Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 71.2 years in 2011: 75.4 for women and 66.7 for men, a gap of 8.6 years. 43,292 people died; 54.7% of them were 65 or older and 5.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

71.2

Women

75.4

Men

66.7

Life expectancy at 65

16.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

15.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

18.5

Deaths

43,292

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.1

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

280

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

123

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	13.74	17.20	75.4	66.8
1-4	0.78	0.85	75.4	66.9
5-9	0.27	0.33	71.6	63.1
10-14	0.41	0.54	66.7	58.2
15-19	0.84	2.57	61.9	53.4
20-24	0.89	3.86	57.1	49.0
25-29	1.10	5.04	52.4	44.9
30-34	1.42	6.41	47.6	41.0
35-39	1.89	6.56	43.0	37.3
40-44	2.39	7.01	38.3	33.4
45-49	3.72	8.80	33.8	29.5
50-54	5.71	11.00	29.4	25.7
55-59	8.23	14.33	25.1	22.0
60-64	11.99	19.08	21.1	18.5
65-69	17.38	25.25	17.2	15.1
70-74	26.45	37.87	13.5	11.8
75-79	48.71	66.57	10.1	8.7
80-84	92.13	119.61	7.2	6.2
85-89	166.91	204.42	4.9	4.3
90-94	262.66	301.57	3.5	3.1
95-99	387.32	421.89	2.5	2.3
100+	534.90	556.89	1.9	1.8

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 2011

Year

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