Population in El Salvador compared to the Gambia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

El Salvador and the Gambia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Gambia	El Salvador	Gambia
1960	2,791,459	398,060	-	-
1961	2,870,016	408,930	2.81%	2.73%
1962	2,949,204	420,163	2.76%	2.75%
1963	3,028,679	431,757	2.69%	2.76%
1964	3,111,883	443,687	2.75%	2.76%
1965	3,199,466	455,952	2.81%	2.76%
1966	3,290,961	468,516	2.86%	2.76%
1967	3,385,184	481,588	2.86%	2.79%
1968	3,480,773	495,269	2.82%	2.84%
1969	3,576,485	509,440	2.75%	2.86%
1970	3,668,796	524,105	2.58%	2.88%
1971	3,757,523	539,388	2.42%	2.92%
1972	3,846,830	555,370	2.38%	2.96%
1973	3,938,068	571,991	2.37%	2.99%
1974	4,029,671	589,085	2.33%	2.99%
1975	4,120,449	606,821	2.25%	3.01%
1976	4,210,310	625,667	2.18%	3.11%
1977	4,301,256	645,770	2.16%	3.21%
1978	4,394,114	667,103	2.16%	3.3%
1979	4,480,388	689,781	1.96%	3.4%
1980	4,540,382	713,913	1.34%	3.5%
1981	4,570,599	739,125	0.67%	3.53%
1982	4,622,477	765,753	1.14%	3.6%
1983	4,707,367	794,525	1.84%	3.76%
1984	4,798,003	825,631	1.93%	3.92%
1985	4,894,706	858,874	2.02%	4.03%
1986	4,992,769	894,019	2%	4.09%
1987	5,092,441	931,091	2%	4.15%
1988	5,195,833	970,160	2.03%	4.2%
1989	5,298,979	1,011,357	1.99%	4.25%
1990	5,399,726	1,054,696	1.9%	4.29%
1991	5,495,077	1,099,959	1.77%	4.29%
1992	5,585,609	1,145,582	1.65%	4.15%
1993	5,659,957	1,188,365	1.33%	3.73%
1994	5,714,129	1,227,226	0.96%	3.27%
1995	5,762,131	1,264,313	0.84%	3.02%
1996	5,805,286	1,301,410	0.75%	2.93%
1997	5,844,578	1,338,889	0.68%	2.88%
1998	5,880,781	1,376,987	0.62%	2.85%
1999	5,913,900	1,415,779	0.56%	2.82%
2000	5,943,366	1,455,084	0.5%	2.78%
2001	5,968,060	1,495,011	0.42%	2.74%
2002	5,986,631	1,535,691	0.31%	2.72%
2003	5,998,599	1,577,611	0.2%	2.73%
2004	6,004,671	1,621,312	0.1%	2.77%
2005	6,005,578	1,667,037	0.02%	2.82%
2006	6,002,319	1,715,275	-0.05%	2.89%
2007	6,009,824	1,765,774	0.13%	2.94%
2008	6,029,297	1,817,852	0.32%	2.95%
2009	6,048,279	1,871,422	0.31%	2.95%
2010	6,068,249	1,926,630	0.33%	2.95%
2011	6,090,127	1,983,784	0.36%	2.97%
2012	6,113,975	2,043,094	0.39%	2.99%
2013	6,138,839	2,103,820	0.41%	2.97%
2014	6,162,955	2,164,528	0.39%	2.89%
2015	6,183,676	2,224,529	0.34%	2.77%
2016	6,200,800	2,283,769	0.28%	2.66%
2017	6,213,533	2,342,189	0.21%	2.56%
2018	6,219,807	2,399,632	0.1%	2.45%
2019	6,222,318	2,456,844	0.04%	2.38%
2020	6,234,673	2,515,733	0.2%	2.4%
2021	6,255,782	2,576,010	0.34%	2.4%
2022	6,280,319	2,636,470	0.39%	2.35%
2023	6,309,624	2,697,845	0.47%	2.33%
2024	6,338,193	2,759,988	0.45%	2.3%
2025	6,365,499	2,822,083	0.43%	2.25%
2026	6,391,250	2,884,075	0.4%	2.2%
2027	6,416,437	2,945,874	0.39%	2.14%
2028	6,440,931	3,007,541	0.38%	2.09%
2029	6,464,413	3,069,012	0.36%	2.04%
2030	6,486,202	3,130,117	0.34%	1.99%
2031	6,506,399	3,190,986	0.31%	1.94%
2032	6,525,787	3,251,816	0.3%	1.91%
2033	6,544,657	3,312,585	0.29%	1.87%
2034	6,562,182	3,373,117	0.27%	1.83%
2035	6,578,179	3,433,418	0.24%	1.79%
2036	6,593,325	3,493,569	0.23%	1.75%
2037	6,607,014	3,553,521	0.21%	1.72%
2038	6,619,816	3,613,489	0.19%	1.69%
2039	6,631,169	3,673,332	0.17%	1.66%
2040	6,640,751	3,732,793	0.14%	1.62%
2041	6,649,288	3,791,791	0.13%	1.58%
2042	6,656,208	3,850,526	0.1%	1.55%
2043	6,661,886	3,909,016	0.09%	1.52%
2044	6,665,748	3,966,899	0.06%	1.48%
2045	6,668,028	4,024,221	0.03%	1.45%
2046	6,669,403	4,080,955	0.02%	1.41%
2047	6,669,832	4,137,188	0.006%	1.38%
2048	6,669,220	4,192,836	-0.009%	1.35%
2049	6,666,756	4,247,701	-0.04%	1.31%
2050	6,663,341	4,301,881	-0.05%	1.28%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while the Gambia gained 568,494 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while the Gambia's population increased by 600,981 (a 26.3% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th in 2026. The Gambia was ranked 146th in 2006 and ranked 138th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) El Salvador's population will grow by 4.25% to 6,663,341 people with a rank change from 111th to 116th. The population of the Gambia will increase by 49.1% to 4,301,881 people and rank change from 138th to 132nd.