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16
7 600
3 000
1 000
200
Sucre
Lima
Quito
Bogota
Caracas
Castries
Roseau
La Paz
Population distribution within the Tropical Andes countries
Oruro
Cochabamba
Tacna
Arequipa
Cusco
Juliaca
Ica
Huancayo
Chimbote
Huaraz
Trujillo
Chiclayo
Pucallpa
Piura
Iquitos
Cuenca
Guayaquil
Santo Domingo
Pasto
Neiva
Buenaventura
Cali
Palmira
Villavicencio
Bucaramanga
Floridablanca
San Cristobal
Cucuta
Barinas
Merida
Monteria
Sincelejo
Cartagena
Barranquilla
Soledad
Santa
Marta
Valledupar
Maracaibo
Cabimas
Barquisimeto
Valencia
Santa
Teresa
Cumana
Barcelona
Maturin
Ciudad Guayana
Ciudad
Bolivar
Medellin
Itagui
Bello
Manizales
Pereira
Ibague
Armenia
Turmero
Maracay
SURINAME
FRENCH
GUIANA
GUYANA
BRAZIL
PARAGUAY
CHILE
PERU
BOLIVIA
ECUADOR
COLOMBIA
VENEZUELA
Less than 5
5 to 25
25 to 50
25 to 250
250 to 1 000
More than 1 000
Inhabitants
Per square kilometre
Major cities*
Thousand inhabitants
*With more than 200 000 inhabitants
20
40
60
80
100
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2014
Urbanization rate trends
Percentage of people living in urban areas
VENEZUELA
PERU
COLOMBIA
BOLIVIA
ECUADOR
El Alto
Sources: Center for International Earth Science Information
Network (CIESIN). Columbia University; UN Statistical Division