El Salvador vs Haiti: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people

El Salvador
504,728 people
in 2023
Haiti
537,434 people
in 2023
El Salvador rank
107th
Haiti rank
104th

Number of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

  • El Salvador
  • Haiti
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How they compare

Haiti currently reports 537,434 people against 504,728 people in El Salvador, a difference of 32,706 people.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Haiti ahead.

El Salvador ranks 107th and Haiti ranks 104th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Haiti in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Haiti Difference Ahead
1950s 87,699 people 119,436 people 31,737 people Haiti
1960s 103,458 people 146,303 people 42,845 people Haiti
1970s 118,482 people 204,535 people 86,053 people Haiti
1980s 129,507 people 248,699 people 119,192 people Haiti
1990s 197,947 people 274,188 people 76,241 people Haiti
2000s 352,238 people 335,512 people 16,726 people El Salvador
2010s 438,680 people 429,566 people 9,113 people El Salvador
2020s 491,128 people 517,105 people 25,976 people Haiti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children, working-age adults, and older people, El Salvador or Haiti?
Haiti, at 537,434 people against 504,728 people in El Salvador as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children, working-age adults, and older people between El Salvador and Haiti?
32,706 people, with Haiti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Haiti?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Haiti rank globally for number of children, working-age adults, and older people?
El Salvador ranks 107th and Haiti ranks 104th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children, working-age adults, and older people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 65+.