Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 68.8 years in 2003: 73.4 for women and 64.1 for men, a gap of 9.3 years. 40,981 people died; 45.5% of them were 65 or older and 9.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2003

Life expectancy at birth

68.8

Women

73.4

Men

64.1

Life expectancy at 65

15.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

23.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

28.4

Deaths

40,981

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.8

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

312

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

133

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2003's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2003

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	20.90	26.04	73.4	64.1
1-4	1.30	1.42	73.9	64.8
5-9	0.40	0.47	70.3	61.2
10-14	0.45	0.63	65.4	56.3
15-19	0.94	2.78	60.6	51.5
20-24	1.17	5.28	55.9	47.1
25-29	1.32	6.38	51.2	43.3
30-34	1.55	6.39	46.5	39.7
35-39	2.17	7.17	41.8	35.9
40-44	2.92	8.33	37.3	32.1
45-49	4.16	10.07	32.8	28.3
50-54	5.86	12.16	28.4	24.7
55-59	8.53	16.27	24.2	21.0
60-64	13.19	21.30	20.1	17.6
65-69	20.39	30.21	16.3	14.3
70-74	31.35	42.72	12.8	11.2
75-79	55.47	72.84	9.5	8.3
80-84	102.74	128.99	6.7	5.9
85-89	182.10	217.45	4.7	4.1
90-94	278.42	314.91	3.3	3.0
95-99	401.19	434.30	2.4	2.3
100+	544.69	566.89	1.8	1.8

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 2003

Year

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