Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador is projected at 73.8 years in 2031: 77.9 for women and 69.4 for men, a gap of 8.5 years. 50,235 people are projected to die; 60.1% of them would be 65 or older and 1.6% 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, 2031

Life expectancy at birth

73.8

Women

77.9

Men

69.4

Life expectancy at 65

17.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

7.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

8.7

Deaths

50,235

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.7

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

251

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

100

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2031's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2031

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	6.11	8.13	77.9	69.4
1-4	0.37	0.42	77.4	68.9
5-9	0.18	0.23	73.5	65.0
10-14	0.26	0.39	68.5	60.1
15-19	0.48	1.85	63.6	55.2
20-24	0.60	2.70	58.8	50.7
25-29	0.76	3.24	53.9	46.4
30-34	0.99	4.48	49.1	42.1
35-39	1.39	5.96	44.4	38.0
40-44	2.01	6.99	39.7	34.0
45-49	3.02	8.06	35.0	30.2
50-54	4.63	10.39	30.5	26.3
55-59	7.25	14.04	26.2	22.6
60-64	10.57	18.20	22.1	19.0
65-69	15.44	24.26	18.1	15.6
70-74	23.80	36.28	14.4	12.3
75-79	43.36	62.56	10.8	9.2
80-84	79.93	107.75	7.8	6.7
85-89	143.16	179.32	5.5	4.7
90-94	232.72	270.23	3.8	3.4
95-99	354.96	387.16	2.7	2.5
100+	494.22	553.93	2.0	1.8

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 2031

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