List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean

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

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RankMetropolitan areaPopulationYearCountry
1 Santo Domingo 4,579,536 [1] 2022Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
2 Havana 3,349,290 [2] 2023Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
3 Port-au-Prince 2,618,894 [3] 2015Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
4 San Juan 2,437,000 [4] 2024Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
5 Kingston 1,190,763 [a] [6] 2015Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
6 Santiago de los Caballeros 891,674 [b] [8] 2015Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
7 Nassau 296,5222024Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
8 Willemstad 136,660Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
9 Port of Spain 81,1422024Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago

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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]

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