List of metropolitan areas in the Americas

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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.

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! Metropolitan area

! Country

!data-sort-type="number" | Population

! Year

!Notes

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| 1

| São Paulo

| {{BRA}}

| 23,443,587

| 2022

|{{cite web|url=https://exame.com/brasil/censo-do-ibge-2022-consulte-a-populacao-atualizada-por-cidade|title=Censo do IBGE : consulte a população atualizada por cidade | date=2022 | website=Exame | language=pt-BR }}

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| 2

| Mexico City

| {{MEX}}

| 21,804,515

| 2020

|{{cite web|url=https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/scitel/Default?ev=9|title=Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 - SCITEL|language=es|access-date=2021-01-26}}

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| 3

| New York

| {{USA}}

| 19,498,249

| 2023

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| 4

| Buenos Aires

| {{ARG}}

| 13,985,794

| 2022

|{{refn|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.{{cite report |url=http://www.indec.gov.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/1/folleto%20gba.pdf |title=¿Qué es el Gran Buenos Aires? |publisher=INDEC |date=2005 |access-date=2016-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023115939/http://www.indec.gov.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/1/folleto%20gba.pdf |archive-date=2017-10-23 |url-status=dead }}|group=lower-alpha}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.indec.mecon.ar/ftp/cuadros/poblacion/proy_1025_depto_caba.xls|title=Población estimada al 1 de julio de cada año calendario por sexo, según comuna. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Años 2010-2025|publisher=INDEC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612132512/http://www.indec.mecon.ar/ftp/cuadros/poblacion/proy_1025_depto_caba.xls|archive-date=2015-06-12|url-status=dead|access-date=2016-04-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.indec.mecon.ar/ftp/cuadros/poblacion/proy_1025_depto_buenos_aires.xls|title=Población estimada al 1 de julio de cada año calendario por sexo, según partido. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Años 2010-2025|publisher=INDEC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034241/http://www.indec.mecon.ar/ftp/cuadros/poblacion/proy_1025_depto_buenos_aires.xls|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead|access-date=2016-04-23}}

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| 5

| Rio de Janeiro

| {{BRA}}

| 13,191,031

| 2022

|{{cite web|url=http://saladeimprensa.ibge.gov.br/en/noticias.html?view=noticia&id=1&idnoticia=2972&busca=1&t=ibge-releases-population-estimates-of-the-municipalities-in-2015|title=IBGE releases population estimates of the municipalities in 2015|date=2015-08-25|publisher=IBGE|access-date=2016-04-25}}

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| 6

| Los Angeles

| {{USA}}

| 12,799,100

| 2023

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| 7

| Bogotá

| {{COL}}

| 12,772,828

| 2022

|{{refn|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.{{cite web |url=http://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2005/resultados_am_municipios.pdf |title=Censo 2005 |publisher=DANE |access-date=2016-04-25}}|group=lower-alpha}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dane.gov.co/files/investigaciones/poblacion/proyepobla06_20/Municipal_area_1985-2020.xls|title=ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL MUNICIPAL POR ÁREA|date=2011-05-12|publisher=DANE|access-date=2016-04-25}}

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| 8

| Lima

| {{PER}}

| 11,283,787

| 2022

|{{refn|INEI defines the Lima Metropolitan Area as comprising Lima Province and the Constitutional Province of Callao.{{Cite web|url = http://proyectos.inei.gob.pe/web/biblioineipub/bancopub/Est/Lib1020/cuadros/cap03.xls |title = PERÚ: LISTADO DE DISTRITOS QUE CONFORMAN LAS CIUDADES PRINCIPALES, SEGÚN DEPARTAMENTO |date = November 2010 |access-date = 2016-04-23 |website = Perú: Estimaciones y Proyecciones de Población total y edades quinquenales, según Departamento, Provincia y Distrito, 2005-2015 |publisher = INEI}}|group=lower-alpha}}{{Cite web|url=http://proyectos.inei.gob.pe/web/biblioineipub/bancopub/Est/Lib1010/cuadros/d01011.xls|title=Cuadro Nº 11. Perú: Población total al 30 de junio, por grupos quinquenales de edad, según departamento y provincia, 2015|date=November 2010|website=Perú: Estimaciones y Proyecciones de Población total y edades quinquenales, según Departamento, Provincia y Distrito, 2005-2015|publisher=INEI|access-date=2016-04-23}}

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| 9

| Toronto

| {{CAN}}

| 9,765,188

| 2022

|{{cite web|url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710007801|title=Annual demographic estimates by census metropolitan area, age and sex, based on the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2011|date=2018-02-13|publisher=Statistics Canada|access-date=2018-12-10}}

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| 10

| Chicago

| {{USA}}

| 9,262,825

| 2023

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| 11

| Dallas–Fort Worth

| {{USA}}

| 8,100,037

| 2023

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| 12

| Houston

| {{USA}}

| 7,510,253

| 2023

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| 13

| Santiago

| {{CHL}}

| 6,903,479

| 2017

|{{Cite web |title=Censo de Población y Vivienda |url=http://www.ine.gob.cl/estadisticas/sociales/censos-de-poblacion-y-vivienda/censo-de-poblacion-y-vivienda |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Default}}

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| 14

| Atlanta

| {{USA}}

| 6,307,261

| 2023

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| 15

| Washington

| {{USA}}

| 6,304,975

| 2023

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-metro-and-micro-statistical-areas.html|title=Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals: 2020-2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=United States Census Bureau|language=en|access-date=2024-04-30}}

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| 16

| Philadelphia

| {{USA}}

| 6,246,160

| 2023

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| 17

| Belo Horizonte

| {{BRA}}

| 6,194,000

| 2022

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| 18

| Miami

| {{USA}}

| 6,183,199

| 2023

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| 19

| Detroit–Windsor

| {{USA}}{{br}}{{CAN}}

| 5,976,595

| 2009

| [http://www.citypopulation.de/World.html World Agglomerations] Retrieved on May 24, 2009.

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| 20

| San Diego–Tijuana

| {{USA}}{{br}}{{MEX}}

| 5,434,061

| 2020

| {{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals: 2020-2022 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-metro-and-micro-statistical-areas.html |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Census.gov}}

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| 21

| Monterrey

| {{MEX}}

| 5,341,171

| 2015

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| 22

| Guadalajara

| {{MEX}}

| 5,286,642

| 2015

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| 23

| Maracaibo

| {{VEN}}

| 5,278,448

| 2010

|[http://www.ine.gov.ve/seccion/poblacion/magnitudestructura/MenuMagnitud.asp?Codigo_Estado=24&Publicacion=Proyecciones&AnoBaseCenso=2001&AreaDepublicacion=poblacion&seccion=2&nedo=24#]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114000814/http://www.ine.gov.ve/seccion/poblacion/magnitudestructura/MenuMagnitud.asp?Codigo_Estado=24&Publicacion=Proyecciones&AnoBaseCenso=2001&AreaDepublicacion=poblacion&seccion=2&nedo=24%23|date=November 14, 2009}}

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| 24

| Caracas

| {{VEN}}

| 5,243,301

| 2011

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.ine.gob.ve/documentos/Demografia/SituacionDinamica/Proyecciones/xls/Entidades/Resumen_Municipios.xls|title=Proyección de la población al 30 de junio con base al censo 2011, según entidad federal y municipios, 2000-2050|publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística|access-date=2016-04-23}}

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| 25

| Phoenix

| {{USA}}

| 5,070,110

| 2023

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| 26

| Boston

| {{USA}}

| 4,919,179

| 2023

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| 27

| San Francisco

| {{USA}}

| 4,566,961

| 2023

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| 28

| Porto Alegre

| {{BRA}}

| 4,405,769

| 2022

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| 29

| Montreal

| {{CAN}}

| 4,291,732

| 2021

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| 30

| Santo Domingo

| {{DOM}}

| 4,274,651

| 2022

| {{Cite web |url=https://www.one.gob.do/publicaciones/2023/informe-basico-xcnpv/|title= Informe básico XCPV |access-date=1 February 2024}}

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| 31

| Fortaleza

| {{BRA}}

| 4,167,996

| 2015

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| 32

| Medellín

| {{COL}}

| 4,068,000

| 2022

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| 33

| Seattle

| {{USA}}

| 4,044,837

| 2023

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| 34

| Salvador

| {{BRA}}

| 3,919,864

| 2022

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| 35

| Recife

| {{BRA}}

| 3,743,854

| 2022

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| 36

| Curitiba

| {{BRA}}

| 3,731,769

| 2022

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| 37

| Minneapolis–Saint Paul

| {{USA}}

| 3,712,020

| 2023

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| 38

| Campinas

| {{BRA}}

| 3,656,363

| 2022

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| 39

| Brasília

| {{BRA}}

| 3,548,438

| 2015

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| 40

| Tampa–St. Petersburg

| {{USA}}

| 3,342,963

| 2023

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| 41

| Puebla–Tlaxcala

| {{MEX}}

| 3,199,530

| 2020

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| 42

| San Jose

| {{flag|Costa Rica}}

| 3,160,000

| 2011

| {{cite web |url=http://www.cipacdh.org/pdf/Resultados%20Generales%20Censo%202011.pdf |title=X Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Vivienda 2011: Resultados Generales |trans-title=10th National Population Census and 6th Housing Census 2011: General Results |accessdate=2012-09-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021070612/http://www.cipacdh.org/pdf/Resultados%20Generales%20Censo%202011.pdf |archivedate=2012-10-21 }}

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| 43

| Guatemala City

| {{GUA}}

| 3,160,000

| 2024

| [https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/21124/guatemala-city/population Macrotrends Metro Area Estimate 2024]

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| 44

| Guayaquil

| {{ECU}}

| 3,092,000

| 2022

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec/documentos/web-inec/Poblacion_y_Demografia/Proyecciones_Poblacionales/proyeccion_cantonal_total_2010-2020.xlsx|title=Proyección de la Población Ecuatoriana, por años calenario, según cantones 2010-2020|publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos|access-date=2016-04-23}}

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| 45

| Denver

| {{USA}}

| 3,005,131

| 2023

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| 46

| Port-au-Prince

| {{HAI}}

| 2,915,000

| 2022

|{{cite report|url=http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf|title=POPULATION TOTALE, DE 18 ANS ET PLUS MENAGES ET DENSITES ESTIMES EN 2015|date=March 2015|publisher=Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI)|page=23|access-date=2015-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106110552/http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-11-06}}

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| 47

| Quito

| {{ECU}}

| 2,889,703

| 2022

|[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ecuador/towns/pichincha/170150__Quito/ Citypopulation.de] Population and area of Quito

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| 48

| Cali

| {{COL}}

| 2,837,000