Editing El Salvador (section)

==Demographics==
{{Main|Demographics of El Salvador}}
El Salvador's population was {{UN_Population|El Salvador}} in {{UN_Population|Year}},{{UN_Population|ref}} compared to 2,200,000 in 1950. In 2010 the percentage of the population below the age of 15 was 32.1%, 61% were between 15 and 65 years of age, while 6.9% were 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2012">{{Cite web|url=https://population.un.org/wpp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|archive-date=6 May 2011|website=population.un.org}}</ref> The capital city of San Salvador has a population of about 2.1&nbsp;million people. An estimated 42% of El Salvador's population live in rural areas. [[Urbanization]] has expanded at a phenomenal rate in El Salvador since the 1960s, with millions moving to the cities and creating associated problems for urban planning and services.

There are up to 100,000 Nicaraguans living in El Salvador.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedialogue.org/PublicationFiles/The%20Nicaragua%20case_M%20Orozco2%20REV.pdf|title=The Nicaragua case_M Orozco2 REV.doc|access-date=2 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511104117/http://www.thedialogue.org/PublicationFiles/The%20Nicaragua%20case_M%20Orozco2%20REV.pdf|archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref>
{{Largest cities
| country = El Salvador
| list_by_pop = List of cities in El Salvador
| stat_ref = 2007 El Salvador Bureau of Statistics estimate<ref name="3218.0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.censos.gob.sv/util/datos/Resultados%20VI%20Censo%20de%20Poblaci%F3n%20V%20de%20Vivienda%202007.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612071304/http://www.censos.gob.sv/util/datos/Resultados%20VI%20Censo%20de%20Poblaci%F3n%20V%20de%20Vivienda%202007.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2009|title=2007 El Salvador Bureau of Statistics estimate|publisher=General (Salvadoran) Institute of Statistics and Census|date=April 2008|access-date=2 September 2011}}</ref>
| div_name = Department

| city_1 = San Salvador | div_1 = San Salvador Department{{!}}San Salvador | pop_1 = 540,989 |img_1 = Plaza-barrios-san-salvador.png
| city_2 = Santa Ana, El Salvador{{!}}Santa Ana | div_2 = Santa Ana Department{{!}}Santa Ana | pop_2 = 245,421 |img_2 =
 ES Santa Ana 06 2011 2482.jpg
| city_3 = Soyapango | div_3 = San Salvador Department{{!}}San Salvador | pop_3 = 241,403 |img_3 = Soyapango.jpg
| city_4 = San Miguel, El Salvador{{!}}San Miguel | div_4 = San Miguel Department (El Salvador){{!}}San Miguel | pop_4 = 218,410 |img_4 = San Miguel El Salvador.png
| city_5 = Santa Tecla, El Salvador{{!}}Santa Tecla | div_5 = La Libertad Department (El Salvador){{!}}La Libertad | pop_5 = 164,171
| city_6 = Mejicanos | div_6 = San Salvador Department{{!}}San Salvador | pop_6 = 140,751
| city_7 = Apopa | div_7 = San Salvador Department{{!}}San Salvador | pop_7 = 131,286  
| city_8 = Delgado, San Salvador{{!}}Delgado | div_8 = San Salvador Department{{!}}San Salvador | pop_8 = 120,200 
| city_9 = Ahuachapán | div_9 = Ahuachapán Department{{!}}Ahuachapán | pop_9 = 110,511
| city_10 = Ilopango | div_10 = San Salvador Department{{!}}San Salvador | pop_10 = 103,862
| city_11 = Colón, La Libertad{{!}}Colón | div_11 = La Libertad Department (El Salvador){{!}}La Libertad | pop_11 = 96,989 
| city_12 = Tonacatepeque | div_12 = San Salvador Department{{!}}San Salvador | pop_12 = 90,896
| city_13 = Opico | div_13 = La Libertad Department (El Salvador){{!}}La Libertad | pop_13 = 74,280
| city_14 = Chalchuapa | div_14 = Santa Ana Department{{!}}Santa Ana | pop_14 = 74,038
| city_15 = Usulután | div_15 = Usulután Department{{!}}Usulután | pop_15 = 73,064 
| city_16 = San Martín, San Salvador{{!}}San Martín | div_16 = San Salvador Department{{!}}San Salvador | pop_16 = 72,758
| city_17 = Sonsonate, El Salvador{{!}}Sonsonate | div_17 = Sonsonate Department{{!}}Sonsonate | pop_17 = 71,541
| city_18 = Izalco | div_18 = Sonsonate Department{{!}}Sonsonate | pop_18 = 70,959
| city_19 = Cuscatancingo | div_19 = San Salvador Department{{!}}San Salvador | pop_19 = 66,400
| city_20 = Metapán | div_20 = Santa Ana Department{{!}}Santa Ana | pop_20 = 65,826
}}In the 2024 Global Hunger Index, El Salvador ranks 43rd out of the 127 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2024 GHI scores. With a score of 8.0, El Salvador has a level of hunger that is low.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Global Hunger Index Scores by 2024 GHI Rank |url=https://www.globalhungerindex.org/ranking.html |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=Global Hunger Index (GHI) - peer-reviewed annual publication designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global, regional, and country levels |language=en}}</ref>

===Ethnic groups===

Around 86% of Salvadorans identify as mestizo, or mixed Amerindian and European descent, 12.7% identify as being of full European ancestry, 0.1% identify as Afro-descended while about 0.6% do not identify with any of the aforementioned categories.<ref name="El Salvador Census 2007"/>
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{{bar per cent|Indigenous|red|0.23}}
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Of the population, 0.23% report as fully indigenous. The ethnic groups are [[Cacaopera people|Kakawira]] which represents 0.07% of the total country's population, [[Pipil people|Nahua]] (0.06%), [[Lenca people|Lenca]] (0.04%) and other minor groups (0.06%). Very few Amerindians have retained their customs and traditions, having over time assimilated into the dominant mestizo culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countriesquest.com/central_america/el_salvador/history/military_rule_1931-1979.htm|title=Jose Napoleon Duarte, Hernandez Martinez, Ungo, Matanza, Central American Common Market, CACM, urban middle class, Christian Democratic Party, powerful families, death squads, Organization of American States, PRUD, International Court Of Justice, urban center, rapid population growth|website=countriesquest.com|access-date=13 May 2015|archive-date=18 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518070347/http://www.countriesquest.com/central_america/el_salvador/history/military_rule_1931-1979.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> There is a small [[Afro-Salvadorans|Afro-Salvadoran]] group that is 0.13% of the total population, with Blacks, among other races, having been prevented from immigrating via government policies in the early 20th century.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.laprensagrafica.com/dominical/318769.asp|first=Elena|last=Salamanca|title=NO a 'los otros'|date=23 October 2005|publisher= La Prensa Gráfica|access-date=29 December 2007|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102044414/http://www.laprensagrafica.com/dominical/318769.asp|archive-date=2 January 2008}}</ref><ref name="B">{{cite book|author=Montgomery, Tommie Sue|title=Revolution in El Salvador: from civil strife to civil peace|publisher=Westview Press|location=Boulder, Colo|year= 1995|isbn=0-8133-0071-1}}</ref> The descendants of enslaved Africans, however, had already integrated into the Salvadoran population and culture well before, during the colonial and post-colonial period.<ref>{{cite web|title=La invisible herencia africana de El Salvador|url=https://elfaro.net/es/201404/academico/15281/La-invisible-herencia-africana-de-El-Salvador.htm|access-date=2 September 2020|website=elfaro.net|archive-date=13 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913113640/https://elfaro.net/es/201404/academico/15281/La-invisible-herencia-africana-de-El-Salvador.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Among the immigrant groups in El Salvador, [[Palestinian]] stand out.<ref>{{cite book|last=Marín-Guzmán|first=Roberto|title=A Century of Palestinian Immigration into Central America: A study of their economic and cultural contributions|year=2000|publisher=[[Universidad de Costa Rica]]|location=San Jose, CR}}</ref> Though few in number, their descendants have attained great economic and political power in the country, as evidenced by the election of President [[Antonio Saca]], whose opponent in the 2004 election, [[Schafik Handal]], was also of Palestinian descent, and the flourishing commercial, industrial, and construction firms owned by this ethnic group. The current President, [[Nayib Bukele]], is also of Palestinian descent.

{{As of|2004}}, there were approximately 3.2&nbsp;million Salvadorans living outside El Salvador, with the United States traditionally being the destination of choice for Salvadoran economic migrants. By 2012, there were about 2.0&nbsp;million Salvadoran immigrants and [[Salvadoran Americans|Americans of Salvadoran descent]] in the U.S.,<ref name="2012AmericanCommunitySurvey">[http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_1YR_B03001&prodType=table US Census Bureau 2012 American Community Survey B03001 1-Year Estimates Hispanic or Latino Origin by Specific Origin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129052732/http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_1YR_B03001&prodType=table |date=29 November 2014 }}. Retrieved 20 September 2013</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Aizenman |first1=N. C. |title=Salvadorans Seek a Voice to Match Their Numbers |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092304494.html |access-date=17 March 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=24 September 2009 |archive-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710071339/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092304494.html |url-status=live }}</ref> making them the sixth largest immigrant group in the country.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Terrazas |first1=Aaron |title=Salvadoran Immigrants in the United States |journal=Migration Information Source |date=5 January 2010 |url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/salvadoran-immigrants-united-states/ |access-date=17 March 2020 |publisher=Migration Policy Institute |archive-date=28 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428133022/https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/salvadoran-immigrants-united-states |url-status=live }}</ref> The second destination of Salvadorans living outside is Guatemala, with more than 111,000 persons, mainly in [[Guatemala City]]. Salvadorans also live in other nearby countries, such as Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua.<ref>{{cite news|title=Comunidad Salvadorena: Republica de Nicaragua|url=http://www.rree.gob.sv/sitio/img.nsf/vista/informes/$file/nicaragua.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303221232/http://www.rree.gob.sv/sitio/img.nsf/vista/informes/%24file/nicaragua.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2009|work=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de El Salvador|access-date=6 January 2008}}</ref> Other countries with notable Salvadoran communities include Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom (including the Cayman Islands), Sweden, Brazil, Italy, and Colombia.

===Languages===
Spanish is the official language and is spoken by virtually all inhabitants, although a very small number (around 500) of indigenous [[Pipil people|Pipil]]s speak [[Pipil language|Nawat]]. The other indigenous languages, namely [[Poqomam language|Poqomam]], [[Cacaopera language|Cacaopera]], and [[Salvadoran Lenca language|Lenca]], are extinct. [[Q'eqchi' language|Q'eqchi']] is spoken by indigenous immigrants of [[Guatemala]]n and [[Belize]]an origin living in El Salvador.

The local Spanish [[vernacular]] is called ''[[Salvadoran Spanish|Caliche]]'', which is considered informal. As in other regions of Central and South America, Salvadorans use {{lang|es|[[voseo]]}}. This refers to the use of "{{lang|es|vos}}" as the second person singular pronoun, instead of "{{lang|es|tú}}".

===Religion===
{{Main|Religion in El Salvador}}
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{{bar per cent|[[Catholic]]|red|43.3}}
{{bar per cent|[[Protestant]]|green|33.9}}
{{bar per cent|None|blue|18.6}}
{{bar per cent|Other|orange|3}}
{{bar per cent|Agnostic/Atheist|yellow|1.2}}
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The majority of the population in El Salvador is [[Christians|Christian]]. [[Catholic Church|Catholics]] (43.3%) and [[Protestantism|Protestants]] (33.9%) are the two major religious groups in the country, with the Catholic Church the largest denomination.<ref name="IRFR2012">{{cite web |title=International Religious Freedom Report for 2021 |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/el-salvador/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216144533/https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/el-salvador/ |archive-date=16 February 2024 |access-date=8 May 2024 |publisher=U.S. State Department}}</ref> Those not affiliated with any religious group amount to 18.6% of the population.<ref name=IRFR2012/> The remaining is that of 3% [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], [[Hare Krishnas]], [[Islam in El Salvador|Muslims]], [[Jews]], [[Buddhists]], [[Latter-day Saints]], and those adhering to indigenous religious beliefs, and 1.2% being made up of those who identify as agnostic or atheist.<ref name=IRFR2012/> The number of evangelicals in the country is growing rapidly.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Offutt |first1=Stephen |title=New Centers of Global Evangelicalism in Latin America and Africa |date=23 February 2017 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-43521-6}}</ref> [[Óscar Romero]], the first Salvadoran saint, was canonized by [[Pope Francis]] on 14 October 2018.