List of South American Countries By Population and Area

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It may also be considered a subcontinent of the Americas, or America, which is how it is viewed in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking regions of the Americas.

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South American Countries By Population and Area

No	Country or territory	Capital	Area	Population (2018)
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	2,766,890 km² (1,068,300 sq mi)	44,361,150
2	Bolivia	La Paz, Sucre	1,098,580 km² (424,160 sq mi)	11,353,142
3	Bouvet Island (Norway)	—	49 km² (19 sq mi)	0
4	Brazil	Brasília	8,514,877 km² (3,287,612 sq mi)	209,469,323
5	Chile	Santiago	756,950 km² (292,260 sq mi)	18,729,160
6	Colombia	Bogotá	1,141,748 km² (440,831 sq mi)	49,661,048
7	Ecuador	Quito	283,560 km² (109,480 sq mi)	17,084,358
8	Falkland Islands	Stanley	12,173 km² (4,700 sq mi)	3,234
9	French Guiana	Cayenne (Préfecture)	91,000 km² (35,000 sq mi)	282,938
10	Guyana	Georgetown	214,999 km² (83,012 sq mi)	779,006
11	Paraguay	Asunción	406,750 km² (157,050 sq mi)	6,956,066
12	Peru	Lima	1,285,220 km² (496,230 sq mi)	31,989,260
13	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom)	King Edward Point	3,093 km² (1,194 sq mi)	20
14	Suriname	Paramaribo	163,270 km² (63,040 sq mi)	575,990
15	Uruguay	Montevideo	176,220 km² (68,040 sq mi)	3,449,285
16	Venezuela	Caracas	916,445 km² (353,841 sq mi)	28,887,118
	Total		17,824,513 km² (6,882,083 sq mi)	423,581,078