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: 6 325 232*^[1], area 21040 km², population density 300.63 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

6 325 232

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 2025-07-13*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	245 847	⇐+5.4%	233 198
5-9	227 428	⇐+3.8%	219 000
10-14	214 821	⇐+2.2%	210 283
15-19	258 675	⇐+1.6%	254 486
20-24	330 253	+0.4%⇒	331 532
25-29	307 520	+6.8%⇒	328 429
30-34	223 901	+19.7%⇒	268 081
35-39	178 198	+31.8%⇒	234 832
40-44	172 152	+33%⇒	229 038
45-49	155 820	+34.4%⇒	209 348
50-54	138 973	+36.5%⇒	189 732
55-59	120 761	+38.3%⇒	167 003
60-64	101 485	+41.7%⇒	143 786
65-69	81 596	+44.7%⇒	118 050
70-74	56 809	+51.3%⇒	85 947
75-79	48 583	+44%⇒	69 983
80-84	39 026	+29.7%⇒	50 627
85-89	22 646	+33.7%⇒	30 284
90-94	8 869	+46.1%⇒	12 954
95-99	1 607	+99.5%⇒	3 206
100+	117	+196.6%⇒	347

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).