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New York City has the largest metropolitan area in the Americas.
The list of metropolitan areas in the Americas has the top 50 most populous as of the most recent census results or projections. It is impossible to definitively compare and rank areas because each country may set its own definition of metropolitan area. Where available, it uses official definitions of
metropolitan areas based on one urban core and immediate surroundings, as opposed to polycentric
conurbations . Population data are the most recent census results or projections from the authoritative national agency responsible for demographics.
List
Metropolitan area
Country
Population
Year
Notes
1
New York
United States
22,431,833
2022
[1]
2
Mexico City
Mexico
21,804,515
2020
[2]
3
São Paulo
Brazil
20,743,587
2022
[3]
4
Los Angeles
United States
18,644,680
2022
[4]
5
Buenos Aires
Argentina
15,370,000
2022
[a]
[6]
[7]
6
Bogotá
Colombia
12,772,828
2022
[b]
[9]
7
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
12,280,702
2022
[10]
8
Lima
Peru
11,283,787
2022
[c]
[12]
9
Washington
United States
10,028,331
2022
[13]
10
Chicago
United States
9,876,339
2022
[1]
11
Toronto
Canada
9,765,188
2022
[14]
12
San Francisco
United States
9,545,921
2022
[1]
13
Miami
United States
9,484,409
2022
[15]
14
Boston
United States
8,466,186
2022
[1]
15
Dallas
United States
7,943,685
2022
[15]
16
Houston
United States
7,368,466
2022
[15]
17
Santiago
Chile
6,903,479
2017
[16]
18
Philadelphia
United States
6,241,164
2022
[15]
19
Atlanta
United States
6,237,435
2022
[15]
20
Belo Horizonte
Brazil
6,194,000
2022
[3]
22
Detroit-Windsor
United States
Canada
5,976,595
2009
[17]
23
San Diego-Tijuana
United States
Mexico
5,434,061
2020
[15]
[2]
24
Monterrey
Mexico
5,341,171
2015
[2]
25
Guadalajara
Mexico
5,286,642
2015
[2]
26
Maracaibo
Venezuela
5,278,448
2010
[18]
27
Caracas
Venezuela
5,243,301
2011
[19]
28
Phoenix
United States
5,015,678
2022
[15]
29
Porto Alegre
Brazil
4,405,769
2022
[3]
30
Montreal
Canada
4,291,732
2021
[14]
31
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
4,274,651
2022
[20]
32
Fortaleza
Brazil
4,167,996
2015
[3]
33
Medellín
Colombia
4,068,000
2022
[9]
34
Seattle
United States
4,034,248
2022
[15]
35
Salvador
Brazil
3,919,864
2022
[3]
36
Recife
Brazil
3,743,854
2022
[3]
37
Curitiba
Brazil
3,731,769
2022
[3]
38
Minneapolis–St. Paul
United States
3,693,729
2022
[15]
39
Campinas
Brazil
3,656,363
2022
[3]
40
Brasília
Brazil
3,548,438
2015
[3]
41
Tampa–St. Petersburg
United States
3,290,730
2022
[15]
42
Puebla–Tlaxcala
Mexico
3,199,530
2020
[2]
43
San Jose
Costa Rica
3,160,000
2011
[21]
44
Guatemala City
Guatemala
3,160,000
2024
[22]
45
Guayaquil
Ecuador
3,092,000
2022
[23]
46
Denver
United States
2,985,871
2022
[15]
47
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
2,915,000
2022
[24]
48
Quito
Ecuador
2,889,703
2022
[25]
49
Cali
Colombia
2,837,000
2022
[9]
50
Baltimore
United States
2,835,672
2022
[15]
Gallery
Notes
^
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 .
[5]
^
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 .
[8]
^
INEI defines the Lima Metropolitan Area as comprising
Lima Province and the Constitutional Province of
Callao .
[11]
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