El Salvador
San Salvador · Central America
El Salvador is a country in North America. Its capital city is San Salvador, the official currency is the United States Dollar, and the main language is Spanish.
With a population of roughly 6.4 million people spread over 21,041 km², El Salvador is the 110th most populous country in the world and the 149th largest by area. That works out at about 304 people per square kilometre.
El Salvador shares land borders with Guatemala and Honduras — 2 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are San Salvador, Santa Ana and Soyapango. The highest point in the country is Cerro El Pital, at 2,730 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Slovenia, while its population is closest to that of Turkmenistan.
- Capital
- San Salvador
- Region
- Central America
- Population
- 6,400,000
- Area
- 21,041 km²
- Currency
- United States Dollar
- Main language
- Spanish
- Highest point
- Cerro El Pital
2,730 m - Land borders
- 2
El Salvador: things worth knowing
- El Salvador is the smallest and most densely populated country on the Central American mainland.
- It is the only Central American country with no Caribbean coastline.
- In 2021 it became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.
El Salvador in context
North America has 23 sovereign countries in total. El Salvador ranks 10th among them by population.
See the full list of North America countries, or browse all 195 countries.