El Salvador's population rose from 5.81M in 1996 to 6.37M in 2025.
El Salvador · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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El Salvador's population growth fell from 0.7 % in 1996 to 0.4 % in 2025.
El Salvador's population density rose from 275.8 in 1994 to 304.5 in 2023.
El Salvador's population, female (% of total) rose from 51.5 % in 1996 to 52.5 % in 2025.
El Salvador's urbanisation rose from 53.2 % in 1996 to 75.5 % in 2025.
El Salvador's urban population rose from 3.09M in 1996 to 4.81M in 2025.
El Salvador's rural population fell from 2.72M in 1996 to 1.56M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.4 %121st of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.0 %101st of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.7 %104th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.4 %153rd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs134th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts98th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts59th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts115th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.6 pts159th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.2 pts114th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −3.6 %176th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts183rd of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +13.2 %143rd of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs135th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs126th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs150th of 217