El Salvador
Country in Central America
El Salvador is a country in Central America, with its capital in San Salvador. About 6.4 million people live there (2025), making it the 111th most populous of the 195 countries. At 21,041 km², it is the 148th largest country by area. It borders Guatemala and Honduras.
El Salvador at a glance
- Capital
- San Salvador
- Population (2025)
- 6.4 million
- Area
- 21,041 km²
- Density
- 303 per km²
- Official language
- Spanish
- Currency
- United States dollar
- People
- Salvadoran
- Calling code
- +503
- Internet domain
- .sv
- Coast
- Has a coastline
Where is El Salvador?
How El Salvador compares
Population rank
111th of 195
10th of 23 in North America
Size rank
148th of 195
13th of 23 in North America
Crowding
303 per km²
More crowded than 85% of countries
- Similar in size: Israel (20,770 km²).
- Similar population: Bulgaria (6.4 million).
- The United States dollar is also used in 19 other places: the Bahamas, Cambodia, Ecuador, the Marshall Islands, Palau, Panama and 13 more.
- Spanish is also an official language in 20 other countries: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and 14 more.
The flag of El Salvador
Flags that look like it
How to tell them apart: All three are blue, white and blue. Honduras has five blue stars, Nicaragua's emblem is a triangle inside a ring of words, and El Salvador's triangle is wrapped in a laurel wreath.
Would you recognise El Salvador?
How players do with El Salvador
Every answer in DodoThinks games is counted anonymously. This is how players have done with El Salvador so far, from 135 answers up to November 2026.
On the map
34% right
16th hardest of 176 · 113 answers
Its flag
82% right
99th hardest of 145 · 22 answers
- Players find El Salvador on the map in 34% of tries, which makes it one of the harder places to find. The most common wrong answer is Guatemala.
- Players recognise the flag of El Salvador in 82% of tries.
Countries that border El Salvador
El Salvador borders 2 countries: Guatemala and Honduras.
GuatemalaQuick quiz: El Salvador
3 questions. Tap an answer to check it.
1. Which is the flag of El Salvador?
That's the flag of El Salvador, easy to confuse with Honduras and Nicaragua.
2. What is the capital of El Salvador?
San Salvador is the capital of El Salvador.
3. Which of these borders El Salvador?
El Salvador borders Guatemala and Honduras.
Questions about El Salvador
Is El Salvador a country?
Yes. El Salvador is an independent country and one of the 193 member states of the United Nations.
What is the capital of El Salvador?
The capital of El Salvador is San Salvador.
Which countries border El Salvador?
El Salvador borders 2 countries: Guatemala and Honduras.
How many countries border El Salvador?
2. El Salvador shares a land border with 2 countries.
How big is El Salvador?
El Salvador covers 21,041 km², about the same size as Israel (20,770 km²).
Is El Salvador hard to find on a map?
Yes, for many players. On DodoThinks map quizzes, players find El Salvador in 34% of 113 tries, 16th hardest of 176 places with enough answers to count. The most common wrong answer is Guatemala.
Which flags look like the flag of El Salvador?
Honduras and Nicaragua. All three are blue, white and blue. Honduras has five blue stars, Nicaragua's emblem is a triangle inside a ring of words, and El Salvador's triangle is wrapped in a laurel wreath.
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