Territorial change of El Salvador (Republic of El Salvador)

“El Salvador”(Republic of El Salvador) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1840 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1840 – 1978, at ≈ 22 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1840 – 1978≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1992 – 2023≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 2024 – 2024≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1840AD 2024

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1840 – 1978 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1840≈ 22 thousand km²111 of 155
AD 1842≈ 22 thousand km²109 of 156
AD 1846≈ 22 thousand km²104 of 152
AD 1848≈ 22 thousand km²106 of 147
AD 1849≈ 22 thousand km²102 of 144
AD 1853≈ 22 thousand km²103 of 144
AD 1856≈ 22 thousand km²108 of 149
AD 1857≈ 22 thousand km²108 of 150
AD 1859≈ 22 thousand km²106 of 146
AD 1860≈ 22 thousand km²104 of 142
AD 1861≈ 22 thousand km²101 of 140
AD 1862≈ 22 thousand km²99 of 138
AD 1863≈ 22 thousand km²99 of 139
AD 1864≈ 22 thousand km²100 of 139
AD 1865≈ 22 thousand km²99 of 139
AD 1866≈ 22 thousand km²98 of 133
AD 1868≈ 22 thousand km²98 of 134
AD 1870≈ 22 thousand km²95 of 132
AD 1871≈ 22 thousand km²94 of 113
AD 1873≈ 22 thousand km²90 of 108
AD 1877≈ 22 thousand km²87 of 104
AD 1880≈ 22 thousand km²88 of 104
AD 1884≈ 22 thousand km²89 of 105
AD 1885≈ 22 thousand km²86 of 101
AD 1890≈ 22 thousand km²85 of 99
AD 1895≈ 22 thousand km²78 of 90
AD 1898≈ 22 thousand km²74 of 87
AD 1900≈ 22 thousand km²70 of 84
AD 1905≈ 22 thousand km²73 of 83
AD 1908≈ 22 thousand km²72 of 79
AD 1911≈ 22 thousand km²70 of 76
AD 1912≈ 22 thousand km²70 of 77
AD 1913≈ 22 thousand km²70 of 78
AD 1914≈ 22 thousand km²68 of 76
AD 1915≈ 22 thousand km²68 of 75
AD 1916≈ 22 thousand km²66 of 71
AD 1917≈ 22 thousand km²66 of 71
AD 1918≈ 22 thousand km²73 of 80
AD 1919≈ 22 thousand km²81 of 88
AD 1920≈ 22 thousand km²78 of 84
AD 1922≈ 22 thousand km²80 of 87
AD 1924≈ 22 thousand km²79 of 86
AD 1926≈ 22 thousand km²78 of 84
AD 1927≈ 22 thousand km²78 of 84
AD 1928≈ 22 thousand km²79 of 85
AD 1929≈ 22 thousand km²79 of 85
AD 1930≈ 22 thousand km²80 of 86
AD 1932≈ 22 thousand km²82 of 88
AD 1936≈ 22 thousand km²83 of 89
AD 1938≈ 22 thousand km²82 of 88
AD 1939≈ 22 thousand km²80 of 86
AD 1940≈ 22 thousand km²73 of 77
AD 1941≈ 22 thousand km²70 of 74
AD 1942≈ 22 thousand km²71 of 75
AD 1943≈ 22 thousand km²69 of 73
AD 1944≈ 22 thousand km²67 of 73
AD 1945≈ 22 thousand km²70 of 76
AD 1946≈ 22 thousand km²76 of 83
AD 1947≈ 22 thousand km²85 of 92
AD 1948≈ 22 thousand km²88 of 96
AD 1949≈ 22 thousand km²89 of 96
AD 1950≈ 22 thousand km²87 of 94
AD 1953≈ 22 thousand km²89 of 97
AD 1956≈ 22 thousand km²96 of 103
AD 1958≈ 22 thousand km²93 of 101
AD 1960≈ 22 thousand km²100 of 107
AD 1961≈ 22 thousand km²113 of 122
AD 1962≈ 22 thousand km²113 of 122
AD 1963≈ 22 thousand km²117 of 129
AD 1967≈ 22 thousand km²124 of 140
AD 1969≈ 22 thousand km²125 of 145
AD 1973≈ 22 thousand km²129 of 152
AD 1974≈ 22 thousand km²129 of 152
AD 1976≈ 22 thousand km²130 of 157
AD 1992≈ 22 thousand km²150 of 185
AD 1996≈ 22 thousand km²152 of 186
AD 2000≈ 22 thousand km²151 of 188
AD 2006≈ 22 thousand km²149 of 187
AD 2008≈ 22 thousand km²149 of 187
AD 2011≈ 22 thousand km²149 of 187
AD 2014≈ 22 thousand km²152 of 191
AD 2022≈ 22 thousand km²152 of 191
AD 2024≈ 22 thousand km²151 of 191

Its highest rank was in AD 1916: number 71 of 66.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: State of El Salvador

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a sovereign nation in Central America. Situated along the Pacific coast, it is bounded by Guatemala to the northwest and Honduras to the northeast.

Wikipedia (English) “El Salvador”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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