Rural population fell 2.21% to 1.63 mil in El Salvador in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, rural population in El Salvador reached an all time high of 2.76 mil in 1992 and an all time low of 1.63 mil in 2021. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, rural population in Costa Rica amounted to 0.957 mil, 8.17 mil in Guatemala, 4.22 mil in Honduras and 2.79 mil in Nicaragua in 2021.
El Salvador has been ranked 112th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of rural population, 7 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Rural Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Belize | mil | 0.196 | 0.200 | 0.204 | 0.207 | 0.211 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | mil | 1.13 | 1.10 | 1.07 | 1.04 | 1.01 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | mil | 1.89 | 1.84 | 1.80 | 1.76 | 1.71 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | mil | 7.79 | 7.86 | 7.93 | 8.00 | 8.06 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | mil | 4.17 | 4.18 | 4.19 | 4.20 | 4.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | mil | 24.9 | 24.8 | 24.7 | 24.6 | 24.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | mil | 2.65 | 2.68 | 2.70 | 2.73 | 2.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | mil | 1.32 | 1.33 | 1.34 | 1.35 | 1.35 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 58.8 | 58.6 | 58.3 | 58.0 | 57.6 |
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