Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 50.7 years in 1966: 52.9 for women and 48.6 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 53,206 people died; 16.8% of them were 65 or older and 52.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

50.7

Women

52.9

Men

48.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

126.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

186.5

Deaths

53,206

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.2

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

390

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

308

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	127.07	150.17	52.9	48.6
1-4	17.08	18.77	58.8	55.1
5-9	3.48	3.62	58.9	55.3
10-14	2.13	2.43	54.9	51.3
15-19	3.09	3.54	50.4	46.9
20-24	3.91	5.49	46.2	42.6
25-29	4.66	6.12	42.0	38.8
30-34	5.47	6.94	38.0	34.9
35-39	6.83	8.99	33.9	31.0
40-44	7.69	10.72	30.0	27.3
45-49	10.02	13.70	26.1	23.7
50-54	13.37	18.37	22.3	20.2
55-59	18.41	24.87	18.7	16.9
60-64	28.82	36.92	15.2	13.8
65-69	43.32	53.68	12.2	11.1
70-74	64.29	74.75	9.5	8.7
75-79	98.82	113.28	7.2	6.6
80-84	153.29	173.20	5.3	4.9
85-89	232.11	258.97	3.9	3.6
90-94	321.52	355.22	3.0	2.7
95-99	429.95	469.96	2.3	2.1
100+	549.21	590.21	1.8	1.7

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 1966

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