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Population in El Salvador compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of El Salvador was 6,338,193 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current El Salvador's population is 6,386,184 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.

Population statistics:

  • The United Kingdom's population is 11 times bigger than El Salvador's.
  • El Salvador is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.92% of the world: 0.08% for El Salvador vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
  • For the last 10 years, El Salvador has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
  • Since 2005, the population of El Salvador has increased from 6.01M people to 6.39M (6.34% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
  • El Salvador is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 6.67M people compared to the peak of 76.2M people in 2072 for the United Kingdom.

El Salvador vs United Kingdom: live population counter

El Salvador United Kingdom
Current population
6386184
69945462
Population rank 112/197 22/197
Percent of world population 0.08% 0.85%
One net population change
18.4 minutes
43 seconds
One birth every
5.29 minutes
45.9 seconds
One death every
11.1 minutes
48.4 seconds
One migration net change every
22.8 minutes
1.26 minutes
Annual migration change -23,102 +417,114
Daily growth/decline +78 +2,011
Annual growth/decline +28,569 +734,000
Annual growth/decline rate +0.45% +1.07%
Population growth rate rank 140/197 99/197

El Salvador and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

El Salvador
Population

Growth rate
United Kingdom
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
El Salvador United Kingdom El Salvador United Kingdom
1960 2,791,459 52,400,000 - -
1961 2,870,016 52,800,000 2.81% 0.76%
1962 2,949,204 53,250,000 2.76% 0.85%
1963 3,028,679 53,650,000 2.69% 0.75%
1964 3,111,883 54,000,000 2.75% 0.65%
1965 3,199,466 54,348,050 2.81% 0.64%
1966 3,290,961 54,648,500 2.86% 0.55%
1967 3,385,184 54,943,600 2.86% 0.54%
1968 3,480,773 55,211,700 2.82% 0.49%
1969 3,576,485 55,441,750 2.75% 0.42%
1970 3,668,796 55,663,250 2.58% 0.4%
1971 3,757,523 55,896,223 2.42% 0.42%
1972 3,846,830 56,086,065 2.38% 0.34%
1973 3,938,068 56,194,527 2.37% 0.19%
1974 4,029,671 56,229,974 2.33% 0.06%
1975 4,120,449 56,225,800 2.25% -0.007%
1976 4,210,310 56,211,968 2.18% -0.02%
1977 4,301,256 56,193,492 2.16% -0.03%
1978 4,394,114 56,196,504 2.16% 0.005%
1979 4,480,388 56,246,951 1.96% 0.09%
1980 4,540,382 56,314,216 1.34% 0.12%
1981 4,570,599 56,333,829 0.67% 0.03%
1982 4,622,477 56,313,641 1.14% -0.04%
1983 4,707,367 56,332,848 1.84% 0.03%
1984 4,798,003 56,422,072 1.93% 0.16%
1985 4,894,706 56,550,268 2.02% 0.23%
1986 4,992,769 56,681,396 2% 0.23%
1987 5,092,441 56,802,050 2% 0.21%
1988 5,195,833 56,928,327 2.03% 0.22%
1989 5,298,979 57,076,711 1.99% 0.26%
1990 5,399,726 57,247,586 1.9% 0.3%
1991 5,495,077 57,424,897 1.77% 0.31%
1992 5,585,609 57,580,402 1.65% 0.27%
1993 5,659,957 57,718,614 1.33% 0.24%
1994 5,714,129 57,865,745 0.96% 0.25%
1995 5,762,131 58,019,030 0.84% 0.26%
1996 5,805,286 58,166,950 0.75% 0.25%
1997 5,844,578 58,316,954 0.68% 0.26%
1998 5,880,781 58,487,141 0.62% 0.29%
1999 5,913,900 58,682,466 0.56% 0.33%
2000 5,943,366 58,892,514 0.5% 0.36%
2001 5,968,060 59,119,673 0.42% 0.39%
2002 5,986,631 59,370,479 0.31% 0.42%
2003 5,998,599 59,647,577 0.2% 0.47%
2004 6,004,671 59,987,905 0.1% 0.57%
2005 6,005,578 60,401,206 0.02% 0.69%
2006 6,002,319 60,846,820 -0.05% 0.74%
2007 6,009,824 61,322,463 0.13% 0.78%
2008 6,029,297 61,806,995 0.32% 0.79%
2009 6,048,279 62,276,270 0.31% 0.76%
2010 6,068,249 62,766,365 0.33% 0.79%
2011 6,090,127 63,258,810 0.36% 0.78%
2012 6,113,975 63,711,000 0.39% 0.71%
2013 6,138,839 64,139,000 0.41% 0.67%
2014 6,162,955 64,620,000 0.39% 0.75%
2015 6,183,676 65,088,000 0.34% 0.72%
2016 6,200,800 65,607,000 0.28% 0.8%
2017 6,213,533 65,966,000 0.21% 0.55%
2018 6,219,807 66,289,000 0.1% 0.49%
2019 6,222,318 66,631,000 0.04% 0.52%
2020 6,234,673 66,744,000 0.2% 0.17%
2021 6,255,782 66,984,000 0.34% 0.36%
2022 6,280,319 67,604,000 0.39% 0.93%
2023 6,309,624 68,492,000 0.47% 1.31%
2024 6,338,193 69,226,000 0.45% 1.07%
2025 6,365,499 69,639,673 0.43% 0.6%
2026 6,391,250 70,020,350 0.4% 0.55%
2027 6,416,437 70,382,853 0.39% 0.52%
2028 6,440,931 70,732,699 0.38% 0.5%
2029 6,464,413 71,061,482 0.36% 0.46%
2030 6,486,202 71,377,535 0.34% 0.44%
2031 6,506,399 71,678,351 0.31% 0.42%
2032 6,525,787 71,959,934 0.3% 0.39%
2033 6,544,657 72,234,509 0.29% 0.38%
2034 6,562,182 72,497,650 0.27% 0.36%
2035 6,578,179 72,749,096 0.24% 0.35%
2036 6,593,325 72,990,847 0.23% 0.33%
2037 6,607,014 73,218,850 0.21% 0.31%
2038 6,619,816 73,441,349 0.19% 0.3%
2039 6,631,169 73,658,392 0.17% 0.3%
2040 6,640,751 73,868,334 0.14% 0.29%
2041 6,649,288 74,074,316 0.13% 0.28%
2042 6,656,208 74,275,779 0.1% 0.27%
2043 6,661,886 74,475,035 0.09% 0.27%
2044 6,665,748 74,667,284 0.06% 0.26%
2045 6,668,028 74,848,605 0.03% 0.24%
2046 6,669,403 75,020,949 0.02% 0.23%
2047 6,669,832 75,184,478 0.006% 0.22%
2048 6,669,220 75,337,543 -0.009% 0.2%
2049 6,666,756 75,476,141 -0.04% 0.18%
2050 6,663,341 75,600,588 -0.05% 0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.

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