El Salvador vs Tuvalu: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre
El Salvador
227.19 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Tuvalu
209.45 people per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
35th
Tuvalu rank
37th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre over time
- El Salvador
- Tuvalu
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 227.19 people per square kilometre against 209.45 people per square kilometre in Tuvalu, a difference of 17.74 people per square kilometre.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Tuvalu's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 35th and Tuvalu ranks 37th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 6 and Tuvalu in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59.93 people per square kilometre | 25.16 people per square kilometre | 34.77 people per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 79.66 people per square kilometre | 40.47 people per square kilometre | 39.19 people per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 107.15 people per square kilometre | 91.37 people per square kilometre | 15.78 people per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 143.8 people per square kilometre | 130.9 people per square kilometre | 12.9 people per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 175.4 people per square kilometre | 163.23 people per square kilometre | 12.16 people per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 205.64 people per square kilometre | 211.05 people per square kilometre | 5.41 people per square kilometre | Tuvalu |
| 2020s | 223.56 people per square kilometre | 211.93 people per square kilometre | 11.63 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 Tuvalu?
- El Salvador, at 227.19 people per square kilometre against 209.45 people per square kilometre in Tuvalu as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Tuvalu?
- 17.74 people per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Tuvalu?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Tuvalu rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre?
- El Salvador ranks 35th and Tuvalu ranks 37th 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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About this data
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.