Brazil is the country with most cities in the top 25? Cool!
Maxinator10000 on
This has 26 cities
PirateSanta_1 on
Making this city proper and not metro area makes this map useless.
AgreeableCell4489 on
The Municipality of Santiago has 400,000hab, metropolitan area has 6.8 million.
blinkysmurf on
Do metro population. Otherwise, all this does is suggests where governments drew largely-arbitrary lines on a map.
damian79 on
the metropolitan area next?
Bear_necessities96 on
Caracas has about 3 million residents and not I’m not talking the metro area the city per se
Filthiest_Tleilaxu on
Why do most of the people live in South America?
Wafflinson on
City limits population is stupid and pointless. Needs to be metro pop.
Flat-Leg-6833 on
Here come the fools who whine about “metro area.” Nobody considers Scarsdale, North Jersey, SW CT or Long Island to be part of New York City. This map is correct and it’s not our fault that sorry ass cities like St Louis or Hartford have hollowed out urban cores surrounded by suburban blandness.
toughguy375 on
I like how every big country has at least one entry on this map. The biggest country (by land mass) not represented appears to be Bolivia. Colombia and Ecuador are punching above their weight.
GeologistOutrageous6 on
And it’s hard to believe both South America and North America combined have still 400 million less people than China or India
Woah_Mad_Frollick on
Population of Suzhou: 12m+ lmao
erikflies on
City limit standards are so inconsistent between countries. I’d use Metro populations, otherwise these aren’t actually comparable.
beatlz-too on
City proper… metro area would be way more interesting
Equivalent_Dig_5059 on
Also, not to discredit this but, considering America’s „sprawl“ lifestyle
NYC is really closer to 20 million when you consider how many people can reasonably commute to NYC
The amount of human development and infrastructure in that region is the ninth wonder of the world, absolutely insane when you get down to it. There’s nothing like NYC
jf737 on
City populations are dumb. The physical size of a city and it’s borders are completely arbitrary. Use metro area.
BLu3_Br1ghT on
Why does São Paulo and Brasília have their respective punctuation marks but Bogotá, Medellín, etc don’t???
Independent-Cow-4070 on
Houston showing up here

drinkduffdry on
Holy shit, I had no idea about Lima
GMane2G on
These are not metro area populations and therefore are garbage. City limit means nothing for determining true size of urban areas/cities
MrMagilliclucky on
Cool
mikebellman on
That’s like a Brazilian people
champ11228 on
Didn’t realize Lima was that big
Patchesrick on
Here are the top 10 Metro areas in the Americas
1. Sao Paulo 23.4M
2. Mexico City 21.8M
3. New York City 19.4M
4. Buenos Aires 16.3M
5. Rio De Janeiro 13.1M
6. Los Angeles 12.8M
7. Bogota 12.7M
8. Lima 11.2M
9. Toronto 9.7M
10 Chicago 9.2M
Patchesrick on
Here are the top 25 Metro areas in the Americas
1. Sao Paulo, Brazil 23.44M
2. Mexico City, Mexico 21.80M
3. New York City, USA 19.49M
4. Buenos Aires, Brazil 16.36M
5. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 13.19M
6. Los Angeles, USA 12.79M
7. Bogota, Colombia 12.77M
8. Lima, Peru 11.28M
9. Toronto, Canada 9.76M
10 Chicago, USA 9.29M
11. Dallas – Ft. Worth, USA 8.10M
12. Houston, USA 7.51M
13. Santiago, Chile 6.90M
14. Atlanta, USA 6.30M
15. Washington D.C., USA 6.30M
16. Philadelphia, USA 6.24M
17. Belo Horizonte, Brazil 6.19M
18. Miami, USA 6.18M
19. Detroit – Windsor, USA/Canada 5.97M
20. San Diego – Tijuana, USA/Mexico 5.43M
21. Monterrey, Mexico 5.34M
22. Guadalajara, Mexico 5.28M
23. Maracaibo, Venezuela 5.27M
24. Caracas, Venezuela 5.24M
25. Phoenix, USA 5.07M
Thin-Effective-3486 on
Idk why but I always thought the biggest city in Brazil would be in the north.
Bitter_Orchid5578 on
I was under the impression Toronto was much bigger than Chicago, but after looking it up I was way wrong wow
Striking-Magazine473 on
Santiago is over 9000 km2. That’s a massive area. Toronto’s city proper with 2.7 million is 680 km2 for reference. This map is useless
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Toronto passed Chicago’s population in 2013.
Brazil is the country with most cities in the top 25? Cool!
This has 26 cities
Making this city proper and not metro area makes this map useless.
The Municipality of Santiago has 400,000hab, metropolitan area has 6.8 million.
Do metro population. Otherwise, all this does is suggests where governments drew largely-arbitrary lines on a map.
the metropolitan area next?
Caracas has about 3 million residents and not I’m not talking the metro area the city per se
Why do most of the people live in South America?
City limits population is stupid and pointless. Needs to be metro pop.
Here come the fools who whine about “metro area.” Nobody considers Scarsdale, North Jersey, SW CT or Long Island to be part of New York City. This map is correct and it’s not our fault that sorry ass cities like St Louis or Hartford have hollowed out urban cores surrounded by suburban blandness.
I like how every big country has at least one entry on this map. The biggest country (by land mass) not represented appears to be Bolivia. Colombia and Ecuador are punching above their weight.
And it’s hard to believe both South America and North America combined have still 400 million less people than China or India
Population of Suzhou: 12m+ lmao
City limit standards are so inconsistent between countries. I’d use Metro populations, otherwise these aren’t actually comparable.
City proper… metro area would be way more interesting
Also, not to discredit this but, considering America’s „sprawl“ lifestyle
NYC is really closer to 20 million when you consider how many people can reasonably commute to NYC
The amount of human development and infrastructure in that region is the ninth wonder of the world, absolutely insane when you get down to it. There’s nothing like NYC
City populations are dumb. The physical size of a city and it’s borders are completely arbitrary. Use metro area.
Why does São Paulo and Brasília have their respective punctuation marks but Bogotá, Medellín, etc don’t???
Houston showing up here

Holy shit, I had no idea about Lima
These are not metro area populations and therefore are garbage. City limit means nothing for determining true size of urban areas/cities
Cool
That’s like a Brazilian people
Didn’t realize Lima was that big
Here are the top 10 Metro areas in the Americas
1. Sao Paulo 23.4M
2. Mexico City 21.8M
3. New York City 19.4M
4. Buenos Aires 16.3M
5. Rio De Janeiro 13.1M
6. Los Angeles 12.8M
7. Bogota 12.7M
8. Lima 11.2M
9. Toronto 9.7M
10 Chicago 9.2M
Here are the top 25 Metro areas in the Americas
1. Sao Paulo, Brazil 23.44M
2. Mexico City, Mexico 21.80M
3. New York City, USA 19.49M
4. Buenos Aires, Brazil 16.36M
5. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 13.19M
6. Los Angeles, USA 12.79M
7. Bogota, Colombia 12.77M
8. Lima, Peru 11.28M
9. Toronto, Canada 9.76M
10 Chicago, USA 9.29M
11. Dallas – Ft. Worth, USA 8.10M
12. Houston, USA 7.51M
13. Santiago, Chile 6.90M
14. Atlanta, USA 6.30M
15. Washington D.C., USA 6.30M
16. Philadelphia, USA 6.24M
17. Belo Horizonte, Brazil 6.19M
18. Miami, USA 6.18M
19. Detroit – Windsor, USA/Canada 5.97M
20. San Diego – Tijuana, USA/Mexico 5.43M
21. Monterrey, Mexico 5.34M
22. Guadalajara, Mexico 5.28M
23. Maracaibo, Venezuela 5.27M
24. Caracas, Venezuela 5.24M
25. Phoenix, USA 5.07M
Idk why but I always thought the biggest city in Brazil would be in the north.
I was under the impression Toronto was much bigger than Chicago, but after looking it up I was way wrong wow
Santiago is over 9000 km2. That’s a massive area. Toronto’s city proper with 2.7 million is 680 km2 for reference. This map is useless