Largest cities in the Americas

This is a list of the 50 largest cities in the Americas by population residing within city limits as of 2015, the most recent year for which official population census results, estimates, or short-term projections are available for most of these cities. These figures do not reflect the population of the urban agglomeration or metropolitan area which typically do not coincide with the administrative boundaries of the city. For a list of the latter, see List of metropolitan areas in the Americas by population. These figures refer to mid-2015 populations with the following exceptions:

1. Mexican cities, whose figures derive from the 2015 Intercensal Survey conducted by INEGI with a reference date of 15 March 2015;^[1]
2. Calgary, whose 2015 municipal census had a reference date of April 1.^[2]
3. Brazilian cities, whose figures originate from the 2021 estimate given by the IBGE, with a reference date of July 1, 2021.^[3]

	City	Image	Country	Population	Year
1	São Paulo		Brazil	12,396,372[4]	2021
2	New York City		United States	8,992,908[5]	2022
3	Mexico City		Mexico	8,918,653[a][6][7]	2015[b]
4	Lima		Peru	8,894,412[c][8]	2015
5	Bogotá		Colombia	7,862,277[d][10]	2015
6	Rio de Janeiro		Brazil	6,775,561[11]	2021
7	Santiago		Chile	5,507,282[e][12]	2015
8	Los Angeles		United States	3,971,883[5]	2015
9	Caracas		Venezuela	3,289,886[f][13]	2015
10	Brasília		Brazil	3,094,325[14]	2021
11	Buenos Aires		Argentina	3,054,267[15]	2015
12	Guatemala City		Guatemala	2,934,841[16]	2020
13	Salvador		Brazil	2,900,319[17]	2021
14	Toronto		Canada	2,826,498[g][19]	2015
15	Chicago		United States	2,720,546[5]	2015
16	Fortaleza		Brazil	2,703,391[20]	2021
17	Guayaquil		Ecuador	2,589,229[21]	2015
18	Quito		Ecuador	2,551,721[21]	2015
19	Belo Horizonte		Brazil	2,530,701[22]	2021
20	Medellín		Colombia	2,434,647[d][10]	2015
21	Cali		Colombia	2,333,203[d][10]	2015
22	Houston		United States	2,296,224[5]	2015
23	Manaus		Brazil	2,255,903[23]	2021
24	Havana		Cuba	2,117,625[24]	2015
25	Curitiba		Brazil	1,963,726[25]	2021
26	Panama City		Panama	1,938,000[26]	2016
27	Tijuana		Mexico	1,922,523	2020[b]
28	Montreal		Canada	1,753,034[27]	2015
29	Ecatepec de Morelos		Mexico	1,677,678[h][6][7]	2015[b]
30	Recife		Brazil	1,661,017[28]	2021
31	Maracaibo		Venezuela	1,653,211[13]	2015
32	Santa Cruz de la Sierra		Bolivia	1,614,224[29]	2015
33	Phoenix		United States	1,644,409 [30]	2022
34	Philadelphia		United States	1,567,442[5]	2015
35	Goiânia		Brazil	1,555,626[31]	2021
36	Belém		Brazil	1,506,420[32]	2021
37	Porto Alegre		Brazil	1,492,530[33]	2021
38	San Antonio		United States	1,469,845[5]	2015
39	Guadalajara		Mexico	1,460,148[h][6][7]	2015[b]
40	Puebla		Mexico	1,437,939[i][34]	2015[b]
41	Córdoba		Argentina	1,414,201[35]	2015
42	Guarulhos		Brazil	1,404,694[36]	2021
43	San Diego		United States	1,394,928[5]	2015
44	Ciudad Juárez		Mexico	1,382,753[i][34]	2015[b]
45	Montevideo		Uruguay	1,379,560[j][37]	2015
46	León		Mexico	1,349,224[i][34]	2015[b]
47	Dallas		United States	1,300,092[5]	2015
48	Calgary		Canada	1,230,915[2]	2015[k]
49	Campinas		Brazil	1,223,237[39]	2021
50	Barranquilla		Colombia	1,214,253[d][10]	2015