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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of El Salvador was 6,338,193 in 2024 vs 527,799 people in Maldives in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current El Salvador's population is 6,386,184 people compared to 531,152 in Maldives.

Population statistics:

  • El Salvador's population is 12 times bigger than Maldives'.
  • El Salvador is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while Maldives is the 168th.
  • The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.08% for El Salvador vs 0.006% for Maldives.
  • For the last 10 years, El Salvador has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +2.56% in Maldives.
  • Since 2005, the population of El Salvador has increased from 6.01M people to 6.39M (6.34% growth), while Maldives has grown from 306K to 531K (73.3% growth).
  • El Salvador is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 6.67M people compared to the peak of 597K people in 2057 for Maldives.

El Salvador vs Maldives: live population counter

El Salvador Maldives
Current population
6386184
531152
Population rank 112/197 168/197
Percent of world population 0.08% 0.006%
One net population change
18.4 minutes
4.85 hours
One birth every
5.29 minutes
1.51 hours
One death every
11.1 minutes
7.13 hours
One migration net change every
22.8 minutes
3.62 hours
Annual migration change -23,102 -2,421
Daily growth/decline +78 +5
Annual growth/decline +28,569 +1,805
Annual growth/decline rate +0.45% +0.34%
Population growth rate rank 140/197 145/197

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

El Salvador
Population

Growth rate
Maldives
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
El Salvador Maldives El Salvador Maldives
1960 2,791,459 91,189 - -
1961 2,870,016 93,450 2.81% 2.48%
1962 2,949,204 95,802 2.76% 2.52%
1963 3,028,679 98,222 2.69% 2.53%
1964 3,111,883 100,662 2.75% 2.48%
1965 3,199,466 104,102 2.81% 3.42%
1966 3,290,961 108,507 2.86% 4.23%
1967 3,385,184 112,528 2.86% 3.71%
1968 3,480,773 116,075 2.82% 3.15%
1969 3,576,485 119,564 2.75% 3.01%
1970 3,668,796 123,219 2.58% 3.06%
1971 3,757,523 127,035 2.42% 3.1%
1972 3,846,830 130,968 2.38% 3.1%
1973 3,938,068 134,952 2.37% 3.04%
1974 4,029,671 138,978 2.33% 2.98%
1975 4,120,449 143,158 2.25% 3.01%
1976 4,210,310 147,525 2.18% 3.05%
1977 4,301,256 151,930 2.16% 2.99%
1978 4,394,114 156,159 2.16% 2.78%
1979 4,480,388 160,360 1.96% 2.69%
1980 4,540,382 164,835 1.34% 2.79%
1981 4,570,599 169,532 0.67% 2.85%
1982 4,622,477 174,333 1.14% 2.83%
1983 4,707,367 179,128 1.84% 2.75%
1984 4,798,003 184,198 1.93% 2.83%
1985 4,894,706 190,169 2.02% 3.24%
1986 4,992,769 196,935 2% 3.56%
1987 5,092,441 203,944 2% 3.56%
1988 5,195,833 210,885 2.03% 3.4%
1989 5,298,979 217,738 1.99% 3.25%
1990 5,399,726 224,762 1.9% 3.23%
1991 5,495,077 231,802 1.77% 3.13%
1992 5,585,609 238,543 1.65% 2.91%
1993 5,659,957 244,884 1.33% 2.66%
1994 5,714,129 250,822 0.96% 2.42%
1995 5,762,131 256,649 0.84% 2.32%
1996 5,805,286 262,347 0.75% 2.22%
1997 5,844,578 267,707 0.68% 2.04%
1998 5,880,781 272,723 0.62% 1.87%
1999 5,913,900 277,412 0.56% 1.72%
2000 5,943,366 282,019 0.5% 1.66%
2001 5,968,060 286,767 0.42% 1.68%
2002 5,986,631 291,616 0.31% 1.69%
2003 5,998,599 296,491 0.2% 1.67%
2004 6,004,671 301,413 0.1% 1.66%
2005 6,005,578 306,429 0.02% 1.66%
2006 6,002,319 313,851 -0.05% 2.42%
2007 6,009,824 324,479 0.13% 3.39%
2008 6,029,297 336,170 0.32% 3.6%
2009 6,048,279 348,275 0.31% 3.6%
2010 6,068,249 360,792 0.33% 3.59%
2011 6,090,127 373,674 0.36% 3.57%
2012 6,113,975 386,818 0.39% 3.52%
2013 6,138,839 400,070 0.41% 3.43%
2014 6,162,955 413,617 0.39% 3.39%
2015 6,183,676 428,154 0.34% 3.51%
2016 6,200,800 443,308 0.28% 3.54%
2017 6,213,533 458,287 0.21% 3.38%
2018 6,219,807 473,099 0.1% 3.23%
2019 6,222,318 487,731 0.04% 3.09%
2020 6,234,673 502,118 0.2% 2.95%
2021 6,255,782 516,154 0.34% 2.8%
2022 6,280,319 524,106 0.39% 1.54%
2023 6,309,624 525,994 0.47% 0.36%
2024 6,338,193 527,799 0.45% 0.34%
2025 6,365,499 529,677 0.43% 0.36%
2026 6,391,250 531,514 0.4% 0.35%
2027 6,416,437 533,433 0.39% 0.36%
2028 6,440,931 535,502 0.38% 0.39%
2029 6,464,413 537,574 0.36% 0.39%
2030 6,486,202 539,667 0.34% 0.39%
2031 6,506,399 541,929 0.31% 0.42%
2032 6,525,787 544,288 0.3% 0.44%
2033 6,544,657 546,723 0.29% 0.45%
2034 6,562,182 549,162 0.27% 0.45%
2035 6,578,179 551,599 0.24% 0.44%
2036 6,593,325 554,092 0.23% 0.45%
2037 6,607,014 556,637 0.21% 0.46%
2038 6,619,816 559,231 0.19% 0.47%
2039 6,631,169 561,958 0.17% 0.49%
2040 6,640,751 564,800 0.14% 0.51%
2041 6,649,288 567,606 0.13% 0.5%
2042 6,656,208 570,381 0.1% 0.49%
2043 6,661,886 573,138 0.09% 0.48%
2044 6,665,748 575,811 0.06% 0.47%
2045 6,668,028 578,459 0.03% 0.46%
2046 6,669,403 581,026 0.02% 0.44%
2047 6,669,832 583,393 0.006% 0.41%
2048 6,669,220 585,720 -0.009% 0.4%
2049 6,666,756 587,988 -0.04% 0.39%
2050 6,663,341 589,960 -0.05% 0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.

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