This is a demography of the population of El Salvador including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

El Salvador's population numbers 6.03 million. Ethnically, 86.3% of Salvadorans are mixed (mixed Native Salvadoran and European (mostly Spanish) origin). Another 12.7% is of pure European descent, 1% are of pure indigenous descent, 0.16% are black and others are 0.64%.

Population size and structure

El Salvador's population was in , compared to 2,200,000 in 1950. In 2010 the percentage of the population below the age of 15 was 32.1%, 61% were between 15 and 65 years of age, while 6.9% were 65 years or older.

YearTotal populationProportion per age group Ages 0–14 Ages 15–64 Ages 65+ 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

Structure of the population

Age groupMaleFemaleTotal% Total 2 719 371 3 024 742 5 744 113 0–4 283 272 272 621 555 893 5–9 349 150 335 577 684 727 10–14 359 523 346 824 706 347 15–19 298 384 302 181 600 565 20–24 228 001 258 541 486 542 25–29 206 963 250 927 457 890 30–34 178 400 223 849 402 249 35–39 156 514 196 633 353 147 40–44 132 218 171 413 303 631 45–49 109 957 142 165 252 122 50–54 95 275 120 459 215 734 55–59 81 718 101 357 183 075 60–64 68 207 83 657 151 864 65–69 55 781 69 376 125 157 70–74 43 449 54 008 97 457 75–79 33 658 42 326 75 984 80–84 20 401 26 469 46 870 85+ 18 500 26 359 44 859 Age groupMaleFemaleTotalPercent 0–14 991 945 955 022 1 946 967 15–64 1 555 637 1 851 182 3 406 819 65+ 171 789 218 538 390 327

Age groupMaleFemaleTotal% Total 2 925 284 3 290 858 6 216 143 0–4 309 786 296 430 606 216 5–9 308 052 294 483 602 535 10–14 362 232 348 111 710 343 15–19 352 598 350 791 703 389 20–24 276 109 305 559 581 668 25–29 209 615 261 340 470 955 30–34 180 198 235 412 415 609 35–39 168 638 219 197 387 835 40–44 149 955 194 952 344 907 45–49 127 846 167 719 295 565 50–54 108 714 140 978 249 692 55–59 93 682 119 911 213 593 60–64 78 899 100 625 179 525 65–69 65 846 82 450 148 295 70–74 52 993 66 934 119 928 75–79 38 678 49 603 88 281 80+ 41 443 56 363 97 806 Age groupMaleFemaleTotalPercent 0–14 980 070 939 024 1 919 094 15–64 1 746 254 2 096 484 3 842 738 65+ 198 960 255 350 454 310

Age groupMaleFemaleTotal% Total 2 951 282 3 354 214 6 305 496 0–4 264 147 252 388 516 535 5–9 278 047 264 945 542 992 10–14 280 173 266 743 546 916 15–19 295 355 286 072 581 427 20–24 308 532 314 355 622 887 25–29 288 053 314 743 602 796 30–34 219 270 269 966 489 236 35–39 167 017 229 420 396 437 40–44 146 976 207 506 354 482 45–49 140 159 193 625 333 784 50–54 127 022 173 103 300 125 55–59 107 872 147 674 255 546 60–64 89 592 122 042 211 634 65–69 74 736 100 814 175 550 70–74 60 083 80 828 140 911 75–79 45 838 61 898 107 736 80–84 31 845 43 639 75 484 85+ 31 030 40 319 71 349 Age groupMaleFemaleTotalPercent 0–14 822 367 784 076 1 606 443 15–64 1 885 383 2 242 640 4 128 023 65+ 243 532 327 498 571 030

Vital statistics

UN estimates The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates. PeriodLive birthsper yearDeathsper yearNatural changeper yearCBR*CDR*NC*TFR*IMR*Life expectancytotalmalesfemales 1950–1955 108 000 48 000 61 00046.720.626.16.3014745.143.446.8 1955–1960 125 000 46 000 78 00047.817.830.06.6013249.347.251.5 1960–1965 144 000 47 000 97 00047.715.532.36.7611953.050.555.7 1965–1970 156 000 47 000 109 00044.813.531.36.4310955.652.658.9 1970–1975 168 000 49 000 119 00042.112.329.85.9510057.053.261.2 1975–1980 177 000 52 000 124 00039.711.827.95.469157.051.962.7 1980–1985 174 000 55 000 119 00036.111.424.74.807756.950.664.2 1985–1990 171 000 44 000 126 00033.08.624.44.205663.157.469.1 1990–1995 169 000 37 000 132 00030.56.823.83.733868.063.372.9 1995–2000 161 000 38 000 123 00027.56.620.93.302769.264.473.9 2000–2005 133 000 75 000 94 00022.76.716.02.722370.265.474.9 2005–2010 127 000 90 000 87 00020.46.813.62.402171.366.575.9 2010–2015 19.16.912.22.17 2015–2020 18.47.011.42.05 2020–2025 17.27.210.01.96 2025–2030 15.67.48.21.87 *

Registered data

Average population Live birthsDeathsNatural changeCrude birth rate (per 1000)Crude death rate (per 1000)Natural change (per 1000)Crude migration change (per 1000)TFR 19401,633,00074,637 45.7 19411,654,00072,376 43.8 19421,675,00071,414 42.6 19431,697,00071,554 42.2 19441,719,00072,590 42.2 19451,742,00074,660 42.9 19461,764,00072,04230,99641,04640.817.623.2−10.6 19471,788,00084,33030,71953,61147.217.230.0−16.4 19481,811,00080,77030,52750,24344.616.927.7−14.8 19491,835,00084,83928,33956,50046.215.430.8−17.5 19502,200,00090,55727,45463,10341.212.528.7 19512,237,00093,63429,03064,60441.813.028.9−12.1 19522,280,00096,80232,42364,37942.514.228.2−9.0 19532,327,00098,47430,28068,19442.313.029.3−8.7 19542,378,000102,00931,81070,19942.913.429.5−7.6 19552,433,000105,04031,15173,88943.212.830.4−7.3 19562,491,000106,53928,12778,41242.811.331.5−7.7 19572,553,000114,92932,89382,03645.012.932.1−7.2 19582,621,000115,15432,83182,32343.912.531.4−4.8 19592,694,000115,62230,03885,58442.911.131.8−3.9 19602,773,000121,40328,76892,63543.810.433.4−4.1 19612,859,000124,87128,47196,40043.710.033.7-2.7 19622,951,000127,15430,34296,81243.110.332.8-0.6 19633,047,000133,39529,614103,78143.89.734.1-1.6 19643,145,000133,07229,496103,57642.39.432.9-0.7 19653,244,000137,43030,906106,52442.49.532.8-1.3 19663,342,000137,95030,368107,58241.39.132.2-2.0 19673,440,000139,95528,957110,99840.78.432.2-2.9 19683,537,000140,98629,863111,12339.88.431.4-3.2 19693,636,000142,69933,655109,04439.29.229.9-1.9 19703,736,000141,47135,094106,37737.89.428.4-0.9 19713,836,000154,30928,752125,55740.27.532.7-5.9 19723,938,000153,46432,383121,08138.98.230.7-4.1 19734,038,000155,63231,865123,76738.57.930.6-5.2 19744,137,000158,52430,494128,03038.37.430.9-6.4 19754,232,000159,73131,601128,13037.77.530.3-7.3 19764,325,000165,82230,826134,99638.37.131.2-9.2 19774,414,000177,53133,009144,52240.27.532.7-12.1 19784,500,000172,89730,086142,81138.46.731.7-12.2 19794,582,000174,18332,936141,24738.07.230.8-12.6 19804,661,000169,93038,967130,96336.48.428.1-10.9 19814,734,000163,30537,468125,83734.57.926.6-10.9 19824,805,000156,79633,284123,51232.66.925.7-10.7 19834,872,000144,19332,697111,49629.66.722.9-9.0 19844,938,000142,20228,854113,34828.85.823.0-9.5 19855,004,000139,51427,225112,28927.95.422.5-9.1 19865,069,000145,12625,731119,39528.75.123.6-10.6 19875,134,000148,35527,581120,77428.95.423.6-10.8 19885,200,000149,29927,774121,52528.85.423.4-10.5 19895,269,000151,85927,768124,09128.95.323.6-10.3 19905,344,000148,36028,195120,16527.85.322.5-8.3 19915,425,000151,21027,066124,14427.95.022.9-7.7 19925,511,000154,01427,869126,14527.95.122.9-7.0 19935,597,000168,00038,000130,00030.06.823.2-7.6 19945,628,898160,77229,407131,36528.35.223.1-8.6 19955,687,923159,33629,130130,20627.75.122.7-10.4 19965,742,199163,00728,904134,10328.15.023.1-12.8 19975,791,778164,14329,118135,02528.05.023.1-14.8 19985,835,311158,35029,919128,43126.95.121.8-15.0 19995,873,479153,63628,056125,58025.94.721.2 -15.4 20005,904,051150,17628,154122,02225.24.720.5-15.4 20015,923,881138,35429,959108,39523.15.018.1-13.7 20025,934,180129,36327,458101,90521.54.617.0-13.2 20035,938,093124,47629,37795,09920.64.915.8-12.3 20045,937,875119,71030,05889,65219.85.014.8-11.4 20055,933,402112,76930,93381,83618.65.113.5-9.7 20065,929,022107,11131,45375,65817.65.212.4-8.4 20075,932,052106,47131,34975,12217.45.112.3-8.02.4 20085,957,340111,27831,59479,68418.15.113.0-8.2 20096,006,046107,88032,87275,00817.55.312.2-7.1 20106,055,816104,93932,58672,35317.05.311.7-6.0 20116,098,903109,38433,21176,17317.65.312.3-6.1 20126,137,167110,84332,14878,69517.75.112.6-18.22.3 20136,159,710109,61734,21275,40517.45.412.0 -12.22.2 20146,173,271108,71237,46171,44217.25.911.3-8.2 20156,174,482107,88540,86967,01617.16.510.6-7.3 20166,156,48296,28741,45955,36815.26.58.7-5.8 20176,137,54893,72839,83553,89314.9 6.3 8.5 -6.2 20186,119,89392,17038,59553,57514.6 6.1 8.5-6.7 20196,111,22598,61440,74657,86816.4 6.3 13.1-7.7 20206,121,20487,68051,32536,35513.98.15.8-4.8 20216,133,77377,38351,10326,28012.28.14.1-3.41.8 20226,141,12275,83445,330 30,50412.3 7.44.9-3.7 20236,146,90072,821 47,443 25,37811.97.74.2-3.3 20246,147,64869,891 11.3 1.32 20256,146,97067,52311.0 1.30

Fertility Years 1920192119221923192419251926192719281929Total Fertility Rate in El Salvador6.056.156.246.266.276.286.306.316.306.28 Years 1930193119321933193419351936193719381939Total Fertility Rate in El Salvador6.266.256.236.206.176.146.116.086.086.07 Years 1940194119421943194419451946194719481949Total Fertility Rate in El Salvador6.076.066.066.056.046.026.016.006.056.11

Ethnic groups Out of the 6,408,111 people in El Salvador, 86.3% are Mestizo, 15% are European, 1% Indigenous, 0.8% Afro-Salvadorans, and 0.64% other.

Indigenous Salvadorans

According to the Salvadoran government, about 1% of the population are of full or partial indigenous origin (principally Pipil, located in the west and central part of the country, and Lenca, found east of the Lempa River) also there are small populations of Cacaopera people in the Morazán Department. In the prehispanic age, the largest most dominant Native Salvadoran groups in the actual territory of El Salvador were the Lenca people and Pipil people followed by small enclaves of Maya peoples: (Poqomam people/Chorti people), Cacaopera people, Xinca people, and Mangue people.

The number of indigenous people in El Salvador have been criticized by indigenous organizations and academics as too small and accuse the government of denying the existence of indigenous Salvadorans in the country. According to the National Salvadoran Indigenous Coordination Council (CCNIS) and CONCULTURA (National Council for Art and Culture at the Ministry of Education ), approximately 70,000 or 1 per cent of Salvadorian peoples are indigenous. Nonetheless, very few Amerindians have retained their customs and traditions, having over time assimilated into the dominant Mestizo/Spanish culture. The low numbers of indigenous people may be partly explained by historically high rates of old-world diseases, absorption into the Mestizo population, as well as mass murder during the 1932 Salvadoran peasant uprising (or La Matanza) which saw (estimates of) up to 30,000 peasants killed in a short period of time. Many authors note that since La Matanza the indigenous in El Salvador have been very reluctant to describe themselves as such (in census declarations for example) or to wear indigenous dress or be seen to be taking part in any cultural activities or customs that might be understood as indigenous. Departments and cities in the country with notable indigenous populations include Sonsonate (especially Izalco, Nahuizalco, Cuisnahuat, San Antonio del Monte, and Santo Domingo), Cacaopera, San Simón and Panchimalco, in the department of San Salvador.

Mestizo Salvadorans

An estimated 86.3% of the population are Mestizo/Castizo, having mixed indigenous and European ancestry. Historical evidence and census supports the explanation of "strong sexual asymmetry", as a result of a strong bias favoring matings between European males and Native Salvadoran females, and to statistically significant indigenous male mortality during the Conquest. The genetics thus suggests the native men were sharply reduced in numbers due to the war and disease. Large numbers of Spaniard men settled in the region and had children with the local women. The Natives were forced to adopt Spanish names, language, and religion, and in this way, the Lencas and Pipil women and children were Westernised. A vast majority over 90% of Salvadorans are Mestizo/Native Salvadoran.

European Salvadorans

Spanish Salvadorans