Güney Amerika ülkeleri arasında Arjantin’deki Buenos Aires, 13 milyon nüfusuyla en kalabalık şehirler listesinin başında yer alsa da, ilk 20’de toplam 9 şehirle en çok öne çıkan ülke Brezilya’dır. Bunlara 10 nüfuslu Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro (6 milyon) ve Salvador (2,7 milyon) dahildir.
Bununla birlikte, Brezilya’nın dışında, en büyük Güney Amerika şehirleri arasında, Peru ve Kolombiya’dan Şili ve Venezüella’ya kadar ilk on arasında değişen ülkeler arasında iyi bir çeşitlilik var – hepsinin 3 ila 7 milyon sakini vardır.
Buenos Aires Argentina 13,076,300
Sao Paulo Brazil 10,021,295
Lima Peru 7,737,002
Bogota Colombia 7,674,366
Rio de Janeiro Brazil 6,023,699
Santiago Chile 4,837,295
Caracas Venezuela 3,000,000
Salvador Brazil 2,711,840
Fortaleza Brazil 2,400,000
Cali Colombia 2,392,877
Belo Horizonte Brazil 2,373,224
Maracaibo Venezuela 2,225,000
Brasilia Brazil 2,207,718
Medellin Colombia 1,999,979
Guayaquil Ecuador 1,952,029
Maracay Venezuela 1,754,256
Curitiba Brazil 1,718,421
Manaus Brazil 1,598,210
Asuncion Paraguay 1,482,200
Recife Brazil 1,478,098
Cordoba Argentina 1,428,214
Belem Brazil 1,407,737
Quito Ecuador 1,399,814
Valencia Venezuela 1,385,083
Barranquilla Colombia 1,380,425
Porto Alegre Brazil 1,372,741
Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia 1,364,389
Montevideo Uruguay 1,270,737
Rosario Argentina 1,173,533
Goiania Brazil 1,171,195
Guarulhos Brazil 1,169,577
Campinas Brazil 1,031,554
Nova Iguacu Brazil 1,002,118
Maceio Brazil 954,991
Cartagena Colombia 952,024
Sao Luis Brazil 917,237
Cochabamba Bolivia 900,414
Mendoza Argentina 876,884
Arequipa Peru 841,130
Duque de Caxias Brazil 818,329
Callao Peru 813,264
La Paz Bolivia 812,799
Barquisimeto Venezuela 809,490
Tucuman Argentina 781,023
Natal Brazil 763,043
Trujillo Peru 747,450
Ciudad Guayana Venezuela 746,535
Teresina Brazil 744,512
Sao Bernardo. Brazil 743,372
Campo Grande Brazil 729,151
Cucuta Colombia 721,398
Jaboatao Brazil 702,621
La Plata Argentina 694,167
Osasco Brazil 677,856
Santo Andre Brazil 662,373
Joao Pessoa Brazil 650,883
Jaboatao. Brazil 630,008
Contagem Brazil 627,123
Ribeirao Preto Brazil 619,746
Sao Jose. Brazil 613,764
Chiclayo Peru 577,375
Bucaramanga Colombia 571,820
Uberlandia Brazil 563,536
Sorocaba Brazil 558,862
Mar del Plata Argentina 553,935
Cuiaba Brazil 521,934
Quilmes Argentina 518,788
Salta Argentina 512,686
Aparecida de Goiania Brazil 510,770
Puente Alto Chile 510,417
Aracaju Brazil 490,175
Santa Fe. Argentina 489,505
Feira de Santana Brazil 481,911
Londrina Brazil 471,832
Juiz de Fora Brazil 470,193
Belford Roxo Brazil 466,096
Joinville Brazil 461,304
Niteroi Brazil 456,456
Sao Joao de Meriti Brazil 454,849
San Juan Argentina 447,048
Pereira Colombia 440,118
Iquitos Peru 437,620
Ananindeua Brazil 433,956
Santa Marta Colombia 431,781
Barcelona Venezuela 424,795
Ibague Colombia 421,685
Florianopolis Brazil 412,724
Santos Brazil 411,403
Maturin Venezuela 410,972
Ribeirao das Neves Brazil 406,802
Vila Velha Brazil 394,930
