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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Honduras	El Salvador	Honduras
1960	2,791,459	2,062,060	-	-
1961	2,870,016	2,121,242	2.81%	2.87%
1962	2,949,204	2,182,064	2.76%	2.87%
1963	3,028,679	2,244,878	2.69%	2.88%
1964	3,111,883	2,309,855	2.75%	2.89%
1965	3,199,466	2,377,157	2.81%	2.91%
1966	3,290,961	2,446,751	2.86%	2.93%
1967	3,385,184	2,518,648	2.86%	2.94%
1968	3,480,773	2,593,057	2.82%	2.95%
1969	3,576,485	2,670,289	2.75%	2.98%
1970	3,668,796	2,750,715	2.58%	3.01%
1971	3,757,523	2,834,616	2.42%	3.05%
1972	3,846,830	2,922,064	2.38%	3.09%
1973	3,938,068	3,011,459	2.37%	3.06%
1974	4,029,671	3,099,836	2.33%	2.93%
1975	4,120,449	3,193,234	2.25%	3.01%
1976	4,210,310	3,294,457	2.18%	3.17%
1977	4,301,256	3,398,655	2.16%	3.16%
1978	4,394,114	3,505,463	2.16%	3.14%
1979	4,480,388	3,614,981	1.96%	3.12%
1980	4,540,382	3,727,173	1.34%	3.1%
1981	4,570,599	3,841,778	0.67%	3.07%
1982	4,622,477	3,958,728	1.14%	3.04%
1983	4,707,367	4,078,174	1.84%	3.02%
1984	4,798,003	4,199,850	1.93%	2.98%
1985	4,894,706	4,323,342	2.02%	2.94%
1986	4,992,769	4,448,899	2%	2.9%
1987	5,092,441	4,576,910	2%	2.88%
1988	5,195,833	4,707,677	2.03%	2.86%
1989	5,298,979	4,841,838	1.99%	2.85%
1990	5,399,726	4,980,488	1.9%	2.86%
1991	5,495,077	5,123,792	1.77%	2.88%
1992	5,585,609	5,271,431	1.65%	2.88%
1993	5,659,957	5,423,249	1.33%	2.88%
1994	5,714,129	5,579,242	0.96%	2.88%
1995	5,762,131	5,739,637	0.84%	2.87%
1996	5,805,286	5,903,954	0.75%	2.86%
1997	5,844,578	6,071,454	0.68%	2.84%
1998	5,880,781	6,234,431	0.62%	2.68%
1999	5,913,900	6,400,463	0.56%	2.66%
2000	5,943,366	6,577,773	0.5%	2.77%
2001	5,968,060	6,757,993	0.42%	2.74%
2002	5,986,631	6,938,859	0.31%	2.68%
2003	5,998,599	7,119,213	0.2%	2.6%
2004	6,004,671	7,298,994	0.1%	2.53%
2005	6,005,578	7,478,355	0.02%	2.46%
2006	6,002,319	7,656,832	-0.05%	2.39%
2007	6,009,824	7,834,798	0.13%	2.32%
2008	6,029,297	8,012,587	0.32%	2.27%
2009	6,048,279	8,189,899	0.31%	2.21%
2010	6,068,249	8,365,878	0.33%	2.15%
2011	6,090,127	8,540,583	0.36%	2.09%
2012	6,113,975	8,715,076	0.39%	2.04%
2013	6,138,839	8,889,278	0.41%	2%
2014	6,162,955	9,063,122	0.39%	1.96%
2015	6,183,676	9,237,305	0.34%	1.92%
2016	6,200,800	9,412,380	0.28%	1.9%
2017	6,213,533	9,588,137	0.21%	1.87%
2018	6,219,807	9,765,210	0.1%	1.85%
2019	6,222,318	9,943,633	0.04%	1.83%
2020	6,234,673	10,119,640	0.2%	1.77%
2021	6,255,782	10,289,877	0.34%	1.68%
2022	6,280,319	10,463,872	0.39%	1.69%
2023	6,309,624	10,644,851	0.47%	1.73%
2024	6,338,193	10,825,703	0.45%	1.7%
2025	6,365,499	11,005,850	0.43%	1.66%
2026	6,391,250	11,184,760	0.4%	1.63%
2027	6,416,437	11,362,224	0.39%	1.59%
2028	6,440,931	11,538,364	0.38%	1.55%
2029	6,464,413	11,712,882	0.36%	1.51%
2030	6,486,202	11,885,318	0.34%	1.47%
2031	6,506,399	12,055,532	0.31%	1.43%
2032	6,525,787	12,223,559	0.3%	1.39%
2033	6,544,657	12,389,375	0.29%	1.36%
2034	6,562,182	12,552,871	0.27%	1.32%
2035	6,578,179	12,714,113	0.24%	1.28%
2036	6,593,325	12,873,077	0.23%	1.25%
2037	6,607,014	13,029,496	0.21%	1.22%
2038	6,619,816	13,183,524	0.19%	1.18%
2039	6,631,169	13,335,254	0.17%	1.15%
2040	6,640,751	13,484,651	0.14%	1.12%
2041	6,649,288	13,631,907	0.13%	1.09%
2042	6,656,208	13,776,955	0.1%	1.06%
2043	6,661,886	13,919,665	0.09%	1.04%
2044	6,665,748	14,060,018	0.06%	1.01%
2045	6,668,028	14,197,949	0.03%	0.98%
2046	6,669,403	14,333,292	0.02%	0.95%
2047	6,669,832	14,465,842	0.006%	0.92%
2048	6,669,220	14,595,534	-0.009%	0.9%
2049	6,666,756	14,722,485	-0.04%	0.87%
2050	6,663,341	14,846,778	-0.05%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while Honduras gained 1,755,548 people (a 22.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while Honduras' population increased by 1,774,319 (a 18.9% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th in 2026. Honduras was ranked 94th in 2006 and ranked 87th 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 Honduras will increase by 32.7% to 14,846,778 people and rank change from 87th to 86th.