El Salvador
Republic of El Salvador · Central America
El Salvador is a country in Central America, with San Salvador as its capital, home to about 6,365,503 people. El Salvador shares land borders with 2 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | San Salvador |
|---|---|
| Region | Central America |
| Currency | United States dollar (USD $) |
| Calling code | +503 |
| ISO codes | SV / SLV / 222 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇸🇻 |
| Population | 6,365,503 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 21,041 km² |
| Languages | Spanish |
| Internet domain | .sv |
| Demonym | Salvadoran |
Bordering countries
About El Salvador
El Salvador, officially Republic of El Salvador, is a United Nations member state in Central America. Its capital and seat of government is San Salvador. It shares land borders with 2 countries. The official currency is the United States dollar ($), using the code USD.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of El Salvador for San Salvador’s own facts and history.
To call El Salvador from abroad, dial the country code +503. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes SV (alpha-2) and SLV (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 6,365,503.
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How El Salvador compares
- Area: 21,041 km², ranking 148 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 6,365,503, ranking 111 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 303 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 2, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
- Currency reach: 19 other countries and territories use the United States dollar (see the full list).
Flags with the same colours as El Salvador
10 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (blue, white). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.