Most Populous Cities in South America

Name the 25 most populous cities in the southamerican subcontinent

Metropolitan areas.

Population according to offcial sources

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Position	Population	Country	Answer
1	21.048.514	Brazil	São Paulo
2	14.975.587	Argentina	Buenos Aires
3	11.902.701	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro
4	10.777.931	Colombia	Bogota
5	10.479.899	Peru	Lima
6	7.112.808	Chile	Santiago
7	6.006.091	Brazil	Belo Horizonte
8	5.622.798	Venezuela	Caracas
9	4.291.577	Brazil	Brasilia
10	4.115.375	Brazil	Porto Alegre
11	4.019.320	Brazil	Fortaleza
12	4.005.396	Brazil	Recife
13	3.919.864	Brazil	Salvador
14	3.870.058	Colombia	Medellin
16	3.654.960	Brazil	Curitiba
15	3.487.352	Venezuela	Maracaibo
17	3.375.378	Ecuador	Guayaquil
18	3.342.707	Brazil	Campinas
19	3.262.157	Colombia	Cali
20	3.048.419	Ecuador	Quito
21	2.807.111	Paraguay	Asunción
22	2.722.014	Brazil	Manaus
23	2.613.491	Brazil	Goiânia
24	2.599.218	Brazil	São José dos Campos
25	2.505.242	Brazil	Belém

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5 Comments

Level 76

Sep 29, 2022

Please, the city name in portuguese is "São José dos Campos" instead of this spanish version "San Jose de los Campos".

Level 73

Sep 29, 2022

Fixed it :)

Level 57

Sep 29, 2022

Sorry, it is still in portuguese

Level 66

Sep 29, 2022

Surprised Montevideo isn't on here.

Level 27

Feb 2, 2023

Montevideo only has 1.381 million people as of 2017, and I doubt it has surpassed 2 million by 2022.