Population in El Salvador compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

El Salvador and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	North Korea	El Salvador	North Korea
1960	2,791,459	11,722,953	-	-
1961	2,870,016	11,990,713	2.81%	2.28%
1962	2,949,204	12,262,882	2.76%	2.27%
1963	3,028,679	12,567,057	2.69%	2.48%
1964	3,111,883	12,889,770	2.75%	2.57%
1965	3,199,466	13,219,369	2.81%	2.56%
1966	3,290,961	13,569,094	2.86%	2.65%
1967	3,385,184	13,958,350	2.86%	2.87%
1968	3,480,773	14,365,596	2.82%	2.92%
1969	3,576,485	14,767,615	2.75%	2.8%
1970	3,668,796	15,172,775	2.58%	2.74%
1971	3,757,523	15,572,457	2.42%	2.63%
1972	3,846,830	15,975,069	2.38%	2.59%
1973	3,938,068	16,350,367	2.37%	2.35%
1974	4,029,671	16,673,121	2.33%	1.97%
1975	4,120,449	16,971,055	2.25%	1.79%
1976	4,210,310	17,243,450	2.18%	1.61%
1977	4,301,256	17,492,798	2.16%	1.45%
1978	4,394,114	17,735,995	2.16%	1.39%
1979	4,480,388	17,983,470	1.96%	1.4%
1980	4,540,382	18,236,786	1.34%	1.41%
1981	4,570,599	18,501,295	0.67%	1.45%
1982	4,622,477	18,776,357	1.14%	1.49%
1983	4,707,367	19,054,034	1.84%	1.48%
1984	4,798,003	19,335,043	1.93%	1.47%
1985	4,894,706	19,620,388	2.02%	1.48%
1986	4,992,769	19,910,855	2%	1.48%
1987	5,092,441	20,205,483	2%	1.48%
1988	5,195,833	20,503,161	2.03%	1.47%
1989	5,298,979	20,804,367	1.99%	1.47%
1990	5,399,726	21,112,137	1.9%	1.48%
1991	5,495,077	21,428,638	1.77%	1.5%
1992	5,585,609	21,750,911	1.65%	1.5%
1993	5,659,957	22,073,352	1.33%	1.48%
1994	5,714,129	22,393,975	0.96%	1.45%
1995	5,762,131	22,669,304	0.84%	1.23%
1996	5,805,286	22,895,746	0.75%	1%
1997	5,844,578	23,110,830	0.68%	0.94%
1998	5,880,781	23,311,564	0.62%	0.87%
1999	5,913,900	23,497,599	0.56%	0.8%
2000	5,943,366	23,665,910	0.5%	0.72%
2001	5,968,060	23,815,358	0.42%	0.63%
2002	5,986,631	23,943,973	0.31%	0.54%
2003	5,998,599	24,090,380	0.2%	0.61%
2004	6,004,671	24,254,943	0.1%	0.68%
2005	6,005,578	24,396,433	0.02%	0.58%
2006	6,002,319	24,524,507	-0.05%	0.52%
2007	6,009,824	24,646,383	0.13%	0.5%
2008	6,029,297	24,764,618	0.32%	0.48%
2009	6,048,279	24,878,332	0.31%	0.46%
2010	6,068,249	24,987,258	0.33%	0.44%
2011	6,090,127	25,097,874	0.36%	0.44%
2012	6,113,975	25,211,728	0.39%	0.45%
2013	6,138,839	25,329,451	0.41%	0.47%
2014	6,162,955	25,451,262	0.39%	0.48%
2015	6,183,676	25,575,350	0.34%	0.49%
2016	6,200,800	25,698,326	0.28%	0.48%
2017	6,213,533	25,817,709	0.21%	0.46%
2018	6,219,807	25,931,147	0.1%	0.44%
2019	6,222,318	26,037,632	0.04%	0.41%
2020	6,234,673	26,136,312	0.2%	0.38%
2021	6,255,782	26,232,534	0.34%	0.37%
2022	6,280,319	26,328,845	0.39%	0.37%
2023	6,309,624	26,418,204	0.47%	0.34%
2024	6,338,193	26,498,823	0.45%	0.31%
2025	6,365,499	26,571,033	0.43%	0.27%
2026	6,391,250	26,633,682	0.4%	0.24%
2027	6,416,437	26,686,492	0.39%	0.2%
2028	6,440,931	26,729,261	0.38%	0.16%
2029	6,464,413	26,762,008	0.36%	0.12%
2030	6,486,202	26,784,894	0.34%	0.09%
2031	6,506,399	26,797,946	0.31%	0.05%
2032	6,525,787	26,801,071	0.3%	0.01%
2033	6,544,657	26,795,061	0.29%	-0.02%
2034	6,562,182	26,780,481	0.27%	-0.05%
2035	6,578,179	26,757,705	0.24%	-0.09%
2036	6,593,325	26,727,309	0.23%	-0.11%
2037	6,607,014	26,689,907	0.21%	-0.14%
2038	6,619,816	26,646,323	0.19%	-0.16%
2039	6,631,169	26,596,967	0.17%	-0.19%
2040	6,640,751	26,542,417	0.14%	-0.21%
2041	6,649,288	26,483,475	0.13%	-0.22%
2042	6,656,208	26,420,812	0.1%	-0.24%
2043	6,661,886	26,354,324	0.09%	-0.25%
2044	6,665,748	26,284,000	0.06%	-0.27%
2045	6,668,028	26,210,196	0.03%	-0.28%
2046	6,669,403	26,132,922	0.02%	-0.29%
2047	6,669,832	26,052,086	0.006%	-0.31%
2048	6,669,220	25,967,581	-0.009%	-0.32%
2049	6,666,756	25,879,244	-0.04%	-0.34%
2050	6,663,341	25,787,120	-0.05%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th in 2026. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2006 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.