The latest officially reported population of El Salvador was 6,338,193 in 2024 vs 5,422,069 people in Slovakia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current El Salvador's population is 6,386,184 people compared to 5,390,674 in Slovakia.
Population statistics:
- El Salvador's population is 1.18 times bigger than Slovakia's.
- El Salvador is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while Slovakia is the 125th.
- The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.08% for El Salvador vs 0.07% for Slovakia.
- For the last 10 years, El Salvador has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +0.01% in Slovakia.
- Since 2005, the population of El Salvador has increased from 6.01M people to 6.39M (6.34% growth), while Slovakia has grown from 5.37M to 5.39M (0.33% growth).
- El Salvador is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 6.67M people, while Slovakia's population already peaked in 2020 at 5.46M people and is projected to decrease to 3.37M people by 2100.
El Salvador vs Slovakia: live population counter
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| Current population |
6386184
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5390674
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| Population rank | 112/197 | 125/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
18.4 minutes
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1.88 hours
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| One birth every |
5.29 minutes
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10.8 minutes
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| One death every |
11.1 minutes
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9.69 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
22.8 minutes
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25 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -23,102 | -21,027 |
| Daily growth/decline | +78 | -13 |
| Annual growth/decline | +28,569 | -4,671 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.45% | -0.09% |
| Population growth rate rank | 140/197 | 171/197 |
El Salvador and Slovakia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,791,459 | 4,068,095 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,870,016 | 4,191,667 | 2.81% | 3.04% |
| 1962 | 2,949,204 | 4,238,188 | 2.76% | 1.11% |
| 1963 | 3,028,679 | 4,282,017 | 2.69% | 1.03% |
| 1964 | 3,111,883 | 4,327,341 | 2.75% | 1.06% |
| 1965 | 3,199,466 | 4,370,983 | 2.81% | 1.01% |
| 1966 | 3,290,961 | 4,411,666 | 2.86% | 0.93% |
| 1967 | 3,385,184 | 4,449,367 | 2.86% | 0.85% |
| 1968 | 3,480,773 | 4,483,915 | 2.82% | 0.78% |
| 1969 | 3,576,485 | 4,518,607 | 2.75% | 0.77% |
| 1970 | 3,668,796 | 4,538,223 | 2.58% | 0.43% |
| 1971 | 3,757,523 | 4,557,449 | 2.42% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 3,846,830 | 4,596,622 | 2.38% | 0.86% |
| 1973 | 3,938,068 | 4,641,445 | 2.37% | 0.98% |
| 1974 | 4,029,671 | 4,689,623 | 2.33% | 1.04% |
| 1975 | 4,120,449 | 4,739,105 | 2.25% | 1.06% |
| 1976 | 4,210,310 | 4,789,507 | 2.18% | 1.06% |
| 1977 | 4,301,256 | 4,840,501 | 2.16% | 1.06% |
| 1978 | 4,394,114 | 4,890,125 | 2.16% | 1.03% |
| 1979 | 4,480,388 | 4,938,973 | 1.96% | 1% |
| 1980 | 4,540,382 | 4,979,815 | 1.34% | 0.83% |
| 1981 | 4,570,599 | 5,016,105 | 0.67% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 4,622,477 | 5,055,099 | 1.14% | 0.78% |
| 1983 | 4,707,367 | 5,091,971 | 1.84% | 0.73% |
| 1984 | 4,798,003 | 5,127,097 | 1.93% | 0.69% |
| 1985 | 4,894,706 | 5,161,768 | 2.02% | 0.68% |
| 1986 | 4,992,769 | 5,193,838 | 2% | 0.62% |
| 1987 | 5,092,441 | 5,222,840 | 2% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 5,195,833 | 5,250,596 | 2.03% | 0.53% |
| 1989 | 5,298,979 | 5,275,942 | 1.99% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 5,399,726 | 5,299,187 | 1.9% | 0.44% |
| 1991 | 5,495,077 | 5,303,294 | 1.77% | 0.08% |
| 1992 | 5,585,609 | 5,305,016 | 1.65% | 0.03% |
| 1993 | 5,659,957 | 5,325,305 | 1.33% | 0.38% |
| 1994 | 5,714,129 | 5,346,331 | 0.96% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 5,762,131 | 5,361,999 | 0.84% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 5,805,286 | 5,373,361 | 0.75% | 0.21% |
| 1997 | 5,844,578 | 5,383,291 | 0.68% | 0.18% |
| 1998 | 5,880,781 | 5,390,516 | 0.62% | 0.13% |
| 1999 | 5,913,900 | 5,396,020 | 0.56% | 0.1% |
| 2000 | 5,943,366 | 5,388,720 | 0.5% | -0.14% |
| 2001 | 5,968,060 | 5,378,867 | 0.42% | -0.18% |
| 2002 | 5,986,631 | 5,376,912 | 0.31% | -0.04% |
| 2003 | 5,998,599 | 5,373,374 | 0.2% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 6,004,671 | 5,372,280 | 0.1% | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 6,005,578 | 5,372,807 | 0.02% | 0.01% |
| 2006 | 6,002,319 | 5,373,054 | -0.05% | 0.005% |
| 2007 | 6,009,824 | 5,374,622 | 0.13% | 0.03% |
| 2008 | 6,029,297 | 5,379,233 | 0.32% | 0.09% |
| 2009 | 6,048,279 | 5,386,406 | 0.31% | 0.13% |
| 2010 | 6,068,249 | 5,391,428 | 0.33% | 0.09% |
| 2011 | 6,090,127 | 5,398,384 | 0.36% | 0.13% |
| 2012 | 6,113,975 | 5,407,579 | 0.39% | 0.17% |
| 2013 | 6,138,839 | 5,413,393 | 0.41% | 0.11% |
| 2014 | 6,162,955 | 5,418,649 | 0.39% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 6,183,676 | 5,423,801 | 0.34% | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 6,200,800 | 5,430,798 | 0.28% | 0.13% |
| 2017 | 6,213,533 | 5,439,232 | 0.21% | 0.16% |
| 2018 | 6,219,807 | 5,446,771 | 0.1% | 0.14% |
| 2019 | 6,222,318 | 5,454,147 | 0.04% | 0.14% |
| 2020 | 6,234,673 | 5,458,827 | 0.2% | 0.09% |
| 2021 | 6,255,782 | 5,447,247 | 0.34% | -0.21% |
| 2022 | 6,280,319 | 5,431,752 | 0.39% | -0.28% |
| 2023 | 6,309,624 | 5,426,740 | 0.47% | -0.09% |
| 2024 | 6,338,193 | 5,422,069 | 0.45% | -0.09% |
| 2025 | 6,365,499 | 5,390,674 | 0.43% | -0.58% |
| 2026 | 6,391,250 | 5,367,504 | 0.4% | -0.43% |
| 2027 | 6,416,437 | 5,357,756 | 0.39% | -0.18% |
| 2028 | 6,440,931 | 5,346,292 | 0.38% | -0.21% |
| 2029 | 6,464,413 | 5,333,135 | 0.36% | -0.25% |
| 2030 | 6,486,202 | 5,318,323 | 0.34% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 6,506,399 | 5,302,079 | 0.31% | -0.31% |
| 2032 | 6,525,787 | 5,284,585 | 0.3% | -0.33% |
| 2033 | 6,544,657 | 5,265,970 | 0.29% | -0.35% |
| 2034 | 6,562,182 | 5,246,341 | 0.27% | -0.37% |
| 2035 | 6,578,179 | 5,225,725 | 0.24% | -0.39% |
| 2036 | 6,593,325 | 5,204,191 | 0.23% | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 6,607,014 | 5,181,996 | 0.21% | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 6,619,816 | 5,159,193 | 0.19% | -0.44% |
| 2039 | 6,631,169 | 5,135,906 | 0.17% | -0.45% |
| 2040 | 6,640,751 | 5,112,164 | 0.14% | -0.46% |
| 2041 | 6,649,288 | 5,088,002 | 0.13% | -0.47% |
| 2042 | 6,656,208 | 5,063,600 | 0.1% | -0.48% |
| 2043 | 6,661,886 | 5,038,933 | 0.09% | -0.49% |
| 2044 | 6,665,748 | 5,014,014 | 0.06% | -0.49% |
| 2045 | 6,668,028 | 4,988,989 | 0.03% | -0.5% |
| 2046 | 6,669,403 | 4,963,847 | 0.02% | -0.5% |
| 2047 | 6,669,832 | 4,938,476 | 0.006% | -0.51% |
| 2048 | 6,669,220 | 4,912,885 | -0.009% | -0.52% |
| 2049 | 6,666,756 | 4,886,923 | -0.04% | -0.53% |
| 2050 | 6,663,341 | 4,860,572 | -0.05% | -0.54% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Slovakia gained 50,994 people (a 0.95% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Slovakia's population decreased by -33,127 (a 0.61% decline).
El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. Slovakia was ranked 109th in 2005 and ranked 125th 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 Slovakia will decrease by 9.83% to 4,860,572 people and rank change from 125th to 129th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| San Salvador | 331K |
| Santa Ana | 251K |
| San Miguel | 233K |
| Soyapango | 230K |
| Mejicanos | 137K |
| Apopa | 129K |
| Ahuachapan | 127K |
| Santa Tecla | 126K |
| Sonsonate | 72.2K |
| Usulutan | 66.1K |
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Population differences between El Salvador and Slovakia
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| Life expectancy | 72.5 years | 78.7 years |
| Average age | 31.7 years | 42 years |
| Median age | 28.5 years | 42.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.5:52.5 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.78 births per woman | 1.49 births per woman |
| Population density | 792 ppl/mi² | 292.1 ppl/mi² |
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