Population growth — all countries

Population growth — El Salvador

Population growth in El Salvador in 2025 — 0.43%. Ranked 146 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 2.35 pp.

2025 0.43% −0.02 pp vs 2024
World rank 146of 217
Period maximum 2.82%1967
Period minimum -0.05%2006

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — El Salvador, 1961–2025-1012319611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.78%1963: 2.66%1965: 2.78%1967: 2.82%1969: 2.71%1971: 2.39%1973: 2.34%1975: 2.23%1977: 2.14%1979: 1.94%1981: 0.66%1983: 1.82%1985: 2%1987: 1.98%1989: 1.97%1991: 1.75%1993: 1.32%1995: 0.84%1997: 0.67%1999: 0.56%2001: 0.41%2003: 0.2%2005: 0.02%2007: 0.12%2009: 0.31%2011: 0.36%2013: 0.41%2015: 0.34%2017: 0.21%2019: 0.04%2021: 0.34%2023: 0.47%2025: 0.43%
Change over the period: −2.35 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

El Salvador 0.43%
World 0.91%
Central America computed 0.95%
Population growth — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0.43 −0.02 pp
2024 0.45 −0.01 pp
2023 0.47 +0.07 pp
2022 0.39 +0.05 pp
2021 0.34 +0.14 pp
2020 0.2 +0.16 pp
2019 0.04 −0.06 pp
2018 0.1 −0.1 pp
2017 0.21 −0.07 pp
2016 0.28 −0.06 pp
2015 0.34 −0.06 pp
2014 0.39 −0.01 pp
2013 0.41 +0.02 pp
2012 0.39 +0.03 pp
2011 0.36 +0.03 pp
2010 0.33 +0.02 pp
2009 0.31 −0.01 pp
2008 0.32 +0.2 pp
2007 0.12 +0.18 pp
2006 -0.05 −0.07 pp
2005 0.02 −0.09 pp
2004 0.1 −0.1 pp
2003 0.2 −0.11 pp
2002 0.31 −0.1 pp
2001 0.41 −0.08 pp
2000 0.5 −0.06 pp
1999 0.56 −0.06 pp
1998 0.62 −0.06 pp
1997 0.67 −0.07 pp
1996 0.75 −0.09 pp
1995 0.84 −0.12 pp
1994 0.95 −0.37 pp
1993 1.32 −0.31 pp
1992 1.63 −0.12 pp
1991 1.75 −0.13 pp
1990 1.88 −0.08 pp
1989 1.97 −0.04 pp
1988 2.01 +0.03 pp
1987 1.98 −0.01 pp
1986 1.98 −0.01 pp
1985 2 +0.09 pp
1984 1.91 +0.09 pp
1983 1.82 +0.69 pp
1982 1.13 +0.47 pp
1981 0.66 −0.67 pp
1980 1.33 −0.61 pp
1979 1.94 −0.19 pp
1978 2.14 −0 pp
1977 2.14 −0.02 pp
1976 2.16 −0.07 pp
1975 2.23 −0.07 pp
1974 2.3 −0.04 pp
1973 2.34 −0 pp
1972 2.35 −0.04 pp
1971 2.39 −0.16 pp
1970 2.55 −0.16 pp
1969 2.71 −0.07 pp
1968 2.78 −0.04 pp
1967 2.82 +0 pp
1966 2.82 +0.04 pp
1965 2.78 +0.07 pp
1964 2.71 +0.05 pp
1963 2.66 −0.06 pp
1962 2.72 −0.05 pp
1961 2.78

Central America, 2025

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

About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

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