Population:
7,185,218 (July 2009 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 35.4% (male 1,299,608/female 1,245,617)
15-64 years: 59.3% (male 2,033,423/female 2,225,810)
65 years and over: 5.3% (male 166,224/female 214,536) (2009 est.)
Median age:
total: 22.5 years
male: 21.3 years
female: 23.6 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.656% (2009 est.)
Birth rate:
25.31 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Death rate:
5.53 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate:
-3.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Urbanization:
urban population: 61% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 21.52 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.38 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 72.33 years
male: 68.72 years
female: 76.11 years (2009 est.)
See also: Healthy Life Expectancy
See also: Health Performance
Total fertility rate:
3 children born/woman (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.8% (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
35,000 (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
1,700 (2007 est.)
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)
Nationality:
noun: Salvadoran(s)
adjective: Salvadoran
Ethnic groups:
mestizo 90%, white 9%, Amerindian 1%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003 est.)
Languages:
Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
Literacy:
definition: age 10 and over can read and write
total population: 80.2%
male: 82.8%
female: 77.7% (2003 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2006)
Education expenditures:
3.1% of GDP (2006)
