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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Mexico	El Salvador	Mexico
1960	2,791,459	36,724,615	-	-
1961	2,870,016	37,890,118	2.81%	3.17%
1962	2,949,204	39,129,200	2.76%	3.27%
1963	3,028,679	40,424,065	2.69%	3.31%
1964	3,111,883	41,772,049	2.75%	3.33%
1965	3,199,466	43,174,477	2.81%	3.36%
1966	3,290,961	44,629,106	2.86%	3.37%
1967	3,385,184	46,129,608	2.86%	3.36%
1968	3,480,773	47,668,303	2.82%	3.34%
1969	3,576,485	49,233,194	2.75%	3.28%
1970	3,668,796	50,814,953	2.58%	3.21%
1971	3,757,523	52,412,558	2.42%	3.14%
1972	3,846,830	54,030,168	2.38%	3.09%
1973	3,938,068	55,667,284	2.37%	3.03%
1974	4,029,671	57,320,149	2.33%	2.97%
1975	4,120,449	58,982,400	2.25%	2.9%
1976	4,210,310	60,645,512	2.18%	2.82%
1977	4,301,256	62,308,493	2.16%	2.74%
1978	4,394,114	63,979,046	2.16%	2.68%
1979	4,480,388	65,648,865	1.96%	2.61%
1980	4,540,382	67,300,334	1.34%	2.52%
1981	4,570,599	68,892,108	0.67%	2.37%
1982	4,622,477	70,433,260	1.14%	2.24%
1983	4,707,367	71,971,240	1.84%	2.18%
1984	4,798,003	73,506,846	1.93%	2.13%
1985	4,894,706	75,043,414	2.02%	2.09%
1986	4,992,769	76,585,637	2%	2.06%
1987	5,092,441	78,136,651	2%	2.03%
1988	5,195,833	79,695,531	2.03%	2%
1989	5,298,979	81,247,182	1.99%	1.95%
1990	5,399,726	82,820,170	1.9%	1.94%
1991	5,495,077	84,430,572	1.77%	1.94%
1992	5,585,609	86,044,809	1.65%	1.91%
1993	5,659,957	87,653,807	1.33%	1.87%
1994	5,714,129	89,259,205	0.96%	1.83%
1995	5,762,131	90,862,455	0.84%	1.8%
1996	5,805,286	92,452,702	0.75%	1.75%
1997	5,844,578	94,021,207	0.68%	1.7%
1998	5,880,781	95,575,245	0.62%	1.65%
1999	5,913,900	97,115,707	0.56%	1.61%
2000	5,943,366	98,625,552	0.5%	1.55%
2001	5,968,060	100,099,099	0.42%	1.49%
2002	5,986,631	101,548,624	0.31%	1.45%
2003	5,998,599	102,978,515	0.2%	1.41%
2004	6,004,671	104,394,131	0.1%	1.37%
2005	6,005,578	105,811,504	0.02%	1.36%
2006	6,002,319	107,253,666	-0.05%	1.36%
2007	6,009,824	108,774,360	0.13%	1.42%
2008	6,029,297	110,374,288	0.32%	1.47%
2009	6,048,279	111,999,721	0.31%	1.47%
2010	6,068,249	113,623,895	0.33%	1.45%
2011	6,090,127	115,243,504	0.36%	1.43%
2012	6,113,975	116,818,208	0.39%	1.37%
2013	6,138,839	118,343,573	0.41%	1.31%
2014	6,162,955	119,784,261	0.39%	1.22%
2015	6,183,676	121,072,306	0.34%	1.08%
2016	6,200,800	122,251,351	0.28%	0.97%
2017	6,213,533	123,400,057	0.21%	0.94%
2018	6,219,807	124,573,711	0.1%	0.95%
2019	6,222,318	125,762,982	0.04%	0.95%
2020	6,234,673	126,799,054	0.2%	0.82%
2021	6,255,782	127,648,148	0.34%	0.67%
2022	6,280,319	128,613,117	0.39%	0.76%
2023	6,309,624	129,739,759	0.47%	0.88%
2024	6,338,193	130,861,007	0.45%	0.86%
2025	6,365,499	131,946,905	0.43%	0.83%
2026	6,391,250	132,997,664	0.4%	0.8%
2027	6,416,437	134,017,711	0.39%	0.77%
2028	6,440,931	135,008,697	0.38%	0.74%
2029	6,464,413	135,970,893	0.36%	0.71%
2030	6,486,202	136,904,747	0.34%	0.69%
2031	6,506,399	137,811,068	0.31%	0.66%
2032	6,525,787	138,690,189	0.3%	0.64%
2033	6,544,657	139,542,087	0.29%	0.61%
2034	6,562,182	140,362,026	0.27%	0.59%
2035	6,578,179	141,150,818	0.24%	0.56%
2036	6,593,325	141,909,168	0.23%	0.54%
2037	6,607,014	142,637,546	0.21%	0.51%
2038	6,619,816	143,336,222	0.19%	0.49%
2039	6,631,169	143,998,296	0.17%	0.46%
2040	6,640,751	144,624,328	0.14%	0.43%
2041	6,649,288	145,217,780	0.13%	0.41%
2042	6,656,208	145,777,459	0.1%	0.39%
2043	6,661,886	146,300,011	0.09%	0.36%
2044	6,665,748	146,787,722	0.06%	0.33%
2045	6,668,028	147,240,096	0.03%	0.31%
2046	6,669,403	147,654,160	0.02%	0.28%
2047	6,669,832	148,030,153	0.006%	0.25%
2048	6,669,220	148,372,233	-0.009%	0.23%
2049	6,666,756	148,677,894	-0.04%	0.21%
2050	6,663,341	148,946,272	-0.05%	0.18%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while Mexico gained 14,997,685 people (a 14% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 10,757,461 (a 8.8% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th in 2026. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2006 and still ranked 11th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) El Salvador's population will grow by 4.25% to 6,663,341 people with a rank change from 111th to 116th. The population of Mexico will increase by 12% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.