Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 65.5 years in 1996: 70.6 for women and 60.5 for men, a gap of 10.1 years. 38,958 people died; 31.6% of them were 65 or older and 18.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

65.5

Women

70.6

Men

60.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

34.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

42.3

Deaths

38,958

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

358

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

154

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	31.33	38.76	70.6	60.5
1-4	2.02	2.23	71.8	61.9
5-9	0.45	0.63	68.4	58.4
10-14	0.54	0.79	63.5	53.6
15-19	1.24	3.25	58.7	48.8
20-24	1.34	5.30	54.0	44.5
25-29	1.37	5.99	49.4	40.7
30-34	1.72	6.98	44.7	36.8
35-39	2.64	8.77	40.1	33.0
40-44	3.31	10.19	35.6	29.4
45-49	4.80	12.95	31.1	25.8
50-54	6.70	15.16	26.8	22.4
55-59	10.33	19.83	22.6	18.9
60-64	15.32	26.08	18.7	15.6
65-69	25.32	40.25	15.0	12.5
70-74	40.70	61.27	11.6	9.7
75-79	69.44	98.71	8.7	7.2
80-84	118.43	152.39	6.3	5.4
85-89	196.20	230.64	4.4	3.9
90-94	291.82	326.94	3.2	2.9
95-99	411.12	443.70	2.4	2.2
100+	547.14	570.61	1.8	1.8

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 1996

Year

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