El Salvador vs Honduras
El Salvador vs Honduras: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 42,000 people in El Salvador and 23,000 people in Honduras, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in El Salvador, by 19,000 people, or 1.83 times that in Honduras.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- El Salvador has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Honduras.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | El Salvador | Honduras | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 42,000 | 23,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 42,000 | 23,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 41,500 | 22,950 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 42,000 | 23,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 41,500 | 22,700 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 41,500 | 18,700 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 41,500 | 18,700 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 32,300 | 20,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 32,300 | 20,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 32,300 | 20,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 32,500 | 20,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 32,500 | 20,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 33,000 | 20,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 33,000 | 20,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 28,000 | 20,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 16,000 | 20,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 15,000 | 20,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 27,500 | 18,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 28,800 | 14,300 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 28,800 | 14,300 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 28,800 | 14,300 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 36,600 | 14,300 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 36,600 | 14,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 40,400 | 24,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 40,400 | 24,300 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 38,500 | 24,300 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 30,000 | 17,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 49,000 | 17,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 49,000 | 17,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 60,000 | 17,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 55,000 | 18,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 45,000 | 19,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 41,700 | 16,600 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 45,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1983 | 32,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1982 | 28,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1981 | 23,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1980 | 16,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1979 | 14,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1978 | 11,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1977 | 8,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1976 | 8,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1975 | 8,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1974 | 8,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1973 | 8,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1972 | 8,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1971 | 6,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1970 | 4,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1969 | 4,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1968 | 4,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1967 | 4,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1966 | 4,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1965 | 4,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1964 | 4,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1963 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1962 | 6,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1961 | 6,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1960 | 7,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1959 | 7,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1958 | 7,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1957 | 7,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1956 | 7,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1955 | 7,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1954 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1953 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1952 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1951 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1950 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1949 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1948 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1947 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1946 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1939 | 3,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1938 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1937 | 2,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1936 | 2,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1935 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1934 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1933 | 3,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1932 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1931 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1930 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1929 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1928 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1927 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1926 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1925 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1924 | 4,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1923 | 4,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1922 | 4,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1921 | 4,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1920 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1919 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1918 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1917 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1916 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1915 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1914 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1913 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1912 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1911 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1910 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1909 | 3,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1908 | 3,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1907 | 3,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1906 | 3,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1905 | 3,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1904 | 3,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1903 | 4,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1902 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1901 | 3,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1900 | 4,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1899 | 3,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1898 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1897 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1896 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1895 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1894 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1893 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1892 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1891 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1890 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1889 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1888 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1887 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1886 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1885 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1884 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1883 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1882 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1881 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1880 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1879 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1878 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1877 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1876 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1875 | 1,000 | – | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Active-duty military personnel, with paramilitary forces where they are trained and equipped like soldiers, by the IISS Military Balance.
- Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
- Before 1985: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 170 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
El Salvador vs Honduras
Health
- Life expectancyEl Salvador: 72.1 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEl Salvador: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEl Salvador: 9.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEl Salvador: 3.03% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateEl Salvador: 9.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEl Salvador: 6.31 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthEl Salvador: 0.46% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEl Salvador: 1.78 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEl Salvador: 75.5% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageEl Salvador: 27 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEl Salvador: 8% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateEl Salvador: -3.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEl Salvador: 1.34% of GDP in 2025Honduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEl Salvador: $489M in 2025Honduras: $582M in 2025
- Military spending per personEl Salvador: $77 in 2025Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEl Salvador: 4.4% of government spending in 2025Honduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- National powerEl Salvador: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEl Salvador: 1.62% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEl Salvador: 3 million TIV in 2025Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024