Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador is projected at 78.4 years in 2055: 81.8 for women and 74.8 for men, a gap of 7.0 years. 63,523 people are projected to die; 74.3% of them would be 65 or older and 0.5% 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, 2055

Life expectancy at birth

78.4

Women

81.8

Men

74.8

Life expectancy at 65

19.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

4.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

4.9

Deaths

63,523

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.6

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

164

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2055's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2055

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	3.41	4.72	81.8	74.8
1-4	0.21	0.21	81.1	74.1
5-9	0.10	0.13	77.1	70.2
10-14	0.14	0.21	72.2	65.3
15-19	0.28	1.00	67.2	60.3
20-24	0.38	1.55	62.3	55.6
25-29	0.49	1.92	57.4	51.0
30-34	0.65	2.69	52.6	46.5
35-39	0.91	3.61	47.7	42.1
40-44	1.31	4.27	42.9	37.8
45-49	1.96	5.02	38.2	33.6
50-54	2.97	6.59	33.6	29.4
55-59	4.59	9.17	29.0	25.2
60-64	6.74	12.36	24.6	21.3
65-69	10.24	17.40	20.4	17.5
70-74	16.55	27.22	16.3	13.9
75-79	31.08	47.73	12.5	10.5
80-84	59.64	84.95	9.2	7.7
85-89	110.74	147.08	6.5	5.4
90-94	188.90	233.49	4.5	3.8
95-99	305.20	352.15	3.1	2.7
100+	445.53	517.30	2.2	1.9

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 2055

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