Population, age 16, male in El Salvador
El Salvador: Population, age 16, male was 75,720 in 2015. ▲ Rising
Population, age 16, male in El Salvador, 1990–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 75,720 for population, age 16, male in 2015. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, age 16, male in El Salvador peaked at 75,720 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 62,840, in 1990.
That places El Salvador 86th out of 191 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Population, age 16, male in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 62,840 | — |
| 1991 | 64,821 | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 66,904 | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 68,806 | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 70,155 | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 70,709 | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 70,335 | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 69,171 | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 67,589 | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 66,115 | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 65,135 | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 64,763 | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 64,898 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 65,453 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 66,266 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 67,204 | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 68,267 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 69,477 | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 70,739 | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 71,941 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 72,998 | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 73,869 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 74,560 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 75,078 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 75,457 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 75,720 | +0.3% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 75,720 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 61,635, 1.2× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 75,720 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 42,107, 1.8× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67,744 | 62,840 | 70,709 | 10 |
| 2000s | 67,414 | 64,763 | 71,941 | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,614 | 72,998 | 75,720 | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 83 Papua New Guinea 87,205 compare
- 84 Tajikistan 84,874 compare
- 85 Tunisia 82,952 compare
- 87 Laos 74,898 compare
- 88 Sierra Leone 74,198 compare
- 89 Jordan 73,705 compare
More education data for El Salvador
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 85.98 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 84.74 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 17,715 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 21,853 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 100,826 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 100,758 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 417,193 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 594,860 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -2.27 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population, age 16, male in El Salvador?
- Population, age 16, male in El Salvador was 75,720 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest population, age 16, male recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 75,720 in 2015.
- What is the lowest population, age 16, male recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 62,840 in 1990.
- How does El Salvador rank for population, age 16, male?
- El Salvador ranks 86th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
- Is population, age 16, male rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 16, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Population, age 16, male refers to the male population at the specified age.