El Salvador

El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. Source: Wikipedia

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
Male Median Age	21.5 years
Female Median Age	24.9 years
Timezone	Central Standard Time

Map of El Salvador

Population Over Time

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

Population By Age and Gender

El Salvador Population Tree

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)

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

Top Departments in El Salvador

Departments in El Salvador

Name	Area	Population	Population Density
Ahuachapán Department	1,187.9 km²	347,787	758.3 / mi²
Cabañas Department	1,087.3 km²	152,671	363.7 / mi²
Chalatenango Department	2,036.5 km²	215,494	274.1 / mi²
Cuscatlán Department	684.3 km²	260,283	985.1 / mi²
La Libertad Department	1,655.5 km²	756,584	1,183 / mi²
La Paz Department	1,272 km²	341,183	694.7 / mi²
La Unión Department	1,984.5 km²	224,170	292.6 / mi²
Morazán Department	1,315.3 km²	183,834	362.0 / mi²
San Miguel, Republic of El Salvador	2,104.4 km²	448,917	552.5 / mi²
San Salvador Department	860 km²	1.6 million	4,952 / mi²
San Vicente Department	1,226.1 km²	169,612	358.3 / mi²
Santa Ana Department	2,034.1 km²	551,789	702.6 / mi²
Sonsonate Department	1,219.9 km²	479,917	1,018 / mi²
Usulután Department	2,096.1 km²	355,720	439.5 / mi²

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