El Salvador
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and North America.
- Capital
- San Salvador
- Continent
- North America
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- Central America
- Land neighbours
- Guatemala, Honduras
- Population
- 6,365,503 (2025)
- Total area
- 21,040 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 13.7° N, 88.9° W
El Salvador at a glance
El Salvador is a country in North America, in Central America. Its capital is San Salvador. It shares land borders with 2 countries: Guatemala and Honduras.
Flag of El Salvador
El Salvador’s flag is drawn in the proportions 22:39 (height to width); no other flag in our quizzes has these proportions.
El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua: blue, white and blue horizontal bands; El Salvador has a round emblem in the centre, Nicaragua a triangular one and Honduras five blue stars.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Nicaragua, Argentina, Honduras and Botswana.
El Salvador in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in North America |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 6,365,503 | 111thof 195 | 10thof 23 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 21,040 km² | 149thof 194 | 13thof 23 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $36.71B | 105thof 182 | 9thof 21 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $5,767 | 109thof 182 | 18thof 21 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 72.3 years | 114thof 195 | 18thof 23 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 1.77 | 113thof 195 | 9thof 23 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $501 | 91stof 191 | 14thof 22 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 75.5% | 57thof 195 | 7thof 23 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 66.5% | 124thof 180 | 19thof 23 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 27.5% | 105thof 191 | 19thof 23 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 1.51 t | 113thof 181 | 15thof 23 |
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El Salvador compared with its neighbours
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: El Salvador · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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