Largest cities in the Americas

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This is a list of the 50 largest cities in the Americas by population. Populations listed are that of the city proper and not of the urban agglomeration or the metropolitan area. For a list of the latter, see List of metropolitan areas in the Americas by population. Figures are taken from the latest available census results, official estimates, or official projections as of 2014.

City Image Country Population Year
1 São Paulo Ponte e rio.jpg  Brazil 11,895,893[1] 2014
2 Mexico City Ciudad.Mexico.City.Distrito.Federal.DF.Reforma.Skyline.jpg Mexico Mexico 8,874,724[2] 2014
3 Lima Lima, Peru Sunset Skyline & Cityscape.png  Peru 8,755,262[lower-alpha 1][3] 2014
4 New York Top of Rock Cropped.jpg United States United States 8,491,079[4] 2014
5 Bogotá Skyline downtown Bogota.jpg  Colombia 7,760,451[lower-alpha 2][6] 2014
6 Rio de Janeiro Vista aérea Centro do Rio de Janeiro RJ.jpg  Brazil 6,453,682[1] 2014
7 Santiago Santiago Skyline.jpg  Chile 5,452,548[lower-alpha 3][7] 2014
8 Los Angeles LA Skyline Mountains2.jpg United States United States 3,928,864[4] 2014
9 Caracas Skyline Caracas.jpg  Venezuela 3,273,863[lower-alpha 4][8] 2014
10 Buenos Aires Buenos-aires-skyline.jpg  Argentina 3,049,229[9] 2014
11 Salvador Avtancredoneves23012011.JPG  Brazil 2,902,927[1] 2014
12 Brasília Brasilia aerea setorbancariosul.jpg  Brazil 2,852,372[1] 2014
13 Toronto Flickr - paul bica - reflections of toronto.jpg Canada Canada 2,808,503[lower-alpha 5][11] 2014
14 Chicago 2010-02-19 3000x2000 chicago skyline.jpg United States United States 2,722,389[4] 2014
15 Fortaleza Fortaleza - Ceará - Brasil.jpg  Brazil 2,571,896[1] 2014
16 Guayaquil Guayas from Santa Ana.JPG  Ecuador 2,560,505[12] 2014
17 Quito 120px  Ecuador 2,505,344[12] 2014
18 Belo Horizonte Parque Municipal em Belo Horizonte.JPG  Brazil 2,491,109[1] 2014
19 Medellín Panoramica Centro De Medellin.jpg  Colombia 2,410,765[lower-alpha 2][6] 2014
20 Cali North downtown.JPG  Colombia 2,308,112[lower-alpha 2][6] 2014
21 Houston Panoramic Houston skyline.jpg United States United States 2,239,558[4] 2014
22 Havana Bahia Habana Entrada.jpg Cuba Cuba 2,121,871[13] 2014
23 Manaus Manaus-AM.jpg  Brazil 2,020,301[1] 2014
24 Curitiba Curitiba Trinario e densidade 77 02 2006.JPG  Brazil 1,864,416[1] 2014
25 Ecatepec de Morelos Ecatepec explanada.JPG Mexico Mexico 1,742,023[2] 2014
26 Montreal VuedeMontreal.jpg Canada Canada 1,731,245[14] 2014
27 Maracaibo Maracaibo bella vista.jpg  Venezuela 1,627,501[8] 2014
28 Recife Boa Viagem Beach - Recife - Pernambuco - Brazil.jpg  Brazil 1,608,488[1] 2014
29 Philadelphia Philly skyline.jpg United States United States 1,560,297[4] 2014
30 Phoenix Phoenix skyline Arizona USA.jpg United States United States 1,537,058[4] 2014
31 Santa Cruz de la Sierra 120px  Bolivia 1,524,000[15] 2015
32 Guadalajara Skyline Guadalajara.jpg Mexico Mexico 1,500,819[2] 2014
33 Puebla Puebla- Hotel Radisson.jpg Mexico Mexico 1,498,309[2] 2014
34 Porto Alegre Porto Alegre skyline.jpg  Brazil 1,472,482[1] 2014
35 San Antonio San Antonio, Texas skyline from north.jpg United States United States 1,436,697[4] 2014
36 Belém Belém city2.JPG  Brazil 1,432,844[1] 2014
37 Goiânia VacaBravaian.jpg  Brazil 1,412,364[1] 2014
38 Córdoba Panorama del centro de Córdoba desde Parque de las naciones 2011-02-06.jpg  Argentina 1,405,753[16] 2014
39 Ciudad Juárez Juarez Cathedrale et mission 24-02-2007.jpg Mexico Mexico 1,398,403[2] 2014
40 Tijuana TijuanaCulturalCenter.jpg Mexico Mexico 1,386,063[2] 2014
41 San Diego San Diego Skyline at Dawn.jpg United States United States 1,381,069[4] 2014
42 Montevideo Montevideo aerial.jpg  Uruguay 1,378,611[lower-alpha 6][17] 2014
43 Guarulhos Vista da cidade de Guarulhos (SP).JPG  Brazil 1,312,197[1] 2014
44 Dallas Xvixionx 29 April 2006 Dallas Skyline.jpg United States United States 1,281,047[4] 2014
45 León Leon10 guanajuato.jpg Mexico Mexico 1,277,688[2] 2014
46 Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa 2.jpg Honduras Honduras 1,217,800[18] 2014
47 Barranquilla Barranquillaandriomagdalena.png  Colombia 1,208,729[lower-alpha 2][6] 2014
48 Zapopan Zapopan.jpg Mexico Mexico 1,202,881[2] 2014
49 Calgary Calgary-22.jpg Canada Canada 1,195,194[19] 2014
50 Monterrey Monterrey skyline.jpg Mexico Mexico 1,173,565[2] 2014

Notes

  1. ↑ Population projection refers to Lima Province and not the Lima Metropolitan Area.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Population projections for Colombian cities refer to the cabecera municipal (municipal seat).[5]
  3. ↑ Population projection refers to Santiago Province.
  4. ↑ Population projection refers to the Metropolitan District of Caracas, which comprises the municipalities of Libertador, Chacao, Baruta, Sucre and El Hatillo.
  5. ↑ Population estimate is that of the Toronto census division, which consists solely of the City of Toronto.[10]
  6. ↑ Population projection refers to Montevideo Department.

References

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