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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Palau	El Salvador	Palau
1960	2,791,459	9,328	-	-
1961	2,870,016	9,555	2.81%	2.43%
1962	2,949,204	9,793	2.76%	2.49%
1963	3,028,679	10,037	2.69%	2.49%
1964	3,111,883	10,292	2.75%	2.54%
1965	3,199,466	10,547	2.81%	2.48%
1966	3,290,961	10,805	2.86%	2.45%
1967	3,385,184	10,988	2.86%	1.69%
1968	3,480,773	11,080	2.82%	0.84%
1969	3,576,485	11,159	2.75%	0.71%
1970	3,668,796	11,368	2.58%	1.87%
1971	3,757,523	11,759	2.42%	3.44%
1972	3,846,830	12,194	2.38%	3.7%
1973	3,938,068	12,552	2.37%	2.94%
1974	4,029,671	12,687	2.33%	1.08%
1975	4,120,449	12,655	2.25%	-0.25%
1976	4,210,310	12,598	2.18%	-0.45%
1977	4,301,256	12,525	2.16%	-0.58%
1978	4,394,114	12,440	2.16%	-0.68%
1979	4,480,388	12,337	1.96%	-0.83%
1980	4,540,382	12,271	1.34%	-0.53%
1981	4,570,599	12,402	0.67%	1.07%
1982	4,622,477	12,694	1.14%	2.35%
1983	4,707,367	13,006	1.84%	2.46%
1984	4,798,003	13,337	1.93%	2.54%
1985	4,894,706	13,688	2.02%	2.63%
1986	4,992,769	14,024	2%	2.45%
1987	5,092,441	14,334	2%	2.21%
1988	5,195,833	14,645	2.03%	2.17%
1989	5,298,979	14,945	1.99%	2.05%
1990	5,399,726	15,259	1.9%	2.1%
1991	5,495,077	15,614	1.77%	2.33%
1992	5,585,609	15,989	1.65%	2.4%
1993	5,659,957	16,372	1.33%	2.4%
1994	5,714,129	16,770	0.96%	2.43%
1995	5,762,131	17,195	0.84%	2.53%
1996	5,805,286	17,654	0.75%	2.67%
1997	5,844,578	18,108	0.68%	2.57%
1998	5,880,781	18,524	0.62%	2.3%
1999	5,913,900	18,901	0.56%	2.04%
2000	5,943,366	19,178	0.5%	1.47%
2001	5,968,060	19,352	0.42%	0.91%
2002	5,986,631	19,503	0.31%	0.78%
2003	5,998,599	19,659	0.2%	0.8%
2004	6,004,671	19,820	0.1%	0.82%
2005	6,005,578	19,819	0.02%	-0.005%
2006	6,002,319	19,593	-0.05%	-1.14%
2007	6,009,824	19,302	0.13%	-1.49%
2008	6,029,297	19,009	0.32%	-1.52%
2009	6,048,279	18,709	0.31%	-1.58%
2010	6,068,249	18,396	0.33%	-1.67%
2011	6,090,127	18,078	0.36%	-1.73%
2012	6,113,975	17,765	0.39%	-1.73%
2013	6,138,839	17,648	0.41%	-0.66%
2014	6,162,955	17,715	0.39%	0.38%
2015	6,183,676	17,770	0.34%	0.31%
2016	6,200,800	17,797	0.28%	0.15%
2017	6,213,533	17,812	0.21%	0.08%
2018	6,219,807	17,814	0.1%	0.01%
2019	6,222,318	17,798	0.04%	-0.09%
2020	6,234,673	17,792	0.2%	-0.03%
2021	6,255,782	17,783	0.34%	-0.05%
2022	6,280,319	17,759	0.39%	-0.13%
2023	6,309,624	17,727	0.47%	-0.18%
2024	6,338,193	17,695	0.45%	-0.18%
2025	6,365,499	17,663	0.43%	-0.18%
2026	6,391,250	17,618	0.4%	-0.25%
2027	6,416,437	17,564	0.39%	-0.31%
2028	6,440,931	17,504	0.38%	-0.34%
2029	6,464,413	17,436	0.36%	-0.39%
2030	6,486,202	17,376	0.34%	-0.34%
2031	6,506,399	17,299	0.31%	-0.44%
2032	6,525,787	17,228	0.3%	-0.41%
2033	6,544,657	17,163	0.29%	-0.38%
2034	6,562,182	17,092	0.27%	-0.41%
2035	6,578,179	17,012	0.24%	-0.47%
2036	6,593,325	16,940	0.23%	-0.43%
2037	6,607,014	16,858	0.21%	-0.48%
2038	6,619,816	16,779	0.19%	-0.47%
2039	6,631,169	16,689	0.17%	-0.54%
2040	6,640,751	16,604	0.14%	-0.51%
2041	6,649,288	16,510	0.13%	-0.57%
2042	6,656,208	16,403	0.1%	-0.65%
2043	6,661,886	16,302	0.09%	-0.61%
2044	6,665,748	16,202	0.06%	-0.62%
2045	6,668,028	16,097	0.03%	-0.65%
2046	6,669,403	15,977	0.02%	-0.74%
2047	6,669,832	15,863	0.006%	-0.71%
2048	6,669,220	15,749	-0.009%	-0.72%
2049	6,666,756	15,632	-0.04%	-0.74%
2050	6,663,341	15,515	-0.05%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while Palau lost 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -179 (a 1.01% decline).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th in 2026. Palau was ranked 194th in 2006 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 11.9% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.