Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador is projected at 73.2 years in 2028: 77.3 for women and 68.7 for men, a gap of 8.6 years. 48,929 people are projected to die; 58.3% of them would be 65 or older and 1.9% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2028

Life expectancy at birth

73.2

Women

77.3

Men

68.7

Life expectancy at 65

16.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

7.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

9.7

Deaths

48,929

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.6

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

263

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

106

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2028's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2028

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	7.10	8.85	77.3	68.7
1-4	0.42	0.45	76.9	68.3
5-9	0.21	0.24	73.0	64.4
10-14	0.29	0.42	68.1	59.5
15-19	0.53	2.00	63.2	54.6
20-24	0.65	2.91	58.3	50.1
25-29	0.82	3.47	53.5	45.8
30-34	1.06	4.79	48.7	41.6
35-39	1.49	6.35	44.0	37.5
40-44	2.14	7.41	39.3	33.7
45-49	3.20	8.48	34.7	29.8
50-54	4.89	10.86	30.2	26.0
55-59	7.63	14.59	25.9	22.3
60-64	11.09	18.79	21.8	18.8
65-69	16.11	24.89	17.9	15.4
70-74	24.71	37.08	14.1	12.1
75-79	44.93	63.96	10.7	9.1
80-84	82.60	110.04	7.7	6.6
85-89	147.55	182.76	5.4	4.7
90-94	238.84	274.43	3.8	3.4
95-99	362.31	391.66	2.7	2.5
100+	501.91	558.85	2.0	1.8

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 2028

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