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El Salvador: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
6.37 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+0.4%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.3%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20316.53Forecast
20306.49Forecast
20296.46Forecast
20286.44Forecast
20276.42Forecast
20266.39Forecast
20256.37
20246.34
20236.31
20226.28
20216.26
20206.23
20196.22
20186.22
20176.21
20166.20

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • MOxLAD1900–2010
  • Maddison Project Database1920–2022
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Central American Monetary Council (historical)1960–2017
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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