Demographics of El Salvador

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	24 May 2024

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There are 3.04 million males and 3.35 million females in El Salvador. The percentage of the male population is 47.6%, compared to 52.4% of the female population. El Salvador has 307k more females than males. The sex ratio in El Salvador in 2024 will be 90.845 males per 100 females. El Salvador is in the 23rd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

El Salvador population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,182,409	2.28
1955	2,448,633	2.42
1960	2,779,327	2.77
1965	3,179,506	2.72
1970	3,619,090	2.47
1975	4,076,751	2.26
1980	4,508,992	1.49
1985	4,876,757	1.96
1990	5,367,179	1.83
1995	5,748,195	0.89
2000	5,958,482	0.55
2005	6,037,817	-0.03
2010	6,114,034	0.38
2015	6,231,066	0.32
2020	6,292,731	0.38
2021	6,314,167	0.30
2022	6,336,392	0.40
2023	6,364,943	0.50
2024	6,396,289	0.48

Population
Growth

El Salvador death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	48,512	102,860	22.196	47.061
1955	49,555	116,744	20.200	47.588
1960	50,074	132,082	17.996	47.469
1965	51,559	149,165	16.189	46.837
1970	55,804	156,426	15.396	43.157
1975	51,305	169,548	12.543	41.450
1980	71,646	180,086	15.815	39.753
1985	51,184	175,618	10.464	35.904
1990	42,086	180,113	7.812	33.433
1995	37,538	177,798	6.478	30.683
2000	35,323	165,106	5.876	27.465
2005	40,151	129,364	6.599	21.261
2010	41,506	119,321	6.758	19.428
2015	44,230	115,153	7.070	18.406
2020	53,231	102,067	8.442	16.188
2021	54,803	101,405	8.661	16.025
2022	51,878	100,313	8.173	15.803
2023	44,510	99,670	6.980	15.631
2024	45,092	99,127	7.037	15.470

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of El Salvador
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	803,161	1,396,737	36.509
1955	909,227	1,520,106	37.427
1960	1,059,695	1,703,204	38.354
1965	1,244,965	1,952,898	38.931
1970	1,446,857	2,221,738	39.439
1975	1,723,324	2,424,201	41.551
1980	2,020,033	2,560,671	44.099
1985	2,298,304	2,625,556	46.677
1990	2,589,320	2,665,664	49.274
1995	3,029,314	2,581,801	53.988
2000	3,456,741	2,410,885	58.912
2005	3,716,729	2,312,232	61.648
2010	4,034,898	2,129,728	65.452
2015	4,399,797	1,912,681	69.700
2020	4,758,508	1,720,558	73.444
2021	4,826,802	1,685,522	74.118
2022	4,893,661	1,651,512	74.767
2023	4,959,044	1,618,517	75.393
2024	5,022,985	1,586,550	75.996

Population
Urbanization

El Salvador population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	252,785	241,487	494,272	7.73	104.679
05-09	267,928	254,889	522,818	8.17	105.116
10-14	288,769	270,407	559,176	8.74	106.791
15-19	286,839	268,798	555,636	8.69	106.712
20-24	310,450	294,461	604,910	9.46	105.430
25-29	321,786	311,351	633,137	9.90	103.352
30-34	268,559	269,807	538,365	8.42	99.537
35-39	192,791	219,929	412,719	6.45	87.661
40-44	158,668	208,158	366,826	5.73	76.225
45-49	146,845	204,092	350,938	5.49	71.950
50-54	130,238	183,016	313,253	4.90	71.162
55-59	112,588	161,077	273,666	4.28	69.897
60-64	90,228	133,473	223,702	3.50	67.600
65-69	73,727	108,174	181,901	2.84	68.156
70-74	57,787	86,530	144,317	2.26	66.783
75-79	41,341	62,118	103,459	1.62	66.552
80-84	25,640	41,303	66,944	1.05	62.078
85-89	12,253	21,453	33,706	0.53	57.116
90-94	4,300	8,473	12,774	0.20	50.749
95-99	1,055	2,201	3,256	0.05	47.933
100+	146	368	514	0.01	39.674
Total	3,044,723	3,351,565	6,396,289		90.845

Population pyramid
Gender ratio