# Population in El Salvador

Population in El Salvador was 6.37 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `sv`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/el-salvador
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/el-salvador.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=sv

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 6,365,503 |
| 2024 | 6,338,193 |
| 2023 | 6,309,624 |
| 2022 | 6,280,319 |
| 2021 | 6,255,782 |
| 2020 | 6,234,673 |
| 2019 | 6,222,318 |
| 2018 | 6,219,807 |
| 2017 | 6,213,533 |
| 2016 | 6,200,800 |
| 2015 | 6,183,676 |
| 2014 | 6,162,955 |
| 2013 | 6,138,839 |
| 2012 | 6,113,975 |
| 2011 | 6,090,127 |
| 2010 | 6,068,249 |
| 2009 | 6,048,279 |
| 2008 | 6,029,297 |
| 2007 | 6,009,824 |
| 2006 | 6,002,319 |
| 2005 | 6,005,578 |
| 2004 | 6,004,671 |
| 2003 | 5,998,599 |
| 2002 | 5,986,631 |
| 2001 | 5,968,060 |
| 2000 | 5,943,366 |
| 1999 | 5,913,900 |
| 1998 | 5,880,781 |
| 1997 | 5,844,578 |
| 1996 | 5,805,286 |
| 1995 | 5,762,131 |
| 1994 | 5,714,129 |
| 1993 | 5,659,957 |
| 1992 | 5,585,609 |
| 1991 | 5,495,077 |
| 1990 | 5,399,726 |
| 1989 | 5,298,979 |
| 1988 | 5,195,833 |
| 1987 | 5,092,441 |
| 1986 | 4,992,769 |
| 1985 | 4,894,706 |
| 1984 | 4,798,003 |
| 1983 | 4,707,367 |
| 1982 | 4,622,477 |
| 1981 | 4,570,599 |
| 1980 | 4,540,382 |
| 1979 | 4,480,388 |
| 1978 | 4,394,114 |
| 1977 | 4,301,256 |
| 1976 | 4,210,310 |
| 1975 | 4,120,449 |
| 1974 | 4,029,671 |
| 1973 | 3,938,068 |
| 1972 | 3,846,830 |
| 1971 | 3,757,523 |
| 1970 | 3,668,796 |
| 1969 | 3,576,485 |
| 1968 | 3,480,773 |
| 1967 | 3,385,184 |
| 1966 | 3,290,961 |
| 1965 | 3,199,466 |
| 1964 | 3,111,883 |
| 1963 | 3,028,679 |
| 1962 | 2,949,204 |
| 1961 | 2,870,016 |
| 1960 | 2,791,459 |