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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of El Salvador was 6,338,193 in 2024 vs 19,069,340 people in Romania in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current El Salvador's population is 6,386,184 people compared to 18,962,595 in Romania.

Population statistics:

  • Romania's population is 2.97 times bigger than El Salvador's.
  • El Salvador is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while Romania is the 69th.
  • The countries together account for 0.31% of the world: 0.08% for El Salvador vs 0.23% for Romania.
  • For the last 10 years, El Salvador has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs -0.42% in Romania.
  • Since 2005, the population of El Salvador has increased from 6.01M people to 6.39M (6.34% growth), while Romania has declined from 21.3M to 19M (11.1% decline).
  • El Salvador is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 6.67M people, while Romania's population already peaked in 1990 at 23.2M people and is projected to decrease to 10.8M people by 2100.

El Salvador vs Romania: live population counter

El Salvador Romania
Current population
6386184
18962595
Population rank 112/197 69/197
Percent of world population 0.08% 0.23%
One net population change
18.4 minutes
53.3 minutes
One birth every
5.29 minutes
3.45 minutes
One death every
11.1 minutes
2.17 minutes
One migration net change every
22.8 minutes
18.5 minutes
Annual migration change -23,102 -28,466
Daily growth/decline +78 +27
Annual growth/decline +28,569 +9,861
Annual growth/decline rate +0.45% +0.05%
Population growth rate rank 140/197 162/197

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

El Salvador
Population

Growth rate
Romania
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
El Salvador Romania El Salvador Romania
1960 2,791,459 18,406,905 - -
1961 2,870,016 18,555,250 2.81% 0.81%
1962 2,949,204 18,676,550 2.76% 0.65%
1963 3,028,679 18,797,850 2.69% 0.65%
1964 3,111,883 18,919,126 2.75% 0.65%
1965 3,199,466 19,031,576 2.81% 0.59%
1966 3,290,961 19,215,450 2.86% 0.97%
1967 3,385,184 19,534,242 2.86% 1.66%
1968 3,480,773 19,799,831 2.82% 1.36%
1969 3,576,485 20,009,141 2.75% 1.06%
1970 3,668,796 20,250,398 2.58% 1.21%
1971 3,757,523 20,461,567 2.42% 1.04%
1972 3,846,830 20,657,957 2.38% 0.96%
1973 3,938,068 20,835,681 2.37% 0.86%
1974 4,029,671 21,029,429 2.33% 0.93%
1975 4,120,449 21,293,583 2.25% 1.26%
1976 4,210,310 21,551,634 2.18% 1.21%
1977 4,301,256 21,756,096 2.16% 0.95%
1978 4,394,114 21,951,464 2.16% 0.9%
1979 4,480,388 22,090,488 1.96% 0.63%
1980 4,540,382 22,207,282 1.34% 0.53%
1981 4,570,599 22,353,070 0.67% 0.66%
1982 4,622,477 22,475,741 1.14% 0.55%
1983 4,707,367 22,560,478 1.84% 0.38%
1984 4,798,003 22,640,547 1.93% 0.35%
1985 4,894,706 22,732,999 2.02% 0.41%
1986 4,992,769 22,836,841 2% 0.46%
1987 5,092,441 22,949,430 2% 0.49%
1988 5,195,833 23,057,662 2.03% 0.47%
1989 5,298,979 23,161,458 1.99% 0.45%
1990 5,399,726 23,201,835 1.9% 0.17%
1991 5,495,077 23,001,155 1.77% -0.86%
1992 5,585,609 22,794,284 1.65% -0.9%
1993 5,659,957 22,763,280 1.33% -0.14%
1994 5,714,129 22,730,211 0.96% -0.15%
1995 5,762,131 22,684,270 0.84% -0.2%
1996 5,805,286 22,619,004 0.75% -0.29%
1997 5,844,578 22,553,978 0.68% -0.29%
1998 5,880,781 22,507,344 0.62% -0.21%
1999 5,913,900 22,472,040 0.56% -0.16%
2000 5,943,366 22,442,971 0.5% -0.13%
2001 5,968,060 22,131,970 0.42% -1.39%
2002 5,986,631 21,730,496 0.31% -1.81%
2003 5,998,599 21,574,326 0.2% -0.72%
2004 6,004,671 21,451,748 0.1% -0.57%
2005 6,005,578 21,319,685 0.02% -0.62%
2006 6,002,319 21,193,760 -0.05% -0.59%
2007 6,009,824 20,882,982 0.13% -1.47%
2008 6,029,297 20,537,875 0.32% -1.65%
2009 6,048,279 20,367,487 0.31% -0.83%
2010 6,068,249 20,246,871 0.33% -0.59%
2011 6,090,127 20,147,528 0.36% -0.49%
2012 6,113,975 20,058,035 0.39% -0.44%
2013 6,138,839 19,983,693 0.41% -0.37%
2014 6,162,955 19,908,979 0.39% -0.37%
2015 6,183,676 19,815,616 0.34% -0.47%
2016 6,200,800 19,702,267 0.28% -0.57%
2017 6,213,533 19,588,715 0.21% -0.58%
2018 6,219,807 19,473,970 0.1% -0.59%
2019 6,222,318 19,371,648 0.04% -0.53%
2020 6,234,673 19,265,250 0.2% -0.55%
2021 6,255,782 19,122,059 0.34% -0.74%
2022 6,280,319 19,048,502 0.39% -0.38%
2023 6,309,624 19,059,479 0.47% 0.06%
2024 6,338,193 19,069,340 0.45% 0.05%
2025 6,365,499 18,962,595 0.43% -0.56%
2026 6,391,250 18,854,232 0.4% -0.57%
2027 6,416,437 18,744,883 0.39% -0.58%
2028 6,440,931 18,634,894 0.38% -0.59%
2029 6,464,413 18,523,736 0.36% -0.6%
2030 6,486,202 18,411,878 0.34% -0.6%
2031 6,506,399 18,299,820 0.31% -0.61%
2032 6,525,787 18,187,406 0.3% -0.61%
2033 6,544,657 18,074,282 0.29% -0.62%
2034 6,562,182 17,960,330 0.27% -0.63%
2035 6,578,179 17,845,182 0.24% -0.64%
2036 6,593,325 17,728,480 0.23% -0.65%
2037 6,607,014 17,611,384 0.21% -0.66%
2038 6,619,816 17,493,684 0.19% -0.67%
2039 6,631,169 17,375,991 0.17% -0.67%
2040 6,640,751 17,258,810 0.14% -0.67%
2041 6,649,288 17,140,535 0.13% -0.69%
2042 6,656,208 17,022,168 0.1% -0.69%
2043 6,661,886 16,904,427 0.09% -0.69%
2044 6,665,748 16,786,029 0.06% -0.7%
2045 6,668,028 16,667,734 0.03% -0.7%
2046 6,669,403 16,550,066 0.02% -0.71%
2047 6,669,832 16,431,566 0.006% -0.72%
2048 6,669,220 16,312,099 -0.009% -0.73%
2049 6,666,756 16,192,424 -0.04% -0.73%
2050 6,663,341 16,072,989 -0.05% -0.74%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) El Salvador's population will grow by 4.34% to 6,663,341 people with a rank change from 112th to 116th. The population of Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.

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