El Salvador - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in El Salvador was 4,763,725 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,763,725 in 2020 and a minimum value of 1,060,994 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 1,060,994
1961 1,096,710
1962 1,132,259
1963 1,169,315
1964 1,207,446
1965 1,246,302
1966 1,285,729
1967 1,325,619
1968 1,366,050
1969 1,407,019
1970 1,448,620
1971 1,490,833
1972 1,548,587
1973 1,607,235
1974 1,666,572
1975 1,726,315
1976 1,786,417
1977 1,846,662
1978 1,906,792
1979 1,966,220
1980 2,024,645
1981 2,081,757
1982 2,137,782
1983 2,193,069
1984 2,248,473
1985 2,304,352
1986 2,360,854
1987 2,417,922
1988 2,475,983
1989 2,535,504
1990 2,596,776
1991 2,660,090
1992 2,725,225
1993 2,823,039
1994 2,931,352
1995 3,038,770
1996 3,144,718
1997 3,248,779
1998 3,351,108
1999 3,410,870
2000 3,468,697
2001 3,524,432
2002 3,578,118
2003 3,630,072
2004 3,680,964
2005 3,731,013
2006 3,780,593
2007 3,832,861
2008 3,904,587
2009 3,976,013
2010 4,047,471
2011 4,119,159
2012 4,191,073
2013 4,263,187
2014 4,335,704
2015 4,408,609
2016 4,481,140
2017 4,553,135
2018 4,624,410
2019 4,694,699
2020 4,763,725

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in El Salvador was 73.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 73.44 in 2020, while its lowest value was 38.35 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 38.35
1961 38.53
1962 38.63
1963 38.73
1964 38.83
1965 38.93
1966 39.03
1967 39.13
1968 39.24
1969 39.34
1970 39.44
1971 39.54
1972 40.04
1973 40.54
1974 41.05
1975 41.55
1976 42.06
1977 42.57
1978 43.08
1979 43.59
1980 44.10
1981 44.61
1982 45.13
1983 45.64
1984 46.16
1985 46.68
1986 47.20
1987 47.71
1988 48.23
1989 48.75
1990 49.27
1991 49.79
1992 50.32
1993 51.42
1994 52.70
1995 53.99
1996 55.27
1997 56.54
1998 57.80
1999 58.36
2000 58.91
2001 59.46
2002 60.01
2003 60.56
2004 61.11
2005 61.65
2006 62.19
2007 62.77
2008 63.68
2009 64.57
2010 65.45
2011 66.33
2012 67.19
2013 68.04
2014 68.87
2015 69.70
2016 70.50
2017 71.28
2018 72.02
2019 72.75
2020 73.44

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization