Population in El Salvador compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

El Salvador and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	South Africa	El Salvador	South Africa
1960	2,791,459	16,440,172	-	-
1961	2,870,016	16,908,035	2.81%	2.85%
1962	2,949,204	17,418,522	2.76%	3.02%
1963	3,028,679	17,954,564	2.69%	3.08%
1964	3,111,883	18,511,361	2.75%	3.1%
1965	3,199,466	19,089,380	2.81%	3.12%
1966	3,290,961	19,690,087	2.86%	3.15%
1967	3,385,184	20,314,066	2.86%	3.17%
1968	3,480,773	20,957,287	2.82%	3.17%
1969	3,576,485	21,614,676	2.75%	3.14%
1970	3,668,796	22,279,984	2.58%	3.08%
1971	3,757,523	22,942,143	2.42%	2.97%
1972	3,846,830	23,609,456	2.38%	2.91%
1973	3,938,068	24,294,263	2.37%	2.9%
1974	4,029,671	24,989,108	2.33%	2.86%
1975	4,120,449	25,690,940	2.25%	2.81%
1976	4,210,310	26,395,450	2.18%	2.74%
1977	4,301,256	27,118,952	2.16%	2.74%
1978	4,394,114	27,869,507	2.16%	2.77%
1979	4,480,388	28,634,162	1.96%	2.74%
1980	4,540,382	29,518,857	1.34%	3.09%
1981	4,570,599	30,541,044	0.67%	3.46%
1982	4,622,477	31,615,339	1.14%	3.52%
1983	4,707,367	32,739,304	1.84%	3.56%
1984	4,798,003	33,892,788	1.93%	3.52%
1985	4,894,706	35,042,093	2.02%	3.39%
1986	4,992,769	36,180,515	2%	3.25%
1987	5,092,441	37,326,190	2%	3.17%
1988	5,195,833	38,480,649	2.03%	3.09%
1989	5,298,979	39,628,575	1.99%	2.98%
1990	5,399,726	40,746,268	1.9%	2.82%
1991	5,495,077	41,687,898	1.77%	2.31%
1992	5,585,609	42,443,509	1.65%	1.81%
1993	5,659,957	43,297,156	1.33%	2.01%
1994	5,714,129	44,004,139	0.96%	1.63%
1995	5,762,131	44,541,554	0.84%	1.22%
1996	5,805,286	45,123,018	0.75%	1.31%
1997	5,844,578	45,666,838	0.68%	1.21%
1998	5,880,781	46,223,880	0.62%	1.22%
1999	5,913,900	46,730,335	0.56%	1.1%
2000	5,943,366	47,159,719	0.5%	0.92%
2001	5,968,060	47,566,800	0.42%	0.86%
2002	5,986,631	48,019,415	0.31%	0.95%
2003	5,998,599	48,500,348	0.2%	1%
2004	6,004,671	48,991,421	0.1%	1.01%
2005	6,005,578	49,490,033	0.02%	1.02%
2006	6,002,319	49,998,277	-0.05%	1.03%
2007	6,009,824	50,528,584	0.13%	1.06%
2008	6,029,297	51,114,599	0.32%	1.16%
2009	6,048,279	51,728,516	0.31%	1.2%
2010	6,068,249	52,344,051	0.33%	1.19%
2011	6,090,127	52,995,205	0.36%	1.24%
2012	6,113,975	53,782,567	0.39%	1.49%
2013	6,138,839	54,678,791	0.41%	1.67%
2014	6,162,955	55,594,838	0.39%	1.68%
2015	6,183,676	56,723,537	0.34%	2.03%
2016	6,200,800	57,259,551	0.28%	0.94%
2017	6,213,533	57,635,162	0.21%	0.66%
2018	6,219,807	58,613,001	0.1%	1.7%
2019	6,222,318	59,587,885	0.04%	1.66%
2020	6,234,673	60,562,381	0.2%	1.64%
2021	6,255,782	61,502,603	0.34%	1.55%
2022	6,280,319	62,378,410	0.39%	1.42%
2023	6,309,624	63,212,384	0.47%	1.34%
2024	6,338,193	64,007,187	0.45%	1.26%
2025	6,365,499	64,747,317	0.43%	1.16%
2026	6,391,250	65,453,086	0.4%	1.09%
2027	6,416,437	66,143,018	0.39%	1.05%
2028	6,440,931	66,830,384	0.38%	1.04%
2029	6,464,413	67,506,850	0.36%	1.01%
2030	6,486,202	68,161,357	0.34%	0.97%
2031	6,506,399	68,798,574	0.31%	0.93%
2032	6,525,787	69,426,441	0.3%	0.91%
2033	6,544,657	70,040,484	0.29%	0.88%
2034	6,562,182	70,641,572	0.27%	0.86%
2035	6,578,179	71,234,749	0.24%	0.84%
2036	6,593,325	71,816,372	0.23%	0.82%
2037	6,607,014	72,387,807	0.21%	0.8%
2038	6,619,816	72,949,611	0.19%	0.78%
2039	6,631,169	73,496,152	0.17%	0.75%
2040	6,640,751	74,035,615	0.14%	0.73%
2041	6,649,288	74,575,444	0.13%	0.73%
2042	6,656,208	75,111,899	0.1%	0.72%
2043	6,661,886	75,641,512	0.09%	0.71%
2044	6,665,748	76,164,461	0.06%	0.69%
2045	6,668,028	76,681,448	0.03%	0.68%
2046	6,669,403	77,199,542	0.02%	0.68%
2047	6,669,832	77,716,650	0.006%	0.67%
2048	6,669,220	78,215,323	-0.009%	0.64%
2049	6,666,756	78,699,584	-0.04%	0.62%
2050	6,663,341	79,177,329	-0.05%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.