ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · EL SALVADOR
Capital of El Salvador
The capital of El Salvador is San Salvador. The largest, San Salvador, has around 330,543 residents in the city proper — a mid-size capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALSan Salvador
POPULATION330,543
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
San Salvador330,543 people
In context
Where San Salvadorsits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1MSan Salvador is here
50–250k
<50k
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