Female population as a percentage of total population reached 53.0 % in 2020 in El Salvador, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 0.262 % less than in the previous year.
Historically, female population as a percentage of total population in El Salvador reached an all time high of 53.2 % in 2019 and an all time low of 50.3 % in 1970. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, female population as a percentage of total population in Costa Rica amounted to 49.3 %, 51.2 % in Guatemala, 49.9 % in Honduras and 50.6 % in Nicaragua in 2020.
El Salvador has been ranked 8th within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of female population as a percentage of total population, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
The female population is the percentage of the population that is female.
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