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This is a list of the 50 largest cities in the Americas by population . Official definitions of cities are defined according to the concept of city proper , which is the territory within the city limits. The list ranks the world's urban municipal units (or well-defined statistical groupings of such units) according to population. Note that the populations listed are for the city proper and not for the urban area nor the metropolitan area. For the 50 largest metro areas in the Americas, see List of metropolitan areas in the Americas by population .
Rank
City
Image
Country
Population
Year
1
São Paulo
Brazil
11,895,000[ 2]
2014
2
Mexico City
Mexico
8,851,080[ 3]
2010
3
Lima
Peru
8,617,314[ 4]
2013
4
New York City
United States
8,405,837[ 5]
2013
5
Bogotá
Colombia
7,613,303[ 6]
2011
6
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
6,355,949[ 7]
2011
7
Santiago
Chile
5,084,038[ 8]
2010
8
Los Angeles
United States
4,045,873[ 9]
2011
9
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
3,525,000[ 10]
2010
10
Buenos Aires
Argentina
2,891,082[ 11]
2010
11
Toronto
Canada
2,791,140[ 12]
2012
12
Chicago
United States
2,707,120[ 9]
2012
13
Salvador
Brazil
2,693,605[ 13]
2011
14
Brasília
Brazil
2,609,997[ 14]
2011
15
Fortaleza
Brazil
2,476,589[ 15]
2011
16
Belo Horizonte
Brazil
2,385,639[ 16]
2011
17
Guayaquil
Ecuador
2,366,902[ 17]
2008
18
Medellín
Colombia
2,343,049[ 18]
2010
19
Quito
Ecuador
2,239,191[ 19]
2010
20
Santiago de Cali
Colombia
2,219,714[ 20]
2010
21
Havana
Cuba
2,135,498[ 21]
2010
22
Houston
United States
2,099,451[ 9]
2010
23
Caracas
Venezuela
2,013,366[ 22]
2011
24
Manaus
Brazil
1,832,423[ 23]
2011
25
Curitiba
Brazil
1,764,540[ 24]
2011
26
Ecatepec City
Mexico
1,656,107[ 3]
2010
27
Santa Cruz
Bolivia
1,651,436[ 25]
2010
28
Montréal
Canada
1,649,519[ 12]
2011
29
Recife
Brazil
1,608,488[ 26]
2014
30
Tijuana
Mexico
1,559,683[ 3]
2010
31
Puebla
Mexico
1,539,819[ 27] [ 28]
2010
32
Philadelphia
United States
1,526,006[ 9]
2010
33
Guadalajara
Mexico
1,495,189[ 3]
2010
34
Maracaibo
Venezuela
1,473,007[ 29]
2009
35
Phoenix
United States
1,445,632[ 9]
2010
36
León
Mexico
1,436,480[ 3]
2010
37
Porto Alegre
Brazil
1,413,094[ 30]
2011
38
Belém
Brazil
1,402,056[ 31]
2011
39
Montevideo
Uruguay
1,336,878[ 32]
2010
40
Ciudad Juárez
Mexico
1,332,131[ 3]
2010
41
Córdoba
Argentina
1,330,023[ 33]
2010
42
San Antonio
United States
1,327,407[ 9]
2010
43
Goiânia
Brazil
1,318,148[ 30]
2011
44
San Diego
United States
1,307,402[ 9]
2010
45
Zapopan
Mexico
1,243,756[ 3]
2010
46
Guarulhos
Brazil
1,233,426[ 34]
2011
47
Rosario
Argentina
1,198,528[ 35]
2010
48
Dallas
United States
1,197,816[ 9]
2010
49
Barranquilla
Colombia
1,186,640[ 20]
2010
50
Monterrey
Mexico
1,135,550[ 3]
2010
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