Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Latin America and the Caribbean · Central America
El Salvador is recorded at 6.34m people in 2024, with total annual change of +28,416 under the WPP medium variant.
El Salvador observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 98,858 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -47,344 |
| Natural change | +51,514 |
| Net migration | -23,102 |
| Total change | +28,416 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | +28,416 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -331,643 since 2047 |
| Projected 2100 | 5.07m |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
El Salvador 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.59m, ages 15-64 4.21m, ages 65+ 504.8k.
El Salvador 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.14m, ages 15-64 4.54m, ages 65+ 978.2k.
El Salvador 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 639.5k, ages 15-64 2.77m, ages 65+ 1.67m.
Stage since 2015.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2042.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.34m | 28,416 | 98.9k | 47.3k | 1.77 |
| 2030 | 6.49m | 20,525 | 93.3k | 49.8k | 1.71 |
| 2050 | 6.66m | -3,307 | 71.8k | 60.2k | 1.66 |
| 2080 | 5.99m | -41,601 | 50.1k | 82.8k | 1.63 |
| 2100 | 5.07m | -43,375 | 40.2k | 78.3k | 1.62 |