El Salvador vs Latin America & Caribbean: Population, female, per square kilometre

El Salvador
159.87 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Latin America & Caribbean
16.65 units per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
36th
Latin America & Caribbean rank
38th

Population, female, per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Latin America & Caribbean
050100150196119922023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 159.87 units per square kilometre against 16.65 units per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 143.22 units per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 9.6 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 36th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 38th of 215 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Latin America & Caribbean Difference Ahead
1960s 77.43 units per square kilometre 6.25 units per square kilometre 71.18 units per square kilometre El Salvador
1970s 98.33 units per square kilometre 7.93 units per square kilometre 90.41 units per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 119.63 units per square kilometre 9.9 units per square kilometre 109.73 units per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 141.42 units per square kilometre 11.98 units per square kilometre 129.44 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 150.86 units per square kilometre 13.89 units per square kilometre 136.97 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 155.76 units per square kilometre 15.54 units per square kilometre 140.22 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 158.84 units per square kilometre 16.48 units per square kilometre 142.36 units per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, female, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Latin America & Caribbean?
El Salvador, at 159.87 units per square kilometre against 16.65 units per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2023.
What is the difference in population, female, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean?
143.22 units per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean rank globally for population, female, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 36th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 38th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Population, female, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population, female, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
263 places, 15,281 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Population, female divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.