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Population in El Salvador compared to Equatorial Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of El Salvador was 6,338,193 in 2024 vs 1,892,516 people in Equatorial Guinea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current El Salvador's population is 6,386,184 people compared to 1,975,406 in Equatorial Guinea.

Population statistics:

  • El Salvador's population is 3.23 times bigger than Equatorial Guinea's.
  • El Salvador is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while Equatorial Guinea is the 148th.
  • The countries together account for 0.1% of the world: 0.08% for El Salvador vs 0.02% for Equatorial Guinea.
  • For the last 10 years, El Salvador has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +3.15% in Equatorial Guinea.
  • Since 2005, the population of El Salvador has increased from 6.01M people to 6.39M (6.34% growth), while Equatorial Guinea has grown from 947K to 1.98M (108.5% growth).
  • El Salvador is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 6.67M people compared to the peak of 5M people in 2100 for Equatorial Guinea.

El Salvador vs Equatorial Guinea: live population counter

El Salvador Equatorial Guinea
Current population
6386184
1975406
Population rank 112/197 148/197
Percent of world population 0.08% 0.02%
One net population change
18.4 minutes
11.7 minutes
One birth every
5.29 minutes
9.61 minutes
One death every
11.1 minutes
36.1 minutes
One migration net change every
22.8 minutes
2.25 hours
Annual migration change -23,102 +3,891
Daily growth/decline +78 +123
Annual growth/decline +28,569 +44,967
Annual growth/decline rate +0.45% +2.43%
Population growth rate rank 140/197 32/197

El Salvador and Equatorial Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

El Salvador
Population

Growth rate
Equatorial Guinea
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
El Salvador Equatorial Guinea El Salvador Equatorial Guinea
1960 2,791,459 269,807 - -
1961 2,870,016 274,896 2.81% 1.89%
1962 2,949,204 280,286 2.76% 1.96%
1963 3,028,679 285,965 2.69% 2.03%
1964 3,111,883 291,942 2.75% 2.09%
1965 3,199,466 298,238 2.81% 2.16%
1966 3,290,961 304,859 2.86% 2.22%
1967 3,385,184 311,805 2.86% 2.28%
1968 3,480,773 318,849 2.82% 2.26%
1969 3,576,485 322,517 2.75% 1.15%
1970 3,668,796 320,803 2.58% -0.53%
1971 3,757,523 315,940 2.42% -1.52%
1972 3,846,830 309,468 2.38% -2.05%
1973 3,938,068 302,281 2.37% -2.32%
1974 4,029,671 294,953 2.33% -2.42%
1975 4,120,449 287,901 2.25% -2.39%
1976 4,210,310 281,031 2.18% -2.39%
1977 4,301,256 276,779 2.16% -1.51%
1978 4,394,114 276,531 2.16% -0.09%
1979 4,480,388 279,846 1.96% 1.2%
1980 4,540,382 288,644 1.34% 3.14%
1981 4,570,599 303,252 0.67% 5.06%
1982 4,622,477 322,216 1.14% 6.25%
1983 4,707,367 343,421 1.84% 6.58%
1984 4,798,003 364,899 1.93% 6.25%
1985 4,894,706 385,547 2.02% 5.66%
1986 4,992,769 404,728 2% 4.98%
1987 5,092,441 422,522 2% 4.4%
1988 5,195,833 439,651 2.03% 4.05%
1989 5,298,979 456,808 1.99% 3.9%
1990 5,399,726 474,274 1.9% 3.82%
1991 5,495,077 492,217 1.77% 3.78%
1992 5,585,609 510,770 1.65% 3.77%
1993 5,659,957 530,023 1.33% 3.77%
1994 5,714,129 550,138 0.96% 3.8%
1995 5,762,131 571,264 0.84% 3.84%
1996 5,805,286 593,492 0.75% 3.89%
1997 5,844,578 616,893 0.68% 3.94%
1998 5,880,781 641,474 0.62% 3.98%
1999 5,913,900 667,214 0.56% 4.01%
2000 5,943,366 703,279 0.5% 5.41%
2001 5,968,060 749,836 0.42% 6.62%
2002 5,986,631 797,957 0.31% 6.42%
2003 5,998,599 847,862 0.2% 6.25%
2004 6,004,671 899,917 0.1% 6.14%
2005 6,005,578 947,367 0.02% 5.27%
2006 6,002,319 990,343 -0.05% 4.54%
2007 6,009,824 1,036,044 0.13% 4.61%
2008 6,029,297 1,084,530 0.32% 4.68%
2009 6,048,279 1,135,673 0.31% 4.72%
2010 6,068,249 1,189,085 0.33% 4.7%
2011 6,090,127 1,241,835 0.36% 4.44%
2012 6,113,975 1,293,483 0.39% 4.16%
2013 6,138,839 1,346,218 0.41% 4.08%
2014 6,162,955 1,399,828 0.39% 3.98%
2015 6,183,676 1,453,923 0.34% 3.86%
2016 6,200,800 1,508,186 0.28% 3.73%
2017 6,213,533 1,562,396 0.21% 3.59%
2018 6,219,807 1,616,422 0.1% 3.46%
2019 6,222,318 1,670,177 0.04% 3.33%
2020 6,234,673 1,716,468 0.2% 2.77%
2021 6,255,782 1,758,786 0.34% 2.47%
2022 6,280,319 1,803,545 0.39% 2.54%
2023 6,309,624 1,847,549 0.47% 2.44%
2024 6,338,193 1,892,516 0.45% 2.43%
2025 6,365,499 1,938,427 0.43% 2.43%
2026 6,391,250 1,984,463 0.4% 2.37%
2027 6,416,437 2,030,749 0.39% 2.33%
2028 6,440,931 2,077,253 0.38% 2.29%
2029 6,464,413 2,123,699 0.36% 2.24%
2030 6,486,202 2,170,434 0.34% 2.2%
2031 6,506,399 2,218,077 0.31% 2.2%
2032 6,525,787 2,267,025 0.3% 2.21%
2033 6,544,657 2,315,991 0.29% 2.16%
2034 6,562,182 2,364,847 0.27% 2.11%
2035 6,578,179 2,414,263 0.24% 2.09%
2036 6,593,325 2,463,880 0.23% 2.06%
2037 6,607,014 2,513,955 0.21% 2.03%
2038 6,619,816 2,564,843 0.19% 2.02%
2039 6,631,169 2,615,417 0.17% 1.97%
2040 6,640,751 2,665,575 0.14% 1.92%
2041 6,649,288 2,715,477 0.13% 1.87%
2042 6,656,208 2,764,764 0.1% 1.82%
2043 6,661,886 2,813,769 0.09% 1.77%
2044 6,665,748 2,862,511 0.06% 1.73%
2045 6,668,028 2,911,227 0.03% 1.7%
2046 6,669,403 2,959,088 0.02% 1.64%
2047 6,669,832 3,005,551 0.006% 1.57%
2048 6,669,220 3,051,480 -0.009% 1.53%
2049 6,666,756 3,097,625 -0.04% 1.51%
2050 6,663,341 3,143,719 -0.05% 1.49%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Equatorial Guinea gained 506,556 people (a 53.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Equatorial Guinea's population increased by 521,483 (a 35.9% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. Equatorial Guinea was ranked 155th in 2005 and ranked 148th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) El Salvador's population will grow by 4.34% to 6,663,341 people with a rank change from 112th to 116th. The population of Equatorial Guinea will increase by 59.1% to 3,143,719 people and rank change from 148th to 140th.

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