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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Jamaica	El Salvador	Jamaica
1960	2,791,459	1,650,005	-	-
1961	2,870,016	1,673,261	2.81%	1.41%
1962	2,949,204	1,696,932	2.76%	1.41%
1963	3,028,679	1,721,099	2.69%	1.42%
1964	3,111,883	1,745,568	2.75%	1.42%
1965	3,199,466	1,769,192	2.81%	1.35%
1966	3,290,961	1,791,475	2.86%	1.26%
1967	3,385,184	1,812,865	2.86%	1.19%
1968	3,480,773	1,833,765	2.82%	1.15%
1969	3,576,485	1,855,127	2.75%	1.16%
1970	3,668,796	1,878,196	2.58%	1.24%
1971	3,757,523	1,903,728	2.42%	1.36%
1972	3,846,830	1,931,542	2.38%	1.46%
1973	3,938,068	1,961,219	2.37%	1.54%
1974	4,029,671	1,990,906	2.33%	1.51%
1975	4,120,449	2,018,981	2.25%	1.41%
1976	4,210,310	2,045,578	2.18%	1.32%
1977	4,301,256	2,070,657	2.16%	1.23%
1978	4,394,114	2,094,836	2.16%	1.17%
1979	4,480,388	2,119,486	1.96%	1.18%
1980	4,540,382	2,145,658	1.34%	1.23%
1981	4,570,599	2,173,818	0.67%	1.31%
1982	4,622,477	2,203,889	1.14%	1.38%
1983	4,707,367	2,234,832	1.84%	1.4%
1984	4,798,003	2,264,562	1.93%	1.33%
1985	4,894,706	2,290,656	2.02%	1.15%
1986	4,992,769	2,312,125	2%	0.94%
1987	5,092,441	2,329,813	2%	0.77%
1988	5,195,833	2,345,777	2.03%	0.69%
1989	5,298,979	2,361,916	1.99%	0.69%
1990	5,399,726	2,379,877	1.9%	0.76%
1991	5,495,077	2,400,869	1.77%	0.88%
1992	5,585,609	2,424,701	1.65%	0.99%
1993	5,659,957	2,449,916	1.33%	1.04%
1994	5,714,129	2,475,220	0.96%	1.03%
1995	5,762,131	2,500,151	0.84%	1.01%
1996	5,805,286	2,524,463	0.75%	0.97%
1997	5,844,578	2,547,848	0.68%	0.93%
1998	5,880,781	2,569,736	0.62%	0.86%
1999	5,913,900	2,589,795	0.56%	0.78%
2000	5,943,366	2,607,826	0.5%	0.7%
2001	5,968,060	2,624,403	0.42%	0.64%
2002	5,986,631	2,640,572	0.31%	0.62%
2003	5,998,599	2,656,623	0.2%	0.61%
2004	6,004,671	2,672,225	0.1%	0.59%
2005	6,005,578	2,687,066	0.02%	0.56%
2006	6,002,319	2,700,968	-0.05%	0.52%
2007	6,009,824	2,713,800	0.13%	0.48%
2008	6,029,297	2,725,635	0.32%	0.44%
2009	6,048,279	2,736,995	0.31%	0.42%
2010	6,068,249	2,748,568	0.33%	0.42%
2011	6,090,127	2,760,494	0.36%	0.43%
2012	6,113,975	2,772,430	0.39%	0.43%
2013	6,138,839	2,783,687	0.41%	0.41%
2014	6,162,955	2,793,749	0.39%	0.36%
2015	6,183,676	2,802,534	0.34%	0.31%
2016	6,200,800	2,809,915	0.28%	0.26%
2017	6,213,533	2,815,764	0.21%	0.21%
2018	6,219,807	2,820,097	0.1%	0.15%
2019	6,222,318	2,823,271	0.04%	0.11%
2020	6,234,673	2,830,739	0.2%	0.26%
2021	6,255,782	2,837,682	0.34%	0.25%
2022	6,280,319	2,839,144	0.39%	0.05%
2023	6,309,624	2,839,786	0.47%	0.02%
2024	6,338,193	2,839,175	0.45%	-0.02%
2025	6,365,499	2,837,071	0.43%	-0.07%
2026	6,391,250	2,833,401	0.4%	-0.13%
2027	6,416,437	2,828,530	0.39%	-0.17%
2028	6,440,931	2,822,861	0.38%	-0.2%
2029	6,464,413	2,816,391	0.36%	-0.23%
2030	6,486,202	2,808,946	0.34%	-0.26%
2031	6,506,399	2,800,607	0.31%	-0.3%
2032	6,525,787	2,791,130	0.3%	-0.34%
2033	6,544,657	2,780,468	0.29%	-0.38%
2034	6,562,182	2,768,714	0.27%	-0.42%
2035	6,578,179	2,755,929	0.24%	-0.46%
2036	6,593,325	2,742,071	0.23%	-0.5%
2037	6,607,014	2,726,892	0.21%	-0.55%
2038	6,619,816	2,710,812	0.19%	-0.59%
2039	6,631,169	2,693,901	0.17%	-0.62%
2040	6,640,751	2,676,087	0.14%	-0.66%
2041	6,649,288	2,657,558	0.13%	-0.69%
2042	6,656,208	2,638,085	0.1%	-0.73%
2043	6,661,886	2,617,576	0.09%	-0.78%
2044	6,665,748	2,596,160	0.06%	-0.82%
2045	6,668,028	2,574,074	0.03%	-0.85%
2046	6,669,403	2,551,347	0.02%	-0.88%
2047	6,669,832	2,528,004	0.006%	-0.91%
2048	6,669,220	2,504,191	-0.009%	-0.94%
2049	6,666,756	2,479,744	-0.04%	-0.98%
2050	6,663,341	2,454,935	-0.05%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Jamaica gained 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 34,537 (a 1.23% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. Jamaica was ranked 135th in 2005 and ranked 140th 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 Jamaica will decrease by 13.5% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 140th to 144th.