Mexico City is the most populous city in North America.
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada, and the fifth-most in North America.
Most populous
Most populous cities
| City |
Population |
Year of Census or Estimate |
Country |
| Mexico City |
8,720,916 |
2006 |
Mexico |
| New York |
8,274,527 [1] |
2007 |
USA |
| Los Angeles |
3,834,340[1] |
2007 |
USA |
| Chicago |
2,836,658[1] |
2007 |
USA |
| Toronto |
2,503,281 |
2006 |
Canada |
| Havana |
2,328,000 |
2005 & 2006 |
Cuba |
| Houston |
2,208,180[1] |
2007 |
USA |
| Santo Domingo |
2,084,852 |
2007 |
Dominican Republic |
| Montreal |
1,854,442 |
2006 |
Canada |
Most populous metropolitan areas
| City |
Population |
Year of Census
or Estimate |
Country |
| Mexico City |
19,231,829 |
2006 |
Mexico |
| New York City |
18,818,536 |
2007 |
USA |
| Los Angeles |
12,875,587 |
2006 |
USA |
| Chicago |
9,785,747 |
2006 |
USA |
| Dallas - Fort Worth |
6,145,037 |
2007 |
USA |
| Philadelphia |
5,826,742 |
2006 |
USA |
| Houston |
5,628,101 |
2007 |
USA |
| Toronto |
5,555,912 |
2006 |
Canada |
| Miami |
5,413,212 |
2007 |
USA |
| Washington DC |
5,306,565 |
2007 |
USA |
By country
- New York City - population 8,274,527
- Los Angeles - population 3,834,340
- Chicago - population 2,836,658
- Houston - population 2,208,180
- Phoenix - population 1,552,259
- Philadelphia - population 1,447,395
Capital Cities
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Capitals of North America |
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Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe2
Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Belmopan, Belize
Bridgetown, Barbados
Castries, Saint Lucia
Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands3
Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands1
Fort-de-France, Martinique2
George Town, Cayman Islands1
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy2
Hamilton, Bermuda1
Havana, Cuba
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Kingston, Jamaica
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Managua, Nicaragua
Marigot, Saint Martin2
Mexico City, Mexico
Nassau, The Bahamas
Nuuk, Greenland5
Oranjestad, Aruba4
Ottawa, Canada
Panama City, Panama
Brades (de facto), Plymouth (de jure), Montserrat1
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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Road Town, British Virgin Islands1
Roseau, Dominica
Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon2
San José, Costa Rica
San Juan, Puerto Rico3
San Salvador, El Salvador
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
St. George's, Grenada
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
The Valley, Anguilla1
Washington, D.C., United States
Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles4
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| 1 Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. 2 Overseas Collectivity or Overseas Department of France. 3 Insular area of the United States. 4 Autonomous region within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. 5 Autonomous region within the Kingdom of Denmark. |
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See also
References
- ^ a b c d U.S. Census Bureau, Fact Finder, Population Finder, 2007 Population Estimates, [1]
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