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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of El Salvador was 6,338,193 in 2024 vs 404,610 people in Iceland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current El Salvador's population is 6,386,184 people compared to 412,970 in Iceland.

Population statistics:

  • El Salvador's population is 15.5 times bigger than Iceland's.
  • El Salvador is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while Iceland is the 172nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.08% for El Salvador vs 0.005% for Iceland.
  • For the last 10 years, El Salvador has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +2.05% in Iceland.
  • Since 2005, the population of El Salvador has increased from 6.01M people to 6.39M (6.34% growth), while Iceland has grown from 297K to 413K (39.2% growth).
  • El Salvador is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 6.67M people compared to the peak of 445K people in 2049 for Iceland.

El Salvador vs Iceland: live population counter

El Salvador Iceland
Current population
6386184
412970
Population rank 112/197 172/197
Percent of world population 0.08% 0.005%
One net population change
18.4 minutes
46.7 minutes
One birth every
5.29 minutes
2.02 hours
One death every
11.1 minutes
3.37 hours
One migration net change every
22.8 minutes
2.47 hours
Annual migration change -23,102 +3,543
Daily growth/decline +78 +31
Annual growth/decline +28,569 +11,261
Annual growth/decline rate +0.45% +2.86%
Population growth rate rank 140/197 21/197

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

El Salvador
Population

Growth rate
Iceland
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
El Salvador Iceland El Salvador Iceland
1960 2,791,459 175,574 - -
1961 2,870,016 179,029 2.81% 1.97%
1962 2,949,204 182,378 2.76% 1.87%
1963 3,028,679 185,653 2.69% 1.8%
1964 3,111,883 188,983 2.75% 1.79%
1965 3,199,466 192,286 2.81% 1.75%
1966 3,290,961 195,570 2.86% 1.71%
1967 3,385,184 198,751 2.86% 1.63%
1968 3,480,773 201,488 2.82% 1.38%
1969 3,576,485 203,369 2.75% 0.93%
1970 3,668,796 204,438 2.58% 0.53%
1971 3,757,523 206,098 2.42% 0.81%
1972 3,846,830 209,137 2.38% 1.47%
1973 3,938,068 212,317 2.37% 1.52%
1974 4,029,671 215,209 2.33% 1.36%
1975 4,120,449 217,979 2.25% 1.29%
1976 4,210,310 220,154 2.18% 1%
1977 4,301,256 221,799 2.16% 0.75%
1978 4,394,114 223,537 2.16% 0.78%
1979 4,480,388 225,735 1.96% 0.98%
1980 4,540,382 228,138 1.34% 1.06%
1981 4,570,599 230,755 0.67% 1.15%
1982 4,622,477 233,860 1.14% 1.35%
1983 4,707,367 236,977 1.84% 1.33%
1984 4,798,003 239,511 1.93% 1.07%
1985 4,894,706 241,405 2.02% 0.79%
1986 4,992,769 243,180 2% 0.74%
1987 5,092,441 245,859 2% 1.1%
1988 5,195,833 249,740 2.03% 1.58%
1989 5,298,979 252,852 1.99% 1.25%
1990 5,399,726 254,826 1.9% 0.78%
1991 5,495,077 257,797 1.77% 1.17%
1992 5,585,609 261,057 1.65% 1.26%
1993 5,659,957 263,725 1.33% 1.02%
1994 5,714,129 266,021 0.96% 0.87%
1995 5,762,131 267,468 0.84% 0.54%
1996 5,805,286 268,916 0.75% 0.54%
1997 5,844,578 271,128 0.68% 0.82%
1998 5,880,781 274,047 0.62% 1.08%
1999 5,913,900 277,381 0.56% 1.22%
2000 5,943,366 281,205 0.5% 1.38%
2001 5,968,060 284,968 0.42% 1.34%
2002 5,986,631 287,523 0.31% 0.9%
2003 5,998,599 289,521 0.2% 0.69%
2004 6,004,671 292,074 0.1% 0.88%
2005 6,005,578 296,734 0.02% 1.6%
2006 6,002,319 303,782 -0.05% 2.38%
2007 6,009,824 311,566 0.13% 2.56%
2008 6,029,297 317,414 0.32% 1.88%
2009 6,048,279 318,499 0.31% 0.34%
2010 6,068,249 318,041 0.33% -0.14%
2011 6,090,127 319,014 0.36% 0.31%
2012 6,113,975 320,716 0.39% 0.53%
2013 6,138,839 323,764 0.41% 0.95%
2014 6,162,955 327,386 0.39% 1.12%
2015 6,183,676 330,815 0.34% 1.05%
2016 6,200,800 335,439 0.28% 1.4%
2017 6,213,533 343,400 0.21% 2.37%
2018 6,219,807 352,721 0.1% 2.71%
2019 6,222,318 360,563 0.04% 2.22%
2020 6,234,673 366,463 0.2% 1.64%
2021 6,255,782 372,520 0.34% 1.65%
2022 6,280,319 382,003 0.39% 2.55%
2023 6,309,624 393,349 0.47% 2.97%
2024 6,338,193 404,610 0.45% 2.86%
2025 6,365,499 409,614 0.43% 1.24%
2026 6,391,250 413,792 0.4% 1.02%
2027 6,416,437 417,406 0.39% 0.87%
2028 6,440,931 420,691 0.38% 0.79%
2029 6,464,413 423,592 0.36% 0.69%
2030 6,486,202 426,158 0.34% 0.61%
2031 6,506,399 428,479 0.31% 0.54%
2032 6,525,787 430,544 0.3% 0.48%
2033 6,544,657 432,406 0.29% 0.43%
2034 6,562,182 434,083 0.27% 0.39%
2035 6,578,179 435,646 0.24% 0.36%
2036 6,593,325 437,132 0.23% 0.34%
2037 6,607,014 438,466 0.21% 0.31%
2038 6,619,816 439,670 0.19% 0.27%
2039 6,631,169 440,754 0.17% 0.25%
2040 6,640,751 441,687 0.14% 0.21%
2041 6,649,288 442,487 0.13% 0.18%
2042 6,656,208 443,200 0.1% 0.16%
2043 6,661,886 443,884 0.09% 0.15%
2044 6,665,748 444,457 0.06% 0.13%
2045 6,668,028 444,812 0.03% 0.08%
2046 6,669,403 445,028 0.02% 0.05%
2047 6,669,832 445,183 0.006% 0.03%
2048 6,669,220 445,283 -0.009% 0.02%
2049 6,666,756 445,335 -0.04% 0.01%
2050 6,663,341 445,330 -0.05% -0.001%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Iceland gained 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 82,155 (a 24.8% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2005 and still ranked 172nd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.84% to 445,330 people and rank change from 172nd to 173rd.

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