El Salvador vs Guatemala: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita

El Salvador
0.1779 units per person
in 2025
Guatemala
0.1728 units per person
in 2025
El Salvador rank
77th
Guatemala rank
79th

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita over time

  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.1779 units per person against 0.1728 units per person in Guatemala, a difference of 0.0051 units per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Guatemala ahead.

El Salvador ranks 77th and Guatemala ranks 79th of 121 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 5 and Guatemala in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Guatemala Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1221 units per person 0.1606 units per person 0.0385 units per person Guatemala
1970s 0.1441 units per person 0.1713 units per person 0.0272 units per person Guatemala
1980s 0.1669 units per person 0.1644 units per person 0.0025 units per person El Salvador
1990s 0.1817 units per person 0.1614 units per person 0.0204 units per person El Salvador
2000s 0.1788 units per person 0.1749 units per person 0.0039 units per person El Salvador
2010s 0.1781 units per person 0.1722 units per person 0.0059 units per person El Salvador
2020s 0.1772 units per person 0.1707 units per person 0.0065 units per person El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita, El Salvador or Guatemala?
El Salvador, at 0.1779 units per person against 0.1728 units per person in Guatemala as of 2025.
What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita between El Salvador and Guatemala?
0.0051 units per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Guatemala?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Guatemala rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita?
El Salvador ranks 77th and Guatemala ranks 79th of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
121 places, 7,986 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.