New York City has the largest metropolitan area 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.

List

Metropolitan area Country Population Year Notes
1 New York  United States 22,431,833 2022 [1]
2 Mexico City  Mexico 21,804,515 2020 [2]
3 São Paulo  Brazil 20,743,587 2022 [3]
4 Los Angeles  United States 18,644,680 2022 [4]
5 Buenos Aires  Argentina 15,370,000 2022 [a][6][7]
6 Bogotá  Colombia 12,772,828 2022 [b][9]
7 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 12,280,702 2022 [10]
8 Lima  Peru 11,283,787 2022 [c][12]
9 Washington  United States 10,028,331 2022 [13]
10 Chicago  United States 9,876,339 2022 [1]
11 Toronto  Canada 9,765,188 2022 [14]
12 San Francisco  United States 9,545,921 2022 [1]
13 Miami  United States 9,484,409 2022 [15]
14 Boston  United States 8,466,186 2022 [1]
15 Dallas  United States 7,943,685 2022 [15]
16 Houston  United States 7,368,466 2022 [15]
17 Santiago  Chile 6,903,479 2017 [16]
18 Philadelphia  United States 6,241,164 2022 [15]
19 Atlanta  United States 6,237,435 2022 [15]
20 Belo Horizonte  Brazil 6,194,000 2022 [3]
22 Detroit-Windsor  United States
 Canada 		5,976,595 2009 [17]
23 San Diego-Tijuana  United States
 Mexico 		5,434,061 2020 [15][2]
24 Monterrey  Mexico 5,341,171 2015 [2]
25 Guadalajara  Mexico 5,286,642 2015 [2]
26 Maracaibo  Venezuela 5,278,448 2010 [18]
27 Caracas  Venezuela 5,243,301 2011 [19]
28 Phoenix  United States 5,015,678 2022 [15]
29 Porto Alegre  Brazil 4,405,769 2022 [3]
30 Montreal  Canada 4,291,732 2021 [14]
31 Santo Domingo  Dominican Republic 4,274,651 2022 [20]
32 Fortaleza  Brazil 4,167,996 2015 [3]
33 Medellín  Colombia 4,068,000 2022 [9]
34 Seattle  United States 4,034,248 2022 [15]
35 Salvador  Brazil 3,919,864 2022 [3]
36 Recife  Brazil 3,743,854 2022 [3]
37 Curitiba  Brazil 3,731,769 2022 [3]
38 Minneapolis–St. Paul  United States 3,693,729 2022 [15]
39 Campinas  Brazil 3,656,363 2022 [3]
40 Brasília  Brazil 3,548,438 2015 [3]
41 Tampa–St. Petersburg  United States 3,290,730 2022 [15]
42 Puebla–Tlaxcala  Mexico 3,199,530 2020 [2]
43 San Jose  Costa Rica 3,160,000 2011 [21]
44 Guatemala City  Guatemala 3,160,000 2024 [22]
45 Guayaquil  Ecuador 3,092,000 2022 [23]
46 Denver  United States 2,985,871 2022 [15]
47 Port-au-Prince  Haiti 2,915,000 2022 [24]
48 Quito  Ecuador 2,889,703 2022 [25]
49 Cali  Colombia 2,837,000 2022 [9]
50 Baltimore  United States 2,835,672 2022 [15]

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Notes

  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.[5]
  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.[11]

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