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El Salvador: area, population and density
El Salvador has 20,720 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 6,365,503; calculated population density is 307 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
El Salvador ranks 150th of 196 by land area, 112th by population and 31st by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 20,720 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 6,365,503World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 307 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
El Salvador in the country comparison set
El Salvador has 20,720 sq km of land area and a population value of 6,365,503 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 150th by land area, 112th by population, and 31st by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
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