El Salvador · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for El Salvador (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of El Salvador? Answer: Current population of El Salvador is: 6 345 712*^[1], area 21040 km², population density 301.6 p/km². Capital of El Salvador is San Salvador. Continent: Latin America, Caribbean.

El Salvador · Population 1950-2100

El Salvador · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in El Salvador as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the El Salvador population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current El Salvador population

6 345 712

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 1594.192 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 502.422 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 733.633 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

El Salvador population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 54 / day = 2.26 / hour = 0.038 / minute = 0.0006 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 172 / day = 7.21 / hour = 0.122 / minute = 0.0024 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 118 / day = 4.91 / hour = 0.082 / minute = 0.0014 / seconds.

Current El Salvador population by age and sex for 2026-07-26*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	243 776	⇐+5.5%	231 059
5-9	222 124	⇐+3.7%	214 097
10-14	205 938	⇐+1.9%	202 101
15-19	252 285	⇐+1.8%	247 852
20-24	334 227	⇐+0.1%	333 768
25-29	315 295	+6.1%⇒	334 426
30-34	227 412	+19.2%⇒	271 171
35-39	178 657	+32.1%⇒	236 082
40-44	173 716	+33.4%⇒	231 716
45-49	157 622	+34.7%⇒	212 259
50-54	140 774	+36.9%⇒	192 758
55-59	122 671	+38.7%⇒	170 159
60-64	103 041	+42.3%⇒	146 674
65-69	82 999	+45.6%⇒	120 868
70-74	56 781	+53.4%⇒	87 120
75-79	48 907	+45.9%⇒	71 342
80-84	40 125	+29.7%⇒	52 057
85-89	23 686	+33.3%⇒	31 564
90-94	9 388	+45%⇒	13 617
95-99	1 710	+98.7%⇒	3 397
100+	124	+196.8%⇒	368

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).