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Ranking of the departments of El Salvador by businesses per inhabitant

How many businesses there are per 100,000 inhabitants in every department of El Salvador and in the cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. On average, 2,501.5 per 100,000 inhabitants, one for every 40 inhabitants.

2,501.5
businesses per 100,000 inhabitants — El Salvador
one for every 40 inhabitants
3,418.4
the most — La Libertad Department
one for every 29 inhabitants
863.0
the fewest — Cabañas Department
one for every 116 inhabitants
6.0M
inhabitants
Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024 (aproximado)
How we count. Businesses — the active businesses of our base on the date of the update. Population — Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024 (aproximado). Tourist areas and business districts rise in the ranking: many businesses for the resident population.

Ranking of the departments: businesses per 100,000 inhabitants

Businesses per 100,000 inhabitants and inhabitants per business. Click a column to sort.

No. ↕Department ↕Population ↕Businesses ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 La Libertad Department 806,000 27,552
3,418.4
29
02 San Miguel Department 470,000 15,147
3,222.8
31
03 San Salvador Department 1,580,000 46,173
2,922.3
34
04 Santa Ana Department 525,000 14,734
2,806.5
36
05 Cuscatlán Department 254,000 6,375
2,509.8
40
06 Sonsonate Department 469,000 10,300
2,196.2
46
07 Usulután Department 337,000 6,945
2,060.8
49
08 La Unión Department 231,000 4,107
1,777.9
56
09 San Vicente Department 171,000 2,735
1,599.4
63
10 La Paz Department 324,000 4,958
1,530.2
65
11 Ahuachapán Department 345,000 5,208
1,509.6
66
12 Chalatenango Department 186,000 2,705
1,454.3
69
13 Morazán Department 185,000 2,618
1,415.1
71
14 Cabañas Department 146,000 1,260
863.0
116
Average of El Salvador — 2,501.5 per 100,000 inhabitants150,817 businesses · 6,029,000 inhabitants

Towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Businesses per 100,000 inhabitants in the large towns. Population of the towns — GeoNames.

No. ↕Town ↕Population ↕Businesses ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 Santa TeclaLa Libertad Department 124,694 7,293
5,848.7
17
02 Santa AnaSanta Ana Department 176,661 9,392
5,316.4
19
03 San SalvadorSan Salvador Department 525,990 27,900
5,304.3
19
04 San MiguelSan Miguel Department 247,126 10,926
4,421.2
23
05 ApopaSan Salvador Department 112,158 2,932
2,614.2
38
06 MejicanosSan Salvador Department 160,317 2,312
1,442.1
69
07 SoyapangoSan Salvador Department 329,708 3,667
1,112.2
90

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