This is a list of cities in South America.
This list includes all South American cities with a population within city limits exceeding 500,000 according to official census figures, estimates or projections as of 2015, the most recent year for which official population census results, estimates or short-term projections are available for all of these cities. These figures do not reflect the population of the urban agglomeration or metropolitan area which typically do not coincide with the administrative boundaries of the city. All figures refer to the mid-2015 population.
Name | Image | Country | Population | Year | |
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1 | São Paulo | Brazil | 12,038,175[1] | 2015 | |
2 | Lima | Peru | 9,562,280[a][2] | 2017 | |
3 | Bogotá | Colombia | 7,862,277[b][4] | 2015 | |
4 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 6,476,631[1] | 2015 | |
5 | Santiago | Chile | 5,507,282[c][5] | 2015 | |
6 | Caracas | Venezuela | 3,289,886[d][6] | 2015 | |
7 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 3,054,267[7] | 2015 | |
8 | Salvador | Brazil | 2,921,087[1] | 2015 | |
9 | Brasília | Brazil | 2,914,830[1] | 2015 | |
10 | Fortaleza | Brazil | 2,591,188[1] | 2015 | |
11 | Guayaquil | Ecuador | 2,589,229[8] | 2015 | |
12 | Quito | Ecuador | 2,551,721[8] | 2015 | |
13 | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 2,502,557[1] | 2015 | |
14 | Medellín | Colombia | 2,434,647[b][4] | 2015 | |
15 | Cali | Colombia | 2,333,203[b][4] | 2015 | |
16 | Manaus | Brazil | 2,057,711[1] | 2015 | |
17 | Curitiba | Brazil | 1,879,355[1] | 2015 | |
18 | Maracaibo | Venezuela | 1,653,211[6] | 2015 | |
19 | Recife | Brazil | 1,617,183[1] | 2015 | |
20 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Bolivia | 1,614,224[9] | 2015 | |
21 | Porto Alegre | Brazil | 1,476,867[1] | 2015 | |
22 | Belém | Brazil | 1,439,561[1] | 2015 | |
23 | Goiânia | Brazil | 1,430,697[1] | 2015 | |
24 | Córdoba | Argentina | 1,414,201[10] | 2015 | |
25 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 1,379,560[e][11] | 2015 | |
26 | Guarulhos | Brazil | 1,324,781[1] | 2015 | |
27 | Barranquilla | Colombia | 1,214,253[b][4] | 2015 | |
28 | Campinas | Brazil | 1,164,098[1] | 2015 | |
29 | Barquisimeto | Venezuela | 1,116,182[6] | 2015 | |
30 | São Luís | Brazil | 1,073,893[1] | 2015 | |
31 | São Gonçalo | Brazil | 1,038,081[1] | 2015 | |
32 | Maceió | Brazil | 1,013,773[1] | 2015 | |
33 | Callao | Peru | 1,010,315[f][2] | 2015 | |
34 | Rosario | Argentina | 985,624[12] | 2015 | |
35 | Cartagena | Colombia | 959,594[b][4] | 2015 | |
36 | Valencia | Venezuela | 901,900[6] | 2015 | |
37 | El Alto | Bolivia | 891,434[9] | 2015 | |
38 | Duque de Caxias | Brazil | 882,729[1] | 2015 | |
39 | Ciudad Guayana | Venezuela | 877,547[6] | 2015 | |
40 | Natal | Brazil | 869,954[1] | 2015 | |
41 | Arequipa | Peru | 869,351[g][14] | 2015 | |
42 | Campo Grande | Brazil | 853,622[1] | 2015 | |
43 | Teresina | Brazil | 844,245[1] | 2015 | |
44 | São Bernardo do Campo | Brazil | 816,925[1] | 2015 | |
45 | Nova Iguaçu | Brazil | 807,492[1] | 2015 | |
46 | Trujillo | Peru | 799,550[h][14] | 2015 | |
47 | João Pessoa | Brazil | 791,438[1] | 2015 | |
48 | La Paz | Bolivia | 789,541[9] | 2015 | |
49 | Santo André | Brazil | 710,210[1] | 2015 | |
50 | Osasco | Brazil | 694,844[1] | 2015 | |
51 | São José dos Campos | Brazil | 688,597[1] | 2015 | |
52 | La Plata | Argentina | 687,378[15] | 2015 | |
53 | Jaboatão dos Guararapes | Brazil | 686,122[1] | 2015 | |
54 | Cochabamba | Bolivia | 672,255[9] | 2015 | |
55 | Ribeirão Preto | Brazil | 666,323[1] | 2015 | |
56 | Uberlândia | Brazil | 662,362[1] | 2015 | |
57 | Contagem | Brazil | 648,766[1] | 2015 | |
58 | Sorocaba | Brazil | 644,919[1] | 2015 | |
59 | Mar del Plata | Argentina | 640,855[15] | 2015 | |
60 | Aracaju | Brazil | 632,744[1] | 2015 | |
61 | Cúcuta | Colombia | 628,107[b][4] | 2015 | |
62 | Feira de Santana | Brazil | 617,528[1] | 2015 | |
63 | Soledad | Colombia | 614,900[b][4] | 2015 | |
64 | Puente Alto | Chile | 610,118[5] | 2015 | |
65 | Chiclayo | Peru | 600,440[i][14] | 2015 | |
66 | Salta | Argentina | 598,107[16] | 2015 | |
67 | San Miguel de Tucumán | Argentina | 585,681[17] | 2015 | |
68 | Maturín | Venezuela | 584,166[6] | 2015 | |
69 | Cuenca | Ecuador | 580,706[8] | 2015 | |
70 | Cuiabá | Brazil | 580,489[1] | 2015 | |
71 | Joinville | Brazil | 562,151[1] | 2015 | |
72 | Juiz de Fora | Brazil | 555,284[1] | 2015 | |
73 | Londrina | Brazil | 548,249[1] | 2015 | |
74 | Asunción | Paraguay | 526,408[18] | 2015 | |
75 | Ibagué | Colombia | 523,057[b][4] | 2015 | |
76 | Aparecida de Goiânia | Brazil | 521,910[1] | 2015 | |
77 | Bucaramanga | Colombia | 521,446[b][4] | 2015 | |
78 | Ananindeua | Brazil | 505,404[1] | 2015 | |
79 | Soacha | Colombia | 505,319[b][4] | 2015 | |
80 | Porto Velho | Brazil | 502,748[1] | 2015 |