Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 53.8 years in 1979: 59.1 for women and 49.1 for men, a gap of 10.0 years. 55,813 people died; 18.0% of them were 65 or older and 44.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

53.8

Women

59.1

Men

49.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

100.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

140.6

Deaths

55,813

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.5

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

459

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

239

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	97.80	118.26	59.1	49.2
1-4	10.78	12.15	64.0	54.1
5-9	1.73	1.86	62.8	52.7
10-14	1.16	1.35	58.3	48.2
15-19	2.33	3.81	53.6	43.5
20-24	2.08	8.57	49.2	39.3
25-29	2.04	9.54	44.7	35.9
30-34	2.69	9.40	40.2	32.6
35-39	4.07	12.87	35.7	29.0
40-44	5.69	14.22	31.3	25.8
45-49	8.08	17.18	27.2	22.5
50-54	11.25	21.91	23.2	19.3
55-59	16.34	25.26	19.4	16.2
60-64	25.53	39.97	15.8	13.0
65-69	38.61	60.22	12.6	10.4
70-74	60.23	85.51	9.8	8.1
75-79	97.00	128.20	7.3	6.2
80-84	150.27	182.43	5.4	4.7
85-89	227.75	257.07	4.0	3.6
90-94	317.52	351.69	3.0	2.7
95-99	426.36	465.77	2.3	2.1
100+	546.84	585.45	1.8	1.7

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 1979

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