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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Guatemala	El Salvador	Guatemala
1960	2,791,459	4,063,655	-	-
1961	2,870,016	4,186,201	2.81%	3.02%
1962	2,949,204	4,312,044	2.76%	3.01%
1963	3,028,679	4,440,264	2.69%	2.97%
1964	3,111,883	4,571,109	2.75%	2.95%
1965	3,199,466	4,704,965	2.81%	2.93%
1966	3,290,961	4,840,958	2.86%	2.89%
1967	3,385,184	4,978,862	2.86%	2.85%
1968	3,480,773	5,118,111	2.82%	2.8%
1969	3,576,485	5,257,081	2.75%	2.72%
1970	3,668,796	5,396,966	2.58%	2.66%
1971	3,757,523	5,538,355	2.42%	2.62%
1972	3,846,830	5,682,833	2.38%	2.61%
1973	3,938,068	5,831,631	2.37%	2.62%
1974	4,029,671	5,981,197	2.33%	2.56%
1975	4,120,449	6,128,731	2.25%	2.47%
1976	4,210,310	6,262,404	2.18%	2.18%
1977	4,301,256	6,401,515	2.16%	2.22%
1978	4,394,114	6,561,534	2.16%	2.5%
1979	4,480,388	6,727,797	1.96%	2.53%
1980	4,540,382	6,900,212	1.34%	2.56%
1981	4,570,599	7,075,648	0.67%	2.54%
1982	4,622,477	7,240,241	1.14%	2.33%
1983	4,707,367	7,419,642	1.84%	2.48%
1984	4,798,003	7,630,682	1.93%	2.84%
1985	4,894,706	7,849,693	2.02%	2.87%
1986	4,992,769	8,070,818	2%	2.82%
1987	5,092,441	8,296,485	2%	2.8%
1988	5,195,833	8,532,099	2.03%	2.84%
1989	5,298,979	8,775,546	1.99%	2.85%
1990	5,399,726	9,024,773	1.9%	2.84%
1991	5,495,077	9,272,584	1.77%	2.75%
1992	5,585,609	9,522,266	1.65%	2.69%
1993	5,659,957	9,779,761	1.33%	2.7%
1994	5,714,129	10,043,718	0.96%	2.7%
1995	5,762,131	10,312,996	0.84%	2.68%
1996	5,805,286	10,583,526	0.75%	2.62%
1997	5,844,578	10,857,754	0.68%	2.59%
1998	5,880,781	11,139,145	0.62%	2.59%
1999	5,913,900	11,422,965	0.56%	2.55%
2000	5,943,366	11,697,592	0.5%	2.4%
2001	5,968,060	11,969,422	0.42%	2.32%
2002	5,986,631	12,246,915	0.31%	2.32%
2003	5,998,599	12,525,842	0.2%	2.28%
2004	6,004,671	12,807,402	0.1%	2.25%
2005	6,005,578	13,087,629	0.02%	2.19%
2006	6,002,319	13,367,459	-0.05%	2.14%
2007	6,009,824	13,652,040	0.13%	2.13%
2008	6,029,297	13,935,174	0.32%	2.07%
2009	6,048,279	14,215,611	0.31%	2.01%
2010	6,068,249	14,500,112	0.33%	2%
2011	6,090,127	14,792,126	0.36%	2.01%
2012	6,113,975	15,089,647	0.39%	2.01%
2013	6,138,839	15,387,337	0.41%	1.97%
2014	6,162,955	15,681,725	0.39%	1.91%
2015	6,183,676	15,971,743	0.34%	1.85%
2016	6,200,800	16,268,760	0.28%	1.86%
2017	6,213,533	16,567,357	0.21%	1.84%
2018	6,219,807	16,845,685	0.1%	1.68%
2019	6,222,318	17,103,803	0.04%	1.53%
2020	6,234,673	17,357,325	0.2%	1.48%
2021	6,255,782	17,598,650	0.34%	1.39%
2022	6,280,319	17,847,877	0.39%	1.42%
2023	6,309,624	18,124,838	0.47%	1.55%
2024	6,338,193	18,406,359	0.45%	1.55%
2025	6,365,499	18,687,873	0.43%	1.53%
2026	6,391,250	18,967,974	0.4%	1.5%
2027	6,416,437	19,246,005	0.39%	1.47%
2028	6,440,931	19,521,501	0.38%	1.43%
2029	6,464,413	19,795,168	0.36%	1.4%
2030	6,486,202	20,067,252	0.34%	1.37%
2031	6,506,399	20,337,369	0.31%	1.35%
2032	6,525,787	20,605,385	0.3%	1.32%
2033	6,544,657	20,871,083	0.29%	1.29%
2034	6,562,182	21,134,167	0.27%	1.26%
2035	6,578,179	21,394,231	0.24%	1.23%
2036	6,593,325	21,650,331	0.23%	1.2%
2037	6,607,014	21,901,955	0.21%	1.16%
2038	6,619,816	22,149,197	0.19%	1.13%
2039	6,631,169	22,391,079	0.17%	1.09%
2040	6,640,751	22,626,859	0.14%	1.05%
2041	6,649,288	22,856,760	0.13%	1.02%
2042	6,656,208	23,080,838	0.1%	0.98%
2043	6,661,886	23,299,226	0.09%	0.95%
2044	6,665,748	23,512,005	0.06%	0.91%
2045	6,668,028	23,719,080	0.03%	0.88%
2046	6,669,403	23,920,450	0.02%	0.85%
2047	6,669,832	24,115,734	0.006%	0.82%
2048	6,669,220	24,305,641	-0.009%	0.79%
2049	6,666,756	24,491,000	-0.04%	0.76%
2050	6,663,341	24,670,850	-0.05%	0.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while Guatemala gained 2,901,301 people (a 21.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while Guatemala's population increased by 2,702,252 (a 16.6% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th in 2026. Guatemala was ranked 68th in 2006 and ranked 69th 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 Guatemala will increase by 30% to 24,670,850 people and rank change from 69th to 67th.