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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of El Salvador was 6,338,193 in 2024 vs 831,087 people in Guyana in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current El Salvador's population is 6,386,184 people compared to 839,919 in Guyana.

Population statistics:

  • El Salvador's population is 7.6 times bigger than Guyana's.
  • El Salvador is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while Guyana is the 162nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.09% of the world: 0.08% for El Salvador vs 0.01% for Guyana.
  • For the last 10 years, El Salvador has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +0.94% in Guyana.
  • Since 2005, the population of El Salvador has increased from 6.01M people to 6.39M (6.34% growth), while Guyana has grown from 761K to 840K (10.4% growth).
  • El Salvador is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 6.67M people compared to the peak of 960K people in 2067 for Guyana.

El Salvador vs Guyana: live population counter

El Salvador Guyana
Current population
6386184
839919
Population rank 112/197 162/197
Percent of world population 0.08% 0.01%
One net population change
18.4 minutes
1.85 hours
One birth every
5.29 minutes
31.4 minutes
One death every
11.1 minutes
1.45 hours
One migration net change every
22.8 minutes
1.62 hours
Annual migration change -23,102 -5,407
Daily growth/decline +78 +13
Annual growth/decline +28,569 +4,734
Annual growth/decline rate +0.45% +0.57%
Population growth rate rank 140/197 129/197

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

El Salvador
Population

Growth rate
Guyana
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
El Salvador Guyana El Salvador Guyana
1960 2,791,459 569,143 - -
1961 2,870,016 582,568 2.81% 2.36%
1962 2,949,204 595,461 2.76% 2.21%
1963 3,028,679 608,537 2.69% 2.2%
1964 3,111,883 621,764 2.75% 2.17%
1965 3,199,466 635,128 2.81% 2.15%
1966 3,290,961 648,646 2.86% 2.13%
1967 3,385,184 662,311 2.86% 2.11%
1968 3,480,773 676,160 2.82% 2.09%
1969 3,576,485 690,223 2.75% 2.08%
1970 3,668,796 702,705 2.58% 1.81%
1971 3,757,523 712,662 2.42% 1.42%
1972 3,846,830 721,617 2.38% 1.26%
1973 3,938,068 730,138 2.37% 1.18%
1974 4,029,671 738,057 2.33% 1.08%
1975 4,120,449 745,393 2.25% 0.99%
1976 4,210,310 752,253 2.18% 0.92%
1977 4,301,256 758,654 2.16% 0.85%
1978 4,394,114 764,586 2.16% 0.78%
1979 4,480,388 770,062 1.96% 0.72%
1980 4,540,382 774,367 1.34% 0.56%
1981 4,570,599 776,453 0.67% 0.27%
1982 4,622,477 776,712 1.14% 0.03%
1983 4,707,367 775,891 1.84% -0.11%
1984 4,798,003 774,111 1.93% -0.23%
1985 4,894,706 771,477 2.02% -0.34%
1986 4,992,769 768,098 2% -0.44%
1987 5,092,441 764,120 2% -0.52%
1988 5,195,833 759,663 2.03% -0.58%
1989 5,298,979 754,865 1.99% -0.63%
1990 5,399,726 749,894 1.9% -0.66%
1991 5,495,077 747,861 1.77% -0.27%
1992 5,585,609 749,911 1.65% 0.27%
1993 5,659,957 752,965 1.33% 0.41%
1994 5,714,129 755,822 0.96% 0.38%
1995 5,762,131 758,388 0.84% 0.34%
1996 5,805,286 760,526 0.75% 0.28%
1997 5,844,578 762,245 0.68% 0.23%
1998 5,880,781 763,586 0.62% 0.18%
1999 5,913,900 764,483 0.56% 0.12%
2000 5,943,366 764,832 0.5% 0.05%
2001 5,968,060 764,477 0.42% -0.05%
2002 5,986,631 763,652 0.31% -0.11%
2003 5,998,599 763,101 0.2% -0.07%
2004 6,004,671 762,418 0.1% -0.09%
2005 6,005,578 760,914 0.02% -0.2%
2006 6,002,319 758,966 -0.05% -0.26%
2007 6,009,824 756,861 0.13% -0.28%
2008 6,029,297 754,606 0.32% -0.3%
2009 6,048,279 752,094 0.31% -0.33%
2010 6,068,249 749,256 0.33% -0.38%
2011 6,090,127 746,153 0.36% -0.41%
2012 6,113,975 746,288 0.39% 0.02%
2013 6,138,839 750,021 0.41% 0.5%
2014 6,162,955 754,229 0.39% 0.56%
2015 6,183,676 758,781 0.34% 0.6%
2016 6,200,800 763,548 0.28% 0.63%
2017 6,213,533 768,479 0.21% 0.65%
2018 6,219,807 791,556 0.1% 3%
2019 6,222,318 807,665 0.04% 2.04%
2020 6,234,673 807,481 0.2% -0.02%
2021 6,255,782 815,482 0.34% 0.99%
2022 6,280,319 821,637 0.39% 0.75%
2023 6,309,624 826,353 0.47% 0.57%
2024 6,338,193 831,087 0.45% 0.57%
2025 6,365,499 835,986 0.43% 0.59%
2026 6,391,250 840,883 0.4% 0.59%
2027 6,416,437 846,019 0.39% 0.61%
2028 6,440,931 851,161 0.38% 0.61%
2029 6,464,413 856,040 0.36% 0.57%
2030 6,486,202 861,037 0.34% 0.58%
2031 6,506,399 866,080 0.31% 0.59%
2032 6,525,787 871,237 0.3% 0.6%
2033 6,544,657 876,346 0.29% 0.59%
2034 6,562,182 881,223 0.27% 0.56%
2035 6,578,179 885,935 0.24% 0.53%
2036 6,593,325 890,320 0.23% 0.49%
2037 6,607,014 894,649 0.21% 0.49%
2038 6,619,816 899,021 0.19% 0.49%
2039 6,631,169 903,316 0.17% 0.48%
2040 6,640,751 907,506 0.14% 0.46%
2041 6,649,288 911,723 0.13% 0.46%
2042 6,656,208 915,811 0.1% 0.45%
2043 6,661,886 919,575 0.09% 0.41%
2044 6,665,748 923,121 0.06% 0.39%
2045 6,668,028 926,355 0.03% 0.35%
2046 6,669,403 929,478 0.02% 0.34%
2047 6,669,832 932,483 0.006% 0.32%
2048 6,669,220 935,329 -0.009% 0.31%
2049 6,666,756 938,062 -0.04% 0.29%
2050 6,663,341 940,601 -0.05% 0.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Guyana lost 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 81,138 (a 10.7% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. Guyana was ranked 160th in 2005 and ranked 162nd 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 Guyana will increase by 12% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.

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