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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Syria	El Salvador	Syria
1960	2,791,459	4,673,500	-	-
1961	2,870,016	4,815,466	2.81%	3.04%
1962	2,949,204	4,959,340	2.76%	2.99%
1963	3,028,679	5,110,467	2.69%	3.05%
1964	3,111,883	5,269,087	2.75%	3.1%
1965	3,199,466	5,435,267	2.81%	3.15%
1966	3,290,961	5,609,047	2.86%	3.2%
1967	3,385,184	5,790,198	2.86%	3.23%
1968	3,480,773	5,978,742	2.82%	3.26%
1969	3,576,485	6,175,166	2.75%	3.29%
1970	3,668,796	6,380,609	2.58%	3.33%
1971	3,757,523	6,598,094	2.42%	3.41%
1972	3,846,830	6,826,024	2.38%	3.45%
1973	3,938,068	7,060,321	2.37%	3.43%
1974	4,029,671	7,302,160	2.33%	3.43%
1975	4,120,449	7,554,364	2.25%	3.45%
1976	4,210,310	7,817,320	2.18%	3.48%
1977	4,301,256	8,090,501	2.16%	3.49%
1978	4,394,114	8,372,759	2.16%	3.49%
1979	4,480,388	8,661,909	1.96%	3.45%
1980	4,540,382	8,957,663	1.34%	3.41%
1981	4,570,599	9,260,189	0.67%	3.38%
1982	4,622,477	9,572,511	1.14%	3.37%
1983	4,707,367	9,904,809	1.84%	3.47%
1984	4,798,003	10,258,398	1.93%	3.57%
1985	4,894,706	10,625,672	2.02%	3.58%
1986	4,992,769	11,002,844	2%	3.55%
1987	5,092,441	11,388,923	2%	3.51%
1988	5,195,833	11,782,264	2.03%	3.45%
1989	5,298,979	12,179,060	1.99%	3.37%
1990	5,399,726	12,579,208	1.9%	3.29%
1991	5,495,077	12,980,821	1.77%	3.19%
1992	5,585,609	13,385,571	1.65%	3.12%
1993	5,659,957	13,795,686	1.33%	3.06%
1994	5,714,129	14,208,583	0.96%	2.99%
1995	5,762,131	14,616,801	0.84%	2.87%
1996	5,805,286	15,018,104	0.75%	2.75%
1997	5,844,578	15,417,542	0.68%	2.66%
1998	5,880,781	15,820,413	0.62%	2.61%
1999	5,913,900	16,228,061	0.56%	2.58%
2000	5,943,366	16,637,888	0.5%	2.53%
2001	5,968,060	17,051,338	0.42%	2.48%
2002	5,986,631	17,468,332	0.31%	2.45%
2003	5,998,599	17,889,296	0.2%	2.41%
2004	6,004,671	18,336,875	0.1%	2.5%
2005	6,005,578	18,814,091	0.02%	2.6%
2006	6,002,319	19,637,022	-0.05%	4.37%
2007	6,009,824	20,884,125	0.13%	6.35%
2008	6,029,297	21,636,564	0.32%	3.6%
2009	6,048,279	21,976,969	0.31%	1.57%
2010	6,068,249	22,482,421	0.33%	2.3%
2011	6,090,127	22,878,098	0.36%	1.76%
2012	6,113,975	22,759,763	0.39%	-0.52%
2013	6,138,839	21,666,917	0.41%	-4.8%
2014	6,162,955	20,273,659	0.39%	-6.43%
2015	6,183,676	19,424,618	0.34%	-4.19%
2016	6,200,800	19,193,834	0.28%	-1.19%
2017	6,213,533	19,224,668	0.21%	0.16%
2018	6,219,807	19,577,845	0.1%	1.84%
2019	6,222,318	20,353,534	0.04%	3.96%
2020	6,234,673	21,049,429	0.2%	3.42%
2021	6,255,782	21,628,839	0.34%	2.75%
2022	6,280,319	22,462,173	0.39%	3.85%
2023	6,309,624	23,594,623	0.47%	5.04%
2024	6,338,193	24,672,760	0.45%	4.57%
2025	6,365,499	25,620,422	0.43%	3.84%
2026	6,391,250	26,472,499	0.4%	3.33%
2027	6,416,437	27,261,544	0.39%	2.98%
2028	6,440,931	28,006,558	0.38%	2.73%
2029	6,464,413	28,719,309	0.36%	2.54%
2030	6,486,202	29,395,545	0.34%	2.35%
2031	6,506,399	30,029,824	0.31%	2.16%
2032	6,525,787	30,633,661	0.3%	2.01%
2033	6,544,657	31,212,478	0.29%	1.89%
2034	6,562,182	31,768,138	0.27%	1.78%
2035	6,578,179	32,294,792	0.24%	1.66%
2036	6,593,325	32,788,153	0.23%	1.53%
2037	6,607,014	33,258,407	0.21%	1.43%
2038	6,619,816	33,710,718	0.19%	1.36%
2039	6,631,169	34,131,238	0.17%	1.25%
2040	6,640,751	34,533,185	0.14%	1.18%
2041	6,649,288	34,916,936	0.13%	1.11%
2042	6,656,208	35,279,863	0.1%	1.04%
2043	6,661,886	35,623,325	0.09%	0.97%
2044	6,665,748	35,944,394	0.06%	0.9%
2045	6,668,028	36,265,295	0.03%	0.89%
2046	6,669,403	36,583,260	0.02%	0.88%
2047	6,669,832	36,878,640	0.006%	0.81%
2048	6,669,220	37,171,029	-0.009%	0.79%
2049	6,666,756	37,477,690	-0.04%	0.83%
2050	6,663,341	37,793,378	-0.05%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.