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 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Honduras gained 1,758,950 people (a 23.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Honduras' population increased by 1,912,259 (a 20.7% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. Honduras was ranked 95th in 2005 and ranked 87th 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 Honduras will increase by 33.2% to 14,846,778 people and rank change from 87th to 86th.