Net migration in El Salvador in 2025 — -23,934 people. Ranked 176 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 389.9%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: El Salvador
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -23,934 | −832 | −3.6% |
| 2024 | -23,102 | +151 | +0.65% |
| 2023 | -23,253 | +2 | +0.01% |
| 2022 | -23,255 | +4,088 | +14.95% |
| 2021 | -27,343 | −2,130 | −8.45% |
| 2020 | -25,213 | +29,931 | +54.28% |
| 2019 | -55,144 | −981 | −1.81% |
| 2018 | -54,163 | −3,555 | −7.02% |
| 2017 | -50,608 | −3,117 | −6.56% |
| 2016 | -47,491 | +3,787 | +7.39% |
| 2015 | -51,278 | −2,152 | −4.38% |
| 2014 | -49,126 | −39 | −0.08% |
| 2013 | -49,087 | +1,459 | +2.89% |
| 2012 | -50,546 | +2,887 | +5.4% |
| 2011 | -53,433 | +1,255 | +2.29% |
| 2010 | -54,688 | +1,278 | +2.28% |
| 2009 | -55,966 | +120 | +0.21% |
| 2008 | -56,086 | +771 | +1.36% |
| 2007 | -56,857 | +28,932 | +33.72% |
| 2006 | -85,789 | +712 | +0.82% |
| 2005 | -86,501 | +965 | +1.1% |
| 2004 | -87,466 | +1,680 | +1.88% |
| 2003 | -89,146 | +1,762 | +1.94% |
| 2002 | -90,908 | +1,481 | +1.6% |
| 2001 | -92,389 | +2,472 | +2.61% |
| 2000 | -94,861 | +2,614 | +2.68% |
| 1999 | -97,475 | +1,818 | +1.83% |
| 1998 | -99,293 | −2,473 | −2.55% |
| 1997 | -96,820 | −843 | −0.88% |
| 1996 | -95,977 | −3,065 | −3.3% |
| 1995 | -92,912 | −5,594 | −6.41% |
| 1994 | -87,318 | −6,582 | −8.15% |
| 1993 | -80,736 | −32,504 | −67.39% |
| 1992 | -48,232 | +2,390 | +4.72% |
| 1991 | -50,622 | −10,933 | −27.55% |
| 1990 | -39,689 | −1,478 | −3.87% |
| 1989 | -38,211 | −7,405 | −24.04% |
| 1988 | -30,806 | +1,502 | +4.65% |
| 1987 | -32,308 | −127 | −0.39% |
| 1986 | -32,181 | −3,070 | −10.55% |
| 1985 | -29,111 | +656 | +2.2% |
| 1984 | -29,767 | +5,927 | +16.61% |
| 1983 | -35,694 | +1,465 | +3.94% |
| 1982 | -37,159 | +60,206 | +61.84% |
| 1981 | -97,365 | −26,047 | −36.52% |
| 1980 | -71,318 | −27,016 | −60.98% |
| 1979 | -44,302 | −12,839 | −40.81% |
| 1978 | -31,463 | −2,721 | −9.47% |
| 1977 | -28,742 | +2,575 | +8.22% |
| 1976 | -31,317 | −5,119 | −19.54% |
| 1975 | -26,198 | −3,354 | −14.68% |
| 1974 | -22,844 | −3,497 | −18.08% |
| 1973 | -19,347 | −2,030 | −11.72% |
| 1972 | -17,317 | −928 | −5.66% |
| 1971 | -16,389 | −5,022 | −44.18% |
| 1970 | -11,367 | −7,012 | −161.01% |
| 1969 | -4,355 | −1,436 | −49.19% |
| 1968 | -2,919 | +273 | +8.55% |
| 1967 | -3,192 | +753 | +19.09% |
| 1966 | -3,945 | +1,615 | +29.05% |
| 1965 | -5,560 | +2,377 | +29.95% |
| 1964 | -7,937 | +1,837 | +18.79% |
| 1963 | -9,774 | +533 | +5.17% |
| 1962 | -10,307 | −6,148 | −147.82% |
| 1961 | -4,159 | +726 | +14.86% |
| 1960 | -4,885 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Panama
6,151
Costa Rica
1,000
Belize
360
Honduras
-4,778
Guatemala
-7,959
Nicaragua
-8,371
El Salvador
-23,934
Mexico
-108,037
Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.
Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
Annual population growth in percent — natural increase together with migration.
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Demography PopulationResident population of every country as of mid-year — series from 1960 onward.
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Demography Total fertility rateHow many children one woman would bear on average if current age-specific fertility held.
Demography Crude birth rateLive births per 1,000 people of population per year.