Children per Woman in El Salvador: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

Every value in these records tells a story about the average number of children a woman would bear over her lifetime in El Salvador. Behind these figures lie generations of families whose daily realities shifted across centuries. This data measures the shifting shape of households and communities, capturing the quiet revolutions of birth and family size that occurred quietly over time.

The historical arc stretches across three centuries of recorded life. In the 1800s estimate it stood at 6.5 births, slowly descending decade by decade through the 1810s estimate at 6.45, the 1820s estimate at 6.4, the 1830s estimate at 6.35, the 1840s estimate at 6.3, the 1850s estimate at 6.25, the 1860s estimate at 6.2, the 1870s estimate at 6.15, the 1880s estimate at 6.1, and the 1890s estimate at 6.05. By 1900 it was 6 births, continuing down through the 1900s estimate of 6, the 1910s estimate of 5.98, the 1920s estimate of 5.96, the 1930s estimate of 5.94, the 1940s estimate of 5.92, the 1950s at 5.9, the 1960s at 5.37, the 1970s at 4.83, the 1980s at 4.3, the 1990s at 3.45, the 2000s at 2.6, and the 2010s at 2.3. In the 2020s, children per woman in El Salvador stands at 2 births — ranking #72 of 157 countries.

Looking forward, the projections outline a continuation of this trajectory into tomorrow. The future trend moves through the 2030s projection of 1.91, the 2040s projection of 1.85, the 2050s projection of 1.8, the 2060s projection of 1.77, the 2070s projection of 1.75, the 2080s projection of 1.74, the 2090s projection of 1.72, and the 2100s projection of 1.72. For anyone born into these changing eras, the context of family size looks vastly different depending on the decade.

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