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El Salvador

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
6,365,503 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 6,029,976in 2024[4]
Land area
20,720 km²[5]
Total area
21,041 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currencies
Land borders
Guatemala, Honduras[11]
Coast
Yes[11]
Continent
Official names
  • El Salvador[12]
  • la République du Salvador[13]

Parts of El Salvador

Loading 14 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
196020256.4M

2,791,459 in 1960, 6,365,503 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19602,791,459
19612,870,016
19622,949,204
19633,028,679
19643,111,883
19653,199,466
19663,290,961
19673,385,184
19683,480,773
19693,576,485
19703,668,796
19713,757,523
19723,846,830
19733,938,068
19744,029,671
19754,120,449
19764,210,310
19774,301,256
19784,394,114
19794,480,388
19804,540,382
19814,570,599
19824,622,477
19834,707,367
19844,798,003
19854,894,706
19864,992,769
19875,092,441
19885,195,833
19895,298,979
19905,399,726
19915,495,077
19925,585,609
19935,659,957
19945,714,129
19955,762,131
19965,805,286
19975,844,578
19985,880,781
19995,913,900
20005,943,366
20015,968,060
20025,986,631
20035,998,599
20046,004,671
20056,005,578
20066,002,319
20076,009,824
20086,029,297
20096,048,279
20106,068,249
20116,090,127
20126,113,975
20136,138,839
20146,162,955
20156,183,676
20166,200,800
20176,213,533
20186,219,807
20196,222,318
20206,234,673
20216,255,782
20226,280,319
20236,309,624
20246,338,193
20256,365,503

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
SV[14]
ISO alpha-3
SLV[15]
ISO numeric
222[16]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: El Salvador (Q792), capital: San Salvador (revision 2564655441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: El Salvador (Q792), population (revision 2564655441) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: 2024 Salvadoran census
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: El Salvador (Q792), area (revision 2564655441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: El Salvador (Q792), official language: Spanish (revision 2564655441) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of El Salvador
  8. Wikidata: El Salvador (Q792), currency: United States dollar (revision 2564655441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: El Salvador (Q792), currency: Bitcoin (revision 2564655441) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Wikidata: El Salvador (Q792), continent: North America (revision 2564655441) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  12. Wikidata: El Salvador (Q792), official name (revision 2564655441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: El Salvador (Q792), official name (revision 2564655441) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  14. Wikidata: El Salvador (Q792), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564655441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: El Salvador (Q792), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564655441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: El Salvador (Q792), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564655441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of El Salvador.svg, Public domain, See File history below for details., via Wikimedia Commons.