Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 69.8 years in 2007: 74.5 for women and 65.0 for men, a gap of 9.6 years. 46,824 people died; 55.0% of them were 65 or older and 5.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 85-89. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

69.8

Women

74.5

Men

65.0

Life expectancy at 65

15.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

22.5

Deaths

46,824

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.8

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

309

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

128

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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	16.72	20.93	74.5	65.0
1-4	0.96	1.04	74.8	65.3
5-9	0.33	0.37	71.0	61.6
10-14	0.40	0.59	66.2	56.7
15-19	0.93	2.94	61.3	51.9
20-24	1.03	5.18	56.6	47.6
25-29	1.30	6.98	51.8	43.8
30-34	1.49	7.00	47.2	40.2
35-39	2.01	6.97	42.5	36.6
40-44	2.78	7.87	37.9	32.8
45-49	4.02	9.71	33.4	29.0
50-54	5.66	11.85	29.0	25.3
55-59	8.24	15.36	24.8	21.7
60-64	12.13	19.85	20.7	18.2
65-69	18.59	27.64	16.8	14.9
70-74	28.46	38.58	13.2	11.7
75-79	51.21	66.82	9.8	8.6
80-84	96.67	122.03	7.0	6.1
85-89	174.32	210.63	4.8	4.2
90-94	270.66	307.87	3.4	3.1
95-99	394.33	427.39	2.5	2.3
100+	539.23	560.54	1.9	1.8

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 2007

Year

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