El Salvador
Urban population in El Salvador
Urban population in El Salvador: 36.4% in 1950 and 75.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 75.5%
- Since 1950
- +39.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 79 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 82.8%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 82.8% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | El Salvador |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 75.5 |
| 2024 | 75.1 |
| 2023 | 74.6 |
| 2022 | 74.2 |
| 2021 | 73.7 |
| 2020 | 73.1 |
| 2019 | 72.4 |
| 2018 | 71.8 |
| 2017 | 71.1 |
| 2016 | 70.4 |
| 2015 | 69.7 |
| 2014 | 68.9 |
| 2013 | 68.1 |
| 2012 | 67.2 |
| 2011 | 66.3 |
| 2010 | 65.4 |
| 2009 | 64.5 |
| 2008 | 63.6 |
| 2007 | 62.8 |
| 2006 | 61.9 |
| 2005 | 61 |
| 2004 | 60.1 |
| 2003 | 59.3 |
| 2002 | 58.4 |
| 2001 | 57.5 |
| 2000 | 56.6 |
| 1999 | 55.7 |
| 1998 | 54.8 |
| 1997 | 54 |
| 1996 | 53.2 |
| 1995 | 52.4 |
| 1994 | 51.7 |
| 1993 | 51 |
| 1992 | 50.3 |
| 1991 | 49.6 |
| 1990 | 49 |
| 1989 | 48.3 |
| 1988 | 47.7 |
| 1987 | 47 |
| 1986 | 46.4 |
| 1985 | 45.7 |
| 1984 | 45.1 |
| 1983 | 44.5 |
| 1982 | 43.9 |
| 1981 | 43.4 |
| 1980 | 42.8 |
| 1979 | 42.3 |
| 1978 | 41.8 |
| 1977 | 41.4 |
| 1976 | 41 |
| 1975 | 40.6 |
| 1974 | 40.3 |
| 1973 | 40 |
| 1972 | 39.7 |
| 1971 | 39.5 |
| 1970 | 39.4 |
| 1969 | 39.3 |
| 1968 | 39.2 |
| 1967 | 39.1 |
| 1966 | 39 |
| 1965 | 38.9 |
| 1964 | 38.8 |
| 1963 | 38.7 |
| 1962 | 38.6 |
| 1961 | 38.5 |
| 1960 | 38.4 |
| 1959 | 38.2 |
| 1958 | 38.1 |
| 1957 | 37.9 |
| 1956 | 37.7 |
| 1955 | 37.5 |
| 1954 | 37.3 |
| 1953 | 37.1 |
| 1952 | 36.9 |
| 1951 | 36.6 |
| 1950 | 36.4 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | El Salvador |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 76 |
| 2027 | 76.4 |
| 2028 | 76.9 |
| 2029 | 77.3 |
| 2030 | 77.7 |
| 2031 | 78.1 |
| 2032 | 78.5 |
| 2033 | 78.9 |
| 2034 | 79.3 |
| 2035 | 79.7 |
| 2036 | 80 |
| 2037 | 80.4 |
| 2038 | 80.7 |
| 2039 | 81 |
| 2040 | 81.3 |
| 2041 | 81.5 |
| 2042 | 81.8 |
| 2043 | 82 |
| 2044 | 82.2 |
| 2045 | 82.4 |
| 2046 | 82.5 |
| 2047 | 82.6 |
| 2048 | 82.7 |
| 2049 | 82.8 |
| 2050 | 82.8 |
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.
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- Military spending1.34% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$489M in 2025
- Military spending per person$77 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel42,000 people in 2020
- National power0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.62% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports3 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 1991