North America · Capital San Salvador

El Salvador

El Salvador's best placing is 29th of 194 for population by area.

Best placing: #29Population by area
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 6.4 million
Land area: 20,720 km²

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Population by area

#29 of 194

307.22 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Rainfall

#41 of 179

1,784 mm of precipitation per year

11th in North America · World Bank · 2022

Airports by area

#47 of 191

13.03 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest by area

#105 of 194

27.5 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#105 of 192

4.24 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population

#111 of 195

6,365,503 people

10th in North America · World Bank · 2025

GDP

#105 of 182

36,708,110,000 US$ (current prices)

9th in North America · World Bank · 2025

GDP per person

#108 of 182

5,767 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Airports

#121 of 193

27 airports

12th in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest

#135 of 194

5,704 km² of forest

13th in North America · World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#143 of 194

0.0009 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area

#149 of 194

20,720 km² of land

13th in North America · World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#118 of 151

307 km of coastline

16th in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Land area per person

#166 of 194

0.003 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways by area

#126 of 133

0.60 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways per person

#133 of 134

1.96 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways

#134 of 135

13 km of railway

11th in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

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