South America

South America is home to the Andes, the longest continental mountain range, and the Amazon, the largest rainforest and the river with the greatest flow on Earth. It reaches from the Caribbean coast to Tierra del Fuego.

Our atlas lists 14 countries and areas in South America, together covering about 17,833,382 km² (6,885,504 sq mi) with roughly 438.0 million people.

Countries and areas

Largest cities

• São Paulo · 12.4 million
• Lima · 7.7 million
• Bogotá · 7.7 million
• Rio de Janeiro · 6.7 million
• Santiago · 4.8 million
• Caracas · 3.0 million
• Buenos Aires · 2.9 million
• Quito · 2.8 million
• Guayaquil · 2.7 million
• Belo Horizonte · 2.7 million
• Salvador · 2.7 million
• Fortaleza · 2.4 million
• Cali · 2.4 million
• Manaus · 2.2 million
• Brasília · 2.2 million
• Córdoba · 2.1 million
• La Paz · 2.0 million
• Medellín · 2.0 million
• Curitiba · 1.9 million
• Santa Cruz de la Sierra · 1.8 million
• Maracaibo · 1.8 million
• Recife · 1.7 million
• Valencia · 1.6 million
• Goiânia · 1.5 million

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