There are 19 countries in South America
Country	Capital	Populations
Argentina Fact Book or State Dept	Buenos Aires	39,144,753
Aruba Fact Book or State Dept	Oranjestad	71,218
Bolivia Fact Book or State Dept	La Paz	8,724,156
Brazil Fact Book or State Dept	Brasilia	184,101,109
Chile Fact Book or State Dept	Santiago	15,823,957
Colombia Fact Book or State Dept	Bogota	42,310,775
Ecuador Fact Book or State Dept	Quito	13,212,742
Falkland Islands Fact Book	Stanley	2,967
French Guiana Fact Book	Cayenne	191,309
Guyana Fact Book or State Dept	Georgetown	705,803
Netherlands Antilles Fact Book or State Dept	Willemstad	218,126
Paraguay Fact Book or State Dept	Asuncion	6,191,368
Peru Fact Book or State Dept	Lima	27,544,305
South Georgia Islands Fact Book or State Dept		0
South Sandwich Islands Fact Book		0
Suriname Fact Book or State Dept	Paramaribo	436,935
Trinidad and Tobago Fact Book or State Dept	Port-of-Spain	1,096,585
Uruguay Fact Book or State Dept	Montevideo	3,399,237
Venezuela Fact Book or State Dept	Caracas	25,017,387