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El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Population

El Salvador
6.31 million people
in 2023
Nicaragua
6.82 million people
in 2023
El Salvador rank
112th
Nicaragua rank
109th

Population over time

  • El Salvador
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 6.82 million people against 6.31 million people in El Salvador, a difference of 513,990 people.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Nicaragua ahead.

El Salvador ranks 112th and Nicaragua ranks 109th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 32 and Nicaragua in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1000s 59,381 people 210,412 people 151,031 people Nicaragua
1100s 64,779 people 229,540 people 164,761 people Nicaragua
1200s 70,668 people 250,408 people 179,740 people Nicaragua
1300s 77,092 people 273,172 people 196,080 people Nicaragua
1400s 84,101 people 298,006 people 213,905 people Nicaragua
1500s 91,746 people 325,097 people 233,351 people Nicaragua
1600s 100,087 people 162,548 people 62,461 people Nicaragua
1700s 109,186 people 81,274 people 27,912 people El Salvador
1710s 110,404 people 87,079 people 23,325 people El Salvador
1720s 111,967 people 93,299 people 18,668 people El Salvador
1730s 114,008 people 99,964 people 14,044 people El Salvador
1740s 116,715 people 107,104 people 9,611 people El Salvador
1750s 120,359 people 114,754 people 5,605 people El Salvador
1760s 125,331 people 122,951 people 2,380 people El Salvador
1770s 132,200 people 131,733 people 467 people El Salvador
1780s 155,360 people 141,143 people 14,217 people El Salvador
1790s 178,520 people 151,224 people 27,296 people El Salvador
1800s 207,868 people 186,000 people 21,868 people El Salvador
1810s 200,834 people 186,060 people 14,774 people El Salvador
1820s 262,607 people 200,322 people 62,285 people El Salvador
1830s 299,588 people 234,651 people 64,937 people El Salvador
1840s 341,102 people 275,124 people 65,978 people El Salvador
1850s 394,842 people 312,133 people 82,710 people El Salvador
1860s 465,729 people 341,288 people 124,441 people El Salvador
1870s 568,156 people 382,787 people 185,369 people El Salvador
1880s 691,999 people 442,343 people 249,656 people El Salvador
1890s 788,322 people 511,013 people 277,308 people El Salvador
1900s 925,639 people 598,040 people 327,599 people El Salvador
1910s 1.16 million people 709,547 people 450,981 people El Salvador
1920s 1.44 million people 794,857 people 642,811 people El Salvador
1930s 1.70 million people 901,981 people 799,144 people El Salvador
1940s 1.97 million people 1.14 million people 830,051 people El Salvador
1950s 2.44 million people 1.52 million people 916,159 people El Salvador
1960s 3.17 million people 2.05 million people 1.12 million people El Salvador
1970s 4.07 million people 2.78 million people 1.29 million people El Salvador
1980s 4.87 million people 3.66 million people 1.21 million people El Salvador
1990s 5.71 million people 4.58 million people 1.13 million people El Salvador
2000s 6.00 million people 5.32 million people 676,094 people El Salvador
2010s 6.16 million people 6.11 million people 52,412 people El Salvador
2020s 6.27 million people 6.69 million people 420,970 people Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 6.82 million people against 6.31 million people in El Salvador as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
513,990 people, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for population?
El Salvador ranks 112th and Nicaragua ranks 109th of 238 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
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, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.