Population, ages 12-18, total in El Salvador

El Salvador: Population, ages 12-18, total was 1.04 million in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
1.04 million
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
87th
of 191 countries
All-time high
1.04 million
in 2015
All-time low
910,512
in 1990
Years of data
26
1990–2015

Population, ages 12-18, total in El Salvador, 1990–2015

0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M1990200220151990: 910.5k1991: 925.7k1992: 938.2k1993: 947.3k1994: 952.3k1995: 953.0k1996: 948.7k1997: 940.3k1998: 930.2k1999: 921.7k2000: 917.4k2001: 918.1k2002: 923.1k2003: 931.7k2004: 942.5k2005: 954.4k2006: 967.3k2007: 981.3k2008: 995.4k2009: 1.0M2010: 1.0M2011: 1.0M2012: 1.0M2013: 1.0M2014: 1.0M2015: 1.0M

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived).

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 1.04 million for population, ages 12-18, total in 2015. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, ages 12-18, total in El Salvador peaked at 1.04 million in 2015 and was at its lowest, 910,512, in 1990.

That places El Salvador 87th 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, ages 12-18, total in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Population, ages 12-18, total in El Salvador, 1990 to 2015.
Year Value Change
1990 910,512 —
1991 925,712 +1.7%
1992 938,190 +1.3%
1993 947,268 +1.0%
1994 952,277 +0.5%
1995 952,953 +0.1%
1996 948,746 -0.4%
1997 940,316 -0.9%
1998 930,168 -1.1%
1999 921,710 -0.9%
2000 917,403 -0.5%
2001 918,069 +0.1%
2002 923,094 +0.5%
2003 931,697 +0.9%
2004 942,498 +1.2%
2005 954,372 +1.3%
2006 967,277 +1.4%
2007 981,264 +1.4%
2008 995,356 +1.4%
2009 1.01 million +1.3%
2010 1.02 million +1.1%
2011 1.03 million +0.8%
2012 1.03 million +0.6%
2013 1.04 million +0.4%
2014 1.04 million +0.3%
2015 1.04 million +0.2%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 1.04 million is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 839,404, 1.2× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 1.04 million is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 569,358, 1.8× the median. (35 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 936,785 910,512 952,953 10
2000s 953,938 917,403 1.01 million 10
2010s 1.03 million 1.02 million 1.04 million 6

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 84 Tajikistan 1.17 million compare
  2. 85 Tunisia 1.14 million compare
  3. 86 Sierra Leone 1.07 million compare
  4. 88 Laos 1.01 million compare
  5. 89 Jordan 995,933 compare
  6. 90 Paraguay 989,585 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population, ages 12-18, total in El Salvador?
Population, ages 12-18, total in El Salvador was 1.04 million in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived).
What is the highest population, ages 12-18, total recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 million in 2015.
What is the lowest population, ages 12-18, total recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 910,512 in 1990.
How does El Salvador rank for population, ages 12-18, total?
El Salvador ranks 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
Is population, ages 12-18, total rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. 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 (Derived), published as part of Population, ages 12-18, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Population, ages 12-18, total
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 4,786 data points, 1990–2015
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