Republic of El Salvador
República de El Salvador (Spanish)
Motto: "Dios, Unión, Libertad" (Spanish)
English: "God, Unity, Freedom"
Anthem: Himno Nacional de El Salvador
(English: "National Anthem of El Salvador")
Location of El Salvador
Location of El Salvador
Capital
and largest city
San Salvador
13°40′N 89°10′W / 13.667°N 89.167°W / 13.667; -89.167
Official languagesSpanish
Ethnic groups
Demonym(s)Salvadoran
Guanaco (Informal)
GovernmentUnitary presidential constitutional republic
• President
Salvador Sánchez Cerén
Óscar Ortiz
LegislatureLegislative Assembly
Independence
• Declared from Spain
September 15, 1821
• Declared from the
Federal Republic
of Central America
June 12, 1824
• Becomes an independent nation[2]
February 18, 1841
Area
• Total
21,041 km2 (8,124 sq mi) (148th)
• Water (%)
1.5
Population
• 2021 estimate
6,314,167[3][4] (99th)
• Density
18,534/km2 (48,002.8/sq mi) (1th)
GDP (PPP)2015 estimate
• Total
$52.666 billion[5]
• Per capita
$8,668[5]
GDP (nominal)2015 estimate
• Total
$28.986 billion[5]
• Per capita
$4,776[5]
Gini (2013)43.5[6]
medium
HDI (2017)Decrease 0.674[7]
medium (121st)
CurrencyUnited States dollara (USD)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
Driving sideright
Calling code+503b
ISO 3166 codeSV
Internet TLD.sv
  1. The United States dollar is the currency in use. Financial information can be expressed in U.S. dollars and in Salvadoran colón, but the colón is out of circulation.[8]
  2. Telephone companies (market share): Tigo (45%), Claro (25%), Movistar (24%), Digicel (5.5%), Red (0.5%).
  1. ^ "CIA The World Factbook: People and Society – El Salavador".
  2. ^ David Scott FitzGerald (22 April 2014). Culling the Masses. Harvard University Press. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-674-36967-2.
  3. ^ "World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". imf.org.
  6. ^ "Gini index". World Bank. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  7. ^ "2018 Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Main Aspects of the Law". Archived from the original on July 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-08.. bcr.gob.sv