El Salvador vs Malawi: Number of people using the Internet

El Salvador
4.21 million people
in 2024
Malawi
4.11 million people
in 2024
El Salvador rank
112th
Malawi rank
114th

Number of people using the Internet over time

  • El Salvador
  • Malawi
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M199020072024

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 4.21 million people against 4.11 million people in Malawi, a difference of 107,290 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 29 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malawi ahead.

El Salvador ranks 112th and Malawi ranks 114th of 208 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Malawi Difference Ahead
1990s 22,497 people 3,023 people 19,474 people El Salvador
2000s 290,512 people 62,480 people 228,032 people El Salvador
2010s 1.77 million people 1.04 million people 728,564 people El Salvador
2020s 3.78 million people 3.43 million people 354,376 people El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people using the internet, El Salvador or Malawi?
El Salvador, at 4.21 million people against 4.11 million people in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of people using the internet between El Salvador and Malawi?
107,290 people, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Malawi?
29 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Malawi rank globally for number of people using the internet?
El Salvador ranks 112th and Malawi ranks 114th of 208 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database - International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026); United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, vi, published as Number of people using the Internet. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of people using the Internet
Unit
people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database - International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026); United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, vi
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
208 places, 6,217 data points, 1990–2025
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