El Salvador vs Philippines: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre

El Salvador
227.19 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Philippines
212.41 people per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
35th
Philippines rank
36th

Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Philippines
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 227.19 people per square kilometre against 212.41 people per square kilometre in Philippines, a difference of 14.78 people per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Philippines's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 35th and Philippines ranks 36th of 215 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Philippines Difference Ahead
1960s 59.93 people per square kilometre 33.96 people per square kilometre 25.97 people per square kilometre El Salvador
1970s 79.66 people per square kilometre 46.12 people per square kilometre 33.54 people per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 107.15 people per square kilometre 63.64 people per square kilometre 43.51 people per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 143.8 people per square kilometre 87.69 people per square kilometre 56.11 people per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 175.4 people per square kilometre 120.84 people per square kilometre 54.56 people per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 205.64 people per square kilometre 175.71 people per square kilometre 29.93 people per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 223.56 people per square kilometre 207.94 people per square kilometre 15.62 people per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Philippines?
El Salvador, at 227.19 people per square kilometre against 212.41 people per square kilometre in Philippines as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Philippines?
14.78 people per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Philippines?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Philippines rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 35th and Philippines ranks 36th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre
Unit
people per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 12,288 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Number of people living in urban and rural areas 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.