List of South American metropolitan areas by population
Metropolitan area Population Year Country
1 São Paulo 21,090,792 2015 Brazil
2 Buenos Aires 13,693,657 2015 Argentina
3 Rio de Janeiro 12,280,702 2015 Brazil
4 Lima 9,904,727 2015 Peru
5 Bogotá 9,286,225 2015 Colombia
6 Santiago 6,683,852 2015 Chile
7 Belo Horizonte 5,829,923 2015 Brazil
8 Caracas 5,322,310 2015 Venezuela
9 Porto Alegre 4,258,926 2015 Brazil
10 Brasília 4,201,737 2015 Brazil
11 Fortaleza 3,985,297 2015 Brazil
12 Salvador 3,953,290 2015 Brazil
13 Recife 3,914,397 2015 Brazil
14 Medellín 3,777,009 2015 Colombia
15 Curitiba 3,502,804 2015 Brazil
16 Campinas 3,094,181 2015 Brazil
17 Guayaquil 2,952,159 2015 Ecuador
18 Cali 2,911,278 2015 Colombia
19 Quito 2,653,330 2015 Ecuador
20 Maracaibo 2,576,836 2015 Venezuela
São Paulo , the largest metropolitan area in South America . This is a list of the fifty most populous metropolitan areas in South America as of 2015 , the most recent year for which official census results , estimates or projections are available for every major metropolitan area in South America . All figures refer to mid-year populations .
This is a list of the fifty most populous metropolitan areas in South America as of 2015, the most recent year for which official census results, estimates or projections are available for every major metropolitan area in South America. All figures refer to mid-year populations.