Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 68.0 years in 2001: 72.5 for women and 63.4 for men, a gap of 9.1 years. 39,817 people died; 41.1% of them were 65 or older and 12.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

68.0

Women

72.5

Men

63.4

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

25.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

31.9

Deaths

39,817

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

314

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

143

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	23.26	29.41	72.5	63.4
1-4	1.39	1.75	73.2	64.3
5-9	0.41	0.87	69.6	60.7
10-14	0.52	0.83	64.7	55.9
15-19	0.96	2.83	59.9	51.2
20-24	1.19	5.38	55.2	46.9
25-29	1.30	5.41	50.5	43.1
30-34	1.72	6.29	45.8	39.2
35-39	2.32	7.20	41.2	35.3
40-44	3.33	8.72	36.6	31.6
45-49	4.21	10.44	32.2	27.8
50-54	6.22	12.64	27.8	24.2
55-59	9.63	16.37	23.6	20.6
60-64	13.33	22.66	19.7	17.2
65-69	21.58	32.48	15.8	13.9
70-74	35.12	46.21	12.3	10.9
75-79	60.41	77.17	9.2	8.1
80-84	107.96	133.66	6.6	5.8
85-89	185.99	221.69	4.6	4.0
90-94	282.34	320.45	3.3	3.0
95-99	404.27	444.78	2.4	2.2
100+	544.72	612.26	1.8	1.6

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 2001

Year

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