Editing Metropolitan area (section)

==South America==

=== Argentina ===
Urban population rate: 95% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Buenos Aires]] Metropolitan Area: 14,179,912

=== Bolivia ===
Urban population rate: 71% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[La Paz]] Metropolitan Area: 2,063,633

===Brazil===
[[File:ISS-67_City_lights_of_São_Paulo,_Brazil.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Greater São Paulo]] in [[Brazil]] seen at night from the [[International Space Station]]]]
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The IBGE defines also "Immediate Geographic Areas" (formerly termed [[Microregions of Brazil|microregions]]) which capture the region "surrounding urban centers for the supply of immediate needs of the population".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Regional Divisions of Brazil |url=https://www.ibge.gov.br/en/geosciences/territorial-organization/regional-division/21536-regional-divisions-of-brazil.html?=&t=sobre|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402184832/https://www.ibge.gov.br/en/geosciences/territorial-organization/regional-division/21536-regional-divisions-of-brazil.html?=&t=sobre|archive-date=2021-04-02|access-date=2021-04-02|website=IBGE}}</ref> Intended for policy planning purposes, as of March 2021 census data is not tabulated on the level of these Areas, but instead at the [[Municipalities of Brazil|municipality]] or state level.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Population Census {{!}} IBGE|url=https://www.ibge.gov.br/en/statistics/social/public-administration-political-and-social-participation/18391-2010-population-census.html?edicao=19720&t=sobre|access-date=2021-04-02|website=www.ibge.gov.br}}</ref>

Urban population rate: 89% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[São Paulo|Sao Paulo]] Metropolitan Area: 19,485,158

===Chile===
There are three metropolitan areas in Chile, the biggest and most important one is the Gran Santiago in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. The other two metro areas are Gran Valparaiso in the Valparaiso Region with almost a million inhabitants, and Gran Concepción in the Bio Bio Region, with a population of about a million people living in it.
Smaller "metropolitan" areas are known as conurbations. Conurbaciones tend to have a bit over 200.000 inhabitants to be considered as such. An example is the Conurbacion de Rancagua, which considers the area shared by the city of Rancagua, and the adjacent smaller towns of Machalí, Gultro and Graneros. 

Urban population rate: 92% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" /> 

* [[Santiago]] Metropolitan Area: 6,633,767

=== Colombia ===
Urban population rate: 80% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Bogotá|Bogota]] Metropolitan Area: 10,419,361

=== Ecuador ===
Urban population rate: 72% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Quito]] Metropolitan Area: 2,605,678

=== Guyana ===
Urban population rate: 33% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]] Metropolitan Area: 130,680

=== Paraguay ===
Urban population rate: 68% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Asunción|Asuncion]] Metropolitan Area: 1,175,482

=== Peru ===
Urban population rate: 79% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Lima]] Metropolitan Area: 10,828,104

=== Suriname ===
Urban population rate: 75% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Paramaribo]] Metropolitan Area: 253,626

=== Uruguay ===
Urban population rate: 94% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Montevideo]] Metropolitan Area: 1,219,222

=== Venezuela ===
Urban population rate: 96% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Caracas]] Metropolitan Area: 2,667,322