Largest cities in the Americas

This is a list of the 50 largest cities in the Americas by population residing within city limits as of 2015, the most recent year for which official population census results, estimates or short-term projections are available for most 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. For a list of the latter, see List of metropolitan areas in the Americas by population. These figures refer to mid-2015 populations with the following exceptions:

  1. Mexican cities, whose figures derive from the 2015 Intercensal Survey conducted by INEGI with a reference date of 15 March 2015;[1]
  2. Calgary, whose 2015 municipal census had a reference date of April 1.[2]
City Image Country Population Year
1 São Paulo  Brazil 11,967,825[3] 2015
2 Mexico City Mexico 8,918,653[lower-alpha 1][4][5] 2015[lower-alpha 2]
3 Lima  Peru 8,894,412[lower-alpha 3][6] 2015
4 New York City  United States 8,550,405[7] 2015
5 Bogotá  Colombia 7,862,277[lower-alpha 4][9] 2015
6 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 6,476,631[3] 2015
7 Santiago  Chile 5,507,282[lower-alpha 5][10] 2015
8 Los Angeles  United States 3,971,883[7] 2015
9 Caracas  Venezuela 3,289,886[lower-alpha 6][11] 2015
10 Buenos Aires  Argentina 3,054,267[12] 2015
11 Salvador  Brazil 2,921,087[3] 2015
12 Brasília  Brazil 2,914,830[3] 2015
13 Toronto Canada 2,826,498[lower-alpha 7][14] 2015
14 Chicago  United States 2,720,546[7] 2015
15 Fortaleza  Brazil 2,591,188[3] 2015
16 Guayaquil  Ecuador 2,589,229[15] 2015
17 Quito  Ecuador 2,551,721[15] 2015
18 Belo Horizonte  Brazil 2,502,557[3] 2015
19 Medellín  Colombia 2,434,647[lower-alpha 4][9] 2015
20 Cali  Colombia 2,333,203[lower-alpha 4][9] 2015
21 Houston  United States 2,296,224[7] 2015
22 Havana Cuba 2,117,625[16] 2015
23 Manaus  Brazil 2,057,711[3] 2015
24 Curitiba  Brazil 1,879,355[3] 2015
25 Montreal Canada 1,753,034[17] 2015
26 Ecatepec de Morelos Mexico 1,677,678[lower-alpha 8][4][5] 2015[lower-alpha 2]
27 Maracaibo  Venezuela 1,653,211[11] 2015
28 Recife  Brazil 1,617,183[3] 2015
29 Santa Cruz de la Sierra  Bolivia 1,614,224[18] 2015
30 Philadelphia  United States 1,567,442[7] 2015
31 Phoenix  United States 1,563,025[7] 2015
32 Porto Alegre  Brazil 1,476,867[3] 2015
33 San Antonio  United States 1,469,845[7] 2015
34 Guadalajara Mexico 1,460,148[lower-alpha 8][4][5] 2015[lower-alpha 2]
35 Belém  Brazil 1,439,561[3] 2015
36 Puebla Mexico 1,437,939[lower-alpha 9][19] 2015[lower-alpha 2]
37 Goiânia  Brazil 1,430,697[3] 2015
38 Córdoba  Argentina 1,414,201[20] 2015
39 San Diego  United States 1,394,928[7] 2015
40 Ciudad Juárez Mexico 1,382,753[lower-alpha 9][19] 2015[lower-alpha 2]
41 Montevideo  Uruguay 1,379,560[lower-alpha 10][21] 2015
42 León Mexico 1,349,224[lower-alpha 9][19] 2015[lower-alpha 2]
43 Guarulhos  Brazil 1,324,781[3] 2015
44 Dallas  United States 1,300,092[7] 2015
45 Tijuana Mexico 1,298,475[lower-alpha 9][19] 2015[lower-alpha 2]
46 Calgary Canada 1,230,915[2] 2015[lower-alpha 11]
47 Barranquilla  Colombia 1,214,253[lower-alpha 4][9] 2015
48 Tegucigalpa  Honduras 1,190,230[23] 2015
49 Zapopan Mexico 1,179,681[lower-alpha 9][19] 2015[lower-alpha 2]
50 Campinas  Brazil 1,164,098[3] 2015

Notes
  1. Population estimate is that of the federal entity known since 2016 as Ciudad de México and previously as the Distrito Federal.[1]
  2. Population estimate has a reference date of March 15, 2015.[1]
  3. Population projection is that of Lima Province and not the Lima Metropolitan Area.
  4. Population projections for Colombian cities are that of the cabecera municipal (municipal seat).[8]
  5. Population projection is that of Santiago Province.
  6. Population projection is that of the Metropolitan District of Caracas, which comprises the municipalities of Libertador, Chacao, Baruta, Sucre and El Hatillo.
  7. Population estimate is that of the Toronto census division, which consists solely of the City of Toronto.[13]
  8. Population estimate is that of the entire municipio.
  9. Population estimate is that of the cabecera municipal (municipal seat).
  10. Population projection is that of Montevideo Department.
  11. Population from municipal census based on a census date of 1 April 2015.[2] In April 2016 Calgary's annual municipal census reported a population of 1,235,171.[22]

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