# Urban population share in El Salvador

Urban population share in El Salvador was 75.5% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `urban_population_share`
- Place id: `sv`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People living in urban areas, as each national statistical office defines them, as a percentage of total population. World Bank series based on the UN World Urbanization Prospects.
- Note: Countries define urban areas differently, so shares are only roughly comparable between countries.
- Source: World Bank, Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/urban-population/el-salvador
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/urban-population/el-salvador.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=urban_population_share&place=sv

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 75.5 |
| 2024 | 75.1 |
| 2023 | 74.6 |
| 2022 | 74.1 |
| 2021 | 73.7 |
| 2020 | 73.1 |
| 2019 | 72.4 |
| 2018 | 71.8 |
| 2017 | 71.1 |
| 2016 | 70.4 |
| 2015 | 69.7 |
| 2014 | 68.9 |
| 2013 | 68.1 |
| 2012 | 67.2 |
| 2011 | 66.3 |
| 2010 | 65.4 |
| 2009 | 64.5 |
| 2008 | 63.6 |
| 2007 | 62.8 |
| 2006 | 61.9 |
| 2005 | 61 |
| 2004 | 60.1 |
| 2003 | 59.2 |
| 2002 | 58.3 |
| 2001 | 57.5 |
| 2000 | 56.6 |
| 1999 | 55.7 |
| 1998 | 54.8 |
| 1997 | 54 |
| 1996 | 53.2 |
| 1995 | 52.4 |
| 1994 | 51.7 |
| 1993 | 50.9 |
| 1992 | 50.3 |
| 1991 | 49.6 |
| 1990 | 49 |
| 1989 | 48.3 |
| 1988 | 47.7 |
| 1987 | 47 |
| 1986 | 46.4 |
| 1985 | 45.7 |
| 1984 | 45.1 |
| 1983 | 44.5 |
| 1982 | 43.9 |
| 1981 | 43.4 |
| 1980 | 42.8 |
| 1979 | 42.3 |
| 1978 | 41.8 |
| 1977 | 41.4 |
| 1976 | 41 |
| 1975 | 40.6 |
| 1974 | 40.2 |
| 1973 | 40 |
| 1972 | 39.7 |
| 1971 | 39.5 |
| 1970 | 39.4 |
| 1969 | 39.3 |
| 1968 | 39.2 |
| 1967 | 39.1 |
| 1966 | 39 |
| 1965 | 38.9 |
| 1964 | 38.8 |
| 1963 | 38.7 |
| 1962 | 38.6 |
| 1961 | 38.5 |
| 1960 | 38.4 |