List of the largest cities in South America

This is a list of the largest cities and agglomerations in South America with over one million inhabitants (as of 2019).

rank	City'	country	City population (2019)	Population agglomeration (2015)
1.	São Paulo	Brazil	20,883,046	21,846,507
2.	Buenos Aires	Argentina	15.057.273	14,705,533
3.	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	13,374,275	12,940,796
4th	Bogotá	Colombia	10,779,376	9,707,746
5.	Lima	Peru	10,554,712	9,812,737
6th	Santiago de Chile	Chile	4,837,295	N / A
7th	Brasília	Brazil	4,558,991	4,168,288
8th.	Medellin	Colombia	3,966,906	3,735,098
9.	Caracas	Venezuela	3,000,000	N / A
10.	Cali	Colombia	2,754,078	N / A
11.	Salvador da Bahia	Brazil	2,711,840	N / A
12.	Fortaleza	Brazil	2,400,000	N / A
13.	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	2,373,224	N / A
14th	Maracaibo	Venezuela	2,225,000	N / A
15th	Guayaquil	Ecuador	1,952,029	N / A
16.	Curitiba	Brazil	1,718,421	N / A
17th	Manaus	Brazil	1,598,210	N / A
18th	Recife	Brazil	1,478,098	N / A
19th	Cordoba	Argentina	1,428,214	N / A
20th	Belém	Brazil	1,407,737	N / A
21st	Quito	Ecuador	1,399,814	N / A
22nd	Valencia	Venezuela	1,385,083	N / A
23.	Barranquilla	Colombia	1,380,425	N / A
24.	Porto Alegre	Brazil	1,372,741	N / A
25th	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Bolivia	1,364,389	N / A
26th	Montevideo	Uruguay	1,270,737	N / A
27.	Goiânia	Brazil	1,171,195	N / A
28.	Guarulhos	Brazil	1,169,577	N / A
29	Campinas	Brazil	1,031,554	N / A

See also

• List of megacities
• List of the largest metropolitan areas in the world
• List of the largest cities in Europe
• List of the largest cities in the European Union
• List of the largest cities in the world (historical)
• List of the largest cities in Africa
• List of the largest cities in Asia
• List of the largest cities in North America
• List of the largest cities in Oceania
• List of city lists by country

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World City Populations 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .