Country size comparison

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El Salvador is about 61 times smaller than Peru.

Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, while El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, making El Salvador 1.64% the size of Peru. Meanwhile, the population of Peru is ~32.3 million people (25.7 million fewer people live in El Salvador).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Peru vs. El Salvador uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Peru is 18.8% cheaper than El Salvador overall
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Moving from El Salvador to Peru · UN DESA 2020
203 people born in El Salvador live in Peru.
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