Population in El Salvador compared to Spain: Trends, Charts, Rankings

El Salvador and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Spain	El Salvador	Spain
1960	2,791,459	30,455,000	-	-
1961	2,870,016	30,739,250	2.81%	0.93%
1962	2,949,204	31,023,366	2.76%	0.92%
1963	3,028,679	31,296,651	2.69%	0.88%
1964	3,111,883	31,609,195	2.75%	1%
1965	3,199,466	31,954,292	2.81%	1.09%
1966	3,290,961	32,283,194	2.86%	1.03%
1967	3,385,184	32,682,947	2.86%	1.24%
1968	3,480,773	33,113,134	2.82%	1.32%
1969	3,576,485	33,441,054	2.75%	0.99%
1970	3,668,796	33,814,531	2.58%	1.12%
1971	3,757,523	34,224,490	2.42%	1.21%
1972	3,846,830	34,604,469	2.38%	1.11%
1973	3,938,068	34,988,947	2.37%	1.11%
1974	4,029,671	35,373,335	2.33%	1.1%
1975	4,120,449	35,757,900	2.25%	1.09%
1976	4,210,310	36,137,812	2.18%	1.06%
1977	4,301,256	36,511,638	2.16%	1.03%
1978	4,394,114	36,864,898	2.16%	0.97%
1979	4,480,388	37,191,330	1.96%	0.89%
1980	4,540,382	37,491,165	1.34%	0.81%
1981	4,570,599	37,758,631	0.67%	0.71%
1982	4,622,477	37,986,012	1.14%	0.6%
1983	4,707,367	38,171,525	1.84%	0.49%
1984	4,798,003	38,330,364	1.93%	0.42%
1985	4,894,706	38,469,512	2.02%	0.36%
1986	4,992,769	38,584,624	2%	0.3%
1987	5,092,441	38,684,815	2%	0.26%
1988	5,195,833	38,766,939	2.03%	0.21%
1989	5,298,979	38,827,764	1.99%	0.16%
1990	5,399,726	38,867,322	1.9%	0.1%
1991	5,495,077	38,966,376	1.77%	0.25%
1992	5,585,609	39,157,685	1.65%	0.49%
1993	5,659,957	39,361,262	1.33%	0.52%
1994	5,714,129	39,549,108	0.96%	0.48%
1995	5,762,131	39,724,050	0.84%	0.44%
1996	5,805,286	39,889,852	0.75%	0.42%
1997	5,844,578	40,057,389	0.68%	0.42%
1998	5,880,781	40,223,509	0.62%	0.41%
1999	5,913,900	40,386,875	0.56%	0.41%
2000	5,943,366	40,567,864	0.5%	0.45%
2001	5,968,060	40,850,412	0.42%	0.7%
2002	5,986,631	41,431,558	0.31%	1.42%
2003	5,998,599	42,187,645	0.2%	1.82%
2004	6,004,671	42,921,895	0.1%	1.74%
2005	6,005,578	43,653,155	0.02%	1.7%
2006	6,002,319	44,397,319	-0.05%	1.7%
2007	6,009,824	45,226,803	0.13%	1.87%
2008	6,029,297	45,954,106	0.32%	1.61%
2009	6,048,279	46,362,946	0.31%	0.89%
2010	6,068,249	46,576,897	0.33%	0.46%
2011	6,090,127	46,742,697	0.36%	0.36%
2012	6,113,975	46,773,055	0.39%	0.06%
2013	6,138,839	46,604,197	0.41%	-0.36%
2014	6,162,955	46,460,733	0.39%	-0.31%
2015	6,183,676	46,422,303	0.34%	-0.08%
2016	6,200,800	46,458,139	0.28%	0.08%
2017	6,213,533	46,571,232	0.21%	0.24%
2018	6,219,807	46,782,011	0.1%	0.45%
2019	6,222,318	47,118,501	0.04%	0.72%
2020	6,234,673	47,359,424	0.2%	0.51%
2021	6,255,782	47,443,821	0.34%	0.18%
2022	6,280,319	47,786,102	0.39%	0.72%
2023	6,309,624	48,352,528	0.47%	1.19%
2024	6,338,193	48,848,840	0.45%	1.03%
2025	6,365,499	48,827,866	0.43%	-0.04%
2026	6,391,250	48,787,930	0.4%	-0.08%
2027	6,416,437	48,738,456	0.39%	-0.1%
2028	6,440,931	48,683,694	0.38%	-0.11%
2029	6,464,413	48,619,674	0.36%	-0.13%
2030	6,486,202	48,542,955	0.34%	-0.16%
2031	6,506,399	48,454,221	0.31%	-0.18%
2032	6,525,787	48,362,482	0.3%	-0.19%
2033	6,544,657	48,271,264	0.29%	-0.19%
2034	6,562,182	48,177,551	0.27%	-0.19%
2035	6,578,179	48,077,695	0.24%	-0.21%
2036	6,593,325	47,970,911	0.23%	-0.22%
2037	6,607,014	47,860,116	0.21%	-0.23%
2038	6,619,816	47,747,343	0.19%	-0.24%
2039	6,631,169	47,629,540	0.17%	-0.25%
2040	6,640,751	47,504,152	0.14%	-0.26%
2041	6,649,288	47,373,061	0.13%	-0.28%
2042	6,656,208	47,234,914	0.1%	-0.29%
2043	6,661,886	47,092,497	0.09%	-0.3%
2044	6,665,748	46,942,712	0.06%	-0.32%
2045	6,668,028	46,778,501	0.03%	-0.35%
2046	6,669,403	46,604,170	0.02%	-0.37%
2047	6,669,832	46,421,312	0.006%	-0.39%
2048	6,669,220	46,230,109	-0.009%	-0.41%
2049	6,666,756	46,024,720	-0.04%	-0.44%
2050	6,663,341	45,808,469	-0.05%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.