List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean

This is a list of the largest metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, based on official population estimates or projections as of mid-2015-2024.

Rank Metropolitan area Population Year Country
1 Santo Domingo 4,579,536[1] 2022  Dominican Republic
2 Havana 3,349,290[2] 2023  Cuba
3 Port-au-Prince 2,618,894[3] 2015  Haiti
4 San Juan 2,437,000[4] 2024  Puerto Rico
5 Kingston 1,190,763[a][6] 2015  Jamaica
6 Santiago de los Caballeros 891,674[b][8] 2015  Dominican Republic
7 Nassau 296,522 2024  Bahamas
8 Willemstad 136,660  Netherlands
9 Port of Spain 81,142 2024  Trinidad and Tobago

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The National Works Agency of Jamaica defines the Kingston Metropolitan Region as comprising the parishes of Kingston, Saint Catherine and Saint Andrew.[5]
  2. ^ In 2015, Reynaldo Peguero, the director of the Santiago Development Council (Consejo de Desarrollo de Santiago, CDES), defined the metropolitan area of Santiago as comprising the municipalities of Santiago proper, Baitoa, Licey al Medio, Puñal, Tamboril and Villa González.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Región metropolitana". Población total estimadas y proyectadas por año calendario y sexo, según región y provincia 2000–2030 (Report). Oficina Nacional de Estadística. 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-01-31. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  2. ^ POPULATION TOTALE, DE 18 ANS ET PLUS MENAGES ET DENSITES ESTIMES EN 2015 (PDF) (Report). Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI). March 2015. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  3. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2016. Archived from the original on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  4. ^ San Juan, Puerto Rico Metro Area Population 1950-2024
  5. ^ Spatial boundaries of Jamaica (PDF) (Report). Planning Institute of Jamaica. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  6. ^ Demographic Statistics 2015 (PDF) (Report). Statistical Institute of Jamaica. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  7. ^ Peguero, Reynaldo (2015-10-31). "Atención al Ordenamiento del Área Metropolitana de Santiago" (in Spanish). Acento. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  8. ^ Población total estimadas y proyectadas por año calendario, región, provincia y municipio según sexo y grupos quinquenales de edad, 2015–2020 (Report). Oficina Nacional de Estadística. 2015-05-09. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-06-09.