Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 52.8 years in 1973: 56.0 for women and 49.8 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 54,771 people died; 20.1% of them were 65 or older and 48.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

52.8

Women

56.0

Men

49.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

112.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

161.1

Deaths

54,771

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.9

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

396

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

265

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	111.34	132.75	56.0	49.8
1-4	13.41	14.91	61.4	55.7
5-9	2.99	2.89	60.7	55.0
10-14	1.43	1.66	56.5	50.8
15-19	2.06	2.87	51.9	46.2
20-24	2.48	5.71	47.4	41.8
25-29	2.44	6.29	43.0	37.9
30-34	3.56	7.57	38.5	34.1
35-39	5.45	9.02	34.1	30.3
40-44	7.03	10.94	30.0	26.6
45-49	9.29	14.24	26.0	22.9
50-54	12.64	19.04	22.1	19.4
55-59	16.66	24.99	18.4	16.1
60-64	30.25	41.15	14.8	12.9
65-69	42.85	55.06	11.8	10.3
70-74	74.12	94.82	9.0	7.7
75-79	110.26	137.22	6.9	6.0
80-84	159.99	188.59	5.2	4.6
85-89	230.10	258.99	3.9	3.6
90-94	318.39	353.76	3.0	2.7
95-99	425.41	467.31	2.3	2.1
100+	543.69	586.41	1.8	1.7

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 1973

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