Where is El Salvador?
El Salvador is a country in Central America, bordered by Guatemala and Honduras.
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Crazy but True
In 2021 El Salvador became the first country in the world to make Bitcoin legal tender, requiring businesses to accept it alongside the US dollar. The country also uses the US dollar as its main currency, having abandoned its own colón in 2001.
El Salvador facts
- Capital
- San Salvador
- Population
- 6,365,503 (2025)
- Area
- 21,041 km²
- Continent
- North America
- Region
- Central America
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD)
- Languages
- Spanish
- Coordinates
- 13.83333333°, -88.91666666°
- Landlocked
- No
- Country code
- SV · SLV
How El Salvador compares
- El Salvador is the 150th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Belize and larger than Israel.
- It is the 111th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 2 countries.
- Within North America, it is the 14th largest of 17 countries by area.