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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Zambia	El Salvador	Zambia
1960	2,791,459	3,153,729	-	-
1961	2,870,016	3,254,086	2.81%	3.18%
1962	2,949,204	3,358,099	2.76%	3.2%
1963	3,028,679	3,465,907	2.69%	3.21%
1964	3,111,883	3,577,017	2.75%	3.21%
1965	3,199,466	3,692,086	2.81%	3.22%
1966	3,290,961	3,812,003	2.86%	3.25%
1967	3,385,184	3,936,343	2.86%	3.26%
1968	3,480,773	4,065,593	2.82%	3.28%
1969	3,576,485	4,197,116	2.75%	3.24%
1970	3,668,796	4,321,718	2.58%	2.97%
1971	3,757,523	4,442,525	2.42%	2.8%
1972	3,846,830	4,569,309	2.38%	2.85%
1973	3,938,068	4,702,693	2.37%	2.92%
1974	4,029,671	4,842,746	2.33%	2.98%
1975	4,120,449	4,990,086	2.25%	3.04%
1976	4,210,310	5,143,842	2.18%	3.08%
1977	4,301,256	5,302,480	2.16%	3.08%
1978	4,394,114	5,465,374	2.16%	3.07%
1979	4,480,388	5,631,728	1.96%	3.04%
1980	4,540,382	5,802,833	1.34%	3.04%
1981	4,570,599	5,983,289	0.67%	3.11%
1982	4,622,477	6,178,637	1.14%	3.26%
1983	4,707,367	6,381,038	1.84%	3.28%
1984	4,798,003	6,580,490	1.93%	3.13%
1985	4,894,706	6,780,953	2.02%	3.05%
1986	4,992,769	6,986,471	2%	3.03%
1987	5,092,441	7,191,282	2%	2.93%
1988	5,195,833	7,391,440	2.03%	2.78%
1989	5,298,979	7,589,216	1.99%	2.68%
1990	5,399,726	7,786,169	1.9%	2.6%
1991	5,495,077	7,981,650	1.77%	2.51%
1992	5,585,609	8,176,680	1.65%	2.44%
1993	5,659,957	8,373,921	1.33%	2.41%
1994	5,714,129	8,576,269	0.96%	2.42%
1995	5,762,131	8,785,763	0.84%	2.44%
1996	5,805,286	9,004,053	0.75%	2.48%
1997	5,844,578	9,237,063	0.68%	2.59%
1998	5,880,781	9,482,408	0.62%	2.66%
1999	5,913,900	9,740,005	0.56%	2.72%
2000	5,943,366	10,017,631	0.5%	2.85%
2001	5,968,060	10,325,185	0.42%	3.07%
2002	5,986,631	10,647,949	0.31%	3.13%
2003	5,998,599	10,983,595	0.2%	3.15%
2004	6,004,671	11,338,198	0.1%	3.23%
2005	6,005,578	11,718,819	0.02%	3.36%
2006	6,002,319	12,129,553	-0.05%	3.5%
2007	6,009,824	12,565,085	0.13%	3.59%
2008	6,029,297	13,021,324	0.32%	3.63%
2009	6,048,279	13,490,389	0.31%	3.6%
2010	6,068,249	13,965,594	0.33%	3.52%
2011	6,090,127	14,437,796	0.36%	3.38%
2012	6,113,975	14,913,629	0.39%	3.3%
2013	6,138,839	15,398,997	0.41%	3.25%
2014	6,162,955	15,895,315	0.39%	3.22%
2015	6,183,676	16,399,089	0.34%	3.17%
2016	6,200,800	16,914,423	0.28%	3.14%
2017	6,213,533	17,441,320	0.21%	3.12%
2018	6,219,807	17,973,569	0.1%	3.05%
2019	6,222,318	18,513,839	0.04%	3.01%
2020	6,234,673	19,059,395	0.2%	2.95%
2021	6,255,782	19,603,607	0.34%	2.86%
2022	6,280,319	20,152,938	0.39%	2.8%
2023	6,309,624	20,723,965	0.47%	2.83%
2024	6,338,193	21,314,956	0.45%	2.85%
2025	6,365,499	21,913,869	0.43%	2.81%
2026	6,391,250	22,521,905	0.4%	2.77%
2027	6,416,437	23,138,716	0.39%	2.74%
2028	6,440,931	23,761,368	0.38%	2.69%
2029	6,464,413	24,389,681	0.36%	2.64%
2030	6,486,202	25,024,887	0.34%	2.6%
2031	6,506,399	25,666,496	0.31%	2.56%
2032	6,525,787	26,311,946	0.3%	2.51%
2033	6,544,657	26,960,073	0.29%	2.46%
2034	6,562,182	27,611,621	0.27%	2.42%
2035	6,578,179	28,266,887	0.24%	2.37%
2036	6,593,325	28,925,103	0.23%	2.33%
2037	6,607,014	29,583,482	0.21%	2.28%
2038	6,619,816	30,240,549	0.19%	2.22%
2039	6,631,169	30,895,586	0.17%	2.17%
2040	6,640,751	31,550,394	0.14%	2.12%
2041	6,649,288	32,204,340	0.13%	2.07%
2042	6,656,208	32,856,596	0.1%	2.03%
2043	6,661,886	33,510,500	0.09%	1.99%
2044	6,665,748	34,165,920	0.06%	1.96%
2045	6,668,028	34,821,101	0.03%	1.92%
2046	6,669,403	35,475,795	0.02%	1.88%
2047	6,669,832	36,129,270	0.006%	1.84%
2048	6,669,220	36,782,260	-0.009%	1.81%
2049	6,666,756	37,434,667	-0.04%	1.77%
2050	6,663,341	38,083,369	-0.05%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.