Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 66.7 years in 1998: 71.3 for women and 62.0 for men, a gap of 9.3 years. 38,770 people died; 34.9% of them were 65 or older and 16.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

66.7

Women

71.3

Men

62.0

Life expectancy at 65

14.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

30.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

38.3

Deaths

38,770

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.6

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

335

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

149

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	28.09	34.69	71.3	62.0
1-4	1.90	2.06	72.3	63.2
5-9	0.55	0.64	68.9	59.7
10-14	0.56	0.74	64.1	54.8
15-19	1.13	2.98	59.2	50.0
20-24	1.29	5.07	54.6	45.7
25-29	1.39	5.71	49.9	41.9
30-34	1.63	6.45	45.2	38.0
35-39	2.56	7.84	40.6	34.2
40-44	3.22	9.21	36.1	30.4
45-49	4.48	12.00	31.6	26.7
50-54	6.46	13.57	27.3	23.2
55-59	10.19	18.68	23.1	19.7
60-64	14.56	24.27	19.1	16.4
65-69	23.58	35.86	15.4	13.1
70-74	37.65	54.04	12.0	10.2
75-79	64.37	88.59	8.9	7.6
80-84	113.22	143.94	6.4	5.5
85-89	192.45	226.97	4.5	4.0
90-94	289.10	324.37	3.2	2.9
95-99	412.62	444.15	2.4	2.2
100+	560.92	580.86	1.8	1.7

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 1998

Year

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