Population of Latin American Cities (1950-2035)

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First published: Wednesday August 4th, 2021

Annual population of the six largest urban agglomerations in Latin America according to the United Nations

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Year	São Paulo	Mexico City	Buenos Aires	Rio de Janeiro	Bogotá	Lima
1950	2334	3365	5166	3026	630	1066
1951	2461	3533	5307	3148	676	1120
1952	2596	3710	5452	3275	725	1178
1953	2737	3895	5601	3407	777	1238
1954	2886	4090	5753	3544	834	1301
1955	3044	4294	5910	3687	894	1368
1956	3210	4509	6072	3836	959	1438
1957	3385	4734	6237	3991	1028	1512
1958	3570	4970	6407	4151	1103	1589
1959	3764	5218	6582	4319	1183	1670
1960	3970	5479	6762	4493	1269	1756
1961	4229	5749	6919	4681	1360	1846
1962	4515	6032	7071	4879	1459	1947
1963	4820	6330	7227	5084	1565	2053
1964	5147	6642	7386	5299	1678	2165
1965	5494	6969	7549	5523	1780	2284
1966	5866	7313	7715	5756	1887	2409
1967	6262	7673	7884	5999	2000	2540
1968	6686	8052	8058	6252	2121	2679
1969	7138	8448	8235	6516	2248	2826
1970	7620	8831	8416	6791	2383	2980
1971	8004	9182	8566	6984	2527	3143
1972	8380	9548	8707	7165	2679	3311
1973	8772	9928	8850	7349	2840	3435
1974	9184	10323	8995	7539	2952	3563
1975	9614	10734	9143	7733	3040	3696
1976	10065	11162	9294	7933	3132	3833
1977	10536	11605	9446	8138	3226	3976
1978	11030	12067	9601	8347	3323	4124
1979	11547	12547	9759	8563	3422	4278
1980	12089	13028	9920	8784	3525	4438
1981	12384	13268	10049	8893	3631	4603
1982	12629	13514	10166	8979	3740	4727
1983	12879	13764	10284	9065	3852	4853
1984	13135	14019	10403	9153	3968	4983
1985	13395	14278	10523	9242	4087	5116
1986	13660	14542	10645	9331	4210	5253
1987	13931	14812	10769	9421	4337	5393
1988	14208	15086	10894	9513	4467	5537
1989	14489	15365	11020	9605	4602	5685
1990	14776	15642	11148	9697	4740	5837
1991	15069	15908	11277	9791	4883	5992
1992	15288	16179	11407	9940	5031	6153
1993	15494	16453	11539	10101	5182	6317
1994	15702	16733	11672	10265	5334	6449
1995	15913	17017	11806	10432	5488	6582
1996	16128	17307	11943	10601	5647	6719
1997	16345	17601	12081	10773	5810	6858
1998	16565	17900	12220	10948	5978	7000
1999	16788	18204	12361	11126	6151	7145
2000	17014	18457	12504	11307	6329	7294
2001	17260	18618	12648	11415	6512	7445
2002	17512	18780	12808	11518	6701	7599
2003	17767	18944	12980	11622	6894	7756
2004	18026	19110	13154	11726	7094	7917
2005	18288	19276	13330	11832	7299	8081
2006	18555	19444	13508	11938	7510	8249
2007	18825	19614	13689	12046	7727	8420
2008	19100	19785	13872	12154	7951	8586
2009	19377	19958	14058	12264	8181	8751
2010	19660	20137	14246	12374	8418	8920
2011	19902	20372	14364	12485	8661	9092
2012	20143	20610	14449	12598	8912	9267
2013	20387	20850	14534	12711	9170	9445
2014	20633	21094	14620	12825	9435	9627
2015	20883	21340	14706	12941	9708	9813
2016	21136	21420	14792	13057	9989	10002
2017	21392	21500	14879	13175	10278	10194
2018	21650	21581	14967	13293	10574	10391
2019	21847	21672	15057	13374	10779	10555
2020	22043	21782	15154	13458	10978	10719
2021	22237	21919	15258	13544	11167	10883
2022	22430	22085	15370	13634	11344	11045
2023	22620	22281	15490	13728	11508	11204
2024	22807	22505	15618	13824	11658	11362
2025	22990	22752	15752	13923	11796	11517
2026	23169	23017	15891	14023	11922	11671
2027	23342	23291	16032	14123	12039	11822
2028	23509	23563	16174	14221	12147	11972
2029	23670	23837	16316	14316	12248	12120
2030	23824	24111	16456	14408	12343	12266
2031	23971	24381	16594	14497	12433	12411
2032	24111	24648	16730	14581	12519	12553
2033	24245	24909	16865	14662	12601	12695
2034	24371	25165	16997	14738	12679	12834
2035	24490	25415	17128	14810	12753	12972