El Salvador Population Pyramid 2035
El Salvador in 2035
In 2035, El Salvador is projected to have a population of 6,578,181 people. Compared with 2025, when the projection stands at 6,365,503, that represents growth of 3.3% over ten years.
With a projected median age of 33.6 years, El Salvador would have a youth dependency ratio of 30.4 and an old-age dependency ratio of 15.3 per 100 people of working age. The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in El Salvador had on average 1.77 children, below the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
A child born there in 2023 could expect to live 72.1 years on average (76.3 years for girls, 67.5 for boys).
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
43,170 immigrants live in El Salvador, 0.7% of the population.
| Honduras | 12,039 |
| Guatemala | 9,157 |
| Nicaragua | 8,063 |
| United States of America | 5,562 |
| Mexico | 1,765 |
1,834,669 people born in El Salvador live in other countries.
| United States of America | 1,569,946 |
| Mexico | 55,410 |
| Canada | 49,004 |
| Spain | 42,228 |
| Italy | 24,538 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | 6,578,181 | 33.6 | |
| Costa Rica | 5,324,699 | 41.3 | |
| Nicaragua | 7,836,703 | 30.5 | |
| Panama | 5,072,263 | 34.5 | |
| Belize | 473,133 | 32.6 |





