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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	South Korea	El Salvador	South Korea
1960	2,791,459	25,012,374	-	-
1961	2,870,016	25,765,673	2.81%	3.01%
1962	2,949,204	26,513,030	2.76%	2.9%
1963	3,028,679	27,261,747	2.69%	2.82%
1964	3,111,883	27,984,155	2.75%	2.65%
1965	3,199,466	28,704,674	2.81%	2.57%
1966	3,290,961	29,435,571	2.86%	2.55%
1967	3,385,184	30,130,983	2.86%	2.36%
1968	3,480,773	30,838,302	2.82%	2.35%
1969	3,576,485	31,544,266	2.75%	2.29%
1970	3,668,796	32,240,827	2.58%	2.21%
1971	3,757,523	32,882,704	2.42%	1.99%
1972	3,846,830	33,505,406	2.38%	1.89%
1973	3,938,068	34,103,149	2.37%	1.78%
1974	4,029,671	34,692,266	2.33%	1.73%
1975	4,120,449	35,280,725	2.25%	1.7%
1976	4,210,310	35,848,523	2.18%	1.61%
1977	4,301,256	36,411,795	2.16%	1.57%
1978	4,394,114	36,969,185	2.16%	1.53%
1979	4,480,388	37,534,236	1.96%	1.53%
1980	4,540,382	38,123,775	1.34%	1.57%
1981	4,570,599	38,723,248	0.67%	1.57%
1982	4,622,477	39,326,352	1.14%	1.56%
1983	4,707,367	39,910,403	1.84%	1.49%
1984	4,798,003	40,405,956	1.93%	1.24%
1985	4,894,706	40,805,744	2.02%	0.99%
1986	4,992,769	41,213,674	2%	1%
1987	5,092,441	41,621,690	2%	0.99%
1988	5,195,833	42,031,247	2.03%	0.98%
1989	5,298,979	42,449,038	1.99%	0.99%
1990	5,399,726	42,869,283	1.9%	0.99%
1991	5,495,077	43,295,704	1.77%	0.99%
1992	5,585,609	43,747,962	1.65%	1.04%
1993	5,659,957	44,194,628	1.33%	1.02%
1994	5,714,129	44,641,540	0.96%	1.01%
1995	5,762,131	45,092,991	0.84%	1.01%
1996	5,805,286	45,524,681	0.75%	0.96%
1997	5,844,578	45,953,580	0.68%	0.94%
1998	5,880,781	46,286,503	0.62%	0.72%
1999	5,913,900	46,616,677	0.56%	0.71%
2000	5,943,366	47,008,111	0.5%	0.84%
2001	5,968,060	47,370,164	0.42%	0.77%
2002	5,986,631	47,644,736	0.31%	0.58%
2003	5,998,599	47,892,330	0.2%	0.52%
2004	6,004,671	48,082,519	0.1%	0.4%
2005	6,005,578	48,184,561	0.02%	0.21%
2006	6,002,319	48,438,292	-0.05%	0.53%
2007	6,009,824	48,683,638	0.13%	0.51%
2008	6,029,297	49,054,708	0.32%	0.76%
2009	6,048,279	49,307,835	0.31%	0.52%
2010	6,068,249	49,554,112	0.33%	0.5%
2011	6,090,127	49,936,638	0.36%	0.77%
2012	6,113,975	50,199,853	0.39%	0.53%
2013	6,138,839	50,428,893	0.41%	0.46%
2014	6,162,955	50,746,659	0.39%	0.63%
2015	6,183,676	51,014,947	0.34%	0.53%
2016	6,200,800	51,217,803	0.28%	0.4%
2017	6,213,533	51,361,911	0.21%	0.28%
2018	6,219,807	51,585,058	0.1%	0.43%
2019	6,222,318	51,764,822	0.04%	0.35%
2020	6,234,673	51,836,239	0.2%	0.14%
2021	6,255,782	51,769,539	0.34%	-0.13%
2022	6,280,319	51,672,569	0.39%	-0.19%
2023	6,309,624	51,712,619	0.47%	0.08%
2024	6,338,193	51,751,065	0.45%	0.07%
2025	6,365,499	51,700,480	0.43%	-0.1%
2026	6,391,250	51,633,793	0.4%	-0.13%
2027	6,416,437	51,552,198	0.39%	-0.16%
2028	6,440,931	51,456,707	0.38%	-0.19%
2029	6,464,413	51,347,230	0.36%	-0.21%
2030	6,486,202	51,221,713	0.34%	-0.24%
2031	6,506,399	51,081,220	0.31%	-0.27%
2032	6,525,787	50,924,233	0.3%	-0.31%
2033	6,544,657	50,747,132	0.29%	-0.35%
2034	6,562,182	50,549,508	0.27%	-0.39%
2035	6,578,179	50,333,286	0.24%	-0.43%
2036	6,593,325	50,098,951	0.23%	-0.47%
2037	6,607,014	49,845,669	0.21%	-0.51%
2038	6,619,816	49,573,234	0.19%	-0.55%
2039	6,631,169	49,283,770	0.17%	-0.58%
2040	6,640,751	48,980,369	0.14%	-0.62%
2041	6,649,288	48,661,905	0.13%	-0.65%
2042	6,656,208	48,331,004	0.1%	-0.68%
2043	6,661,886	47,990,085	0.09%	-0.71%
2044	6,665,748	47,634,183	0.06%	-0.74%
2045	6,668,028	47,263,526	0.03%	-0.78%
2046	6,669,403	46,881,228	0.02%	-0.81%
2047	6,669,832	46,482,133	0.006%	-0.85%
2048	6,669,220	46,063,595	-0.009%	-0.9%
2049	6,666,756	45,626,805	-0.04%	-0.95%
2050	6,663,341	45,172,356	-0.05%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.