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 São Paulo metropolitan area is the most populous metropolitan area in the Americas with a population of 23,443,587 as of 2022

List

	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	16,366,641	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–Fort 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	Brasília	Brazil	4,808,484	2022	[18]
28	San Francisco	United States	4,566,961	2023	[3]
29	Porto Alegre	Brazil	4,405,769	2022	[1]
30	Montreal	Canada	4,291,732	2021	[12]
31	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	4,274,651	2022	[19]
32	Fortaleza	Brazil	4,167,996	2015	[1]
33	Medellín	Colombia	4,068,000	2022	[9]
34	Seattle	United States	4,044,837	2023	[3]
35	Salvador	Brazil	3,919,864	2022	[1]
36	Recife	Brazil	3,743,854	2022	[1]
37	Curitiba	Brazil	3,731,769	2022	[1]
38	Minneapolis–Saint Paul	United States	3,712,020	2023	[3]
39	Campinas	Brazil	3,656,363	2022	[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	[20]
43	Guatemala City	Guatemala	3,160,000	2024	[21]
44	Guayaquil	Ecuador	3,092,000	2022	[22]
45	Denver	United States	3,005,131	2023	[3]
46	Port-au-Prince	Haiti	2,915,000	2022	[23]
47	Quito	Ecuador	2,889,703	2022	[24]
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]

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.^[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]