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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of El Salvador was 6,338,193 in 2024 vs 574,346 people in Malta in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current El Salvador's population is 6,386,184 people compared to 583,596 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • El Salvador's population is 10.9 times bigger than Malta's.
  • El Salvador is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.08% for El Salvador vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, El Salvador has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +2.78% in Malta.
  • Since 2005, the population of El Salvador has increased from 6.01M people to 6.39M (6.34% growth), while Malta has grown from 404K to 584K (44.5% growth).
  • El Salvador is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 6.67M people compared to the peak of 593K people in 2033 for Malta.

El Salvador vs Malta: live population counter

El Salvador Malta
Current population
6386184
583596
Population rank 112/197 167/197
Percent of world population 0.08% 0.007%
One net population change
18.4 minutes
24.3 minutes
One birth every
5.29 minutes
1.96 hours
One death every
11.1 minutes
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
22.8 minutes
1.39 hours
Annual migration change -23,102 +6,323
Daily growth/decline +78 +59
Annual growth/decline +28,569 +21,599
Annual growth/decline rate +0.45% +3.91%
Population growth rate rank 140/197 7/197

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

El Salvador
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
El Salvador Malta El Salvador Malta
1960 2,791,459 326,550 - -
1961 2,870,016 325,250 2.81% -0.4%
1962 2,949,204 323,900 2.76% -0.42%
1963 3,028,679 322,550 2.69% -0.42%
1964 3,111,883 321,250 2.75% -0.4%
1965 3,199,466 318,800 2.81% -0.76%
1966 3,290,961 315,200 2.86% -1.13%
1967 3,385,184 311,550 2.86% -1.16%
1968 3,480,773 307,900 2.82% -1.17%
1969 3,576,485 304,300 2.75% -1.17%
1970 3,668,796 302,650 2.58% -0.54%
1971 3,757,523 302,700 2.42% 0.02%
1972 3,846,830 302,450 2.38% -0.08%
1973 3,938,068 302,200 2.37% -0.08%
1974 4,029,671 301,996 2.33% -0.07%
1975 4,120,449 304,222 2.25% 0.74%
1976 4,210,310 305,774 2.18% 0.51%
1977 4,301,256 306,970 2.16% 0.39%
1978 4,394,114 310,182 2.16% 1.05%
1979 4,480,388 313,342 1.96% 1.02%
1980 4,540,382 316,645 1.34% 1.05%
1981 4,570,599 318,982 0.67% 0.74%
1982 4,622,477 325,898 1.14% 2.17%
1983 4,707,367 330,524 1.84% 1.42%
1984 4,798,003 330,593 1.93% 0.02%
1985 4,894,706 336,452 2.02% 1.77%
1986 4,992,769 342,121 2% 1.68%
1987 5,092,441 344,485 2% 0.69%
1988 5,195,833 347,325 2.03% 0.82%
1989 5,298,979 350,722 1.99% 0.98%
1990 5,399,726 354,170 1.9% 0.98%
1991 5,495,077 363,845 1.77% 2.73%
1992 5,585,609 367,618 1.65% 1.04%
1993 5,659,957 371,308 1.33% 1%
1994 5,714,129 374,797 0.96% 0.94%
1995 5,762,131 377,419 0.84% 0.7%
1996 5,805,286 379,905 0.75% 0.66%
1997 5,844,578 382,791 0.68% 0.76%
1998 5,880,781 385,287 0.62% 0.65%
1999 5,913,900 387,578 0.56% 0.59%
2000 5,943,366 390,087 0.5% 0.65%
2001 5,968,060 393,028 0.42% 0.75%
2002 5,986,631 395,969 0.31% 0.75%
2003 5,998,599 398,582 0.2% 0.66%
2004 6,004,671 401,268 0.1% 0.67%
2005 6,005,578 403,834 0.02% 0.64%
2006 6,002,319 405,308 -0.05% 0.37%
2007 6,009,824 406,724 0.13% 0.35%
2008 6,029,297 409,379 0.32% 0.65%
2009 6,048,279 412,477 0.31% 0.76%
2010 6,068,249 414,508 0.33% 0.49%
2011 6,090,127 416,268 0.36% 0.42%
2012 6,113,975 420,028 0.39% 0.9%
2013 6,138,839 424,810 0.41% 1.14%
2014 6,162,955 433,481 0.39% 2.04%
2015 6,183,676 444,220 0.34% 2.48%
2016 6,200,800 454,505 0.28% 2.32%
2017 6,213,533 467,106 0.21% 2.77%
2018 6,219,807 483,903 0.1% 3.6%
2019 6,222,318 503,912 0.04% 4.13%
2020 6,234,673 515,490 0.2% 2.3%
2021 6,255,782 518,150 0.34% 0.52%
2022 6,280,319 531,113 0.39% 2.5%
2023 6,309,624 552,747 0.47% 4.07%
2024 6,338,193 574,346 0.45% 3.91%
2025 6,365,499 580,514 0.43% 1.07%
2026 6,391,250 584,351 0.4% 0.66%
2027 6,416,437 586,444 0.39% 0.36%
2028 6,440,931 588,290 0.38% 0.31%
2029 6,464,413 589,776 0.36% 0.25%
2030 6,486,202 590,973 0.34% 0.2%
2031 6,506,399 591,921 0.31% 0.16%
2032 6,525,787 592,622 0.3% 0.12%
2033 6,544,657 592,974 0.29% 0.06%
2034 6,562,182 592,827 0.27% -0.02%
2035 6,578,179 592,332 0.24% -0.08%
2036 6,593,325 591,668 0.23% -0.11%
2037 6,607,014 590,830 0.21% -0.14%
2038 6,619,816 589,771 0.19% -0.18%
2039 6,631,169 588,528 0.17% -0.21%
2040 6,640,751 587,256 0.14% -0.22%
2041 6,649,288 585,895 0.13% -0.23%
2042 6,656,208 584,467 0.1% -0.24%
2043 6,661,886 582,966 0.09% -0.26%
2044 6,665,748 581,355 0.06% -0.28%
2045 6,668,028 579,693 0.03% -0.29%
2046 6,669,403 577,954 0.02% -0.3%
2047 6,669,832 576,050 0.006% -0.33%
2048 6,669,220 574,050 -0.009% -0.35%
2049 6,666,756 572,187 -0.04% -0.32%
2050 6,663,341 570,210 -0.05% -0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.

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