Demographics of El Salvador

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of El Salvador is projected at 6.52 million, up by 0.50% compared with 6.49 million in 2020. El Salvador is ranked 112nd in terms of population and 156th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.11 million births in El Salvador in 2021. That is 314 per day, which is ranked 105th. The crude birth rate is 17.57 per 1000 people. There are 46.5 thousand deaths in El Salvador in 2021. That is 127 per day, which is ranked 109th. The crude death rate is 7.13 per 1000 people.

4.83 million people are living in urban areas, which is 74.12% of El Salvador population. El Salvador is ranked th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in El Salvador in 2021 is 87.91 males per 100 females. There are 3.05 million males and 3.47 million females in El Salvador. The percentage of female population is 53.22% compare to 46.78% male population. El Salvador has 0.42 million more females than males. El Salvador is at 89th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

El Salvador population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,199,903-
19552,432,8772.30
19602,766,3192.81
19653,201,3102.95
19703,673,0662.69
19754,154,6892.33
19804,591,1351.77
19854,936,8031.35
19905,270,0741.34
19955,628,6021.20
20005,887,9300.74
20056,052,1240.47
20106,183,8770.43
20156,325,1210.48
20166,356,1370.49
20176,388,1240.50
20186,420,7400.51
20196,453,5500.51
20206,486,2010.51
20216,518,5000.50
  • Total
  • Crude

El Salvador death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195048,921101,52821.9945.66
195548,007115,22919.6247.15
196047,446131,47217.0747.30
196547,589145,50214.8445.44
197048,312157,67313.1442.88
197550,715169,24512.2040.75
198053,534171,58711.6837.49
198550,277166,22010.1933.65
199042,772164,9268.1031.21
199539,620162,7547.0528.98
200039,802146,4876.7724.93
200540,659129,0066.7221.31
201042,364121,6136.8519.65
201544,037118,5886.9618.73
202046,060115,6237.1017.83
202146,500114,5327.1317.57
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of El Salvador

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950803,1611,396,737-36.509
1955909,2271,520,1062.8037.427
19601,059,6951,703,2043.3238.354
19651,244,9651,952,8983.2238.931
19701,446,8572,221,7382.9539.439
19751,723,3242,424,2013.5741.551
19802,020,0332,560,6712.9644.099
19852,298,3042,625,5562.4846.677
19902,589,3202,665,6642.4149.274
19953,029,3142,581,8013.6653.988
20003,456,7412,410,8851.6958.912
20053,716,7292,312,2321.3661.648
20104,034,8982,129,7281.8265.452
20154,399,7971,912,6811.7069.700
20204,758,5081,720,5581.4973.444
20214,826,8021,685,5221.4474.118
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El Salvador population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 294,519 281,010 575,529 8.83 104.807
05-09 290,599 277,358 567,957 8.71 104.774
10-14 291,457 279,866 571,323 8.76 104.142
15-19 289,409 285,514 574,923 8.82 101.364
20-24 305,860 316,065 621,925 9.54 96.771
25-29 282,281 311,214 593,495 9.10 90.703
30-34 222,945 267,024 489,969 7.52 83.492
35-39 180,950 232,604 413,554 6.34 77.793
40-44 165,349 217,984 383,333 5.88 75.854
45-49 149,287 199,032 348,319 5.34 75.007
50-54 130,902 176,793 307,695 4.72 74.043
55-59 113,942 155,637 269,579 4.14 73.210
60-64 94,647 130,815 225,462 3.46 72.352
65-69 77,895 111,241 189,136 2.90 70.024
70-74 59,309 84,309 143,618 2.20 70.347
75-79 45,677 63,972 109,649 1.68 71.402
80-84 32,104 43,950 76,054 1.17 73.047
85-89 16,318 23,623 39,941 0.61 69.077
90-94 5,181 8,768 13,949 0.21 59.090
95-99 860 1,969 2,829 0.04 43.677
100+ 58 203 261 0.00 28.571
Total 3,049,549 3,468,951 6,518,500 87.910