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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of El Salvador was 6,338,193 in 2024 vs 634,431 people in Suriname in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current El Salvador's population is 6,386,184 people compared to 644,193 in Suriname.

Population statistics:

  • El Salvador's population is 9.91 times bigger than Suriname's.
  • El Salvador is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while Suriname is the 165th.
  • The countries together account for 0.09% of the world: 0.08% for El Salvador vs 0.008% for Suriname.
  • For the last 10 years, El Salvador has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +0.99% in Suriname.
  • Since 2005, the population of El Salvador has increased from 6.01M people to 6.39M (6.34% growth), while Suriname has grown from 519K to 644K (24% growth).
  • El Salvador is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 6.67M people compared to the peak of 753K people in 2071 for Suriname.

El Salvador vs Suriname: live population counter

El Salvador Suriname
Current population
6386184
644193
Population rank 112/197 165/197
Percent of world population 0.08% 0.008%
One net population change
18.4 minutes
1.58 hours
One birth every
5.29 minutes
48.3 minutes
One death every
11.1 minutes
2.1 hours
One migration net change every
22.8 minutes
7.51 hours
Annual migration change -23,102 -1,166
Daily growth/decline +78 +15
Annual growth/decline +28,569 +5,545
Annual growth/decline rate +0.45% +0.88%
Population growth rate rank 140/197 110/197

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

El Salvador
Population

Growth rate
Suriname
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
El Salvador Suriname El Salvador Suriname
1960 2,791,459 263,918 - -
1961 2,870,016 272,791 2.81% 3.36%
1962 2,949,204 283,912 2.76% 4.08%
1963 3,028,679 297,034 2.69% 4.62%
1964 3,111,883 309,041 2.75% 4.04%
1965 3,199,466 320,000 2.81% 3.55%
1966 3,290,961 331,135 2.86% 3.48%
1967 3,385,184 342,679 2.86% 3.49%
1968 3,480,773 354,616 2.82% 3.48%
1969 3,576,485 366,906 2.75% 3.47%
1970 3,668,796 379,442 2.58% 3.42%
1971 3,757,523 391,932 2.42% 3.29%
1972 3,846,830 397,413 2.38% 1.4%
1973 3,938,068 395,772 2.37% -0.41%
1974 4,029,671 393,676 2.33% -0.53%
1975 4,120,449 391,170 2.25% -0.64%
1976 4,210,310 388,289 2.18% -0.74%
1977 4,301,256 385,067 2.16% -0.83%
1978 4,394,114 381,502 2.16% -0.93%
1979 4,480,388 377,602 1.96% -1.02%
1980 4,540,382 375,377 1.34% -0.59%
1981 4,570,599 375,459 0.67% 0.02%
1982 4,622,477 376,555 1.14% 0.29%
1983 4,707,367 378,746 1.84% 0.58%
1984 4,798,003 382,193 1.93% 0.91%
1985 4,894,706 386,972 2.02% 1.25%
1986 4,992,769 392,330 2% 1.38%
1987 5,092,441 396,911 2% 1.17%
1988 5,195,833 402,227 2.03% 1.34%
1989 5,298,979 408,409 1.99% 1.54%
1990 5,399,726 412,493 1.9% 1%
1991 5,495,077 415,013 1.77% 0.61%
1992 5,585,609 417,589 1.65% 0.62%
1993 5,659,957 419,352 1.33% 0.42%
1994 5,714,129 422,375 0.96% 0.72%
1995 5,762,131 429,606 0.84% 1.71%
1996 5,805,286 438,830 0.75% 2.15%
1997 5,844,578 448,067 0.68% 2.1%
1998 5,880,781 457,406 0.62% 2.08%
1999 5,913,900 466,916 0.56% 2.08%
2000 5,943,366 476,643 0.5% 2.08%
2001 5,968,060 486,560 0.42% 2.08%
2002 5,986,631 496,551 0.31% 2.05%
2003 5,998,599 506,414 0.2% 1.99%
2004 6,004,671 513,923 0.1% 1.48%
2005 6,005,578 519,313 0.02% 1.05%
2006 6,002,319 524,997 -0.05% 1.09%
2007 6,009,824 531,016 0.13% 1.15%
2008 6,029,297 537,245 0.32% 1.17%
2009 6,048,279 543,568 0.31% 1.18%
2010 6,068,249 549,923 0.33% 1.17%
2011 6,090,127 556,269 0.36% 1.15%
2012 6,113,975 562,633 0.39% 1.14%
2013 6,138,839 569,020 0.41% 1.14%
2014 6,162,955 575,373 0.39% 1.12%
2015 6,183,676 581,627 0.34% 1.09%
2016 6,200,800 587,757 0.28% 1.05%
2017 6,213,533 593,713 0.21% 1.01%
2018 6,219,807 599,513 0.1% 0.98%
2019 6,222,318 605,768 0.04% 1.04%
2020 6,234,673 612,317 0.2% 1.08%
2021 6,255,782 617,896 0.34% 0.91%
2022 6,280,319 623,164 0.39% 0.85%
2023 6,309,624 628,886 0.47% 0.92%
2024 6,338,193 634,431 0.45% 0.88%
2025 6,365,499 639,852 0.43% 0.85%
2026 6,391,250 645,257 0.4% 0.84%
2027 6,416,437 650,564 0.39% 0.82%
2028 6,440,931 655,783 0.38% 0.8%
2029 6,464,413 660,793 0.36% 0.76%
2030 6,486,202 665,650 0.34% 0.74%
2031 6,506,399 670,421 0.31% 0.72%
2032 6,525,787 675,070 0.3% 0.69%
2033 6,544,657 679,573 0.29% 0.67%
2034 6,562,182 683,911 0.27% 0.64%
2035 6,578,179 688,189 0.24% 0.63%
2036 6,593,325 692,343 0.23% 0.6%
2037 6,607,014 696,213 0.21% 0.56%
2038 6,619,816 699,908 0.19% 0.53%
2039 6,631,169 703,569 0.17% 0.52%
2040 6,640,751 707,156 0.14% 0.51%
2041 6,649,288 710,619 0.13% 0.49%
2042 6,656,208 713,900 0.1% 0.46%
2043 6,661,886 716,999 0.09% 0.43%
2044 6,665,748 719,920 0.06% 0.41%
2045 6,668,028 722,759 0.03% 0.39%
2046 6,669,403 725,322 0.02% 0.35%
2047 6,669,832 727,726 0.006% 0.33%
2048 6,669,220 730,038 -0.009% 0.32%
2049 6,666,756 732,021 -0.04% 0.27%
2050 6,663,341 733,898 -0.05% 0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.

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