Republic of El Salvador República de El Salvador (Spanish) | |
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| Capital and largest city | San Salvador 13°41′56″N 89°11′29″W / 13.69889°N 89.19139°W |
| Official languages | Spanish |
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| Religion (2017)[2] | 84.1% Christianity —44.9% Roman Catholic —37.1% Protestant —2.1% Other Christian 15.2% No religion 0.7% Other religions |
| Demonym(s) | Salvadoran Salvadorian Salvadorean Guanaco(a) (colloquial) |
| Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
| Nayib Bukele | |
| Félix Ulloa | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly |
| Independence | |
• Declared from Spain | 15 September 1821 |
• Declared from the Federal Republic of Central America | 12 June 1824 |
• International recognition[3] | 18 February 1841 |
| Area | |
• Total | 21,041 km2 (8,124 sq mi) (148th) |
• Water (%) | 1.5 |
| Population | |
• 2018 estimate | 6,420,746[4][5] (109th) |
• Density | 303.1/km2 (785.0/sq mi) (47th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $53.667 billion[6] (101st) |
• Per capita | $8,388[6] (111th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $25.855 billion[6] (102nd) |
• Per capita | $4,041[6] (111th) |
| Gini (2016) |  40.6[7]medium |
| HDI (2019) |  0.673[8]medium · 124th |
| Currency | United States dollara (USD) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +503b |
| ISO 3166 code | SV |
| Internet TLD | .sv |
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El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. As of 2018, the country had a population of approximately 6.42 million, making it the smallest and second-least populated country in Central America.