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El Salvador
Community
Area 21,041 square kilometres (20,721 square kilometres land area)
Population,
450,000 (1850)
664,513 (1887)
803,534 (1890)
1,006,848 (1901)
1,116,253 (1906)
1,434,361 (1930)
1,858,656 (1950)
2,763,000 (1960) +48.7%
3,669,000 (1970) +32.8%
4,581,000 (1980) +24.9%
5,255,000 (1990) +14.7%
5,868,000 (2000) +11.7%
6,165,000 (2010) +5.1%
6,486,200 (2020) +5.2%
Ethnicity,
|
|
Amerindian |
Black |
Mixed race |
White |
|
1900 |
40.0 |
0.0 |
50.0 |
10.0 |
|
1960 |
5.8 |
|
92.0 |
2.0 |
|
2007 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
86.3 |
12.7 |
Religion, %
|
|
Christian J W |
Christian Protestant |
Christian R C |
No religion |
|
1900 |
|
0.0 |
98.0 |
0.0 |
|
1970 |
|
2.3 |
96.8 |
0.1 |
|
2003 |
1.9 |
21.2 |
57.1 |
16.8 |
|
2010 |
|
33.0 |
47.0 |
17.0 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1930 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
38.3 |
|
1952 |
|
48.0 (+28.0) |
175.0 |
20.0 |
42.2 |
2.9 |
36.5 |
|
1960 |
6.7 |
48.0 (+30.9) |
125.5 |
17.1 |
44.9 |
3.3 |
38.3 |
|
1972 |
6.1 |
43.0 (+30.3) |
102.0 |
12.7 |
45.3 |
3.3 |
40.0 |
|
1980 |
5.1 |
38.0 (+26.3) |
79.0 |
11.7 |
43.8 |
3.5 |
44.1 |
|
1990 |
4.0 |
33.0 (+24.9) |
46.0 |
8.1 |
40.0 |
4.4 |
49.2 |
|
2000 |
2.9 |
25.0 (+18.2) |
27.0 |
6.8 |
36.6 |
5.5 |
58.9 |
|
2010 |
2.3 |
20.0 (+13.4) |
16.5 |
6.6 |
31.6 |
7.2 |
64.3 |
|
2015 |
2.1 |
18.7 (+12.0) |
13.3 |
6.7 |
28.3 |
7.8 |
66.7 |
|
2017 |
2.1 |
18.4 (+11.6) |
12.2 |
6.8 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
11.8 |
|
27.1 |
8.3 |
72.0 |
Life expectancy,
45.3 (1950); 44.0 (M), 47.0 (F)
49.9 (1960); 47.7 (M), 52.3 (F)
55.0 (1970); 52.2 (M), 58.0 (F)
56.5 (1980); 51.4 (M), 62.0 (F)
64.0 (1990); 59.3 (M), 68.9 (F)
68.7 (2000); 64.3 (M), 73.3 (F)
71.7 (2010); 67.1 (M), 76.4 (F)
73.4 (2020); 68.6 (M), 77.9 (F)
Population of principal cities, 1,000s MA = Metropolitan Area
|
|
San Miguel |
SAN SALVADOR1 |
Santa Ana |
|
1855 |
|
16 |
|
|
1890 |
|
16 |
|
|
1900 |
25 |
18 |
48 |
|
1913 |
|
20 |
|
|
1939 |
47 |
105 |
87 |
|
1950 |
|
213 |
|
|
1961 |
83 |
325 |
121 |
|
1971 |
|
565 |
|
|
1984 |
87 |
|
135 |
|
1990 |
|
1,522 MA |
202 |
|
2000 |
160 |
|
|
|
2005 |
183 |
|
|
|
2012 |
221 |
|
300 MA |
|
2017 |
|
1,767 MA |
|
1San Salvador was founded in 1525, the city became the capital of the United Provinces of Central America in 1831 and was designated the capital of El Salvador in 1840.� The city was devastated by an earthquake in April 1854, but was re-settled.
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1948 |
217 |
0.10 |
114 |
7.48 |
|
1950 |
340 |
|
|
|
|
1965 |
878 |
0.12 |
275 |
7.18 |
|
1970 |
1,260 |
0.12 |
308 |
5.87 |
|
1975 |
1,884 |
0.12 |
454 |
5.81 |
|
1980 |
3,580 |
0.13 |
780 |
6.19 |
|
1985 |
3,800 |
0.09 |
771 |
4.22 |
|
1990 |
4,800 |
0.08 |
914 |
3.82 |
|
1995 |
9.500 |
0.00 |
1,693 |
5.63 |
|
2000 |
13,060 |
0.13 |
2,238 |
6.14 |
|
2005 |
17,000 |
0.13 |
2,835 |
6.40 |
|
2010 |
21,800 |
0.15 |
3,474 |
7.18 |
|
2015 |
26,050 |
0.14 |
4,127 |
7.34 |
|
2016 |
26,800 |
0.14 |
4,223 |
7.35 |
GDP
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1960 |
32.0 |
62.0 |
|
17.0 |
|
21.0 |
|
1970 |
24.0 |
56.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
20.0 |
50.0 |
15.0 |
22.0 |
|
27.0 |
|
1990 |
14.0 |
42.0 |
22.0 |
23.0 |
55.1 |
41.0 |
|
2000 |
10.0 |
28.0 |
30.0 |
|
60.0 |
|
|
2010 |
11.0 |
21.0 |
29.1 |
20.0 |
59.9 |
58.0 |
|
2016 |
10.6 |
|
24.6 |
|
64.8 |
|
Communications
Language, Official; Spanish
Literacy
42.0% (1942); 47.0% (M), 37.0% (F)
49.0% (1960)
62.0% (1980); 68.8% (M), 60.1% (F)
69.8% (1990); 73.1% (M), 66.8% (F)
79.2% (2000); 81.9% (M), 76.6% (F)
85.5% (2010); 88.4% (M), 82.8% (F)
88.0% (2015); 90.0% (M), 86.2% (F)
Physical communications � roads and railways, First railway opened 1882. The entire rail network was closed in 2002, apart from a brief resumption of service, October 2004 until April 2005, on the San Salvador to Soyapango route (to alleviate traffic congestion after a road bridge collapsed). Commuter services on the San Salvador to Apopa line (12.5 km) restarted in 2007.
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
Railways (km) |
|
1890 |
|
|
|
|
|
56 |
|
1900 |
|
|
|
|
|
56 |
|
1910 |
|
|
|
|
|
56 |
|
1920 |
|
|
|
|
|
283 |
|
1930 |
|
|
|
|
|
623 |
|
1938 |
2,376 |
|
|
|
|
623 |
|
1945 |
|
|
|
|
|
623 |
|
1955 |
|
|
16,800 |
11,000 |
|
623 |
|
1958 |
|
|
17,799 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
7,950 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1961 |
8,394 |
982 |
|
22,247 |
9,764 |
602 |
|
1964 |
|
|
34,900 |
|
|
|
|
1974 |
10,972 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1977 |
|
|
|
70,100 |
35,500 |
602 |
|
1980 |
12,000 |
1,500 |
|
|
|
602 |
|
1982 |
12,297 |
|
|
72,547 |
67,755 |
|
|
1986 |
|
|
|
138,300 |
|
|
|
1989 |
15,120 |
|
|
168,234 |
|
|
|
1996 |
|
|
|
175,000 |
142,016 |
602 |
|
2000 |
|
2,827 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
2002 |
|
|
|
234,500 |
234,500 |
0 |
|
2009 |
|
|
|
294,000 |
|
|
|
2016 |
|
4,414 |
|
|
|
12.5 |
Electronic communications, TV broadcasts began 1956
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
|
|
3,790 |
|
|
|
|
1940 |
4,920 |
|
4,600 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
225,000 |
|
|
|
|
1961 |
18,000 |
|
250,000 |
20,000 |
|
|
|
1966 |
18,219 |
|
550,000 |
|
|
|
|
1976 |
|
|
1,400,000 |
136,000 |
|
|
|
1980 |
68,800 |
|
|
320,000 |
|
|
|
1982 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1985 |
|
|
1,600,000 |
350,000 |
|
|
|
1990 |
125,000 |
|
2,125,000 |
600,700 |
|
|
|
1993 |
|
1,632 |
|
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
13,500 |
2,600,000 |
|
|
|
|
1999 |
|
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
2000 |
625,300 |
743,600 |
2,970,000 |
1,450,000 |
120,000 |
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
2005 |
|
2,411,750 |
|
1,560,000 |
350,000 |
637,100 |
|
2009 |
1,099,000 |
|
|
|
|
746,000 |
|
2010 |
1,080,000 |
7,700,000 |
|
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
2016 |
933,377 |
9,102,000 |
|
|
|
1,785,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to El Salvador,
81,800 (1982)
106,100 (1983)
125,000 (1987)
194,000 (1990)
235,000 (1995)
795,000 (2000)
1,127,000 (2005)
1,150,000 (2010)
1,402,500 (2015)