This is a list of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the Americas. Official definitions of metropolitan area are used where available. For cities in countries that do not have official metropolitan area definitions, the urban agglomeration concept is used instead.
| Rank | Metropolitan area | Population | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mexico City[nb 1] |
21,163,226[1] | 2009 |
| 2 |  São Paulo |
19,889,559[2] | 2009 |
| 3 |  New York |
19,006,798[3] | 2008 |
| 4 | Los Angeles |
12,872,808[3] | 2008 |
| 5 |  Buenos Aires |
12,795,000[4][5] | 2007 |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro |
11,529,194[2] | 2007 |
| 7 | Chicago |
9,569,624[3] | 2008 |
| 8 |  Lima |
8,482,619[6] | 2007 |
| 9 |  Bogotá |
8,228,230[7] | 2007 |
| 10 | Dallas |
6,300,006[3] | 2008 |
| 11 | Philadelphia |
5,838,471[3] | 2008 |
| 12 | Houston |
5,728,143[3] | 2008 |
| 13 |  Santiago |
5,720,000[4][8] | 2007 |
| 14 |  Toronto |
5,531,300[9] | 2008 |
| 15 | Miami |
5,414,772[3] | 2008 |
| 16 | Belo Horizonte |
5,403,050[2][10] | 2007 |
| 17 | Atlanta |
5,376,130[3] | 2008 |
| 18 | Washington |
5,358,130[3] | 2008 |
| 19 |  Caracas |
4,950,000[11] | 2009 |
| 20 | Boston |
4,522,858[3] | 2008 |
| 21 | Detroit |
4,425,110[3] | 2008 |
| 22 | Phoenix |
4,281,899[3] | 2008 |
| 23 | San Francisco |
4,274,531[3] | 2008 |
| 24 | Riverside-San Bernardino |
4,115,871[3] | 2008 |
| 25 | Guadalajara |
4,095,853[12] | 2005 |
| 26 | Porto Alegre |
3,975,545[2][13] | 2007 |
| 27 | Montreal |
3,750,500[9] | 2008 |
| 28 | Monterrey |
3,738,077[12] | 2005 |
| 29 | Recife |
3,661,119[2] | 2007 |
| 30 | Salvador |
3,599,538[2] | 2007 |
| 31 | Brasília (RIDE) |
3,558,166[2] | 2007 |
| 32 | Medellín |
3,401,337[7] | 2007 |
| 33 | Fortaleza |
3,376,883[2] | 2007 |
| 34 | Seattle |
3,344,813[3] | 2008 |
| 35 | Minneapolis |
3,229,878[3] | 2008 |
| 36 |  Santo Domingo |
3,150,000[11] | 2009 |
| 37 | Curitiba |
3,139,389[2] | 2007 |
| 38 | San Diego |
3,001,072[3] | 2008 |
| 39 | St. Louis |
2,816,710[3] | 2008 |
| 40 | Tampa |
2,733,761[3] | 2008 |
| 41 |  Guatemala City |
2,725,000[11] | 2009 |
| 42 | Baltimore |
2,667,761[3] | 2008 |
| 43 | Cali |
2,656,180[7] | 2007 |
| 44 |  San Juan |
2,608,375[14] | 2008 |
| 45 |  Guayaquil |
2,514,000[4][15] | 2007 |
| 46 | Denver |
2,506,626[3] | 2008 |
| 47 | Campinas |
2,484,555[2] | 2007 |
| 48 | Puebla |
2,470,206[12] | 2005 |
| 49 | Pittsburgh |
2,351,192[3] | 2008 |
| 50 | Maracaibo |
2,325,000[11] | 2009 |
Notes
- ^ According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, Mexico City Metropolitan Area is constituted by the Federal District (8,841,916)—itself composed of 16 boroughs—, 59 adjacent municipalities of the State of Mexico (11,075,213) and 29 municipalities of the state of Hidalgo (1,246,097), of which 28 were officially incorporated on 17 June 2008 (See link).
References
- ^ National Population Council. "Mexico City Metropolitan Area". Government of the State of Mexico. http://www.edomex.gob.mx/poblacion/docs/2009/PDF/ZMVM.pdf. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Constituent municipalities as listed by Obervatorio das Metropoles. Population figures from the sume of the municipalities' population: IBGE
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v U.S. Census Bureau -- Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas (2008)
- ^ a b c United Nations World Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision)
- ^ Data for Buenos Aires refer to Gran Buenos Aires.
- ^ INEI -- Lima Metropolitana region as defined in the 2007 census
- ^ a b c Metropolitan areas as defined by DANE in the 2005 census. The figures are from DANE official estimates.
- ^ Referring to Gran Santiago which includes the Province of Santiago plus cities within the Provinces of Puente Alto and San Bernardo.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada -- Population of census metropolitan areas
- ^ Total population of the microregião of Sete Lagoas, Pará de Minas, Belo Horizonte, and Itaguara.
- ^ a b c d Thomas Brinkoff -- The Principal Agglomerations of the World
- ^ a b c INEGI Delimitación de las zonas metropolitanas de México 2005
- ^ Total population of the microregião of Montenegro, São Jerônimo, and Porto Alegre.
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau -- Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas in Puerto Rico (2008)
- ^ Includes the population of the locality of Eloy Alfaro.
See also
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