El Salvador vs Guatemala

El Salvador vs Guatemala: Population

Population in 2023: 6.31 million people in El Salvador and 18.1 million people in Guatemala, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 11.8 million people, or 2.87 times that in El Salvador.

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El Salvador vs Guatemala: PopulationPopulation in 2023: 6.31 million people in El Salvador and 18.1 million people in Guatemala, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 11.8 million people, or 2.87 times that in El Salvador.
El SalvadorGuatemalaEstimates, HYDE and GapminderUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

  • Guatemala has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2023, El Salvador ranked 112 and Guatemala ranked 69 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts El Salvador at 5.07 million people and Guatemala at 25.9 million people in 2100.
  • The world as a whole: 8.09 billion people in 2023.

Every year

people · UN

YearEl SalvadorGuatemalaWorld
20236.31 million18.1 million8.09 billion
20226.28 million17.9 million8.02 billion
20216.26 million17.6 million7.95 billion
20206.24 million17.4 million7.89 billion
20196.22 million17.1 million7.81 billion
20186.22 million16.9 million7.73 billion
20176.21 million16.6 million7.65 billion
20166.2 million16.3 million7.56 billion
20156.18 million16 million7.47 billion
20146.16 million15.7 million7.38 billion
20136.14 million15.4 million7.29 billion
20126.11 million15.1 million7.2 billion
20116.09 million14.8 million7.11 billion
20106.07 million14.5 million7.02 billion
20096.05 million14.2 million6.93 billion
20086.03 million13.9 million6.84 billion
20076.01 million13.7 million6.76 billion
20066 million13.4 million6.67 billion
20056.01 million13.1 million6.59 billion
20046.01 million12.8 million6.5 billion
20036 million12.5 million6.42 billion
20025.99 million12.3 million6.34 billion
20015.97 million12 million6.26 billion
20005.94 million11.7 million6.17 billion
19995.91 million11.4 million6.09 billion
19985.88 million11.1 million6.01 billion
19975.85 million10.9 million5.93 billion
19965.81 million10.6 million5.84 billion
19955.76 million10.3 million5.76 billion
19945.71 million10 million5.68 billion
19935.66 million9.78 million5.59 billion
19925.59 million9.52 million5.51 billion
19915.5 million9.27 million5.42 billion
19905.4 million9.03 million5.33 billion
19895.3 million8.78 million5.23 billion
19885.2 million8.53 million5.14 billion
19875.09 million8.3 million5.05 billion
19864.99 million8.07 million4.96 billion
19854.9 million7.85 million4.87 billion
19844.8 million7.63 million4.78 billion
19834.71 million7.42 million4.7 billion
19824.62 million7.24 million4.61 billion
19814.57 million7.08 million4.53 billion
19804.54 million6.9 million4.45 billion
19794.48 million6.73 million4.37 billion
19784.39 million6.56 million4.29 billion
19774.3 million6.4 million4.22 billion
19764.21 million6.26 million4.14 billion
19754.12 million6.13 million4.07 billion
19744.03 million5.98 million4 billion
19733.94 million5.83 million3.92 billion
19723.85 million5.68 million3.85 billion
19713.76 million5.54 million3.77 billion
19703.67 million5.4 million3.7 billion
19693.58 million5.26 million3.62 billion
19683.48 million5.12 million3.55 billion
19673.39 million4.98 million3.47 billion
19663.29 million4.84 million3.4 billion
19653.2 million4.71 million3.34 billion
19643.11 million4.57 million3.26 billion
19633.03 million4.44 million3.19 billion
19622.95 million4.31 million3.12 billion
19612.87 million4.19 million3.07 billion
19602.79 million4.06 million3.02 billion
19592.72 million3.95 million2.97 billion
19582.65 million3.84 million2.91 billion
19572.58 million3.73 million2.85 billion
19562.52 million3.63 million2.8 billion
19552.46 million3.53 million2.74 billion
19542.4 million3.44 million2.69 billion
19532.34 million3.35 million2.63 billion
19522.29 million3.26 million2.58 billion
19512.24 million3.18 million2.54 billion
19502.18 million3.1 million2.49 billion
19492.14 million3.01 million–
19482.09 million2.92 million–
19472.06 million2.83 million–
19462.02 million2.75 million–
19451.99 million2.67 million–
19441.95 million2.59 million–
19431.92 million2.51 million–
19421.89 million2.44 million–
19411.86 million2.37 million–
19401.83 million2.31 million–
19391.8 million2.25 million–
19381.78 million2.2 million–
19371.75 million2.15 million–
19361.73 million2.1 million–
19351.71 million2.06 million–
19341.69 million2.01 million–
19331.67 million1.97 million–
19321.65 million1.93 million–
19311.63 million1.89 million–
19301.6 million1.86 million–
19291.57 million1.83 million–
19281.54 million1.81 million–
19271.51 million1.79 million–
19261.48 million1.77 million–
19251.45 million1.75 million–
19241.42 million1.73 million–
19231.39 million1.72 million–
19221.36 million1.7 million–
19211.34 million1.68 million–
19201.31 million1.66 million–
19191.28 million1.65 million–
19181.25 million1.63 million–
19171.23 million1.61 million–
19161.2 million1.6 million–
19151.17 million1.58 million–
19141.15 million1.56 million–
19131.12 million1.54 million–
19121.09 million1.53 million–
19111.07 million1.51 million–
19101.05 million1.5 million–
19091.02 million1.48 million–
1908999,2001.46 million–
1907976,7001.45 million–
1906954,8001.43 million–
1905933,4001.42 million–
1904912,4001.4 million–
1903892,0001.39 million–
1902871,9001.37 million–
1901854,4001.36 million–
1900839,4001.35 million–
1899826,7001.35 million–
1898816,3001.35 million–
1897808,2001.36 million–
1896800,1001.36 million–
1895792,1001.37 million–
1894784,2001.38 million–
1893776,3001.38 million–
1892768,5001.39 million–
1891760,0001.39 million–
1890750,8001.39 million–
1889740,9001.38 million–
1888730,3001.37 million–
1887719,1001.35 million–
1886708,1001.34 million–
1885697,2001.32 million–
1884686,5001.31 million–
1883675,9001.29 million–
1882665,5001.28 million–
1881654,3001.26 million–
1880642,2001.25 million–
1879629,3001.23 million–
1878615,6001.22 million–
1877601,2001.2 million–
1876587,1001.18 million–
1875573,4001.17 million–
1874560,0001.15 million–
1873546,9001.14 million–
1872534,1001.12 million–
1871522,3001.11 million–
1870511,6001.09 million–
1869501,7001.08 million–
1868492,8001.07 million–
1867484,7001.05 million–
1866476,8001.04 million–
1865469,0001.03 million–
1864461,3001.01 million–
1863453,8001 million–
1862446,300988,800–
1861439,000976,400–
1860431,900964,200–
1859424,800952,200–
1858417,800940,200–
1857411,000928,500–
1856404,200916,900–
1855397,600905,400–
1854391,100894,000–
1853384,700882,900–
1852378,400871,800–
1851372,300859,800–
1850366,500846,800–
1849361,500833,500–
1848356,700819,300–
1847352,100804,200–
1846347,600789,400–
1845343,100774,900–
1844338,600760,700–
1843334,300746,700–
1842330,000733,000–
1841325,700720,900–
1840321,500710,400–
1839317,400701,500–
1838313,300694,100–
1837309,200688,200–
1836305,300682,300–
1835301,300676,500–
1834297,400670,700–
1833293,600665,000–
1832289,800659,400–
1831286,100653,700–
1830282,400648,200–
1829278,800642,700–
1828275,200637,200–
1827271,600631,800–
1826268,100626,400–
1825264,700621,000–
1824261,300615,800–
1823257,900610,500–
1822254,600605,300–
1821249,900602,700–
1820244,100600,100–
1819237,100592,700–
1818229,000585,400–
1817219,800578,100–
1816211,100570,800–
1815202,600563,700–
1814194,500556,600–
1813186,800549,500–
1812179,300542,500–
1811174,800535,600–
1810173,300528,700–
1809171,900520,300–
1808179,000513,600–
1807186,500507,000–
1806194,200500,400–
1805202,300494,000–
1804210,700487,600–
1803219,500481,300–
1802228,600475,100–
1801238,100469,000–
1800248,000462,900–
  • 12.3Estimates, HYDE and Gapminder
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearEl SalvadorGuatemalaWorld
20246.34 million6.32 million–6.36 million18.4 million18.4 million–18.4 million8.16 billion
20256.37 million6.3 million–6.43 million18.7 million18.6 million–18.8 million8.23 billion
20266.39 million6.28 million–6.5 million19 million18.8 million–19.2 million8.3 billion
20276.42 million6.25 million–6.58 million19.3 million19 million–19.5 million8.37 billion
20286.44 million6.22 million–6.66 million19.5 million19.2 million–19.9 million8.44 billion
20296.46 million6.18 million–6.74 million19.8 million19.3 million–20.3 million8.5 billion
20306.49 million6.13 million–6.82 million20.1 million19.5 million–20.7 million8.57 billion
20316.51 million6.09 million–6.91 million20.3 million19.7 million–21 million8.63 billion
20326.53 million6.05 million–7.01 million20.6 million19.8 million–21.4 million8.7 billion
20336.55 million6 million–7.11 million20.9 million20 million–21.8 million8.76 billion
20346.56 million5.95 million–7.21 million21.1 million20.1 million–22.2 million8.82 billion
20356.58 million5.88 million–7.31 million21.4 million20.3 million–22.6 million8.89 billion
20366.59 million5.82 million–7.42 million21.7 million20.4 million–23 million8.95 billion
20376.61 million5.77 million–7.52 million21.9 million20.5 million–23.4 million9.01 billion
20386.62 million5.72 million–7.63 million22.2 million20.7 million–23.8 million9.06 billion
20396.63 million5.65 million–7.73 million22.4 million20.8 million–24.2 million9.12 billion
20406.64 million5.59 million–7.82 million22.6 million20.9 million–24.6 million9.18 billion
20416.65 million5.51 million–7.94 million22.9 million21 million–24.9 million9.23 billion
20426.66 million5.44 million–8.06 million23.1 million21.1 million–25.3 million9.29 billion
20436.66 million5.38 million–8.18 million23.3 million21.2 million–25.7 million9.34 billion
20446.67 million5.31 million–8.32 million23.5 million21.3 million–26 million9.39 billion
20456.67 million5.24 million–8.45 million23.7 million21.3 million–26.4 million9.44 billion
20466.67 million5.18 million–8.59 million23.9 million21.4 million–26.8 million9.49 billion
20476.67 million5.12 million–8.73 million24.1 million21.5 million–27.1 million9.54 billion
20486.67 million5.05 million–8.87 million24.3 million21.5 million–27.5 million9.58 billion
20496.67 million4.97 million–9.01 million24.5 million21.6 million–27.9 million9.62 billion
20506.66 million4.89 million–9.16 million24.7 million21.6 million–28.3 million9.66 billion
20516.66 million4.82 million–9.31 million24.9 million21.6 million–28.6 million9.7 billion
20526.65 million4.76 million–9.45 million25 million21.7 million–29 million9.74 billion
20536.65 million4.66 million–9.62 million25.2 million21.7 million–29.3 million9.78 billion
20546.64 million4.58 million–9.82 million25.3 million21.7 million–29.6 million9.81 billion
20556.63 million4.5 million–9.98 million25.5 million21.7 million–30.1 million9.85 billion
20566.61 million4.42 million–10.1 million25.6 million21.6 million–30.4 million9.88 billion
20576.6 million4.33 million–10.3 million25.8 million21.6 million–30.8 million9.91 billion
20586.59 million4.24 million–10.5 million25.9 million21.6 million–31.2 million9.94 billion
20596.57 million4.15 million–10.7 million26 million21.5 million–31.5 million9.96 billion
20606.55 million4.07 million–10.8 million26.2 million21.5 million–31.8 million9.99 billion
20616.54 million3.98 million–10.9 million26.3 million21.5 million–32.2 million10 billion
20626.52 million3.89 million–11.1 million26.4 million21.4 million–32.7 million10 billion
20636.5 million3.8 million–11.2 million26.5 million21.3 million–33 million10.1 billion
20646.48 million3.72 million–11.3 million26.6 million21.3 million–33.3 million10.1 billion
20656.46 million3.64 million–11.5 million26.7 million21.2 million–33.7 million10.1 billion
20666.43 million3.55 million–11.7 million26.7 million21.1 million–34.1 million10.1 billion
20676.41 million3.46 million–11.9 million26.8 million21 million–34.4 million10.1 billion
20686.38 million3.39 million–11.9 million26.9 million20.9 million–34.8 million10.2 billion
20696.36 million3.31 million–12.1 million26.9 million20.8 million–35.1 million10.2 billion
20706.33 million3.23 million–12.2 million27 million20.7 million–35.5 million10.2 billion
20716.3 million3.15 million–12.4 million27 million20.6 million–35.8 million10.2 billion
20726.27 million3.06 million–12.5 million27.1 million20.5 million–36.1 million10.2 billion
20736.24 million2.98 million–12.8 million27.1 million20.4 million–36.4 million10.2 billion
20746.21 million2.91 million–12.9 million27.1 million20.3 million–36.7 million10.2 billion
20756.18 million2.83 million–13 million27.1 million20.1 million–37.1 million10.3 billion
20766.14 million2.76 million–13.2 million27.2 million20 million–37.4 million10.3 billion
20776.1 million2.67 million–13.3 million27.2 million19.8 million–37.6 million10.3 billion
20786.07 million2.58 million–13.5 million27.2 million19.6 million–37.9 million10.3 billion
20796.03 million2.51 million–13.7 million27.1 million19.5 million–38.2 million10.3 billion
20805.99 million2.43 million–13.9 million27.1 million19.3 million–38.4 million10.3 billion
20815.94 million2.37 million–14 million27.1 million19.1 million–38.7 million10.3 billion
20825.9 million2.3 million–14.2 million27.1 million18.9 million–39 million10.3 billion
20835.86 million2.24 million–14.5 million27.1 million18.7 million–39.2 million10.3 billion
20845.81 million2.19 million–14.8 million27 million18.5 million–39.5 million10.3 billion
20855.77 million2.12 million–15.1 million27 million18.3 million–39.8 million10.3 billion
20865.72 million2.05 million–15.4 million26.9 million18.1 million–40.1 million10.3 billion
20875.67 million1.98 million–15.7 million26.9 million17.9 million–40.5 million10.3 billion
20885.63 million1.91 million–15.9 million26.8 million17.7 million–40.9 million10.3 billion
20895.58 million1.86 million–16.1 million26.8 million17.4 million–41.3 million10.3 billion
20905.53 million1.79 million–16.3 million26.7 million17.2 million–41.6 million10.3 billion
20915.49 million1.73 million–16.6 million26.6 million16.9 million–41.8 million10.3 billion
20925.44 million1.68 million–16.9 million26.6 million16.7 million–42 million10.3 billion
20935.39 million1.65 million–17.1 million26.5 million16.5 million–42.3 million10.3 billion
20945.35 million1.62 million–17.3 million26.4 million16.2 million–42.5 million10.2 billion
20955.3 million1.58 million–17.5 million26.3 million16 million–42.7 million10.2 billion
20965.25 million1.53 million–17.8 million26.3 million15.8 million–42.9 million10.2 billion
20975.21 million1.48 million–18.1 million26.2 million15.6 million–43.2 million10.2 billion
20985.16 million1.43 million–18.2 million26.1 million15.3 million–43.4 million10.2 billion
20995.12 million1.39 million–18.5 million26 million15.1 million–43.7 million10.2 billion
21005.07 million1.36 million–18.9 million25.9 million14.8 million–44 million10.2 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Everyone living in the country on 1 July of each year.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • Before 1950: HYDE (2023), Gapminder (2022) and UN WPP (2024), via Our World in Data.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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