Population in El Salvador compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

El Salvador and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Saudi Arabia	El Salvador	Saudi Arabia
1960	2,791,459	2,435,403	-	-
1961	2,870,016	2,526,347	2.81%	3.73%
1962	2,949,204	2,620,910	2.76%	3.74%
1963	3,028,679	2,719,341	2.69%	3.76%
1964	3,111,883	2,821,968	2.75%	3.77%
1965	3,199,466	2,928,771	2.81%	3.78%
1966	3,290,961	3,039,887	2.86%	3.79%
1967	3,385,184	3,157,242	2.86%	3.86%
1968	3,480,773	3,282,711	2.82%	3.97%
1969	3,576,485	3,417,114	2.75%	4.09%
1970	3,668,796	3,562,470	2.58%	4.25%
1971	3,757,523	3,724,031	2.42%	4.54%
1972	3,846,830	3,905,722	2.38%	4.88%
1973	3,938,068	4,106,344	2.37%	5.14%
1974	4,029,671	4,323,632	2.33%	5.29%
1975	4,120,449	4,556,287	2.25%	5.38%
1976	4,210,310	4,807,933	2.18%	5.52%
1977	4,301,256	5,083,048	2.16%	5.72%
1978	4,394,114	5,381,902	2.16%	5.88%
1979	4,480,388	5,703,698	1.96%	5.98%
1980	4,540,382	6,047,997	1.34%	6.04%
1981	4,570,599	6,420,551	0.67%	6.16%
1982	4,622,477	6,824,486	1.14%	6.29%
1983	4,707,367	7,252,941	1.84%	6.28%
1984	4,798,003	7,697,307	1.93%	6.13%
1985	4,894,706	8,151,779	2.02%	5.9%
1986	4,992,769	8,628,639	2%	5.85%
1987	5,092,441	9,130,194	2%	5.81%
1988	5,195,833	9,629,165	2.03%	5.47%
1989	5,298,979	10,128,394	1.99%	5.18%
1990	5,399,726	10,640,691	1.9%	5.06%
1991	5,495,077	11,160,744	1.77%	4.89%
1992	5,585,609	11,686,676	1.65%	4.71%
1993	5,659,957	12,215,862	1.33%	4.53%
1994	5,714,129	12,750,040	0.96%	4.37%
1995	5,762,131	13,289,245	0.84%	4.23%
1996	5,805,286	13,831,009	0.75%	4.08%
1997	5,844,578	14,374,943	0.68%	3.93%
1998	5,880,781	14,922,185	0.62%	3.81%
1999	5,913,900	15,472,075	0.56%	3.69%
2000	5,943,366	16,177,722	0.5%	4.56%
2001	5,968,060	17,041,397	0.42%	5.34%
2002	5,986,631	17,910,910	0.31%	5.1%
2003	5,998,599	18,786,767	0.2%	4.89%
2004	6,004,671	19,669,480	0.1%	4.7%
2005	6,005,578	20,559,890	0.02%	4.53%
2006	6,002,319	21,459,144	-0.05%	4.37%
2007	6,009,824	22,368,313	0.13%	4.24%
2008	6,029,297	23,287,877	0.32%	4.11%
2009	6,048,279	24,217,654	0.31%	3.99%
2010	6,068,249	23,978,487	0.33%	-0.99%
2011	6,090,127	25,091,867	0.36%	4.64%
2012	6,113,975	26,168,861	0.39%	4.29%
2013	6,138,839	27,624,004	0.41%	5.56%
2014	6,162,955	28,309,273	0.39%	2.48%
2015	6,183,676	29,816,382	0.34%	5.32%
2016	6,200,800	30,954,198	0.28%	3.82%
2017	6,213,533	30,977,355	0.21%	0.07%
2018	6,219,807	30,196,281	0.1%	-2.52%
2019	6,222,318	30,063,799	0.04%	-0.44%
2020	6,234,673	31,552,510	0.2%	4.95%
2021	6,255,782	30,784,383	0.34%	-2.43%
2022	6,280,319	32,175,224	0.39%	4.52%
2023	6,309,624	33,702,731	0.47%	4.75%
2024	6,338,193	35,300,280	0.45%	4.74%
2025	6,365,499	35,927,625	0.43%	1.78%
2026	6,391,250	36,550,694	0.4%	1.73%
2027	6,416,437	37,167,513	0.39%	1.69%
2028	6,440,931	37,775,810	0.38%	1.64%
2029	6,464,413	38,364,377	0.36%	1.56%
2030	6,486,202	38,918,375	0.34%	1.44%
2031	6,506,399	39,450,880	0.31%	1.37%
2032	6,525,787	39,983,934	0.3%	1.35%
2033	6,544,657	40,517,599	0.29%	1.33%
2034	6,562,182	41,052,423	0.27%	1.32%
2035	6,578,179	41,588,429	0.24%	1.31%
2036	6,593,325	42,125,184	0.23%	1.29%
2037	6,607,014	42,661,908	0.21%	1.27%
2038	6,619,816	43,198,420	0.19%	1.26%
2039	6,631,169	43,734,316	0.17%	1.24%
2040	6,640,751	44,269,571	0.14%	1.22%
2041	6,649,288	44,804,338	0.13%	1.21%
2042	6,656,208	45,338,111	0.1%	1.19%
2043	6,661,886	45,870,896	0.09%	1.18%
2044	6,665,748	46,403,116	0.06%	1.16%
2045	6,668,028	46,934,822	0.03%	1.15%
2046	6,669,403	47,465,267	0.02%	1.13%
2047	6,669,832	47,993,976	0.006%	1.11%
2048	6,669,220	48,521,364	-0.009%	1.1%
2049	6,666,756	49,047,461	-0.04%	1.08%
2050	6,663,341	49,572,202	-0.05%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.