Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 61.3 years in 1989: 66.6 for women and 56.2 for men, a gap of 10.4 years. 43,092 people died; 22.2% of them were 65 or older and 31.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

61.3

Women

66.6

Men

56.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

59.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

76.4

Deaths

43,092

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.1

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

379

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

168

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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	55.27	68.27	66.6	56.2
1-4	4.37	4.97	69.3	59.1
5-9	1.17	1.25	66.5	56.2
10-14	0.88	1.25	61.9	51.6
15-19	1.65	4.48	57.2	46.9
20-24	1.69	8.08	52.6	42.9
25-29	1.55	7.23	48.1	39.5
30-34	1.98	7.58	43.4	35.9
35-39	2.29	8.35	38.8	32.2
40-44	3.93	10.04	34.2	28.5
45-49	5.67	12.57	29.9	24.8
50-54	7.31	15.42	25.6	21.2
55-59	10.59	21.31	21.5	17.7
60-64	18.88	30.29	17.5	14.5
65-69	31.95	45.60	14.0	11.4
70-74	45.52	74.69	11.0	8.7
75-79	77.78	120.06	8.2	6.5
80-84	130.75	172.08	5.9	5.0
85-89	212.41	244.82	4.2	3.7
90-94	305.09	340.24	3.1	2.8
95-99	418.35	455.00	2.3	2.2
100+	545.58	577.60	1.8	1.7

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 1989

Year

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