El Salvador
North America and the Caribbean · Central America
Key facts
- Capital
- San Salvador
- Subregion
- Central America
- Population (2025)
- 6.4 million (6,365,503) · rank 111 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 21,040 km² · rank 149 of 193
- People per km²
- 303 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always El Salvador, then four more countries of the same region.
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Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with El Salvador in the map data: 2.
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Nicaragua, Lesotho, Uzbekistan, Netherlands.
In the quizzes
The levels on which El Salvador is asked in each selection:
| Selection | Map | Flag | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
| North America and the Caribbean | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | El Salvador | San Salvador |
| Italiano | El Salvador | San Salvador |
| Magyar | Salvador | San Salvador |
| Suomi | El Salvador | San Salvador |