Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 50.9 years in 1981: 59.4 for women and 44.1 for men, a gap of 15.3 years. 63,549 people died; 16.0% of them were 65 or older and 36.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

50.9

Women

59.4

Men

44.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

94.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

131.1

Deaths

63,549

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.9

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

589

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

246

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	91.65	111.37	59.4	44.1
1-4	9.60	10.93	64.0	48.1
5-9	1.75	2.05	62.5	46.2
10-14	1.23	1.76	58.0	41.7
15-19	2.49	8.86	53.3	37.0
20-24	2.79	18.07	49.0	33.6
25-29	2.55	17.40	44.6	31.5
30-34	3.36	17.82	40.2	29.1
35-39	4.77	18.53	35.8	26.6
40-44	6.12	20.43	31.6	24.0
45-49	8.07	21.59	27.5	21.3
50-54	11.30	26.12	23.5	18.4
55-59	14.84	29.00	19.7	15.6
60-64	24.43	42.60	16.1	12.7
65-69	36.59	57.01	12.8	10.1
70-74	58.14	94.86	9.9	7.6
75-79	96.27	145.48	7.4	5.8
80-84	149.25	193.80	5.4	4.6
85-89	226.59	258.10	4.0	3.6
90-94	317.43	350.44	3.0	2.7
95-99	427.44	463.10	2.3	2.1
100+	549.12	581.13	1.8	1.7

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 1981

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