World population growth in El Salvador
El Salvador: World population growth was -0.9% in 2100. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2100)
-0.9%
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
203rd
of 239 countries
All-time high
2.8%
in 1966
All-time low
-1.3%
in 1800
Years of data
163
1700–2100
World population growth in El Salvador, 1700–2100
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2100, world population growth in El Salvador stood at -0.9%.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, world population growth in El Salvador peaked at 2.8% in 1966 and was at its lowest, -1.3%, in 1800.
That places El Salvador 203rd out of 239 countries with data for 2100, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
World population growth in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1700 | 0.1% | — |
| 1800 | -1.3% | -1642.9% |
| 1900 | 1.5% | -213.3% |
| 1905 | 2.3% | +49.2% |
| 1910 | 2.3% | +0.2% |
| 1915 | 2.3% | +0.3% |
| 1920 | 2.1% | -7.8% |
| 1925 | 2.1% | -1.4% |
| 1930 | 1.7% | -16.5% |
| 1935 | 1.2% | -28.5% |
| 1940 | 1.4% | +16.5% |
| 1945 | 1.7% | +20.5% |
| 1950 | 2.4% | +36.9% |
| 1951 | 2.3% | -3.2% |
| 1952 | 2.3% | +1.8% |
| 1953 | 2.3% | -1.1% |
| 1954 | 2.4% | +3.1% |
| 1955 | 2.5% | +2.4% |
| 1956 | 2.5% | +2.0% |
| 1957 | 2.5% | +1.8% |
| 1958 | 2.5% | -1.3% |
| 1959 | 2.6% | +4.2% |
| 1960 | 2.7% | +4.9% |
| 1961 | 2.8% | +2.0% |
| 1962 | 2.6% | -5.7% |
| 1963 | 2.7% | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 2.7% | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 2.8% | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 2.8% | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 2.8% | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 2.8% | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 2.7% | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 2.4% | -9.0% |
| 1971 | 2.4% | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 2.3% | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 2.3% | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 2.3% | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 2.2% | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 2.1% | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 2.2% | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 2.1% | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 1.8% | -16.2% |
| 1980 | 0.9% | -49.8% |
| 1981 | 0.4% | -51.0% |
| 1982 | 1.8% | +314.6% |
| 1983 | 1.8% | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 2.0% | +8.7% |
| 1985 | 2.0% | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 2.0% | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 2.0% | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 2.0% | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 1.9% | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 1.9% | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 1.6% | -12.1% |
| 1992 | 1.6% | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 1.0% | -37.4% |
| 1994 | 0.9% | -13.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8% | -11.2% |
| 1996 | 0.7% | -10.4% |
| 1997 | 0.6% | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 0.6% | -8.2% |
| 1999 | 0.5% | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | -13.2% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | -20.6% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | -30.8% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | -42.9% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | -60.7% |
| 2005 | -0.0% | -147.4% |
| 2006 | -0.1% | +203.7% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -503.7% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -23.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | -43.5% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -63.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -50.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +1266.7% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -16.8% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +55.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | -1.5% |
| 2025 | 0.4% | -8.0% |
| 2026 | 0.4% | -3.9% |
| 2027 | 0.4% | -1.3% |
| 2028 | 0.4% | -5.1% |
| 2029 | 0.4% | -3.8% |
| 2030 | 0.3% | -11.5% |
| 2031 | 0.3% | -3.5% |
| 2032 | 0.3% | -4.9% |
| 2033 | 0.3% | -1.0% |
| 2034 | 0.2% | -13.6% |
| 2035 | 0.2% | -3.6% |
| 2036 | 0.2% | -7.5% |
| 2037 | 0.2% | -12.2% |
| 2038 | 0.2% | -0.5% |
| 2039 | 0.1% | -22.8% |
| 2040 | 0.1% | -6.0% |
| 2041 | 0.1% | -16.4% |
| 2042 | 0.1% | -22.2% |
| 2043 | 0.1% | -13.2% |
| 2044 | 0.0% | -53.2% |
| 2045 | 0.0% | -13.5% |
| 2046 | 0.0% | -68.8% |
| 2047 | 0.0% | -70.0% |
| 2048 | -0.0% | -800.0% |
| 2049 | -0.1% | +152.4% |
| 2050 | -0.1% | -5.7% |
| 2051 | -0.1% | +86.0% |
| 2052 | -0.1% | +2.2% |
| 2053 | -0.1% | +24.2% |
| 2054 | -0.2% | +35.6% |
| 2055 | -0.2% | +12.5% |
| 2056 | -0.2% | +10.6% |
| 2057 | -0.2% | +7.5% |
| 2058 | -0.2% | -3.3% |
| 2059 | -0.2% | +11.6% |
| 2060 | -0.3% | +12.1% |
| 2061 | -0.3% | +1.5% |
| 2062 | -0.3% | +9.1% |
| 2063 | -0.3% | +9.8% |
| 2064 | -0.3% | +7.3% |
| 2065 | -0.4% | +5.9% |
| 2066 | -0.4% | +1.1% |
| 2067 | -0.4% | +5.2% |
| 2068 | -0.4% | +7.1% |
| 2069 | -0.4% | +3.2% |
| 2070 | -0.4% | +4.8% |
| 2071 | -0.5% | +2.5% |
| 2072 | -0.5% | +2.9% |
| 2073 | -0.5% | +13.3% |
| 2074 | -0.5% | -0.9% |
| 2075 | -0.6% | +5.7% |
| 2076 | -0.6% | +7.6% |
| 2077 | -0.6% | +3.0% |
| 2078 | -0.6% | +4.4% |
| 2079 | -0.7% | +4.9% |
| 2080 | -0.7% | +3.7% |
| 2081 | -0.7% | +2.9% |
| 2082 | -0.7% | +2.2% |
| 2083 | -0.8% | +3.1% |
| 2084 | -0.8% | +4.2% |
| 2085 | -0.8% | +1.7% |
| 2086 | -0.8% | +1.6% |
| 2087 | -0.8% | +1.4% |
| 2088 | -0.8% | +0.6% |
| 2089 | -0.8% | +1.9% |
| 2090 | -0.8% | +0.6% |
| 2091 | -0.9% | +0.8% |
| 2092 | -0.9% | +0.5% |
| 2093 | -0.9% | +0.9% |
| 2094 | -0.9% | +1.2% |
| 2095 | -0.9% | +0.3% |
| 2096 | -0.9% | -0.0% |
| 2097 | -0.9% | -2.0% |
| 2098 | -0.9% | +0.1% |
| 2099 | -0.9% | -0.6% |
| 2100 | -0.9% | -0.5% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's -0.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is -0.6%, 1.5× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's -0.9% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -0.7%, 1.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where World population growth in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1800 | -1642.9% | 0.1% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | +1266.7% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| 2048 | -800.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | +503.7% | -0.1% | 0.3% |
| 1982 | +314.6% | 0.4% | 1.8% |
| 1900 | +213.3% | -1.3% | 1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1 |
| 1800s | -1.3% | -1.3% | -1.3% | 1 |
| 1900s | 1.9% | 1.5% | 2.3% | 2 |
| 1910s | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2 |
| 1920s | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2 |
| 1930s | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 2 |
| 1940s | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 2 |
| 1950s | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.2% | 1.8% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.7% | 0.4% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.5% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2% | -0.1% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2030s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2040s | 0.0% | -0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2050s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.1% | 10 |
| 2060s | -0.3% | -0.4% | -0.3% | 10 |
| 2070s | -0.5% | -0.7% | -0.4% | 10 |
| 2080s | -0.8% | -0.8% | -0.7% | 10 |
| 2090s | -0.9% | -0.9% | -0.8% | 10 |
| 2100s | -0.9% | -0.9% | -0.9% | 1 |
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- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -0.2367 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.8534 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.9% (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 204,177 people (2100)
- Population density 244.85 people per km² (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -1.06 % change on previous year (2100)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is world population growth in El Salvador?
- World population growth in El Salvador was -0.9% in 2100, according to HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest world population growth recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 1966.
- What is the lowest world population growth recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.3% in 1800.
- How does El Salvador rank for world population growth?
- El Salvador ranks 203rd out of 239 countries with data for 2100.
- Is world population growth rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of World population growth. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.