El Salvador vs Equatorial Guinea: Population by world region

El Salvador
5.07 million people
in 2100
Equatorial Guinea
5.00 million people
in 2100
El Salvador rank
128th
Equatorial Guinea rank
129th

Population by world region over time

  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
02.0M4.0M6.0M100015502100

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 5.07 million people against 5.00 million people in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 70,000 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 128th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 129th of 239 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 37 and Equatorial Guinea in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Difference Ahead
1000s 59,381 people 55,434 people 3,947 people El Salvador
1100s 64,779 people 55,434 people 9,345 people El Salvador
1200s 70,668 people 55,434 people 15,234 people El Salvador
1300s 77,092 people 83,151 people 6,059 people Equatorial Guinea
1400s 84,101 people 97,010 people 12,909 people Equatorial Guinea
1500s 91,746 people 110,868 people 19,122 people Equatorial Guinea
1600s 100,087 people 117,797 people 17,710 people Equatorial Guinea
1700s 109,186 people 124,727 people 15,541 people Equatorial Guinea
1710s 110,404 people 125,250 people 14,846 people Equatorial Guinea
1720s 111,967 people 125,879 people 13,912 people Equatorial Guinea
1730s 114,008 people 126,545 people 12,537 people Equatorial Guinea
1740s 116,715 people 127,252 people 10,537 people Equatorial Guinea
1750s 120,359 people 128,005 people 7,646 people Equatorial Guinea
1760s 125,331 people 128,810 people 3,479 people Equatorial Guinea
1770s 132,200 people 129,675 people 2,525 people El Salvador
1780s 155,360 people 130,607 people 24,753 people El Salvador
1790s 178,520 people 131,620 people 46,900 people El Salvador
1800s 207,868 people 80,377 people 127,490 people El Salvador
1810s 200,834 people 80,393 people 120,441 people El Salvador
1820s 262,607 people 84,165 people 178,442 people El Salvador
1830s 299,588 people 92,902 people 206,686 people El Salvador
1840s 341,102 people 102,615 people 238,487 people El Salvador
1850s 394,842 people 111,442 people 283,400 people El Salvador
1860s 465,729 people 118,719 people 347,010 people El Salvador
1870s 568,156 people 127,010 people 441,146 people El Salvador
1880s 691,999 people 136,562 people 555,437 people El Salvador
1890s 788,322 people 139,030 people 649,292 people El Salvador
1900s 925,639 people 129,808 people 795,830 people El Salvador
1910s 1.16 million people 119,989 people 1.04 million people El Salvador
1920s 1.44 million people 123,304 people 1.31 million people El Salvador
1930s 1.70 million people 139,558 people 1.56 million people El Salvador
1940s 1.97 million people 183,278 people 1.79 million people El Salvador
1950s 2.44 million people 245,377 people 2.19 million people El Salvador
1960s 3.17 million people 295,925 people 2.87 million people El Salvador
1970s 4.07 million people 294,560 people 3.78 million people El Salvador
1980s 4.87 million people 373,178 people 4.50 million people El Salvador
1990s 5.71 million people 564,783 people 5.14 million people El Salvador
2000s 6.00 million people 919,287 people 5.08 million people El Salvador
2010s 6.16 million people 1.43 million people 4.73 million people El Salvador
2020s 6.35 million people 1.92 million people 4.43 million people El Salvador
2030s 6.57 million people 2.39 million people 4.17 million people El Salvador
2040s 6.66 million people 2.88 million people 3.78 million people El Salvador
2050s 6.62 million people 3.35 million people 3.27 million people El Salvador
2060s 6.46 million people 3.80 million people 2.66 million people El Salvador
2070s 6.19 million people 4.22 million people 1.97 million people El Salvador
2080s 5.79 million people 4.58 million people 1.20 million people El Salvador
2090s 5.32 million people 4.87 million people 452,734 people El Salvador
2100s 5.07 million people 5.00 million people 70,000 people El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, El Salvador or Equatorial Guinea?
El Salvador, at 5.07 million people against 5.00 million people in Equatorial Guinea as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between El Salvador and Equatorial Guinea?
70,000 people, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Equatorial Guinea?
318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do El Salvador and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for population by world region?
El Salvador ranks 128th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 129th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population by world region
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.