Population in El Salvador compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Sao Tome	El Salvador	Sao Tome
1960	2,791,459	68,012	-	-
1961	2,870,016	68,707	2.81%	1.02%
1962	2,949,204	69,403	2.76%	1.01%
1963	3,028,679	70,112	2.69%	1.02%
1964	3,111,883	70,865	2.75%	1.07%
1965	3,199,466	71,680	2.81%	1.15%
1966	3,290,961	72,576	2.86%	1.25%
1967	3,385,184	73,596	2.86%	1.41%
1968	3,480,773	74,765	2.82%	1.59%
1969	3,576,485	76,083	2.75%	1.76%
1970	3,668,796	77,626	2.58%	2.03%
1971	3,757,523	79,330	2.42%	2.2%
1972	3,846,830	81,041	2.38%	2.16%
1973	3,938,068	82,798	2.37%	2.17%
1974	4,029,671	84,672	2.33%	2.26%
1975	4,120,449	86,708	2.25%	2.4%
1976	4,210,310	88,922	2.18%	2.55%
1977	4,301,256	91,301	2.16%	2.68%
1978	4,394,114	93,794	2.16%	2.73%
1979	4,480,388	96,252	1.96%	2.62%
1980	4,540,382	98,544	1.34%	2.38%
1981	4,570,599	100,615	0.67%	2.1%
1982	4,622,477	102,508	1.14%	1.88%
1983	4,707,367	104,380	1.84%	1.83%
1984	4,798,003	106,394	1.93%	1.93%
1985	4,894,706	108,658	2.02%	2.13%
1986	4,992,769	111,150	2%	2.29%
1987	5,092,441	113,919	2%	2.49%
1988	5,195,833	116,939	2.03%	2.65%
1989	5,298,979	119,979	1.99%	2.6%
1990	5,399,726	122,980	1.9%	2.5%
1991	5,495,077	125,697	1.77%	2.21%
1992	5,585,609	128,110	1.65%	1.92%
1993	5,659,957	130,467	1.33%	1.84%
1994	5,714,129	132,732	0.96%	1.74%
1995	5,762,131	134,895	0.84%	1.63%
1996	5,805,286	136,962	0.75%	1.53%
1997	5,844,578	138,922	0.68%	1.43%
1998	5,880,781	140,751	0.62%	1.32%
1999	5,913,900	142,442	0.56%	1.2%
2000	5,943,366	144,018	0.5%	1.11%
2001	5,968,060	146,375	0.42%	1.64%
2002	5,986,631	149,922	0.31%	2.42%
2003	5,998,599	153,814	0.2%	2.6%
2004	6,004,671	157,705	0.1%	2.53%
2005	6,005,578	161,639	0.02%	2.49%
2006	6,002,319	165,638	-0.05%	2.47%
2007	6,009,824	169,700	0.13%	2.45%
2008	6,029,297	173,793	0.32%	2.41%
2009	6,048,279	177,853	0.31%	2.34%
2010	6,068,249	181,802	0.33%	2.22%
2011	6,090,127	185,649	0.36%	2.12%
2012	6,113,975	189,439	0.39%	2.04%
2013	6,138,839	193,148	0.41%	1.96%
2014	6,162,955	196,767	0.39%	1.87%
2015	6,183,676	200,291	0.34%	1.79%
2016	6,200,800	203,689	0.28%	1.7%
2017	6,213,533	206,970	0.21%	1.61%
2018	6,219,807	210,187	0.1%	1.55%
2019	6,222,318	213,392	0.04%	1.52%
2020	6,234,673	217,435	0.2%	1.89%
2021	6,255,782	221,961	0.34%	2.08%
2022	6,280,319	226,305	0.39%	1.96%
2023	6,309,624	230,871	0.47%	2.02%
2024	6,338,193	235,536	0.45%	2.02%
2025	6,365,499	240,251	0.43%	2%
2026	6,391,250	244,987	0.4%	1.97%
2027	6,416,437	249,783	0.39%	1.96%
2028	6,440,931	254,657	0.38%	1.95%
2029	6,464,413	259,597	0.36%	1.94%
2030	6,486,202	264,560	0.34%	1.91%
2031	6,506,399	269,566	0.31%	1.89%
2032	6,525,787	274,643	0.3%	1.88%
2033	6,544,657	279,761	0.29%	1.86%
2034	6,562,182	284,911	0.27%	1.84%
2035	6,578,179	290,082	0.24%	1.81%
2036	6,593,325	295,269	0.23%	1.79%
2037	6,607,014	300,439	0.21%	1.75%
2038	6,619,816	305,590	0.19%	1.71%
2039	6,631,169	310,729	0.17%	1.68%
2040	6,640,751	315,833	0.14%	1.64%
2041	6,649,288	320,875	0.13%	1.6%
2042	6,656,208	325,888	0.1%	1.56%
2043	6,661,886	330,908	0.09%	1.54%
2044	6,665,748	335,919	0.06%	1.51%
2045	6,668,028	340,911	0.03%	1.49%
2046	6,669,403	345,883	0.02%	1.46%
2047	6,669,832	350,758	0.006%	1.41%
2048	6,669,220	355,569	-0.009%	1.37%
2049	6,666,756	360,353	-0.04%	1.35%
2050	6,663,341	365,103	-0.05%	1.32%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,051 people (a 23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 41,350 (a 20.3% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th in 2026. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2006 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.