El Salvador vs Singapore: Population
El Salvador
6.31 million people
in 2023
Singapore
5.79 million people
in 2023
El Salvador rank
112th
Singapore rank
115th
Population over time
- El Salvador
- Singapore
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 6.31 million people against 5.79 million people in Singapore, a difference of 520,540 people.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Singapore's.
Across all 241 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 112th and Singapore ranks 115th of 238 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 59,381 people | 78 people | 59,303 people | El Salvador |
| 1100s | 64,779 people | 118 people | 64,661 people | El Salvador |
| 1200s | 70,668 people | 177 people | 70,491 people | El Salvador |
| 1300s | 77,092 people | 265 people | 76,827 people | El Salvador |
| 1400s | 84,101 people | 398 people | 83,703 people | El Salvador |
| 1500s | 91,746 people | 597 people | 91,149 people | El Salvador |
| 1600s | 100,087 people | 896 people | 99,191 people | El Salvador |
| 1700s | 109,186 people | 1,345 people | 107,841 people | El Salvador |
| 1710s | 110,404 people | 1,740 people | 108,664 people | El Salvador |
| 1720s | 111,967 people | 2,252 people | 109,715 people | El Salvador |
| 1730s | 114,008 people | 2,915 people | 111,093 people | El Salvador |
| 1740s | 116,715 people | 3,772 people | 112,943 people | El Salvador |
| 1750s | 120,359 people | 4,882 people | 115,477 people | El Salvador |
| 1760s | 125,331 people | 6,318 people | 119,013 people | El Salvador |
| 1770s | 132,200 people | 8,176 people | 124,024 people | El Salvador |
| 1780s | 155,360 people | 10,581 people | 144,779 people | El Salvador |
| 1790s | 178,520 people | 13,693 people | 164,827 people | El Salvador |
| 1800s | 207,868 people | 30,000 people | 177,868 people | El Salvador |
| 1810s | 200,834 people | 30,013 people | 170,821 people | El Salvador |
| 1820s | 262,607 people | 33,066 people | 229,540 people | El Salvador |
| 1830s | 299,588 people | 40,654 people | 258,934 people | El Salvador |
| 1840s | 341,102 people | 50,055 people | 291,047 people | El Salvador |
| 1850s | 394,842 people | 61,363 people | 333,480 people | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 465,729 people | 74,877 people | 390,852 people | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 568,156 people | 96,297 people | 471,859 people | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 691,999 people | 131,029 people | 560,970 people | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 788,322 people | 178,602 people | 609,720 people | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 925,639 people | 254,774 people | 670,865 people | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 1.16 million people | 343,343 people | 817,185 people | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 1.44 million people | 464,790 people | 972,878 people | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 1.70 million people | 644,850 people | 1.06 million people | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 1.97 million people | 844,742 people | 1.13 million people | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 2.44 million people | 1.29 million people | 1.15 million people | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 3.17 million people | 1.84 million people | 1.33 million people | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 4.07 million people | 2.25 million people | 1.83 million people | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 4.87 million people | 2.71 million people | 2.17 million people | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 5.71 million people | 3.50 million people | 2.21 million people | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 6.00 million people | 4.37 million people | 1.63 million people | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 6.16 million people | 5.44 million people | 720,691 people | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 6.27 million people | 5.65 million people | 618,748 people | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population, El Salvador or Singapore?
- El Salvador, at 6.31 million people against 5.79 million people in Singapore as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population between El Salvador and Singapore?
- 520,540 people, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Singapore?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Singapore rank globally for population?
- El Salvador ranks 112th and Singapore ranks 115th 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
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.