Americas · Central America
El Salvador
Republic of El Salvador
CapitalSan Salvador
Population6,365,503World Bank 2025
Area21,041 km²
CurrencyUSD — United States dollar
LanguagesSpanish
Calling code+503
Time zones
GDPUSD 36.71B
GDP per capitaUSD 5.8K
Life expectancy72.3 years
Internet users66.5%
What this means
El Salvador is in Americas (Central America). About 6.37M people live there, or roughly 302.5 people per km². GDP per capita is around USD 5.8K, which helps compare living standards with other countries on YIMHO.
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