Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — El Salvador

Population aged 15–64 in El Salvador in 2025 — 4,284,402 people. Ranked 110 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 199.8%.

2025 4.28M people +0.82% vs 2024
World rank 110of 217
Period maximum 4.28M people2025
Period minimum 1.43M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — El Salvador, 1960–202502M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,428,914 people1962: 1,502,519 people1964: 1,576,427 people1966: 1,658,445 people1968: 1,742,148 people1970: 1,832,394 people1972: 1,937,076 people1974: 2,051,832 people1976: 2,171,804 people1978: 2,300,759 people1980: 2,411,836 people1982: 2,481,794 people1984: 2,606,739 people1986: 2,742,670 people1988: 2,877,203 people1990: 2,994,266 people1992: 3,101,156 people1994: 3,216,244 people1996: 3,320,197 people1998: 3,403,108 people2000: 3,461,307 people2002: 3,500,909 people2004: 3,529,697 people2006: 3,546,545 people2008: 3,617,515 people2010: 3,718,465 people2012: 3,824,548 people2014: 3,929,860 people2016: 4,015,416 people2018: 4,071,295 people2020: 4,112,199 people2022: 4,177,751 people2024: 4,249,458 people2025: 4,284,402 people
Change over the period: +2.86M (+199.84%) Average annual rate: 1.7 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: El Salvador

El Salvador 4.28M people
World 5.36B people
Central America computed 124M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.13B people
Population aged 15–64 — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 4.28M +34,944 +0.82%
2024 4.25M +35,305 +0.84%
2023 4.21M +36,402 +0.87%
2022 4.18M +33,814 +0.82%
2021 4.14M +31,738 +0.77%
2020 4.11M +24,210 +0.59%
2019 4.09M +16,694 +0.41%
2018 4.07M +23,201 +0.57%
2017 4.05M +32,678 +0.81%
2016 4.02M +39,822 +1%
2015 3.98M +45,734 +1.16%
2014 3.93M +51,506 +1.33%
2013 3.88M +53,806 +1.41%
2012 3.82M +53,530 +1.42%
2011 3.77M +52,553 +1.41%
2010 3.72M +51,438 +1.4%
2009 3.67M +49,512 +1.37%
2008 3.62M +46,181 +1.29%
2007 3.57M +24,789 +0.7%
2006 3.55M +7,004 +0.2%
2005 3.54M +9,844 +0.28%
2004 3.53M +12,914 +0.37%
2003 3.52M +15,874 +0.45%
2002 3.5M +18,290 +0.53%
2001 3.48M +21,312 +0.62%
2000 3.46M +26,100 +0.76%
1999 3.44M +32,099 +0.94%
1998 3.4M +38,445 +1.14%
1997 3.36M +44,466 +1.34%
1996 3.32M +49,749 +1.52%
1995 3.27M +54,204 +1.69%
1994 3.22M +57,930 +1.83%
1993 3.16M +57,158 +1.84%
1992 3.1M +52,561 +1.72%
1991 3.05M +54,329 +1.81%
1990 2.99M +57,806 +1.97%
1989 2.94M +59,257 +2.06%
1988 2.88M +65,266 +2.32%
1987 2.81M +69,267 +2.53%
1986 2.74M +68,108 +2.55%
1985 2.67M +67,823 +2.6%
1984 2.61M +64,975 +2.56%
1983 2.54M +59,970 +2.42%
1982 2.48M +41,159 +1.69%
1981 2.44M +28,799 +1.19%
1980 2.41M +47,286 +2%
1979 2.36M +63,791 +2.77%
1978 2.3M +65,992 +2.95%
1977 2.23M +62,963 +2.9%
1976 2.17M +60,466 +2.86%
1975 2.11M +59,506 +2.9%
1974 2.05M +58,389 +2.93%
1973 1.99M +56,367 +2.91%
1972 1.94M +53,206 +2.82%
1971 1.88M +51,476 +2.81%
1970 1.83M +47,389 +2.65%
1969 1.79M +42,857 +2.46%
1968 1.74M +42,065 +2.47%
1967 1.7M +41,638 +2.51%
1966 1.66M +41,453 +2.56%
1965 1.62M +40,565 +2.57%
1964 1.58M +37,948 +2.47%
1963 1.54M +35,960 +2.39%
1962 1.5M +36,745 +2.51%
1961 1.47M +36,860 +2.58%
1960 1.43M

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.