Latin America & Caribbean · Country statistics
El Salvador
At a glance
Latest published figures · reporting years differPopulation density
305
people / km² land·2023
Published observationOver time
Full published historyEl Salvador2023 · 304.52
Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.
Country context
El Salvador in perspective
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Capital
- San Salvador
- Country code
- SLV