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El Salvador

Area of El Salvador	20,764 km²
Population	6.1 million
Male Population	2,892,488 (47.4%)
Female Population	3,214,704 (52.6%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+48.4%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+5.6%
Median Age	23.3 years old
Male Median Age	21.5 years old
Female Median Age	24.9 years old
Timezone	Central Standard Time

El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. Source: Wikipedia

COVID-19 Data for El Salvador

Last Updated: March 5, 2021

60,800
Total Cases

1,894
Total Deaths

56,807
Total Recovered

Total Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases in El Salvador

Total Coronavirus (COVID-19) Deaths in El Salvador

Total Cases per 10M population	99,555
Deaths per 10M population	3,101
Total Cases per 1M population	9,955
Deaths per 1M population	310

New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases / Deaths in El Salvador

Date	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths
3/5/21	60,800	0	1,894	+7
3/4/21	60,800	+309	1,887	+9
3/3/21	60,491	0	1,878	+9
3/2/21	60,491	+625	1,869	+8
3/1/21	59,866	0	1,861	+7
2/28/21	59,866	0	1,854	+7
2/27/21	59,866	0	1,847	+6
2/26/21	59,866	+631	1,841	+9
2/25/21	59,235	0	1,832	+9
2/24/21	59,235	0	1,823	+8
2/23/21	59,235	0	1,815	+8
2/22/21	59,235	+689	1,807	+8
2/21/21	58,546	0	1,799	+7
2/20/21	58,546	0	1,792	+7
2/19/21	58,546	0	1,785	+9
2/18/21	58,546	+523	1,776	+9
2/17/21	58,023	0	1,767	+9
2/16/21	58,023	0	1,758	+8
2/15/21	58,023	+595	1,750	+8
2/14/21	57,428	0	1,742	+8
2/13/21	57,428	0	1,734	+7
2/12/21	57,428	+775	1,727	+8
2/11/21	56,653	0	1,719	+10
2/10/21	56,653	0	1,709	+8
2/9/21	56,653	0	1,701	+9
2/8/21	56,653	+416	1,692	+11
2/7/21	56,237	0	1,681	+8
2/6/21	56,237	+212	1,673	+11
2/5/21	56,025	+204	1,662	+9
2/4/21	55,821	+198	1,653	+7
2/3/21	55,623	+428	1,646	+8
2/2/21	55,195	0	1,638	+6
2/1/21	55,195	+229	1,632	+9
1/31/21	54,966	+977	1,623	+9
1/30/21	53,989	0	1,614	+10
1/29/21	53,989	0	1,604	+5
1/28/21	53,989	0	1,599	+10
1/27/21	53,989	+510	1,589	+6
1/26/21	53,479	0	1,583	+11
1/25/21	53,479	+261	1,572	+11
1/24/21	53,218	+546	1,561	+10
1/23/21	52,672	0	1,551	+11
1/22/21	52,672	+284	1,540	+10
1/21/21	52,388	+951	1,530	+9
1/20/21	51,437	0	1,521	+12
1/19/21	51,437	0	1,509	+11
1/18/21	51,437	+653	1,498	+11
1/17/21	50,784	0	1,487	+8
1/16/21	50,784	+627	1,479	+10
1/15/21	50,157	0	1,469	+10
1/14/21	50,157	+618	1,459	+12
1/13/21	49,539	0	1,447	+10
1/12/21	49,539	+634	1,437	+9
1/11/21	48,905	0	1,428	+9
1/10/21	48,905	+331	1,419	+11
1/9/21	48,574	+319	1,408	+10
1/8/21	48,255	+307	1,398	+8
1/7/21	47,948	+593	1,390	+8
1/6/21	47,355	0	1,382	+9
1/5/21	47,355	+268	1,373	+9
1/4/21	47,087	+284	1,364	+6
1/3/21	46,803	+843	1,358	+31
1/2/21	45,960	0	1,327	0
1/1/21	45,960	0	1,327	0
12/31/20	45,960	0	1,327	0
12/30/20	45,960	+545	1,327	+14
12/29/20	45,415	0	1,313	0
12/28/20	45,415	+796	1,313	+8
12/27/20	44,619	0	1,305	+8
12/26/20	44,619	0	1,297	+8
12/25/20	44,619	0	1,289	+6
12/24/20	44,619	+847	1,283	+9
12/23/20	43,772	0	1,274	+9
12/22/20	43,772	0	1,265	+8
12/21/20	43,772	+295	1,257	+7
12/20/20	43,477	+282	1,250	+8
12/19/20	43,195	+798	1,242	+8
12/18/20	42,397	0	1,234	+7
12/17/20	42,397	0	1,227	+8
12/16/20	42,397	+265	1,219	+7
12/15/20	42,132	+252	1,212	+7
12/14/20	41,880	+486	1,205	+5
12/13/20	41,394	0	1,200	+7
12/12/20	41,394	+653	1,193	+7
12/11/20	40,741	0	1,186	+6
12/10/20	40,741	0	1,180	+6
12/9/20	40,741	+190	1,174	+6
12/8/20	40,551	+206	1,168	+4
12/7/20	40,345	+214	1,164	+5
12/6/20	40,131	+413	1,159	+6
12/5/20	39,718	0	1,153	+11
12/4/20	39,718	+588	1,142	+8
12/3/20	39,130	0	1,134	+5
12/2/20	39,130	0	1,129	+9
12/1/20	39,130	+725	1,120	+6
11/30/20	38,405	0	1,114	+3
11/29/20	38,405	0	1,111	+4
11/28/20	38,405	0	1,107	+5
11/27/20	38,405	+521	1,102	+4
11/26/20	37,884	0	1,098	+12
11/25/20	37,884	0	1,086	0
11/24/20	37,884	+322	1,086	+5
11/23/20	37,562	0	1,081	+6
11/22/20	37,562	+312	1,075	+5
11/21/20	37,250	0	1,070	+6
11/20/20	37,250	+141	1,064	+3
11/19/20	37,109	+144	1,061	+5
11/18/20	36,965	+296	1,056	+4
11/17/20	36,669	0	1,052	+5
11/16/20	36,669	+311	1,047	+3
11/15/20	36,358	0	1,044	+5
11/14/20	36,358	+163	1,039	+6
11/13/20	36,195	+165	1,033	+5
11/12/20	36,030	+885	1,028	+4
11/11/20	35,145	0	1,024	+4
11/10/20	35,145	0	1,020	+6
11/9/20	35,145	0	1,014	+4
11/8/20	35,145	0	1,010	+4
11/7/20	35,145	+179	1,006	+4
11/6/20	34,966	+184	1,002	+5
11/5/20	34,782	+767	997	+5
11/4/20	34,015	0	992	+5
11/3/20	34,015	0	987	+4
11/2/20	34,015	0	983	+4
11/1/20	34,015	+570	979	+4
10/31/20	33,445	0	975	+4
10/30/20	33,445	0	971	+4
10/29/20	33,445	+520	967	+5
10/28/20	32,925	0	962	+5
10/27/20	32,925	0	957	+4
10/26/20	32,925	+340	953	+4
10/25/20	32,585	0	949	+5
10/24/20	32,585	+164	944	+4
10/23/20	32,421	+159	940	+4
10/22/20	32,262	+142	936	+3
10/21/20	32,120	+145	933	+4
10/20/20	31,975	+309	929	+3
10/19/20	31,666	0	926	+4
10/18/20	31,666	+210	922	+5
10/17/20	31,456	+191	917	+5
10/16/20	31,265	+204	912	+4
10/15/20	31,061	+295	908	+4
10/14/20	30,766	+286	904	+5
10/13/20	30,480	+284	899	+5
10/12/20	30,196	0	894	+4
10/11/20	30,196	+245	890	+3
10/10/20	29,951	0	887	+6
10/9/20	29,951	+109	881	+4
10/8/20	29,842	+105	877	+4
10/7/20	29,737	+103	873	+4
10/6/20	29,634	+95	869	+4
10/5/20	29,539	+89	865	+2
10/4/20	29,450	+92	863	+6
10/3/20	29,358	+183	857	+4
10/2/20	29,175	0	853	+5
10/1/20	29,175	+98	848	+5
9/30/20	29,077	+96	843	+4
9/29/20	28,981	+172	839	+8
9/28/20	28,809	+179	831	+5
9/27/20	28,630	+215	826	0
9/26/20	28,415	0	826	0
9/25/20	28,415	+214	826	+3
9/24/20	28,201	+247	823	+4
9/23/20	27,954	0	819	+5
9/22/20	27,954	+156	814	+2
9/21/20	27,798	+245	812	+1
9/20/20	27,553	+125	811	+3
9/19/20	27,428	+82	808	+4
9/18/20	27,346	+97	804	+3
9/17/20	27,249	+86	801	+5
9/16/20	27,163	+75	796	+4
9/15/20	27,088	+79	792	+4
9/14/20	27,009	+81	788	+3
9/13/20	26,928	+77	785	+3
9/12/20	26,851	+78	782	+5
9/11/20	26,773	+85	777	+3
9/10/20	26,688	+86	774	+4
9/9/20	26,602	+91	770	+5
9/8/20	26,511	+98	765	+1
9/7/20	26,413	+105	764	+5
9/6/20	26,308	+102	759	+7
9/5/20	26,206	+107	752	+8
9/4/20	26,099	+99	744	+5
9/3/20	26,000	+96	739	+8
9/2/20	25,904	+84	731	+7
9/1/20	25,820	+91	724	+7
8/31/20	25,729	+94	717	+4
8/30/20	25,635	+98	713	+5
8/29/20	25,537	+122	708	+6
8/28/20	25,415	+131	702	+8
8/27/20	25,284	+144	694	+7
8/26/20	25,140	+154	687	+9
8/25/20	24,986	+175	678	+9
8/24/20	24,811	+189	669	+8
8/23/20	24,622	+202	661	+7
8/22/20	24,420	+220	654	+8
8/21/20	24,200	+236	646	+6
8/20/20	23,964	+247	640	+7
8/19/20	23,717	+255	633	+8
8/18/20	23,462	+269	625	+7
8/17/20	23,193	+281	618	+6
8/16/20	22,912	+293	612	+9
8/15/20	22,619	+305	603	+8
8/14/20	22,314	+321	595	+11
8/13/20	21,993	+349	584	+7
8/12/20	21,644	+375	577	+7
8/11/20	21,269	+397	570	+7
8/10/20	20,872	+449	563	+14
8/9/20	20,423	+445	549	+13
8/8/20	19,978	+434	536	+16
8/7/20	19,544	+418	520	+7
8/6/20	19,126	+425	513	+15
8/5/20	18,701	+439	498	+12
8/4/20	18,262	+419	486	+9
8/3/20	17,843	+395	477	+10
8/2/20	17,448	+398	467	+8
8/1/20	17,050	+418	459	+11
7/31/20	16,632	+402	448	+9
7/30/20	16,230	+389	439	+9
7/29/20	15,841	+395	430	+13
7/28/20	15,446	+411	417	+9
7/27/20	15,035	+405	408	+8
7/26/20	14,630	+409	400	+10
7/25/20	14,221	+429	390	+11
7/24/20	13,792	+415	379	+7
7/23/20	13,377	+402	372	+9
7/22/20	12,975	+393	363	+11
7/21/20	12,582	+375	352	+8
7/20/20	12,207	+361	344	+9
7/19/20	11,846	+338	335	+11
7/18/20	11,508	+301	324	+15
7/17/20	11,207	+250	309	+11
7/16/20	10,957	+312	298	+12
7/15/20	10,645	+342	286	+8
7/14/20	10,303	+325	278	+11
7/13/20	9,978	+304	267	+7
7/12/20	9,674	+283	260	+6
7/11/20	9,391	+249	254	+5
7/10/20	9,142	+298	249	+6
7/9/20	8,844	+278	243	+8
7/8/20	8,566	+259	235	+6
7/7/20	8,307	+280	229	+6
7/6/20	8,027	+250	223	+6
7/5/20	7,777	+270	217	+7
7/4/20	7,507	+240	210	+8
7/3/20	7,267	+267	202	+11
7/2/20	7,000	+264	191	+9
7/1/20	6,736	+298	182	+8
6/30/20	6,438	+265	174	+10
6/29/20	6,173	+239	164	+12
6/28/20	5,934	+207	152	+9
6/27/20	5,727	+210	143	+10
6/26/20	5,517	+181	133	+7
6/25/20	5,336	+186	126	+7
6/24/20	5,150	+177	119	+6
6/23/20	4,973	+165	113	+6
6/22/20	4,808	+182	107	+9
6/21/20	4,626	+151	98	+5
6/20/20	4,475	+146	93	+7
6/19/20	4,329	+129	86	+4
6/18/20	4,200	+134	82	+3
6/17/20	4,066	+125	79	+3
6/16/20	3,941	+115	76	+2
6/15/20	3,826	+106	74	0
6/14/20	3,720	+117	74	+2
6/13/20	3,603	+122	72	+4
6/12/20	3,481	+108	68	0
6/11/20	3,373	+99	68	+4
6/10/20	3,274	+83	64	+4
6/9/20	3,191	+87	60	+4
6/8/20	3,104	+89	56	+3
6/7/20	3,015	+81	53	0
6/6/20	2,934	+85	53	0
6/5/20	2,849	+68	53	+1
6/4/20	2,781	+76	52	+1
6/3/20	2,705	+52	51	+2
6/2/20	2,653	+71	49	+3
6/1/20	2,582	+65	46	0
5/31/20	2,517	+122	46	0
5/30/20	2,395	+117	46	+4
5/29/20	2,278	+84	42	+3
5/28/20	2,194	+85	39	0
5/27/20	2,109	+67	39	+3
5/26/20	2,042	+59	36	+1
5/25/20	1,983	+68	35	0
5/24/20	1,915	+96	35	+2
5/23/20	1,819	+94	33	0
5/22/20	1,725	+85	33	0
5/21/20	1,640	+69	33	+2
5/20/20	1,571	+73	31	+1
5/19/20	1,498	+85	30	0
5/18/20	1,413	+75	30	0
5/17/20	1,338	+73	30	+4
5/16/20	1,265	+55	26	+1
5/15/20	1,210	+98	25	+2
5/14/20	1,112	+75	23	+3
5/13/20	1,037	+39	20	0
5/12/20	998	+40	20	+2
5/11/20	958	+69	18	+1
5/10/20	889	+105	17	0
5/9/20	784	+42	17	+1
5/8/20	742	+47	16	+1
5/7/20	695	+62	15	0
5/6/20	633	+46	15	+1
5/5/20	587	+32	14	+1
5/4/20	555	+65	13	+2
5/3/20	490	+44	11	0
5/2/20	446	+22	11	+1
5/1/20	424	+29	10	0
4/30/20	395	+18	10	+1
4/29/20	377	+32	9	+1
4/28/20	345	+22	8	0
4/27/20	323	+25	8	0
4/26/20	298	+24	8	0
4/25/20	274	0	8	0
4/24/20	274	+24	8	0
4/23/20	250	+13	8	+1
4/22/20	237	+12	7	0
4/21/20	225	+7	7	0
4/20/20	218	+17	7	0
4/19/20	201	+11	7	0
4/18/20	190	+13	7	0
4/17/20	177	+13	7	+1
4/16/20	164	+5	6	0
4/15/20	159	+10	6	0
4/14/20	149	+12	6	0
4/13/20	137	+12	6	0
4/12/20	125	+7	6	0
4/11/20	118	+1	6	0
4/10/20	117	+14	6	0
4/9/20	103	+10	6	+1
4/8/20	93	+15	5	+1
4/7/20	78	+9	4	0
4/6/20	69	+7	4	+1
4/5/20	62	+6	3	0
4/4/20	56	+10	3	+1
4/3/20	46	+5	2	0
4/2/20	41	+9	2	+1
4/1/20	32	0	1	0
3/31/20	32	+2	1	+1
3/30/20	30	+6	0	0
3/29/20	24	+5	0	0
3/28/20	19	+6	0	0
3/27/20	13	0	0	0
3/26/20	13	+4	0	0
3/25/20	9	+4	0	0
3/24/20	5	+2	0	0
3/23/20	3	0	0	0
3/22/20	3	0	0	0
3/21/20	3	+2	0	0
3/20/20	1	0	0	0

El Salvador Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	4,116,008	5,219,284	5,782,629	6,107,205
Population Density	198.2 / km²	251.4 / km²	278.5 / km²	294.1 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

El Salvador Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	302,185	290,898	593,083
5-9	372,228	357,870	730,099
10-14	383,038	369,694	752,732
15-19	317,666	321,697	639,364
20-24	242,792	275,246	518,038
25-29	220,702	267,581	488,284
30-34	190,441	238,712	429,154
35-39	166,782	209,263	376,046
40-44	140,557	182,086	322,644
45-49	116,696	150,714	267,411
50-54	100,964	127,537	228,502
55-59	86,478	107,249	193,727
60-64	72,175	88,518	160,693
65-69	59,002	73,372	132,374
70-74	45,938	57,060	102,999
75-79	35,593	44,680	80,274
80-84	21,565	27,910	49,475
85 Plus	17,686	24,618	42,305

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

El Salvador Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1760 to 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
1800	199,973	n/a	n/a
1900	769,696	14.4%	56,972
1910	982,429	27.6%	212,733
1920	1,376,616	40.1%	394,187
1930	1,413,082	2.6%	36,466
1940	1,752,961	24.1%	339,879
1950	2,159,233	23.2%	406,272
1960	2,722,855	26.1%	563,622
1970	3,664,646	34.6%	941,791
1990	5,219,284	19.3%	777,319
2000	5,782,629	10.8%	563,345
2020	6,211,060	3.6%	214,215
2030	6,246,949	0.6%	35,889
2040	6,166,993	-1.3%	-79,956
2050	5,982,452	-3%	-184,541
2060	5,697,309	-4.8%	-285,143
2070	5,413,210	-5%	-284,099
2080	5,152,042	-4.8%	-261,168
2090	4,924,590	-4.4%	-227,452
2100	4,740,597	-3.7%	-183,993

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

El Salvador Annual Weather Averages

March Historical Weather Data (1957 to 2014)

Average Temp

24.8°C

76.6°F

Average High

32.3°C

90.1°F

Average Low

17.3°C

63.2°F

Record High Temperature

35.0°C

95.0°F

Record Low Temperature

12.8°C

55.0°F

Average Precipitation

7.6 mm

0.3 in

Average Precipitation Days (≥ 0.254 mm)

1.2 days

Sources:
1. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
2. Lawrimore, Jay H.; Ray, Ron; Applequist, Scott; Korzeniewski, Bryant; Menne, Matthew J. (2016): Global Summary of the Month (GSOM), Version 1. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5QV3JJ5. Accessed Fri, 08 May 2020 06:54:17 GMT.

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Landslide	High (10)
Drought	High (10)
Flood	High (10)
Volcano	High (10)
Earthquake	High (7.5)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:
1. Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
2. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
3. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
4. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Volcano Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BR8Q45.
5. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.
6. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.

Top places in El Salvador

Places in El Salvador

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Ahuachapán	1,187.9 km²	347,787	292.8 / km²
Cabañas	1,087.3 km²	152,671	140.4 / km²
Chalatenango	2,036.5 km²	215,494	105.8 / km²
Cuscatlán	684.3 km²	260,283	380.4 / km²
La Libertad	1,655.5 km²	756,584	457.0 / km²
La Paz	1,272 km²	341,183	268.2 / km²
La Unión	1,984.5 km²	224,170	113.0 / km²
Morazán	1,315.3 km²	183,834	139.8 / km²
San Miguel	2,104.4 km²	448,917	213.3 / km²
San Salvador	860 km²	1.6 million	1,912 / km²
San Vicente	1,226.1 km²	169,612	138.3 / km²
Santa Ana	2,034.1 km²	551,789	271.3 / km²
Sonsonate	1,219.9 km²	479,917	393.4 / km²
Usulután	2,096.1 km²	355,720	169.7 / km²

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