I think there are a few factors you are not considering:
1) El Salvador was too early in its bitcoin adoption for a third world country and people there were not yet ready for bitcoin. If it happened in El Salvador in 2030 it might have gone very differently.
2) El Salvador is still too poor for the majority of the population to have substantial long term savings. If you only have $500 in savings and you might need to use it in the next 6 - 12 months then bitcoin might not be the best option to save in as is it is still volatile short term. El Salvador has a GDP per capita of less than $6000 USD.
3) I think at this point in the cycle the middle income countries will be a prime market for stable coin users diversifying into Bitcoin. Countries like Argentina, Brazil, Türkiye, Russia, China, etc. (they are all in the $10,000 - $20,000 US dollar GDP per capita range) These countries have a substantial middle class with long term savings many of whom would be interested in both USD stable coins and bitcoin.
Russia and China have a volatile legal/regulatory environment with capital controls which make it attractive for their citizens to own bitcoin to diversify their wealth and countries like Argentina, Brazil etc have volatile economies with depreciating currencies which makes Bitcoin attractive for them.
4) We are already seeing the start of this, for example Samson Mow at Jan 3 Capital that developed the Aqua wallet that allows users to use stable coins and bitcoin side by side are seeing strong growth in demand from their Argentinian and Brazilian users for bitcoin. These users typically get the Aqua wallet because they want USD stable coins and then they later decide to buy a little bit of bitcoin also because all they need to do is click a button.
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