The latest officially reported population of China was 1,408,975,000 in 2024 vs 6,338,193 people in El Salvador in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current China's population is 1,402,614,510 people compared to 6,391,525 in El Salvador.
Population statistics:
- China's population is 219.4 times bigger than El Salvador's.
- China is ranked the 2nd most populous country in the world, while El Salvador is the 111th.
- The countries together account for 17% of the world: 16.9% for China vs 0.08% for El Salvador.
- For the last 10 years, China has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs +0.29% in El Salvador.
- Since 2006, the population of China has increased from 1.31B people to 1.4B (6.99% growth), while El Salvador has grown from 6M to 6.39M (6.48% growth).
- El Salvador is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 6.67M people, while China's population already peaked in 2021 at 1.41B people and is projected to decrease to 629M people by 2100.
China vs El Salvador: live population counter
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| Current population |
1402614510
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6391525
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| Population rank | 2/197 | 111/197 |
| Percent of world population | 16.9% | 0.08% |
| One net population change |
18.2 seconds
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18.4 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.5 seconds
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5.29 minutes
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| One death every |
2.84 seconds
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11.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.65 minutes
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22.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -318,992 | -23,102 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4,753 | +78 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,735,000 | +28,569 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +0.45% |
| Population growth rate rank | 174/197 | 140/197 |
China and El Salvador: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 667,070,000 | 2,791,459 | - | - |
| 1961 | 660,330,000 | 2,870,016 | -1.01% | 2.81% |
| 1962 | 665,770,000 | 2,949,204 | 0.82% | 2.76% |
| 1963 | 682,335,000 | 3,028,679 | 2.49% | 2.69% |
| 1964 | 698,355,000 | 3,111,883 | 2.35% | 2.75% |
| 1965 | 715,185,000 | 3,199,466 | 2.41% | 2.81% |
| 1966 | 735,400,000 | 3,290,961 | 2.83% | 2.86% |
| 1967 | 754,550,000 | 3,385,184 | 2.6% | 2.86% |
| 1968 | 774,510,000 | 3,480,773 | 2.65% | 2.82% |
| 1969 | 796,025,000 | 3,576,485 | 2.78% | 2.75% |
| 1970 | 818,315,000 | 3,668,796 | 2.8% | 2.58% |
| 1971 | 841,105,000 | 3,757,523 | 2.78% | 2.42% |
| 1972 | 862,030,000 | 3,846,830 | 2.49% | 2.38% |
| 1973 | 881,940,000 | 3,938,068 | 2.31% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 900,350,000 | 4,029,671 | 2.09% | 2.33% |
| 1975 | 916,395,000 | 4,120,449 | 1.78% | 2.25% |
| 1976 | 930,685,000 | 4,210,310 | 1.56% | 2.18% |
| 1977 | 943,455,000 | 4,301,256 | 1.37% | 2.16% |
| 1978 | 956,165,000 | 4,394,114 | 1.35% | 2.16% |
| 1979 | 969,005,000 | 4,480,388 | 1.34% | 1.96% |
| 1980 | 981,235,000 | 4,540,382 | 1.26% | 1.34% |
| 1981 | 993,885,000 | 4,570,599 | 1.29% | 0.67% |
| 1982 | 1,008,630,000 | 4,622,477 | 1.48% | 1.14% |
| 1983 | 1,023,310,000 | 4,707,367 | 1.46% | 1.84% |
| 1984 | 1,036,825,000 | 4,798,003 | 1.32% | 1.93% |
| 1985 | 1,051,040,000 | 4,894,706 | 1.37% | 2.02% |
| 1986 | 1,066,790,000 | 4,992,769 | 1.5% | 2% |
| 1987 | 1,084,035,000 | 5,092,441 | 1.62% | 2% |
| 1988 | 1,101,630,000 | 5,195,833 | 1.62% | 2.03% |
| 1989 | 1,118,650,000 | 5,298,979 | 1.54% | 1.99% |
| 1990 | 1,135,185,000 | 5,399,726 | 1.48% | 1.9% |
| 1991 | 1,150,780,000 | 5,495,077 | 1.37% | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 1,164,970,000 | 5,585,609 | 1.23% | 1.65% |
| 1993 | 1,178,440,000 | 5,659,957 | 1.16% | 1.33% |
| 1994 | 1,191,835,000 | 5,714,129 | 1.14% | 0.96% |
| 1995 | 1,204,855,000 | 5,762,131 | 1.09% | 0.84% |
| 1996 | 1,217,550,000 | 5,805,286 | 1.05% | 0.75% |
| 1997 | 1,230,075,000 | 5,844,578 | 1.03% | 0.68% |
| 1998 | 1,241,935,000 | 5,880,781 | 0.96% | 0.62% |
| 1999 | 1,252,735,000 | 5,913,900 | 0.87% | 0.56% |
| 2000 | 1,262,645,000 | 5,943,366 | 0.79% | 0.5% |
| 2001 | 1,271,850,000 | 5,968,060 | 0.73% | 0.42% |
| 2002 | 1,280,400,000 | 5,986,631 | 0.67% | 0.31% |
| 2003 | 1,288,400,000 | 5,998,599 | 0.62% | 0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,296,075,000 | 6,004,671 | 0.6% | 0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,303,720,000 | 6,005,578 | 0.59% | 0.02% |
| 2006 | 1,311,020,000 | 6,002,319 | 0.56% | -0.05% |
| 2007 | 1,317,885,000 | 6,009,824 | 0.52% | 0.13% |
| 2008 | 1,324,655,000 | 6,029,297 | 0.51% | 0.32% |
| 2009 | 1,331,260,000 | 6,048,279 | 0.5% | 0.31% |
| 2010 | 1,337,705,000 | 6,068,249 | 0.48% | 0.33% |
| 2011 | 1,345,035,000 | 6,090,127 | 0.55% | 0.36% |
| 2012 | 1,354,190,000 | 6,113,975 | 0.68% | 0.39% |
| 2013 | 1,363,240,000 | 6,138,839 | 0.67% | 0.41% |
| 2014 | 1,371,860,000 | 6,162,955 | 0.63% | 0.39% |
| 2015 | 1,379,860,000 | 6,183,676 | 0.58% | 0.34% |
| 2016 | 1,387,790,000 | 6,200,800 | 0.57% | 0.28% |
| 2017 | 1,396,215,000 | 6,213,533 | 0.61% | 0.21% |
| 2018 | 1,402,760,000 | 6,219,807 | 0.47% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,407,745,000 | 6,222,318 | 0.36% | 0.04% |
| 2020 | 1,411,100,000 | 6,234,673 | 0.24% | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,412,360,000 | 6,255,782 | 0.09% | 0.34% |
| 2022 | 1,412,175,000 | 6,280,319 | -0.01% | 0.39% |
| 2023 | 1,410,710,000 | 6,309,624 | -0.1% | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 1,408,975,000 | 6,338,193 | -0.12% | 0.45% |
| 2025 | 1,405,773,318 | 6,365,499 | -0.23% | 0.43% |
| 2026 | 1,402,614,510 | 6,391,250 | -0.22% | 0.4% |
| 2027 | 1,399,403,406 | 6,416,437 | -0.23% | 0.39% |
| 2028 | 1,395,886,569 | 6,440,931 | -0.25% | 0.38% |
| 2029 | 1,392,060,666 | 6,464,413 | -0.27% | 0.36% |
| 2030 | 1,387,961,846 | 6,486,202 | -0.29% | 0.34% |
| 2031 | 1,383,588,794 | 6,506,399 | -0.32% | 0.31% |
| 2032 | 1,378,934,346 | 6,525,787 | -0.34% | 0.3% |
| 2033 | 1,374,007,012 | 6,544,657 | -0.36% | 0.29% |
| 2034 | 1,368,825,481 | 6,562,182 | -0.38% | 0.27% |
| 2035 | 1,363,415,793 | 6,578,179 | -0.4% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 1,357,772,486 | 6,593,325 | -0.41% | 0.23% |
| 2037 | 1,351,902,859 | 6,607,014 | -0.43% | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 1,345,840,038 | 6,619,816 | -0.45% | 0.19% |
| 2039 | 1,339,558,174 | 6,631,169 | -0.47% | 0.17% |
| 2040 | 1,333,028,062 | 6,640,751 | -0.49% | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 1,326,251,398 | 6,649,288 | -0.51% | 0.13% |
| 2042 | 1,319,222,019 | 6,656,208 | -0.53% | 0.1% |
| 2043 | 1,311,956,934 | 6,661,886 | -0.55% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 1,304,437,340 | 6,665,748 | -0.57% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 1,296,592,737 | 6,668,028 | -0.6% | 0.03% |
| 2046 | 1,288,357,014 | 6,669,403 | -0.64% | 0.02% |
| 2047 | 1,279,723,262 | 6,669,832 | -0.67% | 0.006% |
| 2048 | 1,270,661,954 | 6,669,220 | -0.71% | -0.009% |
| 2049 | 1,261,120,581 | 6,666,756 | -0.75% | -0.04% |
| 2050 | 1,251,102,086 | 6,663,341 | -0.79% | -0.05% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of China increased by 76,770,000 people (a 5.86% growth), while El Salvador gained 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, China gained 14,824,510 (a 1.07% growth), while El Salvador's population increased by 190,725 (a 3.08% growth).
China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2006 and is 2nd in 2026. El Salvador was ranked 103rd in 2006 and ranked 111th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) China's population will shrink by 10.8% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. The population of El Salvador will increase by 4.25% to 6,663,341 people and rank change from 111th to 116th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Chongqing | 32.1M |
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 21.9M |
| Chengdu | 20.9M |
| Guangzhou | 18.7M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Tianjin | 13.9M |
| Xi'an | 13M |
| Suzhou | 12.7M |
| Zhengzhou | 12.6M |
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| City | Population |
| San Salvador | 331K |
| Santa Ana | 251K |
| San Miguel | 233K |
| Soyapango | 230K |
| Mejicanos | 137K |
| Apopa | 129K |
| Ahuachapan | 127K |
| Santa Tecla | 126K |
| Sonsonate | 72.2K |
| Usulutan | 66.1K |
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Population differences between China and El Salvador
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| Life expectancy | 79 years | 72.7 years |
| Average age | 40.5 years | 31.7 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 28.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 47.5:52.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1 births per woman | 1.78 births per woman |
| Population density | 389 ppl/mi² | 792 ppl/mi² |
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