Sonsonate — UN urban centre
Sonsonate: 177,507 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,404 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 182; territory: El Salvador (SLV). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 13.7282, -89.7255. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 78,379 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 90,306 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 97,145 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 110,125 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 117,835 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 125,098 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 125,811 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 130,692 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 170,685 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 139,962 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 177,507 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 179,890 | Projection |
| 2035 | 181,781 | Projection |
| 2040 | 182,860 | Projection |
| 2045 | 183,470 | Projection |
| 2050 | 183,201 | Projection |
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