Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 69.3 years in 2004: 73.9 for women and 64.6 for men, a gap of 9.3 years. 41,588 people died; 48.1% of them were 65 or older and 8.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

69.3

Women

73.9

Men

64.6

Life expectancy at 65

15.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

21.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

26.5

Deaths

41,588

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.9

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

307

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

129

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	19.66	24.55	73.9	64.6
1-4	1.15	1.26	74.3	65.2
5-9	0.35	0.43	70.7	61.5
10-14	0.41	0.59	65.8	56.6
15-19	0.88	2.73	60.9	51.8
20-24	1.11	5.30	56.2	47.5
25-29	1.27	6.49	51.5	43.7
30-34	1.50	6.34	46.8	40.0
35-39	2.06	7.00	42.1	36.2
40-44	2.82	8.12	37.5	32.4
45-49	4.06	9.66	33.0	28.7
50-54	5.70	11.83	28.7	25.0
55-59	8.19	15.75	24.4	21.3
60-64	12.88	20.65	20.3	17.9
65-69	19.74	29.08	16.5	14.6
70-74	30.13	40.67	12.9	11.4
75-79	53.77	70.03	9.6	8.4
80-84	100.66	126.18	6.8	5.9
85-89	179.91	215.56	4.7	4.1
90-94	276.02	312.99	3.3	3.0
95-99	398.60	432.59	2.4	2.3
100+	541.21	564.84	1.9	1.8

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 2004

Year

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