El Salvador Mortality 2022: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 72.0 years in 2022: 76.2 for women and 67.4 for men, a gap of 8.8 years. 46,844 people died; 56.6% of them were 65 or older and 2.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2022

Life expectancy at birth

72.0

Women

76.2

Men

67.4

Life expectancy at 65

16.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

9.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

12.0

Deaths

46,844

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.5

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

283

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

116

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2022's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2022

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	8.89	11.03	76.2	67.4
1-4	0.51	0.53	75.8	67.1
5-9	0.32	0.30	72.0	63.3
10-14	0.28	0.40	67.1	58.3
15-19	0.56	1.72	62.2	53.5
20-24	0.64	2.54	57.4	48.9
25-29	0.82	3.27	52.5	44.5
30-34	1.17	4.54	47.7	40.2
35-39	1.61	6.79	43.0	36.0
40-44	2.29	8.36	38.3	32.2
45-49	3.47	9.83	33.7	28.5
50-54	5.42	12.84	29.3	24.8
55-59	8.66	16.58	25.0	21.2
60-64	12.63	21.57	21.0	17.9
65-69	18.33	29.40	17.2	14.6
70-74	27.99	42.62	13.6	11.5
75-79	49.47	71.23	10.3	8.6
80-84	87.90	118.49	7.5	6.3
85-89	153.14	191.27	5.2	4.5
90-94	248.11	285.45	3.6	3.3
95-99	375.08	403.80	2.6	2.4
100+	528.37	539.87	1.9	1.9

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 2022

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