El Salvador Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
El Salvador vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	El Salvador	World
1960	17.2	22.5
1961	17.1	22.5
1962	17	22.4
1963	17	22.2
1964	16.9	22
1965	16.9	21.8
1966	16.8	21.7
1967	16.7	21.6
1968	16.6	21.5
1969	16.6	21.5
1970	16.6	21.4
1971	16.6	21.4
1972	16.6	21.5
1973	16.7	21.5
1974	16.8	21.6
1975	16.9	21.7
1976	17	21.9
1977	17.1	22
1978	17.2	22.2
1979	17.4	22.3
1980	17.5	22.5
1981	17.6	22.6
1982	17.7	22.7
1983	17.8	22.9
1984	18	23
1985	18.2	23.2
1986	18.4	23.3
1987	18.5	23.4
1988	18.6	23.6
1989	18.7	23.8
1990	18.8	23.9
1991	18.8	24.1
1992	18.8	24.3
1993	19	24.5
1994	19.3	24.7
1995	19.6	25
1996	19.9	25.2
1997	20.3	25.4
1998	20.6	25.7
1999	21	25.9
2000	21.3	26.1
2001	21.6	26.3
2002	21.9	26.5
2003	22.2	26.7
2004	22.5	27
2005	22.7	27.2
2006	23	27.4
2007	23.2	27.6
2008	23.3	27.8
2009	23.5	28
2010	23.7	28.2
2011	23.9	28.4
2012	24.1	28.6
2013	24.3	28.9
2014	24.6	29.1
2015	24.9	29.3
2016	25.2	29.5
2017	25.6	29.8
2018	26	30
2019	26.4	30.3
2020	26.8	30.6
2021	27.2	30.8
2022	27.6	31
2023	28	31.3
2024	28.5	31.6
2025	28.9	31.9
2026	29.4	32.1
2027	29.9	32.3
2028	30.3	32.6
2029	30.8	32.8
2030	31.3	33
2031	31.8	33.2
2032	32.3	33.4
2033	32.8	33.6
2034	33.2	33.8
2035	33.7	34
2036	34.2	34.2
2037	34.6	34.4
2038	35	34.6
2039	35.4	34.8
2040	35.8	35
2041	36.2	35.2
2042	36.6	35.4
2043	37	35.6
2044	37.4	35.8
2045	37.8	36
2046	38.3	36.2
2047	38.7	36.4
2048	39.1	36.6
2049	39.5	36.8
2050	39.9	37.1

In 1960, the median age in El Salvador was 17.2 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 28.5 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 166th for median age 64 years ago (old to young), El Salvador ranks 115th currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in El Salvador is expected to increase to around 39.9 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

El Salvador demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	El Salvador
	Male	Female
0-4	3.97%	3.79%
5-9	4.21%	4.01%
10-14	4.56%	4.27%
15-19	4.54%	4.26%
20-24	4.87%	4.64%
25-29	5.05%	4.89%
30-34	4.22%	4.23%
35-39	3.02%	3.47%
40-44	2.47%	3.28%
45-49	2.28%	3.21%
50-54	2%	2.87%
55-59	1.74%	2.52%
60-64	1.4%	2.09%
65-69	1.12%	1.67%
70-74	0.87%	1.33%
75-79	0.62%	0.96%
80+	0.55%	1.02%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. El Salvador has average demographic potential with 61.5% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 81/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	El Salvador			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	95.4%	89%	6.4%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	95.8%	89.5%	6.32%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	96.3%	90%	6.31%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	96.9%	90.5%	6.36%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	97.4%	91%	6.4%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	97.9%	91.4%	6.45%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	98.4%	91.9%	6.5%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	99.1%	92.6%	6.55%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	99.8%	93.2%	6.6%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	100.4%	93.7%	6.63%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	100.2%	93.7%	6.51%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	99.5%	93.2%	6.28%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	98.6%	92.5%	6.08%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	97.6%	91.7%	5.89%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	96.4%	90.7%	5.71%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	95.2%	89.6%	5.55%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	93.9%	88.4%	5.41%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	92.5%	87.2%	5.31%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	91%	85.8%	5.22%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	89.5%	84.3%	5.13%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	88.3%	83.2%	5.05%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	87.3%	82.3%	4.99%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	86.3%	81.3%	4.93%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	85.2%	80.3%	4.87%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	84.1%	79.2%	4.81%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	83%	78.2%	4.79%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	82%	77.2%	4.79%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	81.1%	76.3%	4.81%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	80.6%	75.7%	4.86%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	80.5%	75.5%	4.95%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	80.3%	75.3%	5.05%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	80.2%	75.1%	5.17%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	80.1%	74.8%	5.29%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	79.2%	73.7%	5.49%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	77.7%	71.9%	5.78%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	76.2%	70.1%	6.1%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	74.8%	68.4%	6.43%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	73.7%	66.9%	6.8%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	72.8%	65.6%	7.19%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	72.2%	64.6%	7.59%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	71.7%	63.7%	8.02%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	71.4%	62.9%	8.46%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	71%	62.1%	8.92%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	70.6%	61.2%	9.39%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	70.1%	60.2%	9.88%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	69.7%	59.3%	10.4%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	69.2%	58.3%	10.9%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	68.3%	57.1%	11.2%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	66.7%	55.6%	11.1%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	64.9%	53.9%	11%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	63.2%	52.2%	11%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	61.5%	50.5%	11%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	59.9%	48.9%	11%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	58.3%	47.3%	11%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	56.8%	45.8%	11%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	55.5%	44.4%	11.1%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	54.4%	43.2%	11.2%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	53.5%	42.2%	11.3%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	52.8%	41.3%	11.5%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	52.2%	40.6%	11.6%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	51.6%	39.9%	11.7%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	51%	39.2%	11.7%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	50.3%	38.5%	11.8%	54%	39%	15%
2023	49.7%	37.7%	12%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	49.2%	37%	12.2%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in El Salvador decreased from 70.1% to 49.2% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

El Salvador working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	El Salvador	World
1960	51.2%	57.6%
1961	51.1%	57.5%
1962	50.9%	57.4%
1963	50.8%	57.2%
1964	50.7%	57%
1965	50.5%	56.9%
1966	50.4%	56.8%
1967	50.2%	56.9%
1968	50.1%	56.9%
1969	49.9%	56.9%
1970	49.9%	57%
1971	50.1%	57.1%
1972	50.4%	57.2%
1973	50.6%	57.3%
1974	50.9%	57.3%
1975	51.2%	57.4%
1976	51.6%	57.5%
1977	52%	57.7%
1978	52.4%	58%
1979	52.8%	58.4%
1980	53.1%	58.7%
1981	53.4%	59%
1982	53.7%	59.3%
1983	54%	59.6%
1984	54.3%	59.9%
1985	54.6%	60.1%
1986	54.9%	60.4%
1987	55.2%	60.5%
1988	55.4%	60.7%
1989	55.4%	60.8%
1990	55.5%	60.9%
1991	55.5%	61%
1992	55.5%	61.1%
1993	55.8%	61.2%
1994	56.3%	61.3%
1995	56.8%	61.5%
1996	57.2%	61.7%
1997	57.6%	61.9%
1998	57.9%	62.2%
1999	58.1%	62.5%
2000	58.2%	62.8%
2001	58.4%	63.1%
2002	58.5%	63.4%
2003	58.6%	63.7%
2004	58.8%	64%
2005	58.9%	64.3%
2006	59.1%	64.5%
2007	59.4%	64.7%
2008	60%	64.9%
2009	60.6%	65%
2010	61.3%	65.1%
2011	61.9%	65.2%
2012	62.6%	65.2%
2013	63.2%	65.2%
2014	63.8%	65.2%
2015	64.3%	65.1%
2016	64.8%	65.1%
2017	65.1%	65%
2018	65.5%	64.9%
2019	65.7%	64.9%
2020	66%	64.8%
2021	66.2%	64.9%
2022	66.5%	64.9%
2023	66.8%	65%
2024	67%	65.1%
2025	67.3%	65.2%
2026	67.6%	65.3%
2027	67.8%	65.4%
2028	68%	65.4%
2029	68.3%	65.4%
2030	68.4%	65.4%
2031	68.6%	65.4%
2032	68.6%	65.4%
2033	68.7%	65.4%
2034	68.7%	65.3%
2035	68.7%	65.2%
2036	68.7%	65%
2037	68.7%	64.9%
2038	68.7%	64.7%
2039	68.6%	64.6%
2040	68.6%	64.5%
2041	68.6%	64.4%
2042	68.5%	64.3%
2043	68.5%	64.2%
2044	68.4%	64.1%
2045	68.4%	63.9%
2046	68.3%	63.8%
2047	68.3%	63.7%
2048	68.3%	63.6%
2049	68.2%	63.4%
2050	68.2%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in El Salvador changed from 58.8% to 67% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	El Salvador	World
1960	45.5%	37.4%
1961	45.7%	37.5%
1962	45.8%	37.6%
1963	46%	37.8%
1964	46.1%	38%
1965	46.2%	38%
1966	46.3%	38%
1967	46.5%	38%
1968	46.6%	37.9%
1969	46.8%	37.8%
1970	46.8%	37.7%
1971	46.7%	37.6%
1972	46.6%	37.5%
1973	46.4%	37.3%
1974	46.2%	37.2%
1975	45.9%	37.1%
1976	45.6%	36.9%
1977	45.3%	36.7%
1978	44.9%	36.3%
1979	44.5%	35.9%
1980	44.2%	35.5%
1981	43.9%	35.2%
1982	43.7%	34.9%
1983	43.4%	34.6%
1984	43.1%	34.3%
1985	42.7%	34%
1986	42.4%	33.8%
1987	42.1%	33.6%
1988	41.9%	33.4%
1989	41.8%	33.2%
1990	41.7%	33%
1991	41.7%	32.9%
1992	41.5%	32.7%
1993	41.1%	32.5%
1994	40.5%	32.3%
1995	39.8%	32.1%
1996	39.1%	31.8%
1997	38.5%	31.5%
1998	38%	31.1%
1999	37.5%	30.8%
2000	37.1%	30.4%
2001	36.7%	30%
2002	36.3%	29.6%
2003	35.9%	29.2%
2004	35.4%	28.8%
2005	34.9%	28.5%
2006	34.4%	28.1%
2007	33.9%	27.9%
2008	33.4%	27.6%
2009	32.7%	27.5%
2010	32%	27.3%
2011	31.3%	27.1%
2012	30.6%	27%
2013	29.9%	26.9%
2014	29.2%	26.8%
2015	28.6%	26.6%
2016	28%	26.5%
2017	27.5%	26.4%
2018	27%	26.2%
2019	26.7%	26%
2020	26.3%	25.8%
2021	26%	25.6%
2022	25.6%	25.3%
2023	25.2%	25%
2024	24.8%	24.7%
2025	24.4%	24.4%
2026	24%	24.1%
2027	23.5%	23.8%
2028	23.1%	23.4%
2029	22.7%	23.1%
2030	22.3%	22.8%
2031	21.9%	22.6%
2032	21.6%	22.3%
2033	21.4%	22.1%
2034	21.1%	21.9%
2035	20.8%	21.7%
2036	20.6%	21.6%
2037	20.3%	21.5%
2038	20.1%	21.4%
2039	19.8%	21.3%
2040	19.6%	21.2%
2041	19.3%	21.1%
2042	19%	21%
2043	18.8%	21%
2044	18.5%	20.9%
2045	18.3%	20.8%
2046	18%	20.7%
2047	17.8%	20.7%
2048	17.6%	20.6%
2049	17.3%	20.5%
2050	17.1%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in El Salvador decreased from 35.4% to 24.8% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	El Salvador	World
1960	3.28%	4.97%
1961	3.23%	4.99%
1962	3.21%	5.01%
1963	3.23%	5.02%
1964	3.24%	5.04%
1965	3.26%	5.08%
1966	3.28%	5.12%
1967	3.29%	5.16%
1968	3.3%	5.2%
1969	3.31%	5.24%
1970	3.25%	5.28%
1971	3.15%	5.32%
1972	3.06%	5.37%
1973	2.98%	5.42%
1974	2.91%	5.47%
1975	2.84%	5.53%
1976	2.79%	5.59%
1977	2.76%	5.65%
1978	2.73%	5.71%
1979	2.71%	5.77%
1980	2.69%	5.81%
1981	2.67%	5.81%
1982	2.65%	5.8%
1983	2.63%	5.79%
1984	2.62%	5.8%
1985	2.62%	5.82%
1986	2.63%	5.86%
1987	2.66%	5.91%
1988	2.69%	5.95%
1989	2.74%	6.01%
1990	2.8%	6.07%
1991	2.87%	6.14%
1992	2.94%	6.21%
1993	3.06%	6.29%
1994	3.26%	6.37%
1995	3.46%	6.45%
1996	3.68%	6.53%
1997	3.91%	6.61%
1998	4.16%	6.68%
1999	4.41%	6.76%
2000	4.67%	6.84%
2001	4.94%	6.92%
2002	5.21%	7.01%
2003	5.51%	7.1%
2004	5.81%	7.18%
2005	6.13%	7.26%
2006	6.47%	7.34%
2007	6.64%	7.41%
2008	6.65%	7.47%
2009	6.68%	7.52%
2010	6.72%	7.58%
2011	6.78%	7.66%
2012	6.86%	7.78%
2013	6.94%	7.92%
2014	7.03%	8.08%
2015	7.13%	8.26%
2016	7.25%	8.45%
2017	7.37%	8.65%
2018	7.5%	8.88%
2019	7.63%	9.1%
2020	7.71%	9.33%
2021	7.76%	9.53%
2022	7.86%	9.74%
2023	8%	9.98%
2024	8.15%	10.2%
2025	8.31%	10.4%
2026	8.48%	10.6%
2027	8.66%	10.8%
2028	8.86%	11.1%
2029	9.05%	11.5%
2030	9.27%	11.7%
2031	9.49%	12%
2032	9.73%	12.3%
2033	9.98%	12.6%
2034	10.2%	12.8%
2035	10.5%	13.1%
2036	10.7%	13.4%
2037	11%	13.7%
2038	11.3%	13.9%
2039	11.5%	14.1%
2040	11.8%	14.3%
2041	12.1%	14.5%
2042	12.4%	14.7%
2043	12.7%	14.9%
2044	13%	15%
2045	13.3%	15.2%
2046	13.6%	15.4%
2047	13.9%	15.7%
2048	14.2%	15.9%
2049	14.4%	16.1%
2050	14.7%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in El Salvador increased from 5.81% to 8.15% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.