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| Most Populous Cities In South America |
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| Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires |
image: Juan Ignacio Iglesias (license) |
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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 2009 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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City |
Country |
2009 Calculation [1] |
| 1 |
Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
12,197,347 |
| 2 |
São Paulo |
Brazil |
10,328,094 |
| 3 |
Lima |
Peru |
7,902,851 |
| 4 |
Bogotá |
Colombia |
7,240,836 |
| 5 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil |
6,227,355 |
| 6 |
Santiago |
Chile |
5,145,599 |
| 7 |
Salvador |
Brazil |
2,949,222 |
| 8 |
Maracaibo |
Venezuela |
2,542,342 |
| 9 |
Fortaleza |
Brazil |
2,513,812 |
| 10 |
Belo Horizonte |
Brazil |
2,506,025 |
| 11 |
Brasília |
Brazil |
2,463,923 |
| 12 |
Medellín |
Colombia |
2,318,002 |
| 13 |
Guayaquil |
Ecuador |
2,248,800 |
| 14 |
Cali |
Colombia |
2,195,218 |
| 15 |
Caracas |
Venezuela |
1,958,291 |
| 16 |
Curitiba |
Brazil |
1,871,087 |
| 17 |
Manaus |
Brazil |
1,817,778 |
| 18 |
Valencia |
Venezuela |
1,790,591 |
| 19 |
Quito |
Ecuador |
1,621,817 |
| 20 |
Santa Cruz |
Bolivia |
1,614,618 |
| 21 |
Belém |
Brazil |
1,554,295 |
| 22 |
Recife |
Brazil |
1,542,678 |
| 23 |
Córdoba |
Argentina |
1,531,510 |
| 24 |
Porto Alegre |
Brazil |
1,421,272 |
| 25 |
Guarulhos |
Brazil |
1,325,997 |
| 26 |
Montevideo |
Uruguay |
1,320,520 |
| 27 |
Goiânia |
Brazil |
1,267,151 |
| 28 |
Rosario |
Argentina |
1,235,558 |
| 29 |
Barranquilla |
Colombia |
1,145,015 |
| 30 |
Barquisimeto |
Venezuela |
1,121,821 |
| 31 |
Campinas |
Brazil |
1,111,854 |
| 32 |
Maceió |
Brazil |
1,111,536 |
| 33 |
Nova Iguaçu |
Brazil |
1,087,086 |
| 34 |
São Luís |
Brazil |
1,007,604 |
| 35 |
São Gonçalo |
Brazil |
998,325 |
| 36 |
Ciudad Guayana |
Venezuela |
979,910 |
| 37 |
El Alto |
Bolivia |
949,912 |
| 38 |
Mendoza |
Argentina |
929,045 |
| 39 |
Arequipa |
Peru |
904,931 |
| 40 |
Cartagena |
Colombia |
900,111 |
| 41 |
La Paz |
Bolivia |
887,512 |
| 42 |
Duque de Caxias |
Brazil |
874,671 |
| 43 |
Tucumán |
Argentina |
830,370 |
| 44 |
Trujillo |
Peru |
825,143 |
| 45 |
Natal |
Brazil |
821,794 |
| 46 |
Jaboatão |
Brazil |
816,771 |
| 47 |
São Bernardo do Campo |
Brazil |
815,658 |
| 48 |
Teresina |
Brazil |
813,364 |
| 49 |
Campo Grande |
Brazil |
809,754 |
| 50 |
Puente Alto |
Chile |
745,752 |
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City |
Country |
2009 Calculation [1] |
| 51 |
La Plata |
Argentina |
736,954 |
| 52 |
Osasco |
Brazil |
718,218 |
| 53 |
Contagem |
Brazil |
710,269 |
| 54 |
João Pessoa |
Brazil |
705,691 |
| 55 |
São José dos Campos |
Brazil |
688,924 |
| 56 |
Santo André |
Brazil |
682,051 |
| 57 |
Uberlândia |
Brazil |
646,773 |
| 58 |
Sorocaba |
Brazil |
630,040 |
| 59 |
Cochabamba |
Bolivia |
616,943 |
| 60 |
Maracay |
Venezuela |
609,598 |
| 61 |
Cúcuta |
Colombia |
596,735 |
| 62 |
Ribeirão Preto |
Brazil |
594,854 |
| 63 |
Barcelona |
Venezuela |
590,438 |
| 64 |
Mar del Plata |
Argentina |
589,291 |
| 65 |
Ribeirão das Neves |
Brazil |
581,524 |
| 66 |
Aparecida de Goiânia |
Brazil |
571,764 |
| 67 |
Cuiabá |
Brazil |
567,709 |
| 68 |
Maturín |
Venezuela |
563,153 |
| 69 |
Salta |
Argentina |
551,284 |
| 70 |
Petare |
Venezuela |
547,728 |
| 71 |
Soledad |
Colombia |
546,854 |
| 72 |
Asunción |
Paraguay |
539,795 |
| 73 |
Feira de Santana |
Brazil |
535,986 |
| 74 |
Chiclayo |
Peru |
524,630 |
| 75 |
Aracaju |
Brazil |
522,417 |
| 76 |
Bucaramanga |
Colombia |
519,207 |
| 77 |
Londrina |
Brazil |
515,799 |
| 78 |
Joinville |
Brazil |
512,167 |
| 79 |
Santa Fé |
Argentina |
506,360 |
| 80 |
Belford Roxo |
Brazil |
505,565 |
| 81 |
Juiz de Fora |
Brazil |
503,983 |
| 82 |
Ibagué |
Colombia |
494,669 |
| 83 |
Serra |
Brazil |
491,208 |
| 84 |
Betim |
Brazil |
487,798 |
| 85 |
Florianópolis |
Brazil |
486,867 |
| 86 |
San Juan |
Argentina |
486,553 |
| 87 |
Ananindeua |
Brazil |
479,134 |
| 88 |
São João de Meriti |
Brazil |
466,729 |
| 89 |
Niterói |
Brazil |
465,562 |
| 90 |
Ciudad Bolívar |
Venezuela |
461,959 |
| 91 |
Soacha |
Colombia |
458,672 |
| 92 |
Vila Velha |
Brazil |
445,845 |
| 93 |
Turmero |
Venezuela |
435,341 |
| 94 |
Santa Marta |
Colombia |
429,670 |
| 95 |
Caxias do Sul |
Brazil |
426,834 |
| 96 |
Diadema |
Brazil |
422,626 |
| 97 |
Mauá |
Brazil |
420,132 |
| 98 |
Macapá |
Brazil |
418,476 |
| 99 |
São José do Rio Preto |
Brazil |
417,465 |
| 100 |
Itaquaquecetuba |
Brazil |
415,549 |
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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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