Total Fertility Rate in El Salvador
El Salvador: Total Fertility Rate was 1.78 in 2022. βΌ Falling
Total Fertility Rate in El Salvador, 1960β2022
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 1.78 for total fertility rate in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total fertility rate in El Salvador peaked at 6.69 in 1963 and was at its lowest, 1.78, in 2022.
El Salvador ranks 120th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.57 | 6.28 | 6.69 | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.72 | 5.23 | 6.18 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.5 | 4.02 | 5.11 | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.61 | 3.26 | 3.95 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.59 | 2.26 | 3.14 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.05 | 1.84 | 2.24 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8 | 1.78 | 1.82 | 3 |
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More gender data for El Salvador
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 47,387 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 49,616 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 47,477 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 49,704 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 47,581 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 49,800 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 47,804 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 50,031 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 48,055 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 50,290 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total fertility rate in El Salvador?
- Total fertility rate in El Salvador was 1.78 in 2022, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest total fertility rate recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 6.69 in 1963.
- What is the lowest total fertility rate recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.78 in 2022.
- How does El Salvador rank for total fertility rate?
- El Salvador ranks 120th out of 197 countries with data for 2022.
- Is total fertility rate rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Total Fertility Rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Gender-disaggregated data on health outcomes.