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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Peru	El Salvador	Peru
1960	2,791,459	10,174,127	-	-
1961	2,870,016	10,475,123	2.81%	2.96%
1962	2,949,204	10,784,612	2.76%	2.95%
1963	3,028,679	11,102,099	2.69%	2.94%
1964	3,111,883	11,427,978	2.75%	2.94%
1965	3,199,466	11,761,085	2.81%	2.91%
1966	3,290,961	12,101,297	2.86%	2.89%
1967	3,385,184	12,448,814	2.86%	2.87%
1968	3,480,773	12,803,993	2.82%	2.85%
1969	3,576,485	13,166,767	2.75%	2.83%
1970	3,668,796	13,501,237	2.58%	2.54%
1971	3,757,523	13,838,067	2.42%	2.49%
1972	3,846,830	14,210,147	2.38%	2.69%
1973	3,938,068	14,582,867	2.37%	2.62%
1974	4,029,671	14,956,552	2.33%	2.56%
1975	4,120,449	15,333,957	2.25%	2.52%
1976	4,210,310	15,716,809	2.18%	2.5%
1977	4,301,256	16,109,806	2.16%	2.5%
1978	4,394,114	16,516,059	2.16%	2.52%
1979	4,480,388	16,933,139	1.96%	2.53%
1980	4,540,382	17,360,949	1.34%	2.53%
1981	4,570,599	17,798,805	0.67%	2.52%
1982	4,622,477	18,246,503	1.14%	2.52%
1983	4,707,367	18,705,957	1.84%	2.52%
1984	4,798,003	19,174,716	1.93%	2.51%
1985	4,894,706	19,648,204	2.02%	2.47%
1986	4,992,769	20,117,122	2%	2.39%
1987	5,092,441	20,582,320	2%	2.31%
1988	5,195,833	21,054,702	2.03%	2.3%
1989	5,298,979	21,532,589	1.99%	2.27%
1990	5,399,726	22,014,771	1.9%	2.24%
1991	5,495,077	22,483,775	1.77%	2.13%
1992	5,585,609	22,946,340	1.65%	2.06%
1993	5,659,957	23,413,783	1.33%	2.04%
1994	5,714,129	23,881,493	0.96%	2%
1995	5,762,131	24,348,919	0.84%	1.96%
1996	5,805,286	24,811,171	0.75%	1.9%
1997	5,844,578	25,274,147	0.68%	1.87%
1998	5,880,781	25,738,095	0.62%	1.84%
1999	5,913,900	26,186,504	0.56%	1.74%
2000	5,943,366	26,598,331	0.5%	1.57%
2001	5,968,060	26,964,601	0.42%	1.38%
2002	5,986,631	27,288,217	0.31%	1.2%
2003	5,998,599	27,580,490	0.2%	1.07%
2004	6,004,671	27,852,190	0.1%	0.99%
2005	6,005,578	28,101,180	0.02%	0.89%
2006	6,002,319	28,324,491	-0.05%	0.79%
2007	6,009,824	28,530,699	0.13%	0.73%
2008	6,029,297	28,719,041	0.32%	0.66%
2009	6,048,279	28,896,811	0.31%	0.62%
2010	6,068,249	29,086,019	0.33%	0.65%
2011	6,090,127	29,304,086	0.36%	0.75%
2012	6,113,975	29,550,366	0.39%	0.84%
2013	6,138,839	29,817,919	0.41%	0.91%
2014	6,162,955	30,115,826	0.39%	1%
2015	6,183,676	30,457,600	0.34%	1.13%
2016	6,200,800	30,866,494	0.28%	1.34%
2017	6,213,533	31,324,637	0.21%	1.48%
2018	6,219,807	31,897,584	0.1%	1.83%
2019	6,222,318	32,449,303	0.04%	1.73%
2020	6,234,673	32,838,579	0.2%	1.2%
2021	6,255,782	33,155,882	0.34%	0.97%
2022	6,280,319	33,475,438	0.39%	0.96%
2023	6,309,624	33,845,617	0.47%	1.11%
2024	6,338,193	34,217,848	0.45%	1.1%
2025	6,365,499	34,576,670	0.43%	1.05%
2026	6,391,250	34,922,144	0.4%	1%
2027	6,416,437	35,255,683	0.39%	0.96%
2028	6,440,931	35,578,281	0.38%	0.92%
2029	6,464,413	35,890,705	0.36%	0.88%
2030	6,486,202	36,193,882	0.34%	0.84%
2031	6,506,399	36,488,437	0.31%	0.81%
2032	6,525,787	36,774,937	0.3%	0.79%
2033	6,544,657	37,054,380	0.29%	0.76%
2034	6,562,182	37,326,798	0.27%	0.74%
2035	6,578,179	37,591,420	0.24%	0.71%
2036	6,593,325	37,848,147	0.23%	0.68%
2037	6,607,014	38,096,898	0.21%	0.66%
2038	6,619,816	38,337,328	0.19%	0.63%
2039	6,631,169	38,569,891	0.17%	0.61%
2040	6,640,751	38,794,647	0.14%	0.58%
2041	6,649,288	39,011,537	0.13%	0.56%
2042	6,656,208	39,220,371	0.1%	0.54%
2043	6,661,886	39,420,647	0.09%	0.51%
2044	6,665,748	39,612,847	0.06%	0.49%
2045	6,668,028	39,796,723	0.03%	0.46%
2046	6,669,403	39,971,719	0.02%	0.44%
2047	6,669,832	40,137,869	0.006%	0.42%
2048	6,669,220	40,294,857	-0.009%	0.39%
2049	6,666,756	40,443,273	-0.04%	0.37%
2050	6,663,341	40,583,875	-0.05%	0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while Peru gained 2,542,003 people (a 8.97% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,059,295 (a 13.2% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th in 2026. Peru was ranked 40th in 2006 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.2% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.