Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 67.3 years in 1999: 72.0 for women and 62.6 for men, a gap of 9.4 years. 38,578 people died; 37.1% of them were 65 or older and 15.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

67.3

Women

72.0

Men

62.6

Life expectancy at 65

14.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

28.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

35.2

Deaths

38,578

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.5

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

329

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

143

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1999

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	26.19	32.45	72.0	62.6
1-4	1.62	1.77	72.9	63.6
5-9	0.42	0.51	69.4	60.0
10-14	0.48	0.67	64.5	55.2
15-19	1.05	2.91	59.7	50.4
20-24	1.22	5.09	54.9	46.1
25-29	1.32	5.82	50.3	42.2
30-34	1.55	6.41	45.6	38.4
35-39	2.41	7.67	40.9	34.5
40-44	3.08	8.99	36.4	30.8
45-49	4.33	11.55	31.9	27.1
50-54	6.24	13.23	27.6	23.5
55-59	9.73	18.12	23.3	20.0
60-64	14.14	23.58	19.4	16.6
65-69	22.75	34.57	15.6	13.4
70-74	36.11	51.47	12.2	10.4
75-79	62.36	85.13	9.1	7.8
80-84	110.83	140.72	6.5	5.6
85-89	189.89	224.84	4.5	4.0
90-94	285.84	321.96	3.3	3.0
95-99	406.56	439.75	2.4	2.2
100+	545.29	569.09	1.8	1.8

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 1999

Year

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