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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	United States	El Salvador	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	2,791,459	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	2,870,016	183,691,481	2.81%	1.67%
1962	2,949,204	186,537,737	2.76%	1.55%
1963	3,028,679	189,241,798	2.69%	1.45%
1964	3,111,883	191,888,791	2.75%	1.4%
1965	3,199,466	194,302,963	2.81%	1.26%
1966	3,290,961	196,560,338	2.86%	1.16%
1967	3,385,184	198,712,056	2.86%	1.09%
1968	3,480,773	200,706,052	2.82%	1%
1969	3,576,485	202,676,946	2.75%	0.98%
1970	3,668,796	205,052,174	2.58%	1.17%
1971	3,757,523	207,660,677	2.42%	1.27%
1972	3,846,830	209,896,021	2.38%	1.08%
1973	3,938,068	211,908,788	2.37%	0.96%
1974	4,029,671	213,853,928	2.33%	0.92%
1975	4,120,449	215,973,199	2.25%	0.99%
1976	4,210,310	218,035,164	2.18%	0.95%
1977	4,301,256	220,239,425	2.16%	1.01%
1978	4,394,114	222,584,545	2.16%	1.06%
1979	4,480,388	225,055,487	1.96%	1.11%
1980	4,540,382	226,542,250	1.34%	0.66%
1981	4,570,599	229,465,744	0.67%	1.29%
1982	4,622,477	231,664,432	1.14%	0.96%
1983	4,707,367	233,792,014	1.84%	0.92%
1984	4,798,003	235,824,908	1.93%	0.87%
1985	4,894,706	237,923,734	2.02%	0.89%
1986	4,992,769	240,132,831	2%	0.93%
1987	5,092,441	242,288,936	2%	0.9%
1988	5,195,833	244,499,004	2.03%	0.91%
1989	5,298,979	246,819,222	1.99%	0.95%
1990	5,399,726	250,131,894	1.9%	1.34%
1991	5,495,077	253,492,503	1.77%	1.34%
1992	5,585,609	256,894,189	1.65%	1.34%
1993	5,659,957	260,255,352	1.33%	1.31%
1994	5,714,129	263,435,673	0.96%	1.22%
1995	5,762,131	266,557,091	0.84%	1.18%
1996	5,805,286	269,667,391	0.75%	1.17%
1997	5,844,578	272,911,760	0.68%	1.2%
1998	5,880,781	276,115,288	0.62%	1.17%
1999	5,913,900	279,294,713	0.56%	1.15%
2000	5,943,366	282,162,411	0.5%	1.03%
2001	5,968,060	284,968,955	0.42%	0.99%
2002	5,986,631	287,625,193	0.31%	0.93%
2003	5,998,599	290,107,933	0.2%	0.86%
2004	6,004,671	292,805,298	0.1%	0.93%
2005	6,005,578	295,516,599	0.02%	0.93%
2006	6,002,319	298,379,912	-0.05%	0.97%
2007	6,009,824	301,231,207	0.13%	0.96%
2008	6,029,297	304,093,966	0.32%	0.95%
2009	6,048,279	306,771,529	0.31%	0.88%
2010	6,068,249	309,327,143	0.33%	0.83%
2011	6,090,127	311,583,481	0.36%	0.73%
2012	6,113,975	313,877,662	0.39%	0.74%
2013	6,138,839	316,059,947	0.41%	0.7%
2014	6,162,955	318,386,329	0.39%	0.74%
2015	6,183,676	320,738,994	0.34%	0.74%
2016	6,200,800	323,071,755	0.28%	0.73%
2017	6,213,533	325,122,128	0.21%	0.63%
2018	6,219,807	326,838,199	0.1%	0.53%
2019	6,222,318	328,329,953	0.04%	0.46%
2020	6,234,673	331,526,933	0.2%	0.97%
2021	6,255,782	331,893,745	0.34%	0.11%
2022	6,280,319	333,271,411	0.39%	0.42%
2023	6,309,624	334,914,895	0.47%	0.49%
2024	6,338,193	340,110,988	0.45%	1.55%
2025	6,365,499	341,931,772	0.43%	0.54%
2026	6,391,250	343,664,369	0.4%	0.51%
2027	6,416,437	345,331,185	0.39%	0.49%
2028	6,440,931	346,981,137	0.38%	0.48%
2029	6,464,413	348,601,982	0.36%	0.47%
2030	6,486,202	350,176,974	0.34%	0.45%
2031	6,506,399	351,725,612	0.31%	0.44%
2032	6,525,787	353,249,060	0.3%	0.43%
2033	6,544,657	354,749,644	0.29%	0.42%
2034	6,562,182	356,234,239	0.27%	0.42%
2035	6,578,179	357,694,316	0.24%	0.41%
2036	6,593,325	359,119,002	0.23%	0.4%
2037	6,607,014	360,517,853	0.21%	0.39%
2038	6,619,816	361,895,407	0.19%	0.38%
2039	6,631,169	363,229,908	0.17%	0.37%
2040	6,640,751	364,512,364	0.14%	0.35%
2041	6,649,288	365,753,139	0.13%	0.34%
2042	6,656,208	366,969,419	0.1%	0.33%
2043	6,661,886	368,146,925	0.09%	0.32%
2044	6,665,748	369,258,123	0.06%	0.3%
2045	6,668,028	370,318,770	0.03%	0.29%
2046	6,669,403	371,328,255	0.02%	0.27%
2047	6,669,832	372,299,116	0.006%	0.26%
2048	6,669,220	373,230,539	-0.009%	0.25%
2049	6,666,756	374,119,803	-0.04%	0.24%
2050	6,663,341	374,986,259	-0.05%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.