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: 6 322 137*^[1], area 21040 km², population density 300.48 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

6 322 137

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 2025-05-17*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	246 160	⇐+5.4%	233 521
5-9	228 230	⇐+3.9%	219 741
10-14	216 163	⇐+2.2%	211 519
15-19	259 640	⇐+1.6%	255 488
20-24	329 653	+0.5%⇒	331 195
25-29	306 345	+6.9%⇒	327 522
30-34	223 371	+19.8%⇒	267 614
35-39	178 129	+31.7%⇒	234 643
40-44	171 916	+33%⇒	228 633
45-49	155 548	+34.3%⇒	208 908
50-54	138 701	+36.5%⇒	189 274
55-59	120 472	+38.2%⇒	166 527
60-64	101 250	+41.6%⇒	143 349
65-69	81 384	+44.5%⇒	117 624
70-74	56 813	+51%⇒	85 769
75-79	48 534	+43.8%⇒	69 778
80-84	38 861	+29.7%⇒	50 411
85-89	22 488	+33.8%⇒	30 091
90-94	8 791	+46.2%⇒	12 854
95-99	1 592	+99.6%⇒	3 177
100+	116	+196.6%⇒	344

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).