Profile: El Salvador

Profile: El Salvador

Population: 5,100,000

Area: 8,260 square miles, the size of Massachusetts.

Population Density: 661 per square mile, the most densely populated country in the Western Hemisphere.

Percent Arable Land: 67%, 80% of which is planted in coffee.

Industrial Base: One of the largest in Central America. 27% of workforce in industry.

Ranking in U.S. Aid Amounts: Fifth. Only Israel, Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan get more.

1985 U.S. Aid to El Salvador: $435 million

Proposed 1986 U.S. Aid to El Salvador: $514 million. The house Foreign Operations Subcommittee, scheduled to vote on July 14, is at this point uncommitted on the 1986 proposed aid. If the bill makes it out of this subcommittee it will then go to the full Appropriations committee, of which Carl Pursell is a member.