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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Nicaragua	El Salvador	Nicaragua
1960	2,791,459	1,782,370	-	-
1961	2,870,016	1,836,451	2.81%	3.03%
1962	2,949,204	1,892,320	2.76%	3.04%
1963	3,028,679	1,950,159	2.69%	3.06%
1964	3,111,883	2,010,176	2.75%	3.08%
1965	3,199,466	2,072,681	2.81%	3.11%
1966	3,290,961	2,137,820	2.86%	3.14%
1967	3,385,184	2,205,567	2.86%	3.17%
1968	3,480,773	2,275,836	2.82%	3.19%
1969	3,576,485	2,348,398	2.75%	3.19%
1970	3,668,796	2,423,065	2.58%	3.18%
1971	3,757,523	2,499,825	2.42%	3.17%
1972	3,846,830	2,573,578	2.38%	2.95%
1973	3,938,068	2,649,278	2.37%	2.94%
1974	4,029,671	2,732,075	2.33%	3.13%
1975	4,120,449	2,816,943	2.25%	3.11%
1976	4,210,310	2,903,851	2.18%	3.09%
1977	4,301,256	2,992,534	2.16%	3.05%
1978	4,394,114	3,080,314	2.16%	2.93%
1979	4,480,388	3,164,525	1.96%	2.73%
1980	4,540,382	3,252,403	1.34%	2.78%
1981	4,570,599	3,345,674	0.67%	2.87%
1982	4,622,477	3,438,745	1.14%	2.78%
1983	4,707,367	3,530,282	1.84%	2.66%
1984	4,798,003	3,619,104	1.93%	2.52%
1985	4,894,706	3,706,479	2.02%	2.41%
1986	4,992,769	3,794,157	2%	2.37%
1987	5,092,441	3,882,164	2%	2.32%
1988	5,195,833	3,972,320	2.03%	2.32%
1989	5,298,979	4,066,476	1.99%	2.37%
1990	5,399,726	4,162,559	1.9%	2.36%
1991	5,495,077	4,259,637	1.77%	2.33%
1992	5,585,609	4,357,026	1.65%	2.29%
1993	5,659,957	4,453,732	1.33%	2.22%
1994	5,714,129	4,549,316	0.96%	2.15%
1995	5,762,131	4,642,931	0.84%	2.06%
1996	5,805,286	4,729,974	0.75%	1.87%
1997	5,844,578	4,809,573	0.68%	1.68%
1998	5,880,781	4,883,655	0.62%	1.54%
1999	5,913,900	4,954,018	0.56%	1.44%
2000	5,943,366	5,022,633	0.5%	1.39%
2001	5,968,060	5,087,825	0.42%	1.3%
2002	5,986,631	5,149,909	0.31%	1.22%
2003	5,998,599	5,210,963	0.2%	1.19%
2004	6,004,671	5,272,912	0.1%	1.19%
2005	6,005,578	5,342,105	0.02%	1.31%
2006	6,002,319	5,418,855	-0.05%	1.44%
2007	6,009,824	5,497,243	0.13%	1.45%
2008	6,029,297	5,576,593	0.32%	1.44%
2009	6,048,279	5,656,601	0.31%	1.43%
2010	6,068,249	5,737,450	0.33%	1.43%
2011	6,090,127	5,819,051	0.36%	1.42%
2012	6,113,975	5,901,287	0.39%	1.41%
2013	6,138,839	5,983,845	0.41%	1.4%
2014	6,162,955	6,066,492	0.39%	1.38%
2015	6,183,676	6,149,417	0.34%	1.37%
2016	6,200,800	6,232,666	0.28%	1.35%
2017	6,213,533	6,316,231	0.21%	1.34%
2018	6,219,807	6,400,080	0.1%	1.33%
2019	6,222,318	6,483,657	0.04%	1.31%
2020	6,234,673	6,565,267	0.2%	1.26%
2021	6,255,782	6,644,741	0.34%	1.21%
2022	6,280,319	6,730,654	0.39%	1.29%
2023	6,309,624	6,823,613	0.47%	1.38%
2024	6,338,193	6,916,140	0.45%	1.36%
2025	6,365,499	7,007,511	0.43%	1.32%
2026	6,391,250	7,097,335	0.4%	1.28%
2027	6,416,437	7,185,724	0.39%	1.25%
2028	6,440,931	7,272,691	0.38%	1.21%
2029	6,464,413	7,358,003	0.36%	1.17%
2030	6,486,202	7,441,612	0.34%	1.14%
2031	6,506,399	7,523,773	0.31%	1.1%
2032	6,525,787	7,604,398	0.3%	1.07%
2033	6,544,657	7,683,391	0.29%	1.04%
2034	6,562,182	7,760,901	0.27%	1.01%
2035	6,578,179	7,836,706	0.24%	0.98%
2036	6,593,325	7,910,787	0.23%	0.95%
2037	6,607,014	7,983,295	0.21%	0.92%
2038	6,619,816	8,054,140	0.19%	0.89%
2039	6,631,169	8,122,959	0.17%	0.85%
2040	6,640,751	8,189,916	0.14%	0.82%
2041	6,649,288	8,255,163	0.13%	0.8%
2042	6,656,208	8,318,515	0.1%	0.77%
2043	6,661,886	8,380,014	0.09%	0.74%
2044	6,665,748	8,439,720	0.06%	0.71%
2045	6,668,028	8,497,618	0.03%	0.69%
2046	6,669,403	8,553,413	0.02%	0.66%
2047	6,669,832	8,607,283	0.006%	0.63%
2048	6,669,220	8,659,292	-0.009%	0.6%
2049	6,666,756	8,708,929	-0.04%	0.57%
2050	6,663,341	8,756,439	-0.05%	0.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while Nicaragua gained 813,811 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while Nicaragua's population increased by 865,635 (a 13.9% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th in 2026. Nicaragua was ranked 109th in 2006 and ranked 107th 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 Nicaragua will increase by 23.4% to 8,756,439 people and rank change from 107th to 109th.