428,011
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[1] "World: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population" World Gazetteer - All statistics © Stefan Helders, www.world-gazetteer.com. Stefan Helders has been independently collating data relating to population statistics since 1998 on what is now known as the World Gazetteer website. According to Helders... "If possible, official data sources are used. In many cases however no official figures are available. In that case, secondary sources such as year books, encyclopediae, atlases etc. are used. I have also received data from other stats lovers". Along with another useful population statistics website called CityPopulation.de, Stefan Helders/World Gazetteer provides the most accurate and up-to-date analysis of population levels in the World's cities and metropolitan areas.
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The population statistics within this article are copyrighted to Stefan Helders @ www.world-gazetteer.com, a project which should be regarded as a free data provider. These statistics can be re-published for commercial or non-commerical purposes, provided that (a) the data is not changed, and (b) this exact copyright notice is included: © by Stefan Helders www.world-gazetteer.com.

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