South America political map
South America political map with the main roads.
South America is a continent in the southern hemisphere, south of North America and north of Antarctica. It is located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, which delimits the East and West extremes, respectively, while the Caribbean Sea delimits the extreme south and the Antarctic Ocean to the north. It occupies an area of 18.2 million km², which represents 42.9% of the American continent and 13.0% of the land area, and is inhabited by 6.5% of the world population.
South America is a continent in the southern hemisphere, south of North America and north of Antarctica. It is located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, which delimits the East and West extremes, respectively, while the Caribbean Sea delimits the extreme south and the Antarctic Ocean to the north. It occupies an area of 18.2 million km², which represents 42.9% of the American continent and 13.0% of the land area, and is inhabited by 6.5% of the world population.
It is made up of a group of 13 political entities: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. Brazil concentrates approximately half of the population and the economic production of the region.
List of countries of South America with their political seat, national territorial area, number of inhabitants and population density.
| Country | Capital | Area | Population | Density |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | 2 780 400 km² | 44 494 502 pop. (est. 2018) | 16/km² |
| Bolivia | Sucre | 1 098 581 km² | 11 383 094 pop. (est. 2019) | 10.36/km² |
| Brazil | Brasilia | 8,515,770 km² | 208 385 000 pop. (census 2017) | 24.47/km² |
| Chile | Santiago | 756 102.4 km² | 18 751 405 pop. (census 2018) | 24.8/km² |
| Colombia | Bogotá | 1 141 748 km² | 45 500 000 pop. (est. 2018) | 39.85/km² |
| Ecuador | Quito | 283 561 km² | 17 180 000 pop. (census 2019) | 60/km² |
| Guyana | Georgetown | 214,970 km² | 783,769 pop. (est. 2016) | 3.5/km² |
| Paraguay | Asunción | 406,752 km² | 7,152,703 pop. (est. 2019) | 17.58/km² |
| Peru | Lima | 1,285,216 km² | 32,162,184 pop. (est. 2018) | 23/km² |
| Suriname | Paramaribo | 163,821 km² | 558,368 pop. (est. 2016) | 2.9/km² |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 5,131 km² | 1,359,193 pop. (est. 2018) | 264/km² |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | 176,215 km² | 3,444,006 pop. (est. 2016) | 19.8/km² |
| Venezuela | Caracas | 916,445 km² | 31,568,179 pop. (est. 2016) | 33.74/km² |