List of metropolitan areas in the Americas

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.

The New York metropolitan area, the third most populous metropolitan area in the Americas with a population of 20,140,470 as of 2022

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Metropolitan area Country Population Year Notes
1 São Paulo   Brazil 23,443,587 2022 [1]
2 Mexico City   Mexico 21,804,515 2020 [2]
3 New York   United States 19,498,249 2023 [3]
4 Buenos Aires   Argentina 13,985,794 2022 [a][5][6]
5 Rio de Janeiro   Brazil 13,191,031 2022 [7]
6 Los Angeles   United States 12,799,100 2023 [3]
7 Bogotá   Colombia 12,772,828 2022 [b][9]
8 Lima   Peru 11,283,787 2022 [c][11]
9 Toronto   Canada 9,765,188 2022 [12]
10 Chicago   United States 9,262,825 2023 [3]
11 Dallas–Ft. Worth   United States 8,100,037 2023 [3]
12 Houston   United States 7,510,253 2023 [3]
13 Santiago   Chile 6,903,479 2017 [13]
14 Atlanta   United States 6,307,261 2023 [3]
15 Washington   United States 6,304,975 2023 [3]
16 Philadelphia   United States 6,246,160 2023 [3]
17 Belo Horizonte   Brazil 6,194,000 2022 [1]
18 Miami   United States 6,183,199 2023 [3]
19 Detroit–Windsor   United States
  Canada
5,976,595 2009 [14]
20 San Diego–Tijuana   United States
  Mexico
5,434,061 2020 [15][2]
21 Monterrey   Mexico 5,341,171 2015 [2]
22 Guadalajara   Mexico 5,286,642 2015 [2]
23 Maracaibo   Venezuela 5,278,448 2010 [16]
24 Caracas   Venezuela 5,243,301 2011 [17]
25 Phoenix   United States 5,070,110 2023 [3]
26 Boston   United States 4,919,179 2023 [3]
27 San Francisco   United States 4,566,961 2023 [3]
28 Porto Alegre   Brazil 4,405,769 2022 [1]
29 Montreal   Canada 4,291,732 2021 [12]
30 Santo Domingo   Dominican Republic 4,274,651 2022 [18]
31 Fortaleza   Brazil 4,167,996 2015 [1]
32 Medellín   Colombia 4,068,000 2022 [9]
33 Seattle   United States 4,044,837 2023 [3]
34 Salvador   Brazil 3,919,864 2022 [1]
35 Recife   Brazil 3,743,854 2022 [1]
36 Curitiba   Brazil 3,731,769 2022 [1]
37 Minneapolis–St. Paul   United States 3,712,020 2023 [3]
38 Campinas   Brazil 3,656,363 2022 [1]
39 Brasília   Brazil 3,548,438 2015 [1]
40 Tampa–St. Petersburg   United States 3,342,963 2023 [3]
41 Puebla–Tlaxcala   Mexico 3,199,530 2020 [2]
42 San Jose   Costa Rica 3,160,000 2011 [19]
43 Guatemala City   Guatemala 3,160,000 2024 [20]
44 Guayaquil   Ecuador 3,092,000 2022 [21]
45 Denver   United States 3,005,131 2023 [3]
46 Port-au-Prince   Haiti 2,915,000 2022 [22]
47 Quito   Ecuador 2,889,703 2022 [23]
48 Cali   Colombia 2,837,000 2022 [9]
49 Baltimore   United States 2,834,316 2023 [3]
50 Orlando   United States 2,817,933 2023 [3]
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  1. ^ 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.[4]
  2. ^ 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.[8]
  3. ^ INEI defines the Lima Metropolitan Area as comprising Lima Province and the Constitutional Province of Callao.[10]

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