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How many babies are born in El Salvador?

96.9 thousand babies born in El Salvador in 2026. That is 0.07% of all births worldwide, and the 106th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in El Salvador: history and projections

10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside El Salvador’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~1K ~25K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1000 ~2.4K ~59K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1500 ~3.8K ~92K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1800 ~10.2K ~248K 41.2 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~36.9K ~839K 44.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 102K 2.18M 46.9 UN estimate
2000 161K 5.94M 27.1 UN estimate
2023 99.4K 6.31M 15.8 UN estimate
2026 96.9K 6.39M 15.2 UN projection
2050 71.8K 6.66M 10.8 UN projection
2075 53.2K 6.18M 8.6 UN projection
2100 40.2K 5.07M 7.9 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in El Salvador among estimates through 2023 were in 1989, at about 182K. That is roughly 179 times the estimated ~1.02K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.74 children per woman, fertility in El Salvador is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in El Salvador each year?

An estimated 96.9 thousand babies are born in El Salvador in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 265 a day and 0.07% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in El Salvador?

El Salvador has an estimated 15.2 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.74 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.