El Salvador vs Honduras
El Salvador vs Honduras: Urban population
Urban population in 2025: 75.5% in El Salvador and 59.3% in Honduras, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in El Salvador, by 16.3 percentage points, or 1.27 times that in Honduras.
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- El Salvador has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- In 2025, El Salvador ranked 79 and Honduras ranked 138 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts El Salvador at 82.8% and Honduras at 68.5% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | El Salvador | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75.5 | 59.3 |
| 2024 | 75.1 | 58.8 |
| 2023 | 74.6 | 58.3 |
| 2022 | 74.2 | 57.8 |
| 2021 | 73.7 | 57.4 |
| 2020 | 73.1 | 56.9 |
| 2019 | 72.4 | 56.4 |
| 2018 | 71.8 | 55.9 |
| 2017 | 71.1 | 55.4 |
| 2016 | 70.4 | 54.9 |
| 2015 | 69.7 | 54.4 |
| 2014 | 68.9 | 53.9 |
| 2013 | 68.1 | 53.4 |
| 2012 | 67.2 | 52.7 |
| 2011 | 66.3 | 52 |
| 2010 | 65.4 | 51.3 |
| 2009 | 64.5 | 50.7 |
| 2008 | 63.6 | 50 |
| 2007 | 62.8 | 49.4 |
| 2006 | 61.9 | 48.8 |
| 2005 | 61 | 48.2 |
| 2004 | 60.1 | 47.6 |
| 2003 | 59.3 | 47 |
| 2002 | 58.4 | 46.4 |
| 2001 | 57.5 | 45.9 |
| 2000 | 56.6 | 45.3 |
| 1999 | 55.7 | 44.8 |
| 1998 | 54.8 | 44.3 |
| 1997 | 54 | 43.8 |
| 1996 | 53.2 | 43.3 |
| 1995 | 52.4 | 42.9 |
| 1994 | 51.7 | 42.4 |
| 1993 | 51 | 41.9 |
| 1992 | 50.3 | 41.5 |
| 1991 | 49.6 | 41 |
| 1990 | 49 | 40.5 |
| 1989 | 48.3 | 40 |
| 1988 | 47.7 | 39.5 |
| 1987 | 47 | 38.9 |
| 1986 | 46.4 | 38.4 |
| 1985 | 45.7 | 37.9 |
| 1984 | 45.1 | 37.3 |
| 1983 | 44.5 | 36.8 |
| 1982 | 43.9 | 36.2 |
| 1981 | 43.4 | 35.6 |
| 1980 | 42.8 | 35.1 |
| 1979 | 42.3 | 34.5 |
| 1978 | 41.8 | 33.9 |
| 1977 | 41.4 | 33.3 |
| 1976 | 41 | 32.7 |
| 1975 | 40.6 | 32.1 |
| 1974 | 40.3 | 31.6 |
| 1973 | 40 | 30.9 |
| 1972 | 39.7 | 30.2 |
| 1971 | 39.5 | 29.4 |
| 1970 | 39.4 | 28.6 |
| 1969 | 39.3 | 27.8 |
| 1968 | 39.2 | 27 |
| 1967 | 39.1 | 26.1 |
| 1966 | 39 | 25.4 |
| 1965 | 38.9 | 24.7 |
| 1964 | 38.8 | 24.1 |
| 1963 | 38.7 | 23.7 |
| 1962 | 38.6 | 23.4 |
| 1961 | 38.5 | 23.2 |
| 1960 | 38.4 | 23.4 |
| 1959 | 38.2 | 23.8 |
| 1958 | 38.1 | 24.5 |
| 1957 | 37.9 | 25.4 |
| 1956 | 37.7 | 26.5 |
| 1955 | 37.5 | 27.5 |
| 1954 | 37.3 | 28.6 |
| 1953 | 37.1 | 29.5 |
| 1952 | 36.9 | 30.3 |
| 1951 | 36.6 | 30.8 |
| 1950 | 36.4 | 31 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | El Salvador | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 76 | 59.7 |
| 2027 | 76.4 | 60.2 |
| 2028 | 76.9 | 60.6 |
| 2029 | 77.3 | 61.1 |
| 2030 | 77.7 | 61.5 |
| 2031 | 78.1 | 61.9 |
| 2032 | 78.5 | 62.4 |
| 2033 | 78.9 | 62.8 |
| 2034 | 79.3 | 63.2 |
| 2035 | 79.7 | 63.6 |
| 2036 | 80 | 64 |
| 2037 | 80.4 | 64.4 |
| 2038 | 80.7 | 64.7 |
| 2039 | 81 | 65.1 |
| 2040 | 81.3 | 65.5 |
| 2041 | 81.5 | 65.8 |
| 2042 | 81.8 | 66.1 |
| 2043 | 82 | 66.5 |
| 2044 | 82.2 | 66.8 |
| 2045 | 82.4 | 67.1 |
| 2046 | 82.5 | 67.4 |
| 2047 | 82.6 | 67.7 |
| 2048 | 82.7 | 68 |
| 2049 | 82.8 | 68.2 |
| 2050 | 82.8 | 68.5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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
- 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
- Armed forces personnelEl Salvador: 42,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- 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