El Salvador Population Pyramid 2044
El Salvador in 2044
In 2044, El Salvador is projected to have a population of 6,665,751 people. That would be 1.6% more than in 2034 (6,562,188).
With a projected median age of 37.5 years, El Salvador would have a youth dependency ratio of 27.1 and an old-age dependency ratio of 19.0 per 100 people of working age. The pyramid is stationary: cohort sizes are roughly even through the younger ages, reflecting fertility close to replacement level and slow population change.
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 | 6,665,751 | 37.5 | |
| Panama | 5,438,260 | 37.3 | |
| Costa Rica | 5,381,723 | 45.5 | |
| Nicaragua | 8,439,716 | 33.8 | |
| Belize | 503,178 | 36.5 |





