El Salvador vs Sri Lanka: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates
El Salvador
0.3072 Persons per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka
0.3539 Persons per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
25th
Sri Lanka rank
22nd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates over time
- El Salvador
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.3539 Persons per square kilometre against 0.3072 Persons per square kilometre in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0467 Persons per square kilometre.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.2 times El Salvador's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 25th and Sri Lanka ranks 22nd of 167 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2746 Persons per square kilometre | 0.2875 Persons per square kilometre | 0.0128 Persons per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 0.291 Persons per square kilometre | 0.3125 Persons per square kilometre | 0.0215 Persons per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.2998 Persons per square kilometre | 0.341 Persons per square kilometre | 0.0413 Persons per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.3054 Persons per square kilometre | 0.3525 Persons per square kilometre | 0.0471 Persons per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates, El Salvador or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.3539 Persons per square kilometre against 0.3072 Persons per square kilometre in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates between El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0467 Persons per square kilometre, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Sri Lanka rank globally for africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates?
- El Salvador ranks 25th and Sri Lanka ranks 22nd of 167 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — Population, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — Population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.