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Population in El Salvador compared to France: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of El Salvador was 6,338,193 in 2024 vs 68,516,699 people in France in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current El Salvador's population is 6,386,184 people compared to 68,701,054 in France.

Population statistics:

  • France's population is 10.8 times bigger than El Salvador's.
  • El Salvador is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while France is the 23rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.91% of the world: 0.08% for El Salvador vs 0.83% for France.
  • For the last 10 years, El Salvador has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +0.34% in France.
  • Since 2005, the population of El Salvador has increased from 6.01M people to 6.39M (6.34% growth), while France has grown from 63.2M to 68.7M (8.74% growth).
  • El Salvador is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 6.67M people compared to the peak of 70.6M people in 2095 for France.

El Salvador vs France: live population counter

El Salvador France
Current population
6386184
68701054
Population rank 112/197 23/197
Percent of world population 0.08% 0.83%
One net population change
18.4 minutes
2.29 minutes
One birth every
5.29 minutes
46.6 seconds
One death every
11.1 minutes
50.2 seconds
One migration net change every
22.8 minutes
5.81 minutes
Annual migration change -23,102 +90,527
Daily growth/decline +78 +628
Annual growth/decline +28,569 +229,212
Annual growth/decline rate +0.45% +0.34%
Population growth rate rank 140/197 147/197

El Salvador and France: population history and growth rate by year chart

El Salvador
Population

Growth rate
France
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
El Salvador France El Salvador France
1960 2,791,459 47,412,964 - -
1961 2,870,016 47,905,982 2.81% 1.04%
1962 2,949,204 48,389,516 2.76% 1.01%
1963 3,028,679 48,877,567 2.69% 1.01%
1964 3,111,883 49,401,492 2.75% 1.07%
1965 3,199,466 49,877,725 2.81% 0.96%
1966 3,290,961 50,311,637 2.86% 0.87%
1967 3,385,184 50,722,791 2.86% 0.82%
1968 3,480,773 51,112,980 2.82% 0.77%
1969 3,576,485 51,536,014 2.75% 0.83%
1970 3,668,796 52,007,169 2.58% 0.91%
1971 3,757,523 52,499,553 2.42% 0.95%
1972 3,846,830 52,962,356 2.38% 0.88%
1973 3,938,068 53,392,161 2.37% 0.81%
1974 4,029,671 53,746,571 2.33% 0.66%
1975 4,120,449 54,002,853 2.25% 0.48%
1976 4,210,310 54,232,383 2.18% 0.43%
1977 4,301,256 54,486,467 2.16% 0.47%
1978 4,394,114 54,734,030 2.16% 0.45%
1979 4,480,388 54,979,851 1.96% 0.45%
1980 4,540,382 55,274,184 1.34% 0.54%
1981 4,570,599 55,603,353 0.67% 0.6%
1982 4,622,477 55,806,789 1.14% 0.37%
1983 4,707,367 56,108,330 1.84% 0.54%
1984 4,798,003 56,383,085 1.93% 0.49%
1985 4,894,706 56,665,619 2.02% 0.5%
1986 4,992,769 56,956,002 2% 0.51%
1987 5,092,441 57,266,167 2% 0.54%
1988 5,195,833 57,598,186 2.03% 0.58%
1989 5,298,979 57,943,062 1.99% 0.6%
1990 5,399,726 58,261,012 1.9% 0.55%
1991 5,495,077 58,554,242 1.77% 0.5%
1992 5,585,609 58,846,584 1.65% 0.5%
1993 5,659,957 59,103,094 1.33% 0.44%
1994 5,714,129 59,324,863 0.96% 0.38%
1995 5,762,131 59,541,294 0.84% 0.36%
1996 5,805,286 59,754,504 0.75% 0.36%
1997 5,844,578 59,968,066 0.68% 0.36%
1998 5,880,781 60,190,684 0.62% 0.37%
1999 5,913,900 60,501,986 0.56% 0.52%
2000 5,943,366 60,918,661 0.5% 0.69%
2001 5,968,060 61,364,377 0.42% 0.73%
2002 5,986,631 61,812,142 0.31% 0.73%
2003 5,998,599 62,249,855 0.2% 0.71%
2004 6,004,671 62,707,588 0.1% 0.74%
2005 6,005,578 63,180,854 0.02% 0.75%
2006 6,002,319 63,622,342 -0.05% 0.7%
2007 6,009,824 64,016,890 0.13% 0.62%
2008 6,029,297 64,375,116 0.32% 0.56%
2009 6,048,279 64,706,436 0.31% 0.51%
2010 6,068,249 65,026,211 0.33% 0.49%
2011 6,090,127 65,340,830 0.36% 0.48%
2012 6,113,975 65,657,659 0.39% 0.48%
2013 6,138,839 65,997,932 0.41% 0.52%
2014 6,162,955 66,312,067 0.39% 0.48%
2015 6,183,676 66,548,272 0.34% 0.36%
2016 6,200,800 66,724,104 0.28% 0.26%
2017 6,213,533 66,918,020 0.21% 0.29%
2018 6,219,807 67,158,348 0.1% 0.36%
2019 6,222,318 67,382,061 0.04% 0.33%
2020 6,234,673 67,601,110 0.2% 0.33%
2021 6,255,782 67,842,811 0.34% 0.36%
2022 6,280,319 68,065,015 0.39% 0.33%
2023 6,309,624 68,287,487 0.47% 0.33%
2024 6,338,193 68,516,699 0.45% 0.34%
2025 6,365,499 68,621,995 0.43% 0.15%
2026 6,391,250 68,720,416 0.4% 0.14%
2027 6,416,437 68,814,997 0.39% 0.14%
2028 6,440,931 68,908,044 0.38% 0.14%
2029 6,464,413 69,000,393 0.36% 0.13%
2030 6,486,202 69,092,395 0.34% 0.13%
2031 6,506,399 69,182,139 0.31% 0.13%
2032 6,525,787 69,271,844 0.3% 0.13%
2033 6,544,657 69,361,763 0.29% 0.13%
2034 6,562,182 69,453,221 0.27% 0.13%
2035 6,578,179 69,545,666 0.24% 0.13%
2036 6,593,325 69,635,631 0.23% 0.13%
2037 6,607,014 69,723,960 0.21% 0.13%
2038 6,619,816 69,807,163 0.19% 0.12%
2039 6,631,169 69,880,758 0.17% 0.11%
2040 6,640,751 69,948,192 0.14% 0.1%
2041 6,649,288 70,013,748 0.13% 0.09%
2042 6,656,208 70,076,842 0.1% 0.09%
2043 6,661,886 70,130,305 0.09% 0.08%
2044 6,665,748 70,172,822 0.06% 0.06%
2045 6,668,028 70,207,698 0.03% 0.05%
2046 6,669,403 70,232,113 0.02% 0.03%
2047 6,669,832 70,246,945 0.006% 0.02%
2048 6,669,220 70,253,351 -0.009% 0.009%
2049 6,666,756 70,249,312 -0.04% -0.006%
2050 6,663,341 70,237,272 -0.05% -0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while France gained 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while France's population increased by 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. France was ranked 20th in 2005 and ranked 23rd 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 France will increase by 2.24% to 70,237,272 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.

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