South America

South America: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.

continent · South America · page prepared 2026-11-07

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South America at a glance

Rolled up from the 166 regions inside South America on this site.

Population—
registry estimate
Places inside152
3 with a full /local page
Businesses on file262,334
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered334
in the company directory
Who represents them0
places with a /politics page
Property & employers8 · 0
/property and /employers records
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Largest places in South America

By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.

  1. 1.Rio de Janeiro6,000,000
  2. 2.Buenos Aires, Argentina full3,100,000
  3. 3.Brasilia2,800,000
  4. 4.Medellin, Colombia2,427,129
  5. 5.Belo Horizonte2,400,000
  6. 6.Cali, Colombia2,300,000
  7. 7.Manaus2,279,686
  8. 8.Curitiba, Brazil1,829,225
  9. 9.Maracaibo1,752,602
  10. 10.Quito, Ecuador1,700,000
  11. 11.Goiânia, Brasil1,437,366
  12. 12.Porto Alegre1,332,845
  13. 13.Belém-Ananindeua1,303,403
  14. 14.Montevideo1,287,452
  15. 15.Barranquilla, Colombia1,206,319
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Inside South America

15 regions have South America as their parent.

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Companies based in South America

2 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 334 across South America and the places inside it — search them all below.

CompanyIndustryFounded
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areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of South America are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.