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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of El Salvador was 6,338,193 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current El Salvador's population is 6,386,184 people compared to 85,914,550 in Turkey.

Population statistics:

  • Turkey's population is 13.5 times bigger than El Salvador's.
  • El Salvador is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
  • The countries together account for 1.12% of the world: 0.08% for El Salvador vs 1.04% for Turkey.
  • For the last 10 years, El Salvador has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
  • Since 2005, the population of El Salvador has increased from 6.01M people to 6.39M (6.34% growth), while Turkey has grown from 69.3M to 85.9M (23.9% growth).
  • El Salvador is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 6.67M people compared to the peak of 89.4M people in 2047 for Turkey.

El Salvador vs Turkey: live population counter

El Salvador Turkey
Current population
6386184
85914550
Population rank 112/197 18/197
Percent of world population 0.08% 1.04%
One net population change
18.4 minutes
2.73 minutes
One birth every
5.29 minutes
33 seconds
One death every
11.1 minutes
59.6 seconds
One migration net change every
22.8 minutes
1.9 minutes
Annual migration change -23,102 -275,952
Daily growth/decline +78 +528
Annual growth/decline +28,569 +192,696
Annual growth/decline rate +0.45% +0.23%
Population growth rate rank 140/197 153/197

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

El Salvador
Population

Growth rate
Turkey
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
El Salvador Turkey El Salvador Turkey
1960 2,791,459 28,329,898 - -
1961 2,870,016 29,119,238 2.81% 2.79%
1962 2,949,204 29,916,147 2.76% 2.74%
1963 3,028,679 30,726,841 2.69% 2.71%
1964 3,111,883 31,543,072 2.75% 2.66%
1965 3,199,466 32,345,220 2.81% 2.54%
1966 3,290,961 33,177,672 2.86% 2.57%
1967 3,385,184 34,050,421 2.86% 2.63%
1968 3,480,773 34,921,684 2.82% 2.56%
1969 3,576,485 35,787,774 2.75% 2.48%
1970 3,668,796 36,638,465 2.58% 2.38%
1971 3,757,523 37,518,611 2.42% 2.4%
1972 3,846,830 38,430,221 2.38% 2.43%
1973 3,938,068 39,329,533 2.37% 2.34%
1974 4,029,671 40,210,234 2.33% 2.24%
1975 4,120,449 41,053,126 2.25% 2.1%
1976 4,210,310 41,899,984 2.18% 2.06%
1977 4,301,256 42,773,298 2.16% 2.08%
1978 4,394,114 43,645,306 2.16% 2.04%
1979 4,480,388 44,510,429 1.96% 1.98%
1980 4,540,382 45,408,815 1.34% 2.02%
1981 4,570,599 46,321,190 0.67% 2.01%
1982 4,622,477 47,322,096 1.14% 2.16%
1983 4,707,367 48,447,410 1.84% 2.38%
1984 4,798,003 49,574,069 1.93% 2.33%
1985 4,894,706 50,687,115 2.02% 2.25%
1986 4,992,769 51,777,772 2% 2.15%
1987 5,092,441 52,843,670 2% 2.06%
1988 5,195,833 53,909,626 2.03% 2.02%
1989 5,298,979 54,976,723 1.99% 1.98%
1990 5,399,726 56,015,628 1.9% 1.89%
1991 5,495,077 57,009,887 1.77% 1.77%
1992 5,585,609 57,990,118 1.65% 1.72%
1993 5,659,957 58,999,167 1.33% 1.74%
1994 5,714,129 60,033,836 0.96% 1.75%
1995 5,762,131 61,024,503 0.84% 1.65%
1996 5,805,286 61,951,134 0.75% 1.52%
1997 5,844,578 62,852,966 0.68% 1.46%
1998 5,880,781 63,734,383 0.62% 1.4%
1999 5,913,900 64,591,923 0.56% 1.35%
2000 5,943,366 65,425,961 0.5% 1.29%
2001 5,968,060 66,245,128 0.42% 1.25%
2002 5,986,631 67,048,795 0.31% 1.21%
2003 5,998,599 67,831,730 0.2% 1.17%
2004 6,004,671 68,592,617 0.1% 1.12%
2005 6,005,578 69,329,557 0.02% 1.07%
2006 6,002,319 70,045,349 -0.05% 1.03%
2007 6,009,824 70,158,112 0.13% 0.16%
2008 6,029,297 71,051,678 0.32% 1.27%
2009 6,048,279 72,039,206 0.31% 1.39%
2010 6,068,249 73,142,150 0.33% 1.53%
2011 6,090,127 74,223,629 0.36% 1.48%
2012 6,113,975 75,175,827 0.39% 1.28%
2013 6,138,839 76,147,624 0.41% 1.29%
2014 6,162,955 77,181,884 0.39% 1.36%
2015 6,183,676 78,218,479 0.34% 1.34%
2016 6,200,800 79,277,962 0.28% 1.35%
2017 6,213,533 80,312,698 0.21% 1.31%
2018 6,219,807 81,407,204 0.1% 1.36%
2019 6,222,318 82,579,440 0.04% 1.44%
2020 6,234,673 83,384,680 0.2% 0.98%
2021 6,255,782 84,147,318 0.34% 0.91%
2022 6,280,319 84,979,913 0.39% 0.99%
2023 6,309,624 85,325,965 0.47% 0.41%
2024 6,338,193 85,518,661 0.45% 0.23%
2025 6,365,499 85,725,557 0.43% 0.24%
2026 6,391,250 85,960,835 0.4% 0.27%
2027 6,416,437 86,227,115 0.39% 0.31%
2028 6,440,931 86,502,744 0.38% 0.32%
2029 6,464,413 86,771,652 0.36% 0.31%
2030 6,486,202 87,037,680 0.34% 0.31%
2031 6,506,399 87,297,191 0.31% 0.3%
2032 6,525,787 87,537,075 0.3% 0.27%
2033 6,544,657 87,762,403 0.29% 0.26%
2034 6,562,182 87,974,138 0.27% 0.24%
2035 6,578,179 88,172,739 0.24% 0.23%
2036 6,593,325 88,364,318 0.23% 0.22%
2037 6,607,014 88,545,669 0.21% 0.21%
2038 6,619,816 88,707,268 0.19% 0.18%
2039 6,631,169 88,849,956 0.17% 0.16%
2040 6,640,751 88,975,510 0.14% 0.14%
2041 6,649,288 89,083,304 0.13% 0.12%
2042 6,656,208 89,177,769 0.1% 0.11%
2043 6,661,886 89,254,147 0.09% 0.09%
2044 6,665,748 89,311,458 0.06% 0.06%
2045 6,668,028 89,349,806 0.03% 0.04%
2046 6,669,403 89,375,429 0.02% 0.03%
2047 6,669,832 89,383,765 0.006% 0.009%
2048 6,669,220 89,361,174 -0.009% -0.03%
2049 6,666,756 89,306,566 -0.04% -0.06%
2050 6,663,341 89,218,346 -0.05% -0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.

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