El Salvador
El Salvador is a sovereign state in Central America. Its capital is San Salvador. About 6 million people live there (2024). It covers 21,041 square kilometres.
- Capital
- San Salvador
- People (2024)
- 6 million
- Area
- 21,041 km²
- Currency
- United States dollar
El Salvador at a glance
- In its own language
- República de El Salvador
- Status
- Sovereign country
- Continent
- North America
- Capital
- San Salvador
- Population
- 6,029,976 (2024)
- Area
- 21,041 km² (8,124 mi²)
- People are called
- Salvadoran
- Official languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- United States dollar, Bitcoin
- GDP (nominal)
- US$32 billion (2022)
- Life expectancy
- 71 years (2022)
- Human Development Index
- 0.675 (2021)
- Gini coefficient
- 38.3 (2019)
- Unemployment
- 6% (2014)
- Government
- republic, representative democracy, presidential system
- Head of state
- Nayib Bukele (since 2019)
- Head of government
- Nayib Bukele (since 2019)
- Country codes
- SV, SLV
- Calling code
- +503
- Internet domain
- .sv
- Drives on the
- right
- Time zones
- UTC−06:00, America/El_Salvador
- Coordinates
- 13.668889°, -88.866111°
El Salvador and its neighbours
El Salvador borders Honduras and Guatemala. Click a neighbour on the map to open its page.
- El Salvador
- Neighbours
Divisions of El Salvador
- Ahuachapán Department
- Cabañas Department
- Chalatenango Department
- Cuscatlán Department
- La Libertad Department
- La Paz Department
- La Unión Department
- Morazán Department
- San Miguel Department
- San Salvador Department
- San Vicente Department
- Santa Ana Department
- Sonsonate Department
- Usulután Department
Member of
- United Nations
- World Trade Organization
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- International Development Association
- International Finance Corporation
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Central American Bank for Economic Integration
- Central American Common Market
- Interpol
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- UNESCO
- Universal Postal Union
- International Telecommunication Union
and 7 more organisations.
How far are you from El Salvador?
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Questions
What is the capital of El Salvador?
The capital of El Salvador is San Salvador.
What is the population of El Salvador?
El Salvador has about 6,029,976 people, as recorded in 2024.
How big is El Salvador?
El Salvador covers 21,041 square kilometres (8,124 square miles).
What currency does El Salvador use?
The United States dollar.
What language is spoken in El Salvador?
The official language of El Salvador is Spanish.
Which countries border El Salvador?
El Salvador shares a border with Honduras and Guatemala.
Data from Wikidata (CC0), retrieved October 9, 2026. Each figure carries the year it was recorded; a statistic with no recorded date is not shown as current. More on Wikipedia.