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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of El Salvador was 6,338,193 in 2024 vs 283,487,931 people in Indonesia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current El Salvador's population is 6,386,184 people compared to 287,460,768 in Indonesia.

Population statistics:

  • Indonesia's population is 45 times bigger than El Salvador's.
  • El Salvador is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while Indonesia is the 4th.
  • The countries together account for 3.55% of the world: 0.08% for El Salvador vs 3.48% for Indonesia.
  • For the last 10 years, El Salvador has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +0.94% in Indonesia.
  • Since 2005, the population of El Salvador has increased from 6.01M people to 6.39M (6.34% growth), while Indonesia has grown from 231M to 287M (24.5% growth).
  • El Salvador is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 6.67M people compared to the peak of 323M people in 2058 for Indonesia.

El Salvador vs Indonesia: live population counter

El Salvador Indonesia
Current population
6386184
287460768
Population rank 112/197 4/197
Percent of world population 0.08% 3.48%
One net population change
18.4 minutes
13.7 seconds
One birth every
5.29 minutes
7.04 seconds
One death every
11.1 minutes
14.9 seconds
One migration net change every
22.8 minutes
13.7 minutes
Annual migration change -23,102 -38,469
Daily growth/decline +78 +6,296
Annual growth/decline +28,569 +2,297,864
Annual growth/decline rate +0.45% +0.82%
Population growth rate rank 140/197 117/197

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

El Salvador
Population

Growth rate
Indonesia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
El Salvador Indonesia El Salvador Indonesia
1960 2,791,459 88,296,070 - -
1961 2,870,016 90,791,249 2.81% 2.83%
1962 2,949,204 93,375,850 2.76% 2.85%
1963 3,028,679 96,051,424 2.69% 2.87%
1964 3,111,883 98,833,749 2.75% 2.9%
1965 3,199,466 101,365,130 2.81% 2.56%
1966 3,290,961 103,792,754 2.86% 2.39%
1967 3,385,184 106,526,393 2.86% 2.63%
1968 3,480,773 109,450,006 2.82% 2.74%
1969 3,576,485 112,517,639 2.75% 2.8%
1970 3,668,796 115,657,495 2.58% 2.79%
1971 3,757,523 118,833,702 2.42% 2.75%
1972 3,846,830 122,039,841 2.38% 2.7%
1973 3,938,068 125,288,515 2.37% 2.66%
1974 4,029,671 128,555,045 2.33% 2.61%
1975 4,120,449 131,843,848 2.25% 2.56%
1976 4,210,310 135,173,655 2.18% 2.53%
1977 4,301,256 138,533,541 2.16% 2.49%
1978 4,394,114 141,953,163 2.16% 2.47%
1979 4,480,388 145,434,834 1.96% 2.45%
1980 4,540,382 148,950,540 1.34% 2.42%
1981 4,570,599 152,485,035 0.67% 2.37%
1982 4,622,477 156,052,152 1.14% 2.34%
1983 4,707,367 159,651,381 1.84% 2.31%
1984 4,798,003 163,251,124 1.93% 2.25%
1985 4,894,706 166,776,185 2.02% 2.16%
1986 4,992,769 170,175,065 2% 2.04%
1987 5,092,441 173,511,154 2% 1.96%
1988 5,195,833 176,855,065 2.03% 1.93%
1989 5,298,979 180,201,630 1.99% 1.89%
1990 5,399,726 183,501,098 1.9% 1.83%
1991 5,495,077 186,778,238 1.77% 1.79%
1992 5,585,609 190,043,744 1.65% 1.75%
1993 5,659,957 193,305,168 1.33% 1.72%
1994 5,714,129 196,591,828 0.96% 1.7%
1995 5,762,131 199,888,057 0.84% 1.68%
1996 5,805,286 203,204,348 0.75% 1.66%
1997 5,844,578 206,536,095 0.68% 1.64%
1998 5,880,781 209,826,788 0.62% 1.59%
1999 5,913,900 213,004,668 0.56% 1.51%
2000 5,943,366 216,077,790 0.5% 1.44%
2001 5,968,060 219,097,902 0.42% 1.4%
2002 5,986,631 222,088,495 0.31% 1.36%
2003 5,998,599 225,048,008 0.2% 1.33%
2004 6,004,671 227,926,649 0.1% 1.28%
2005 6,005,578 230,871,650 0.02% 1.29%
2006 6,002,319 233,951,652 -0.05% 1.33%
2007 6,009,824 237,062,337 0.13% 1.33%
2008 6,029,297 240,157,903 0.32% 1.31%
2009 6,048,279 243,220,028 0.31% 1.28%
2010 6,068,249 246,305,322 0.33% 1.27%
2011 6,090,127 249,470,032 0.36% 1.28%
2012 6,113,975 252,698,525 0.39% 1.29%
2013 6,138,839 255,852,467 0.41% 1.25%
2014 6,162,955 258,877,399 0.39% 1.18%
2015 6,183,676 261,799,249 0.34% 1.13%
2016 6,200,800 264,627,418 0.28% 1.08%
2017 6,213,533 267,346,658 0.21% 1.03%
2018 6,219,807 269,951,846 0.1% 0.97%
2019 6,222,318 272,489,381 0.04% 0.94%
2020 6,234,673 274,814,866 0.2% 0.85%
2021 6,255,782 276,758,053 0.34% 0.71%
2022 6,280,319 278,830,529 0.39% 0.75%
2023 6,309,624 281,190,067 0.47% 0.85%
2024 6,338,193 283,487,931 0.45% 0.82%
2025 6,365,499 285,721,231 0.43% 0.79%
2026 6,391,250 287,886,778 0.4% 0.76%
2027 6,416,437 289,986,520 0.39% 0.73%
2028 6,440,931 292,016,774 0.38% 0.7%
2029 6,464,413 293,978,106 0.36% 0.67%
2030 6,486,202 295,876,644 0.34% 0.65%
2031 6,506,399 297,719,741 0.31% 0.62%
2032 6,525,787 299,510,654 0.3% 0.6%
2033 6,544,657 301,250,975 0.29% 0.58%
2034 6,562,182 302,938,571 0.27% 0.56%
2035 6,578,179 304,566,615 0.24% 0.54%
2036 6,593,325 306,135,097 0.23% 0.51%
2037 6,607,014 307,646,407 0.21% 0.49%
2038 6,619,816 309,096,450 0.19% 0.47%
2039 6,631,169 310,481,116 0.17% 0.45%
2040 6,640,751 311,797,391 0.14% 0.42%
2041 6,649,288 313,041,656 0.13% 0.4%
2042 6,656,208 314,211,278 0.1% 0.37%
2043 6,661,886 315,304,309 0.09% 0.35%
2044 6,665,748 316,318,412 0.06% 0.32%
2045 6,668,028 317,249,609 0.03% 0.29%
2046 6,669,403 318,096,567 0.02% 0.27%
2047 6,669,832 318,862,018 0.006% 0.24%
2048 6,669,220 319,554,646 -0.009% 0.22%
2049 6,666,756 320,173,244 -0.04% 0.19%
2050 6,663,341 320,712,941 -0.05% 0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Indonesia gained 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Indonesia's population increased by 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. Indonesia was ranked 4th in 2005 and still ranked 4th 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 Indonesia will increase by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people and rank change from 4th to 6th.

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