Country size comparison

compared to

Guatemala is about 5 times bigger than El Salvador.

El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Guatemala is approximately 108,889 sq km, making Guatemala 418% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (11.1 million more people live in Guatemala).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of El Salvador vs. Guatemala uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Share
Compare further: Guatemala vs. El Salvador
Flip Comparison · See true size
See Guatemala on top of El Salvador
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 12 statistics
Be 55.1% less likely to live below the poverty line in El Salvador
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
El Salvador is 0.5% more expensive than Guatemala overall
→