Demographics of El Salvador

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date24 May 2024

There are 3.04 million males and 3.35 million females in El Salvador. The percentage of the male population is 47.6%, compared to 52.4% of the female population. El Salvador has 307k more females than males. The sex ratio in El Salvador in 2024 will be 90.845 males per 100 females. El Salvador is in the 23rd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

El Salvador population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,182,4092.28
19552,448,6332.42
19602,779,3272.77
19653,179,5062.72
19703,619,0902.47
19754,076,7512.26
19804,508,9921.49
19854,876,7571.96
19905,367,1791.83
19955,748,1950.89
20005,958,4820.55
20056,037,817-0.03
20106,114,0340.38
20156,231,0660.32
20206,292,7310.38
20216,314,1670.30
20226,336,3920.40
20236,364,9430.50
20246,396,2890.48
  • Total
  • Crude

El Salvador death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195048,512102,86022.19647.061
195549,555116,74420.20047.588
196050,074132,08217.99647.469
196551,559149,16516.18946.837
197055,804156,42615.39643.157
197551,305169,54812.54341.450
198071,646180,08615.81539.753
198551,184175,61810.46435.904
199042,086180,1137.81233.433
199537,538177,7986.47830.683
200035,323165,1065.87627.465
200540,151129,3646.59921.261
201041,506119,3216.75819.428
201544,230115,1537.07018.406
202053,231102,0678.44216.188
202154,803101,4058.66116.025
202251,878100,3138.17315.803
202344,51099,6706.98015.631
202445,09299,1277.03715.470
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of El Salvador

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950803,1611,396,73736.509
1955909,2271,520,10637.427
19601,059,6951,703,20438.354
19651,244,9651,952,89838.931
19701,446,8572,221,73839.439
19751,723,3242,424,20141.551
19802,020,0332,560,67144.099
19852,298,3042,625,55646.677
19902,589,3202,665,66449.274
19953,029,3142,581,80153.988
20003,456,7412,410,88558.912
20053,716,7292,312,23261.648
20104,034,8982,129,72865.452
20154,399,7971,912,68169.700
20204,758,5081,720,55873.444
20214,826,8021,685,52274.118
20224,893,6611,651,51274.767
20234,959,0441,618,51775.393
20245,022,9851,586,55075.996
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

El Salvador population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 252,785 241,487 494,272 7.73 104.679
05-09 267,928 254,889 522,818 8.17 105.116
10-14 288,769 270,407 559,176 8.74 106.791
15-19 286,839 268,798 555,636 8.69 106.712
20-24 310,450 294,461 604,910 9.46 105.430
25-29 321,786 311,351 633,137 9.90 103.352
30-34 268,559 269,807 538,365 8.42 99.537
35-39 192,791 219,929 412,719 6.45 87.661
40-44 158,668 208,158 366,826 5.73 76.225
45-49 146,845 204,092 350,938 5.49 71.950
50-54 130,238 183,016 313,253 4.90 71.162
55-59 112,588 161,077 273,666 4.28 69.897
60-64 90,228 133,473 223,702 3.50 67.600
65-69 73,727 108,174 181,901 2.84 68.156
70-74 57,787 86,530 144,317 2.26 66.783
75-79 41,341 62,118 103,459 1.62 66.552
80-84 25,640 41,303 66,944 1.05 62.078
85-89 12,253 21,453 33,706 0.53 57.116
90-94 4,300 8,473 12,774 0.20 50.749
95-99 1,055 2,201 3,256 0.05 47.933
100+ 146 368 514 0.01 39.674
Total 3,044,723 3,351,565 6,396,289 90.845