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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Portugal	El Salvador	Portugal
1960	2,791,459	8,857,716	-	-
1961	2,870,016	8,929,316	2.81%	0.81%
1962	2,949,204	8,993,985	2.76%	0.72%
1963	3,028,679	9,030,355	2.69%	0.4%
1964	3,111,883	9,035,365	2.75%	0.06%
1965	3,199,466	8,998,595	2.81%	-0.41%
1966	3,290,961	8,930,990	2.86%	-0.75%
1967	3,385,184	8,874,520	2.86%	-0.63%
1968	3,480,773	8,836,650	2.82%	-0.43%
1969	3,576,485	8,757,705	2.75%	-0.89%
1970	3,668,796	8,680,431	2.58%	-0.88%
1971	3,757,523	8,643,756	2.42%	-0.42%
1972	3,846,830	8,630,430	2.38%	-0.15%
1973	3,938,068	8,633,100	2.37%	0.03%
1974	4,029,671	8,754,365	2.33%	1.4%
1975	4,120,449	9,093,470	2.25%	3.87%
1976	4,210,310	9,355,810	2.18%	2.88%
1977	4,301,256	9,455,675	2.16%	1.07%
1978	4,394,114	9,558,250	2.16%	1.08%
1979	4,480,388	9,661,265	1.96%	1.08%
1980	4,540,382	9,766,312	1.34%	1.09%
1981	4,570,599	9,851,362	0.67%	0.87%
1982	4,622,477	9,911,771	1.14%	0.61%
1983	4,707,367	9,957,865	1.84%	0.47%
1984	4,798,003	9,996,232	1.93%	0.39%
1985	4,894,706	10,023,613	2.02%	0.27%
1986	4,992,769	10,032,734	2%	0.09%
1987	5,092,441	10,030,031	2%	-0.03%
1988	5,195,833	10,019,610	2.03%	-0.1%
1989	5,298,979	10,005,000	1.99%	-0.15%
1990	5,399,726	9,983,218	1.9%	-0.22%
1991	5,495,077	9,960,235	1.77%	-0.23%
1992	5,585,609	9,952,494	1.65%	-0.08%
1993	5,659,957	9,964,675	1.33%	0.12%
1994	5,714,129	9,991,525	0.96%	0.27%
1995	5,762,131	10,026,176	0.84%	0.35%
1996	5,805,286	10,063,945	0.75%	0.38%
1997	5,844,578	10,108,977	0.68%	0.45%
1998	5,880,781	10,160,196	0.62%	0.51%
1999	5,913,900	10,217,828	0.56%	0.57%
2000	5,943,366	10,289,898	0.5%	0.71%
2001	5,968,060	10,362,722	0.42%	0.71%
2002	5,986,631	10,419,631	0.31%	0.55%
2003	5,998,599	10,458,821	0.2%	0.38%
2004	6,004,671	10,483,861	0.1%	0.24%
2005	6,005,578	10,503,330	0.02%	0.19%
2006	6,002,319	10,522,288	-0.05%	0.18%
2007	6,009,824	10,542,964	0.13%	0.2%
2008	6,029,297	10,558,177	0.32%	0.14%
2009	6,048,279	10,568,247	0.31%	0.1%
2010	6,068,249	10,573,100	0.33%	0.05%
2011	6,090,127	10,557,560	0.36%	-0.15%
2012	6,113,975	10,514,844	0.39%	-0.4%
2013	6,138,839	10,457,295	0.41%	-0.55%
2014	6,162,955	10,401,062	0.39%	-0.54%
2015	6,183,676	10,358,076	0.34%	-0.41%
2016	6,200,800	10,325,452	0.28%	-0.31%
2017	6,213,533	10,300,300	0.21%	-0.24%
2018	6,219,807	10,283,822	0.1%	-0.16%
2019	6,222,318	10,286,263	0.04%	0.02%
2020	6,234,673	10,297,081	0.2%	0.11%
2021	6,255,782	10,361,831	0.34%	0.63%
2022	6,280,319	10,434,332	0.39%	0.7%
2023	6,309,624	10,578,174	0.47%	1.38%
2024	6,338,193	10,694,681	0.45%	1.1%
2025	6,365,499	10,680,873	0.43%	-0.13%
2026	6,391,250	10,663,982	0.4%	-0.16%
2027	6,416,437	10,646,150	0.39%	-0.17%
2028	6,440,931	10,625,957	0.38%	-0.19%
2029	6,464,413	10,604,587	0.36%	-0.2%
2030	6,486,202	10,584,552	0.34%	-0.19%
2031	6,506,399	10,564,548	0.31%	-0.19%
2032	6,525,787	10,542,600	0.3%	-0.21%
2033	6,544,657	10,519,640	0.29%	-0.22%
2034	6,562,182	10,496,056	0.27%	-0.22%
2035	6,578,179	10,472,033	0.24%	-0.23%
2036	6,593,325	10,447,836	0.23%	-0.23%
2037	6,607,014	10,423,350	0.21%	-0.23%
2038	6,619,816	10,398,185	0.19%	-0.24%
2039	6,631,169	10,371,223	0.17%	-0.26%
2040	6,640,751	10,342,789	0.14%	-0.27%
2041	6,649,288	10,314,869	0.13%	-0.27%
2042	6,656,208	10,287,416	0.1%	-0.27%
2043	6,661,886	10,257,925	0.09%	-0.29%
2044	6,665,748	10,226,892	0.06%	-0.3%
2045	6,668,028	10,195,202	0.03%	-0.31%
2046	6,669,403	10,162,323	0.02%	-0.32%
2047	6,669,832	10,128,572	0.006%	-0.33%
2048	6,669,220	10,094,854	-0.009%	-0.33%
2049	6,666,756	10,059,522	-0.04%	-0.35%
2050	6,663,341	10,022,734	-0.05%	-0.37%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while Portugal lost 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 338,530 (a 3.28% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th in 2026. Portugal was ranked 78th in 2006 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.