In 2025, approximately 23 million people lived in the São Paulo metropolitan area, making it the biggest in Latin America and the Caribbean and the sixth most populated in the world. The homonymous state of São Paulo was also the most populous federal entity in the country. The second place for the region was Mexico City with 22.75 million inhabitants. Brazil's cities Brazil is home to two large metropolises, only counting the population within the city limits, São Paulo had approximately 11.45 million inhabitants, and Rio de Janeiro around 6.21 million inhabitants. It also contains a number of smaller, but well known cities such as Brasília, Salvador, Belo Horizonte and many others, which report between 2 and 3 million inhabitants each. As a result, the country's population is primarily urban, with nearly 88 percent of inhabitants living in cities. Mexico City Mexico City's metropolitan area ranks sevenths in the ranking of most populated cities in the world. Founded over the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan in 1521 after the Spanish conquest as the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the city still stands as one of the most important in Latin America. Nevertheless, the preeminent economic, political, and cultural position of Mexico City has not prevented the metropolis from suffering the problems affecting the rest of the country, namely, inequality and violence. Only in 2023, the city registered a crime incidence of 52,723 reported cases for every 100,000 inhabitants and around 24 percent of the population lived under the poverty line.

As of 2023, the top five most densely populated cities in Latin America and the Caribbean were in Colombia. The capital, Bogotá, ranked first with over ****** inhabitants per square kilometer.

This horizontal bar chart displays birth rate (per 1,000 people) by capital city using the aggregation average, weighted by population in South America. The data is about countries per year.

This horizontal bar chart displays female population (people) by capital city using the aggregation sum in South America. The data is about countries.

From 2000 to 2023, there was a steady increase in the number of deaths in São Paulo until 2019, leading to an exponential increase in the consecutive years, recording in 2021 the highest amount throughout the period shown with 105,070 deaths. In 2023, nearly 81,500 deaths were recorded

This horizontal bar chart displays urban population (people) by capital city using the aggregation sum in South America. The data is about countries.

This horizontal bar chart displays population (people) by capital city using the aggregation sum in South America. The data is filtered where the date is 2023. The data is about countries per year.

In 2025, San Miguel de Allende in Mexico was named the top destination in Latin America by travelers, receiving a score of 93.33. The Mexican capital followed in second place with a score of nearly 91 points.

The South American City Gas Distribution Market is Segmented by Type (Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Pipeline Natural Gas (PNG)), End-user (Industrial, Power Sector, Residential and Commercial, and Transportation), Geography (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Rest of South America). The report provides market sizes and forecasts in terms of value in USD billion for all the above segments.

As of 2024, three out of ten Latin American and Caribbean cities with the highest local purchasing power were located in Mexico. With an index score of 51.3, people in Querétaro had the highest domestic purchasing power in Mexico. In South America, the city with the highest domestic purchasing power for 2024 was Montevideo, scoring 53 index points.

This horizontal bar chart displays fertility rate (births per woman) by capital city using the aggregation average, weighted by population female in South America. The data is about countries.

This horizontal bar chart displays agricultural land (km²) by capital city using the aggregation sum in South America. The data is about countries per year.

This horizontal bar chart displays health expenditure (% of GDP) by capital city using the aggregation average, weighted by gdp in South America. The data is about countries per year.

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In this dataset you can find hundreds of thousands of the largest cities in the world and info about their latitude, longitude, timezone, location, etc.

Acknowledgements

This data comes from https://data.world/fiftin/cities/workspace/file?filename=RU.txt.

Based on land area, Brazil is the largest country in Latin America by far, with a total area of over 8.5 million square kilometers. Argentina follows with almost 2.8 million square kilometers. Cuba, whose surface area extends over almost 111,000 square kilometers, is the Caribbean country with the largest territory.

Brazil: a country with a lot to offer

Brazil's borders reach nearly half of the South American subcontinent, making it the fifth-largest country in the world and the third-largest country in the Western Hemisphere. Along with its landmass, Brazil also boasts the largest population and economy in the region. Although Brasília is the capital, the most significant portion of the country's population is concentrated along its coastline in the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

South America: a region of extreme geographic variation

With the Andes mountain range in the West, the Amazon Rainforest in the East, the Equator in the North, and Cape Horn as the Southern-most continental tip, South America has some of the most diverse climatic and ecological terrains in the world. At its core, its biodiversity can largely be attributed to the Amazon, the world's largest tropical rainforest, and the Amazon river, the world's largest river. However, with this incredible wealth of ecology also comes great responsibility. In the past decade, roughly 80,000 square kilometers of the Brazilian Amazon were destroyed. And, as of late 2019, there were at least 1,000 threatened species in Brazil alone.

This horizontal bar chart displays self-employed workers (% of total employment) by capital city using the aggregation average, weighted by population in South America. The data is about countries.

The South America City Gas Distribution report features an extensive regional analysis, identifying market penetration levels across major geographic areas. It highlights regional growth trends and opportunities, allowing businesses to tailor their market entry strategies and maximize growth in specific regions.

This horizontal bar chart displays fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) by capital city using the aggregation average in South America. The data is about countries per year.

The highest city in the world with a population of more than one million is La Paz. The Capital of Bolivia sits ***** meters above sea level, and is more than 1,000 meters higher than the second-ranked city, Quito. La Paz is also higher than Mt. Fuji in Japan, which has a height of 3,776 meters. Many of the world's largest cities are located in South America. The only city in North America that makes the top 20 list is Denver, Colorado, which has an altitude of ***** meters.

This statistic shows the biggest cities in El Salvador in 2024. In 2024, approximately ***** thousand people lived in San Salvador, making it the biggest city in El Salvador.