List of metropolitan areas in the Americas

The list of metropolitan areas in the Americas has the top 50 most populous as of 2022, the most recent year of census results or projections. Where available, it uses official definitions of metropolitan areas based on one urban core and immediate surroundings, as opposed to polycentric conurbations. Figures refer to mid-2022 populations except in Mexican metropolitan areas, whose figures are derived from the 2022 Intercensal Survey conducted by INEGI with a reference date of 27 January 2022.[1]

São Paulo is the largest metropolitan area in the Americas.

List
Metropolitan area Country Population Year Notes
1 São Paulo  Brazil 23,455,256 2022 [2]
2 Mexico City  Mexico 21,804,515 2022 [lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
3 New York  United States 19,426,449 2022 [5]
4 Los Angeles  United States 18,644,680 2022 [6]
5 Buenos Aires  Argentina 15,370,000 2022 [lower-alpha 3][8][9]
7 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 12,280,702 2022 [2]
6 Bogotá  Colombia 12,772,828 2022 [lower-alpha 4][11]
8 Lima  Peru 11,283,787 2022 [lower-alpha 5][13]
9 Washington  United States 9,946,926 2022 [14]
10 Chicago  United States 9,876,339 2022 [5]
11 Toronto  Canada 9,765,188 2022 [15]
12 San Francisco  United States 9,545,921 2022 [5]
13 Miami  United States 9,484,409 2020 [5]
14 Boston  United States 8,466,186 2022 [5]
15 Dallas  United States 7,637,387 2022 [5]
16 Houston  United States 7,122,240 2022 [5]
17 Santiago  Chile 6,903,479 2022 [lower-alpha 6][17]
18 Belo Horizonte  Brazil 6,194,000 2022 [2]
20 Atlanta  United States 6,013,000 2022 [5]
21 Philadelphia  United States 5,756,000 2022 [5]
22 Guadalajara  Mexico 5,340,000 2022 [3]
23 Caracas  Venezuela 5,243,301 2022 [lower-alpha 7][20]
24 Monterrey  Mexico 5,037,000 2022 [3]
25 Brasília  Brazil 4,804,000 2022 [2]
26 Phoenix  United States 4,652,000 2022 [5]
27 Detroit  United States 4,365,000 2022 [5]
28 Montreal  Canada 4,277,000 2022 [15]
29 Recife  Brazil 4,220,000 2022 [2]
30 Porto Alegre  Brazil 4,185,000 2022 [2]
31 Fortaleza  Brazil 4,164,000 2022 [2]
32 Seattle  United States 4,018,792 2022 [5]
33 Salvador  Brazil 3,920,000 2022 [2]
34 Medellín  Colombia 4,068,000 2022 [lower-alpha 8][11]
35 Santo Domingo  Dominican Republic 3,458,000 2022 [21]
36 Minneapolis–St. Paul  United States 2,967,000 2022 [5]
37 Curitiba  Brazil 3,771,000 2022 [2]
38 San Diego  United States 3,295,000 2022 [5]
39 Campinas  Brazil 3,385,000 2022 [2]
40 Tampa–St. Petersburg  United States 2,945,000 2022 [5]
41 Guayaquil  Ecuador 3,092,000 2022 [lower-alpha 9][23]
42 Puebla–Tlaxcala  Mexico 3,295,000 2022 [3]
43 Denver–Aurora  United States 2,970,000 2022 [5]
46 Cali  Colombia 2,837,000 2022 [lower-alpha 10][11]
49 St. Louis  United States 2,221,000 2022 [5]
48 Baltimore  United States 2,343,000 2022 [5]
41 Guatemala City  Guatemala 3,036,000 2022 [lower-alpha 11][25]
36 Asunción  Paraguay 3,452,000 2022 [lower-alpha 12]
50 Quito  Ecuador 1,928,000 2022 [lower-alpha 13][23]
44 Port-au-Prince  Haiti 2,915,000 2022 [28]

Notes
  1. These are current definitions of Mexican metropolitan areas.[3]
  2. Population estimates for these metropolitan areas are from CONAPO's document, compiled from the results of the 2015 Intercensal Survey.[4]
  3. INDEC defines Greater Buenos Aires as comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires plus 24 partidos of Buenos Aires Province, namely Almirante Brown, Avellaneda, Berazategui, Esteban Echeverría, Ezeiza, Florencio Varela, Hurlingham, Ituzaingó, José C. Paz, La Matanza, Lanús, Lomas de Zamora, Malvinas Argentinas, Merlo, Moreno, Morón, Quilmes, San Fernando, San Isidro, San Miguel, Tigre and Vicente López.[7]
  4. DANE defines the metropolitan area of Bogotá as comprising the Capital District and 17 municipalities in Cundinamarca: Soacha, Facatativá, Zipaquirá, Chía, Mosquera, Madrid, Funza, Cajicá, Sibaté, Tocancipá, La Calera, Sopó, Tabio, Tenjo, Cota, Gachancipá and Bojacá.[10]
  5. INEI defines the Lima Metropolitan Area as comprising Lima Province and the Constitutional Province of Callao.[12]
  6. The government of the Santiago Metropolitan Region defines the metropolitan area of Santiago as comprising Santiago Province, Cordillera Province and two communes (Calera de Tango and San Bernardo) in Maipo Province.[16]
  7. Population projection is that of the Sistema Metropolitano de Caracas, which comprises the five municipalities of the Metropolitan District of Caracas as well as the Altos Mirandinos Metropolitan Area, Guarenas-Guatire conurbation, Litoral Varguense conurbation and Valles del Tuy Metropolitan Area.[18][19]
  8. The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley comprises the municipalities of Barbosa, Bello, Caldas, Copacabana, Envigado, Girardota, Itagüí, La Estrella, Medellín proper and Sabaneta.[10]
  9. Population projection is that of the future Metropolitan District of Guayaquil, which will comprise the cantons of Guayaquil proper, Durán and Samborondón.[22]
  10. DANE defines the metropolitan area of Cali as comprising the municipalities of Cali proper, Jamundí, Palmira and Yumbo.[10]
  11. In 2005, Guatemala City's metropolitan area was defined by its government as comprising the municipalities of Amatitlán, Chinautla, Guatemala City proper, Mixco, San Miguel Petapa, Santa Catarina Pinula, Villa Canales and Villa Nueva.[24]
  12. Population projection combines that of Asunción proper with 29 surrounding districts to form the Región Metropolitana de Asunción (Metropolitan Region of Asunción)."[26]
  13. Population projection combines that of Quito proper with Rumiñahui Canton, which "is clearly within the suburban zone of the city of Quito."[27]

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