Continent
South America
- Countries
- 13 countries
- Area of its countries
- ≈ 17,609,000 km²
- Sum of the geodesic areas of the countries Terratlasia files under this continent (Natural Earth boundaries). Every country is filed under one continent, so this is not the physical area of the continent: Russia counts entirely toward Europe, Türkiye toward Asia.
- Population of its countries
- 427.1M
- Sum of Natural Earth population estimates for the countries filed under this continent (2016–2019).
Connections
UN subregions
- South America13
Natural geography 16
Features spanning several countries of this continent
Islands 1
Mountain ranges 6
Plateaus 2
Geographic regions 1
Countries 13
Area computed from boundaries · population: Natural Earth estimates
Most populous countries
| Capital | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina | South America | 2,782,472 | 44,938,712 | Buenos Aires |
 Bolivia | South America | 1,086,629 | 11,513,100 | La Paz |
 Brazil | South America | 8,467,129 | 211,049,527 | Brasília |
 Chile | South America | 737,680 | 18,952,038 | Santiago |
 Colombia | South America | 1,134,461 | 50,339,443 | Bogota |
 Ecuador | South America | 254,529 | 17,373,662 | Quito |
 Falkland Islands | South America | 11,430 | 3,398 | — |
 Guyana | South America | 211,023 | 782,766 | Georgetown |
 Paraguay | South America | 399,949 | 7,044,636 | Asunción |
 Peru | South America | 1,291,026 | 32,510,453 | Lima |
 Suriname | South America | 144,935 | 581,363 | Paramaribo |
 Uruguay | South America | 177,468 | 3,461,734 | Montevideo |
 Venezuela | South America | 910,446 | 28,515,829 | Caracas |