List of cities in South America

This list includes all South American cities with a population within city limits exceeding 500,000 according to official census figures, estimates or projections as of 2015, the most recent year for which official population census results, estimates or short-term projections are available for all 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. All figures refer to the mid-2015 population.

	Name	Image	Country	Population	Year
1	São Paulo		Brazil	12,038,175[1]	2015
2	Lima		Peru	9,562,280[a][2]	2017
3	Bogotá		Colombia	7,862,277[b][4]	2015
4	Rio de Janeiro		Brazil	6,476,631[1]	2015
5	Santiago		Chile	5,507,282[c][5]	2015
6	Caracas		Venezuela	3,289,886[d][6]	2015
7	Buenos Aires		Argentina	3,054,267[7]	2015
8	Salvador		Brazil	2,921,087[1]	2015
9	Brasília		Brazil	2,914,830[1]	2015
10	Fortaleza		Brazil	2,591,188[1]	2015
11	Guayaquil		Ecuador	2,589,229[8]	2015
12	Quito		Ecuador	2,551,721[8]	2015
13	Belo Horizonte		Brazil	2,502,557[1]	2015
14	Medellín		Colombia	2,434,647[b][4]	2015
15	Cali		Colombia	2,333,203[b][4]	2015
16	Manaus		Brazil	2,057,711[1]	2015
17	Curitiba		Brazil	1,879,355[1]	2015
18	Maracaibo		Venezuela	1,653,211[6]	2015
19	Recife		Brazil	1,617,183[1]	2015
20	Santa Cruz de la Sierra		Bolivia	1,614,224[9]	2015
21	Porto Alegre		Brazil	1,476,867[1]	2015
22	Belém		Brazil	1,439,561[1]	2015
23	Goiânia		Brazil	1,430,697[1]	2015
24	Córdoba		Argentina	1,414,201[10]	2015
25	Montevideo		Uruguay	1,379,560[e][11]	2015
26	Guarulhos		Brazil	1,324,781[1]	2015
27	Barranquilla		Colombia	1,214,253[b][4]	2015
28	Campinas		Brazil	1,164,098[1]	2015
29	Barquisimeto		Venezuela	1,116,182[6]	2015
30	São Luís		Brazil	1,073,893[1]	2015
31	São Gonçalo		Brazil	1,038,081[1]	2015
32	Maceió		Brazil	1,013,773[1]	2015
33	Callao		Peru	1,010,315[f][2]	2015
34	Rosario		Argentina	985,624[12]	2015
35	Cartagena		Colombia	959,594[b][4]	2015
36	Valencia		Venezuela	901,900[6]	2015
37	El Alto		Bolivia	891,434[9]	2015
38	Duque de Caxias		Brazil	882,729[1]	2015
39	Ciudad Guayana		Venezuela	877,547[6]	2015
40	Natal		Brazil	869,954[1]	2015
41	Arequipa		Peru	869,351[g][14]	2015
42	Campo Grande		Brazil	853,622[1]	2015
43	Teresina		Brazil	844,245[1]	2015
44	São Bernardo do Campo		Brazil	816,925[1]	2015
45	Nova Iguaçu		Brazil	807,492[1]	2015
46	Trujillo		Peru	799,550[h][14]	2015
47	João Pessoa		Brazil	791,438[1]	2015
48	La Paz		Bolivia	789,541[9]	2015
49	Santo André		Brazil	710,210[1]	2015
50	Osasco		Brazil	694,844[1]	2015
51	São José dos Campos		Brazil	688,597[1]	2015
52	La Plata		Argentina	687,378[15]	2015
53	Jaboatão dos Guararapes		Brazil	686,122[1]	2015
54	Cochabamba		Bolivia	672,255[9]	2015
55	Ribeirão Preto		Brazil	666,323[1]	2015
56	Uberlândia		Brazil	662,362[1]	2015
57	Contagem		Brazil	648,766[1]	2015
58	Sorocaba		Brazil	644,919[1]	2015
59	Mar del Plata		Argentina	640,855[15]	2015
60	Aracaju		Brazil	632,744[1]	2015
61	Cúcuta		Colombia	628,107[b][4]	2015
62	Feira de Santana		Brazil	617,528[1]	2015
63	Soledad		Colombia	614,900[b][4]	2015
64	Puente Alto		Chile	610,118[5]	2015
65	Chiclayo		Peru	600,440[i][14]	2015
66	Salta		Argentina	598,107[16]	2015
67	San Miguel de Tucumán		Argentina	585,681[17]	2015
68	Maturín		Venezuela	584,166[6]	2015
69	Cuenca		Ecuador	580,706[8]	2015
70	Cuiabá		Brazil	580,489[1]	2015
71	Joinville		Brazil	562,151[1]	2015
72	Juiz de Fora		Brazil	555,284[1]	2015
73	Londrina		Brazil	548,249[1]	2015
74	Asunción		Paraguay	526,408[18]	2015
75	Ibagué		Colombia	523,057[b][4]	2015
76	Aparecida de Goiânia		Brazil	521,910[1]	2015
77	Bucaramanga		Colombia	521,446[b][4]	2015
78	Ananindeua		Brazil	505,404[1]	2015
79	Soacha		Colombia	505,319[b][4]	2015
80	Porto Velho		Brazil	502,748[1]	2015

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