Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 69.3 years in 2005: 74.0 for women and 64.5 for men, a gap of 9.5 years. 43,474 people died; 50.2% of them were 65 or older and 7.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

69.3

Women

74.0

Men

64.5

Life expectancy at 65

15.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

20.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

25.3

Deaths

43,474

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.2

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

311

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

129

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	18.73	23.39	74.0	64.5
1-4	1.12	1.22	74.4	65.0
5-9	0.36	0.43	70.7	61.4
10-14	0.41	0.61	65.9	56.5
15-19	0.91	2.85	61.0	51.6
20-24	1.11	5.38	56.3	47.3
25-29	1.28	6.92	51.6	43.6
30-34	1.49	6.65	46.9	40.0
35-39	2.05	7.03	42.2	36.3
40-44	2.83	8.04	37.6	32.5
45-49	4.10	9.78	33.1	28.7
50-54	5.74	11.99	28.7	25.0
55-59	8.19	15.91	24.5	21.4
60-64	12.56	20.32	20.4	18.0
65-69	19.66	29.10	16.6	14.6
70-74	29.75	40.06	13.0	11.5
75-79	53.05	68.73	9.7	8.5
80-84	99.45	124.70	6.9	6.0
85-89	178.11	214.08	4.7	4.1
90-94	274.38	311.39	3.4	3.0
95-99	397.60	430.72	2.4	2.3
100+	541.24	563.13	1.9	1.8

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 2005

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