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Life Expectancy in El Salvador vs United States (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 72.7 years in El Salvador vs 79.8 in the United States. El Salvador is ranked 116/197 by life expectancy, and the United States is 47/197. In El Salvador, the life expectancy is 68.2 years for males and 76.9 years for females. In the United States, it's 77.4 years for males and 82.2 years for females.

El Salvador vs United States life expectancy at birth by year chart

El Salvador
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
El Salvador United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 44.2 42.3 46.2 68.1 65.4 71
1951 43.8 42 45.8 68.2 65.4 71.2
1952 44.8 42.8 46.8 68.4 65.5 71.5
1953 45 43.1 47 68.7 65.8 71.9
1954 45.5 43.6 47.5 69.5 66.6 72.7
1955 46 44.2 48 69.6 66.6 72.8
1956 46.6 44.7 48.5 69.6 66.6 72.9
1957 47.1 45.2 49.1 69.4 66.4 72.7
1958 47.7 45.7 49.7 69.7 66.6 73
1959 48 46 50 69.9 66.8 73.3
1960 48.3 46.3 50.4 69.8 66.6 73.3
1961 48.6 46.6 50.7 70.3 67 73.7
1962 49 46.9 51.1 70.1 66.9 73.6
1963 49.4 47.3 51.5 69.9 66.6 73.5
1964 49.7 47.6 52 70.2 66.8 73.8
1965 50.2 48.1 52.4 70.2 66.8 73.9
1966 50.7 48.6 52.9 70.2 66.7 74
1967 50.8 48.7 53.1 70.5 66.9 74.3
1968 50.8 48.6 53.2 70.2 66.6 74.1
1969 51.3 49 53.7 70.5 66.8 74.4
1970 51.4 48.9 54 70.7 67 74.6
1971 51.7 49 54.5 71.1 67.4 75
1972 52 49 55.2 71.2 67.4 75.1
1973 52.8 49.8 56 71.4 67.6 75.3
1974 52.9 49.6 56.5 72 68.2 75.8
1975 53.4 50.2 56.9 72.5 68.7 76.5
1976 54.4 50.8 58.3 72.8 69.1 76.7
1977 54 50 58.6 73.2 69.4 77.1
1978 54.7 50.6 59.3 73.4 69.6 77.2
1979 53.8 49.1 59.1 73.8 70 77.7
1980 48.6 41 58.9 73.7 70 77.5
1981 50.9 44.1 59.4 74.1 70.4 77.8
1982 53.3 47.6 60 74.5 70.8 78.1
1983 54.4 48.9 60.5 74.6 71 78.1
1984 56.6 51.6 62.1 74.7 71.1 78.2
1985 58 53.4 63 74.7 71.1 78.2
1986 59.3 54.9 64 74.7 71.1 78.3
1987 59.4 54.6 64.5 74.9 71.3 78.4
1988 60 55.1 65.2 74.8 71.3 78.3
1989 61.3 56.2 66.6 75.1 71.6 78.6
1990 62 57.1 67.1 75.4 71.8 78.8
1991 62.5 57.4 67.9 75.5 72 79
1992 62.9 57.9 68.2 75.8 72.3 79.2
1993 64 59 69.1 75.6 72.2 78.9
1994 64.5 59.5 69.6 75.7 72.4 79.1
1995 64.9 59.9 70.1 75.9 72.6 79.1
1996 65.5 60.5 70.6 76.2 73.1 79.2
1997 66.2 61.4 71.2 76.5 73.5 79.4
1998 66.7 62 71.3 76.7 73.8 79.4
1999 67.3 62.6 72 76.7 73.9 79.3
2000 67.7 63 72.4 76.8 74.1 79.4
2001 68 63.4 72.5 76.9 74.3 79.5
2002 68.5 63.8 73.2 77 74.3 79.6
2003 68.8 64.1 73.4 77.1 74.5 79.7
2004 69.3 64.6 73.9 77.5 75 80.1
2005 69.3 64.5 74 77.5 75 80.1
2006 69.6 64.8 74.3 77.8 75.2 80.3
2007 69.8 65 74.5 78 75.5 80.6
2008 70.1 65.4 74.7 78.1 75.6 80.6
2009 70.4 65.7 74.8 78.5 76 80.9
2010 70.9 66.4 75.2 78.7 76.2 81.1
2011 71.2 66.7 75.4 78.7 76.3 81.1
2012 71.4 67 75.6 78.8 76.4 81.2
2013 71.2 66.5 75.7 78.8 76.4 81.2
2014 71.1 66.3 75.7 78.9 76.5 81.3
2015 71 66 75.7 78.7 76.3 81.1
2016 70.9 65.8 75.8 78.7 76.2 81.2
2017 71 65.9 75.8 78.6 76.2 81.2
2018 71.4 66.5 75.9 78.8 76.3 81.3
2019 71.7 67.1 76 78.9 76.5 81.5
2020 70.2 65.5 74.7 77 74.3 79.9
2021 69.9 65.2 74.3 76.4 73.6 79.4
2022 72 67.4 76.2 78 75.3 80.8
2023 72.1 67.5 76.3 79.3 76.9 81.8
2024 72.3 67.8 76.5 79.5 77 82
2025 72.5 68 76.7 79.6 77.2 82.1
2026 72.7 68.2 76.9 79.8 77.4 82.2

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 62.2 years in El Salvador and 63.9 in the United States. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 15.1 healthy years in El Salvador and 15.7 in the United States.

El Salvador vs United States life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in El Salvador and the United States, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
45.1 vs 51.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
75.1 vs 81.0 years

Median expected age of death:
78.8 vs 84.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
El Salvador United States
Male Female Male Female
40 94.4% 98.7% 98.1% 99.0%
50 86.9% 96.0% 95.1% 97.2%
60 76.2% 89.9% 88.7% 93.1%
65 69.2% 84.9% 83.5% 89.8%
70 61.0% 78.2% 76.9% 85.3%
75 50.4% 68.8% 68.0% 78.6%
80 36.3% 54.5% 56.1% 68.6%
85 20.4% 35.4% 40.7% 54.2%
90 7.8% 16.3% 22.8% 34.5%
95 1.8% 4.5% 8.0% 14.8%
100 0.2% 0.6% 1.4% 3.4%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in El Salvador vs the United States: 75.1 years vs 81 at 30, 81.7 vs 85.2 at 65, 87.2 vs 89.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 72.7 vs 79.8 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in El Salvador and the United States.

El Salvador
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
El Salvador United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 72.7 68.2 76.9 79.8 77.4 82.2
1 73.4 68.9 77.5 80.1 77.8 82.6
2 73.4 68.9 77.6 80.2 77.8 82.6
3 73.5 68.9 77.6 80.2 77.8 82.6
4 73.5 69 77.6 80.2 77.9 82.6
5 73.5 69 77.7 80.2 77.9 82.6
6 73.5 69 77.7 80.2 77.9 82.6
7 73.5 69 77.7 80.2 77.9 82.7
8 73.6 69 77.7 80.2 77.9 82.7
9 73.6 69.1 77.7 80.2 77.9 82.7
10 73.6 69.1 77.7 80.2 77.9 82.7
11 73.6 69.1 77.8 80.2 77.9 82.7
12 73.6 69.1 77.8 80.2 77.9 82.7
13 73.6 69.1 77.8 80.3 77.9 82.7
14 73.7 69.2 77.8 80.3 77.9 82.7
15 73.7 69.2 77.8 80.3 77.9 82.7
16 73.7 69.3 77.9 80.3 78 82.7
17 73.8 69.3 77.9 80.3 78 82.7
18 73.9 69.5 77.9 80.3 78 82.8
19 74 69.6 78 80.4 78.1 82.8
20 74.1 69.7 78 80.4 78.1 82.8
21 74.2 69.9 78 80.5 78.2 82.8
22 74.3 70 78.1 80.5 78.3 82.8
23 74.4 70.2 78.1 80.6 78.3 82.9
24 74.5 70.3 78.2 80.6 78.4 82.9
25 74.6 70.5 78.2 80.7 78.5 82.9
26 74.7 70.6 78.2 80.7 78.6 83
27 74.8 70.8 78.3 80.8 78.6 83
28 74.9 70.9 78.3 80.8 78.7 83
29 75 71.1 78.4 80.9 78.8 83.1
30 75.1 71.2 78.4 81 78.9 83.1
31 75.2 71.4 78.5 81 79 83.2
32 75.4 71.6 78.5 81.1 79.1 83.2
33 75.5 71.8 78.6 81.2 79.1 83.2
34 75.6 72 78.6 81.2 79.2 83.3
35 75.8 72.2 78.7 81.3 79.3 83.3
36 75.9 72.4 78.7 81.4 79.4 83.4
37 76.1 72.7 78.8 81.4 79.5 83.4
38 76.2 72.9 78.9 81.5 79.6 83.5
39 76.4 73.2 78.9 81.6 79.7 83.5
40 76.5 73.4 79 81.7 79.8 83.6
41 76.7 73.6 79.1 81.7 79.8 83.6
42 76.9 73.9 79.2 81.8 79.9 83.7
43 77 74.1 79.2 81.9 80 83.8
44 77.2 74.4 79.3 82 80.1 83.8
45 77.3 74.6 79.4 82.1 80.2 83.9
46 77.5 74.8 79.5 82.1 80.3 84
47 77.7 75.1 79.6 82.2 80.4 84
48 77.8 75.3 79.7 82.3 80.6 84.1
49 78 75.6 79.8 82.4 80.7 84.2
50 78.2 75.8 79.9 82.6 80.8 84.3
51 78.4 76.1 80.1 82.7 80.9 84.4
52 78.5 76.3 80.2 82.8 81.1 84.5
53 78.7 76.6 80.3 82.9 81.2 84.6
54 78.9 76.9 80.5 83.1 81.4 84.7
55 79.2 77.2 80.6 83.2 81.6 84.8
56 79.4 77.4 80.8 83.4 81.8 85
57 79.6 77.7 81 83.6 82 85.1
58 79.9 78.1 81.2 83.7 82.2 85.2
59 80.1 78.4 81.4 83.9 82.4 85.4
60 80.4 78.7 81.6 84.1 82.6 85.5
61 80.6 79 81.8 84.3 82.9 85.7
62 80.9 79.3 82 84.5 83.1 85.9
63 81.1 79.6 82.2 84.7 83.4 86
64 81.4 80 82.4 85 83.6 86.2
65 81.7 80.3 82.7 85.2 83.9 86.4
66 82 80.6 82.9 85.4 84.1 86.6
67 82.3 81 83.2 85.7 84.4 86.8
68 82.6 81.3 83.5 85.9 84.7 87
69 82.9 81.7 83.7 86.1 85 87.2
70 83.2 82 84 86.4 85.3 87.4
71 83.5 82.4 84.3 86.7 85.6 87.6
72 83.8 82.8 84.6 86.9 85.9 87.9
73 84.2 83.2 84.9 87.2 86.2 88.1
74 84.5 83.6 85.2 87.5 86.6 88.4
75 84.9 84 85.5 87.9 86.9 88.6
76 85.3 84.5 85.9 88.2 87.3 88.9
77 85.7 84.9 86.3 88.5 87.7 89.2
78 86.2 85.4 86.7 88.9 88.1 89.6
79 86.7 86 87.1 89.3 88.5 89.9
80 87.2 86.5 87.6 89.7 88.9 90.2
81 87.7 87.1 88.1 90.1 89.4 90.6
82 88.2 87.7 88.6 90.5 89.8 91
83 88.8 88.3 89.1 90.9 90.3 91.4
84 89.4 88.9 89.7 91.4 90.8 91.8
85 90.1 89.6 90.3 91.9 91.3 92.3
86 90.7 90.3 90.9 92.4 91.8 92.7
87 91.4 91 91.6 92.9 92.4 93.2
88 92.1 91.8 92.3 93.5 93 93.8
89 92.8 92.6 93 94.1 93.6 94.3
90 93.6 93.3 93.7 94.7 94.3 94.9
91 94.3 94.1 94.4 95.3 94.9 95.6
92 95.1 94.9 95.2 96 95.6 96.2
93 95.9 95.8 96 96.7 96.4 96.9
94 96.7 96.6 96.8 97.4 97.1 97.6
95 97.6 97.4 97.6 98.2 97.9 98.3
96 98.4 98.3 98.5 98.9 98.7 99.1
97 99.3 99.2 99.3 99.7 99.5 99.8
98 100.1 100 100.2 100.5 100.3 100.6
99 101 100.9 101.1 101.4 101.2 101.4
100 101.9 101.8 102 102.2 102 102.3

Odds of living to age in El Salvador vs United States

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 80.3% in El Salvador and 89.2% in the United States are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 67.5% and 79.5% will live to 70 years or older, 44.3% and 61.1% to 80+ years, and 11.8% and 28.1% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

El Salvador
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
El Salvador United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.1% 99.1% 99.2% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
2 99.1% 99% 99.1% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
3 99% 99% 99.1% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
4 99% 98.9% 99.1% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
5 99% 98.9% 99% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
6 98.9% 98.9% 99% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
7 98.9% 98.8% 99% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
8 98.9% 98.8% 99% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
9 98.9% 98.8% 98.9% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
10 98.8% 98.8% 98.9% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
11 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
12 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
13 98.8% 98.7% 98.8% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
14 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
15 98.7% 98.5% 98.8% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
16 98.6% 98.4% 98.7% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
17 98.5% 98.3% 98.7% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
18 98.3% 98.1% 98.6% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
19 98.2% 97.8% 98.6% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
20 98% 97.5% 98.5% 99.1% 99% 99.3%
21 97.8% 97.2% 98.4% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
22 97.6% 96.9% 98.4% 99% 98.7% 99.2%
23 97.4% 96.6% 98.3% 98.9% 98.6% 99.1%
24 97.2% 96.3% 98.2% 98.8% 98.5% 99.1%
25 97.1% 96% 98.1% 98.7% 98.3% 99%
26 96.9% 95.7% 98.1% 98.6% 98.2% 99%
27 96.7% 95.4% 98% 98.5% 98% 98.9%
28 96.4% 95.1% 97.9% 98.4% 97.9% 98.9%
29 96.2% 94.7% 97.8% 98.2% 97.7% 98.8%
30 96% 94.3% 97.7% 98.1% 97.6% 98.7%
31 95.7% 93.9% 97.6% 98% 97.4% 98.7%
32 95.4% 93.4% 97.5% 97.9% 97.2% 98.6%
33 95.1% 93% 97.4% 97.7% 97% 98.5%
34 94.8% 92.5% 97.3% 97.6% 96.9% 98.4%
35 94.5% 92% 97.2% 97.5% 96.7% 98.3%
36 94.2% 91.4% 97.1% 97.3% 96.5% 98.2%
37 93.8% 90.8% 96.9% 97.2% 96.3% 98.1%
38 93.4% 90.2% 96.8% 97% 96.1% 98%
39 93% 89.6% 96.6% 96.8% 95.9% 97.9%
40 92.6% 89% 96.4% 96.7% 95.7% 97.7%
41 92.2% 88.3% 96.2% 96.5% 95.4% 97.6%
42 91.8% 87.7% 96% 96.3% 95.2% 97.5%
43 91.4% 87% 95.8% 96.1% 95% 97.3%
44 91% 86.3% 95.6% 95.9% 94.7% 97.2%
45 90.5% 85.6% 95.4% 95.7% 94.5% 97%
46 90.1% 84.9% 95.1% 95.5% 94.2% 96.8%
47 89.6% 84.2% 94.8% 95.2% 93.9% 96.6%
48 89.1% 83.5% 94.5% 94.9% 93.5% 96.4%
49 88.6% 82.7% 94.1% 94.6% 93.2% 96.2%
50 88% 81.9% 93.8% 94.3% 92.8% 96%
51 87.4% 81.1% 93.4% 94% 92.4% 95.7%
52 86.8% 80.3% 93% 93.6% 91.9% 95.4%
53 86.2% 79.4% 92.5% 93.2% 91.4% 95.1%
54 85.5% 78.5% 92% 92.7% 90.9% 94.7%
55 84.7% 77.5% 91.4% 92.2% 90.3% 94.3%
56 84% 76.4% 90.8% 91.7% 89.6% 93.9%
57 83.1% 75.4% 90.2% 91.1% 88.9% 93.5%
58 82.2% 74.3% 89.5% 90.5% 88.2% 93%
59 81.3% 73.1% 88.7% 89.9% 87.4% 92.5%
60 80.3% 71.9% 87.9% 89.2% 86.6% 92%
61 79.3% 70.6% 87% 88.4% 85.7% 91.4%
62 78.2% 69.4% 86.1% 87.6% 84.7% 90.8%
63 77.1% 68.1% 85.1% 86.8% 83.7% 90.1%
64 75.9% 66.7% 84.1% 85.9% 82.6% 89.4%
65 74.7% 65.3% 83% 84.9% 81.4% 88.7%
66 73.4% 63.8% 81.8% 84% 80.3% 87.9%
67 72% 62.3% 80.6% 82.9% 79% 87.1%
68 70.6% 60.8% 79.2% 81.8% 77.7% 86.2%
69 69.1% 59.2% 77.8% 80.7% 76.4% 85.3%
70 67.5% 57.5% 76.4% 79.5% 75% 84.2%
71 65.9% 55.8% 74.8% 78.1% 73.5% 83.1%
72 64.1% 53.9% 73.2% 76.7% 71.8% 81.9%
73 62.3% 51.9% 71.4% 75.2% 70.1% 80.6%
74 60.2% 49.8% 69.4% 73.6% 68.3% 79.1%
75 58% 47.6% 67.3% 71.8% 66.3% 77.6%
76 55.6% 45.1% 64.9% 69.9% 64.3% 75.9%
77 53% 42.6% 62.3% 67.9% 62.1% 74.1%
78 50.3% 39.9% 59.5% 65.8% 59.8% 72.1%
79 47.4% 37.1% 56.5% 63.5% 57.3% 70%
80 44.3% 34.2% 53.3% 61.1% 54.7% 67.8%
81 41% 31.2% 49.9% 58.5% 52% 65.3%
82 37.7% 28.2% 46.3% 55.8% 49.1% 62.7%
83 34.3% 25.2% 42.5% 52.8% 46.1% 59.8%
84 30.8% 22.2% 38.6% 49.8% 43% 56.8%
85 27.3% 19.3% 34.6% 46.5% 39.7% 53.5%
86 23.9% 16.5% 30.6% 43.1% 36.4% 50%
87 20.5% 13.8% 26.6% 39.5% 32.9% 46.2%
88 17.3% 11.4% 22.8% 35.8% 29.3% 42.3%
89 14.4% 9.25% 19.2% 31.9% 25.8% 38.2%
90 11.8% 7.38% 15.9% 28.1% 22.3% 34%
91 9.46% 5.77% 12.9% 24.4% 18.9% 29.9%
92 7.43% 4.42% 10.2% 20.7% 15.7% 25.7%
93 5.7% 3.3% 7.94% 17.3% 12.7% 21.8%
94 4.27% 2.4% 6.01% 14.1% 10.1% 18%
95 3.11% 1.71% 4.43% 11.2% 7.77% 14.6%
96 2.21% 1.18% 3.18% 8.73% 5.82% 11.5%
97 1.53% 0.8% 2.21% 6.59% 4.24% 8.86%
98 1.02% 0.52% 1.49% 4.84% 2.99% 6.61%
99 0.67% 0.33% 0.98% 3.44% 2.04% 4.78%
100 0.42% 0.21% 0.62% 2.37% 1.34% 3.35%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.86% in the birth year in El Salvador and 0.47% in the United States, 0.27% vs 0.13% at age 30, 1.28% vs 0.83% at 60, and 7.28% vs 4.23% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in El Salvador compared to the United States at any given age.

El Salvador
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
El Salvador United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.86% 0.93% 0.79% 0.47% 0.51% 0.42%
1 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
2 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
3 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
4 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
5 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
6 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
7 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.009% 0.01% 0.009%
8 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
9 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
10 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.01% 0.01% 0.008%
11 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
12 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
13 0.04% 0.05% 0.04% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
14 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
15 0.08% 0.11% 0.05% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
16 0.11% 0.16% 0.05% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
17 0.14% 0.22% 0.06% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
18 0.17% 0.27% 0.06% 0.06% 0.08% 0.03%
19 0.19% 0.3% 0.06% 0.07% 0.1% 0.04%
20 0.19% 0.31% 0.07% 0.08% 0.11% 0.04%
21 0.19% 0.31% 0.07% 0.08% 0.12% 0.04%
22 0.19% 0.3% 0.07% 0.09% 0.13% 0.05%
23 0.19% 0.3% 0.07% 0.09% 0.13% 0.05%
24 0.19% 0.3% 0.07% 0.1% 0.14% 0.05%
25 0.2% 0.32% 0.08% 0.1% 0.15% 0.06%
26 0.21% 0.34% 0.08% 0.11% 0.15% 0.06%
27 0.23% 0.36% 0.09% 0.11% 0.16% 0.06%
28 0.24% 0.39% 0.09% 0.12% 0.16% 0.07%
29 0.26% 0.41% 0.1% 0.12% 0.17% 0.07%
30 0.27% 0.44% 0.1% 0.13% 0.17% 0.08%
31 0.29% 0.47% 0.1% 0.13% 0.18% 0.08%
32 0.3% 0.5% 0.11% 0.14% 0.18% 0.09%
33 0.32% 0.53% 0.12% 0.14% 0.19% 0.09%
34 0.34% 0.56% 0.12% 0.15% 0.19% 0.1%
35 0.36% 0.6% 0.13% 0.15% 0.2% 0.1%
36 0.38% 0.63% 0.14% 0.16% 0.2% 0.11%
37 0.4% 0.66% 0.15% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
38 0.41% 0.69% 0.17% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
39 0.43% 0.72% 0.18% 0.18% 0.22% 0.13%
40 0.44% 0.74% 0.19% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
41 0.45% 0.75% 0.21% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
42 0.46% 0.77% 0.22% 0.2% 0.25% 0.15%
43 0.47% 0.78% 0.24% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
44 0.49% 0.8% 0.26% 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
45 0.51% 0.82% 0.28% 0.25% 0.3% 0.19%
46 0.53% 0.84% 0.3% 0.26% 0.32% 0.2%
47 0.55% 0.87% 0.33% 0.28% 0.35% 0.22%
48 0.58% 0.9% 0.36% 0.31% 0.38% 0.24%
49 0.62% 0.94% 0.39% 0.34% 0.41% 0.26%
50 0.65% 0.99% 0.42% 0.37% 0.45% 0.28%
51 0.7% 1.05% 0.46% 0.41% 0.5% 0.31%
52 0.75% 1.11% 0.5% 0.44% 0.54% 0.34%
53 0.8% 1.18% 0.55% 0.48% 0.6% 0.37%
54 0.87% 1.25% 0.6% 0.53% 0.66% 0.4%
55 0.93% 1.33% 0.66% 0.58% 0.72% 0.44%
56 1% 1.41% 0.72% 0.63% 0.78% 0.47%
57 1.07% 1.49% 0.79% 0.68% 0.84% 0.51%
58 1.14% 1.57% 0.85% 0.73% 0.91% 0.55%
59 1.21% 1.65% 0.92% 0.78% 0.97% 0.59%
60 1.28% 1.72% 0.98% 0.83% 1.04% 0.62%
61 1.36% 1.81% 1.05% 0.9% 1.13% 0.67%
62 1.44% 1.9% 1.13% 0.96% 1.2% 0.71%
63 1.53% 2% 1.22% 1.03% 1.29% 0.77%
64 1.63% 2.1% 1.31% 1.09% 1.38% 0.82%
65 1.74% 2.22% 1.42% 1.16% 1.45% 0.87%
66 1.86% 2.35% 1.53% 1.23% 1.54% 0.94%
67 1.98% 2.49% 1.64% 1.31% 1.63% 1.01%
68 2.11% 2.65% 1.76% 1.41% 1.73% 1.1%
69 2.26% 2.83% 1.89% 1.53% 1.87% 1.21%
70 2.44% 3.04% 2.04% 1.65% 2.01% 1.33%
71 2.65% 3.3% 2.22% 1.82% 2.2% 1.47%
72 2.92% 3.64% 2.45% 1.98% 2.39% 1.61%
73 3.27% 4.07% 2.75% 2.17% 2.61% 1.78%
74 3.68% 4.56% 3.11% 2.38% 2.86% 1.97%
75 4.13% 5.09% 3.52% 2.61% 3.13% 2.16%
76 4.63% 5.66% 3.97% 2.86% 3.42% 2.38%
77 5.19% 6.3% 4.48% 3.14% 3.73% 2.63%
78 5.82% 7.02% 5.05% 3.45% 4.08% 2.91%
79 6.51% 7.8% 5.69% 3.82% 4.51% 3.25%
80 7.28% 8.66% 6.41% 4.23% 4.98% 3.62%
81 8.14% 9.65% 7.23% 4.72% 5.52% 4.06%
82 9.09% 10.7% 8.14% 5.23% 6.1% 4.53%
83 10.1% 11.9% 9.15% 5.84% 6.79% 5.1%
84 11.3% 13.2% 10.3% 6.55% 7.59% 5.77%
85 12.7% 14.7% 11.6% 7.36% 8.51% 6.56%
86 14.1% 16.1% 13% 8.32% 9.57% 7.48%
87 15.4% 17.5% 14.4% 9.44% 10.8% 8.54%
88 16.8% 18.7% 15.8% 10.7% 12.1% 9.68%
89 18.2% 20.2% 17.3% 11.9% 13.6% 10.9%
90 19.8% 21.8% 18.9% 13.3% 15.1% 12.3%
91 21.5% 23.5% 20.6% 15% 17% 13.9%
92 23.3% 25.3% 22.4% 16.6% 18.9% 15.4%
93 25.2% 27.1% 24.3% 18.4% 20.9% 17.1%
94 27% 28.9% 26.3% 20.3% 22.9% 19%
95 29% 30.7% 28.3% 22.3% 25% 21.1%
96 30.9% 32.5% 30.4% 24.4% 27.2% 23.2%
97 33% 34.4% 32.5% 26.6% 29.5% 25.4%
98 35% 36.3% 34.6% 28.8% 31.9% 27.7%
99 37% 38.1% 36.7% 31.1% 34.2% 30%
100 39% 40% 38.7% 33.3% 36.5% 32.2%

Death rate by age in El Salvador compared to the United States

In El Salvador, the most common age of death is 84, compared to 89 in the United States. The median age of death is 78.1 in El Salvador and 83.9 in the United States — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

El Salvador
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Death rate
El Salvador United States
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 859 928 787 466 510 421
1 62.3 61.4 63.2 45.6 50.6 40.5
2 49.7 50.3 49 17 19.2 14.8
3 40.2 41.5 38.8 14.9 16.9 12.8
4 33.2 34.7 31.6 12.7 14.2 11.1
5 28 29.5 26.4 10.4 11.4 9.33
6 24.2 25.6 22.8 9.54 10.4 8.68
7 22 23.2 20.8 9.37 10.2 8.51
8 21.2 22.3 20.2 9.07 9.94 8.16
9 21.9 22.8 20.9 9 10 7.92
10 23.8 24.9 22.7 9.47 10.8 8.1
11 27.7 29.4 25.8 10.2 11.5 8.68
12 34 37.7 30.1 11.5 13 9.85
13 43.5 51.5 35 14.2 16.4 11.8
14 58 74.5 40.3 18.3 22.2 14.3
15 79.1 110 45.9 23.9 30.6 16.8
16 106.4 157.4 51.5 31.7 42.5 20.1
17 137.5 212.7 56.7 43 59.7 25.4
18 164.4 260.9 60.7 55.6 78.6 31.2
19 181.8 292.1 63.3 66.1 94.7 35.6
20 187.5 302 64.8 74.4 107.5 39.1
21 186.2 298.8 65.9 81.9 118.8 42.6
22 183.5 292.2 67.4 87.7 127 45.8
23 183.2 289.5 69.5 92.2 132.8 48.7
24 186.7 293.4 72.5 96.7 138.7 51.7
25 194.5 305 76.3 101.3 144.4 55.1
26 205.5 323 80.6 106.5 150.3 59.2
27 218.8 344 85 111.6 156 63.6
28 233 368 89.4 115.9 160.6 67.4
29 247.2 392 93.6 120.4 165.3 71.8
30 261.1 416 97.7 124.4 168.4 76.7
31 275.5 440 102.2 128.5 171.4 81.8
32 290.9 465 107.5 133.7 176.4 87.2
33 307 491 113.7 138.7 182 91.5
34 325 520 121.2 143.5 187.5 95.7
35 342 549 129.9 147.7 191.6 100.1
36 359 577 139.7 152.7 196.2 105.4
37 374 603 150.2 158.4 201.9 111
38 387 625 161.1 163.8 207.3 116.3
39 397 642 172.5 170.3 214.2 122.4
40 406 655 184.7 176.3 220.2 128.4
41 414 665 197.9 183.1 226.7 135.5
42 422 673 212.5 190.6 234.1 143.3
43 432 680 228.9 201.9 246.6 153.5
44 444 688 247.2 217.3 264.5 166.3
45 459 699 267.5 234.5 284.7 180.1
46 477 713 289.8 252.4 306 194.8
47 497 730 314 271.3 328 210.3
48 520 753 339 292.9 353 227.9
49 546 780 366 319 384 248.7
50 576 812 396 348 419 271.3
51 610 848 428 381 460 296.9
52 649 889 465 414 499 322
53 693 933 507 450 544 349
54 741 981 553 492 596 379
55 791 1,029 604 533 647 412
56 842 1,077 656 575 696 445
57 892 1,122 709 617 748 477
58 940 1,164 762 658 798 509
59 985 1,202 813 702 851 542
60 1,029 1,239 864 743 902 574
61 1,074 1,276 917 793 964 612
62 1,123 1,315 974 840 1,020 649
63 1,177 1,358 1,037 892 1,081 691
64 1,235 1,404 1,104 940 1,136 732
65 1,297 1,452 1,176 982 1,181 772
66 1,361 1,502 1,249 1,035 1,235 824
67 1,427 1,555 1,323 1,089 1,287 882
68 1,492 1,609 1,394 1,153 1,348 951
69 1,563 1,672 1,469 1,231 1,425 1,032
70 1,645 1,749 1,555 1,314 1,510 1,118
71 1,743 1,842 1,658 1,421 1,618 1,222
72 1,870 1,961 1,791 1,520 1,715 1,322
73 2,035 2,114 1,964 1,634 1,831 1,438
74 2,217 2,274 2,161 1,754 1,953 1,557
75 2,398 2,421 2,366 1,876 2,076 1,678
76 2,576 2,557 2,575 2,003 2,199 1,808
77 2,754 2,684 2,789 2,132 2,317 1,949
78 2,927 2,799 3,006 2,269 2,439 2,102
79 3,085 2,894 3,217 2,427 2,582 2,274
80 3,221 2,964 3,418 2,587 2,726 2,452
81 3,340 3,013 3,607 2,759 2,873 2,650
82 3,426 3,024 3,768 2,915 2,999 2,841
83 3,473 2,991 3,890 3,084 3,133 3,053
84 3,493 2,934 3,980 3,257 3,263 3,277
85 3,460 2,827 4,015 3,424 3,380 3,508
86 3,352 2,654 3,972 3,583 3,478 3,737
87 3,161 2,413 3,830 3,729 3,550 3,948
88 2,906 2,135 3,599 3,816 3,564 4,096
89 2,632 1,869 3,322 3,817 3,497 4,165
90 2,340 1,610 3,005 3,753 3,367 4,174
91 2,034 1,355 2,657 3,654 3,205 4,138
92 1,730 1,117 2,294 3,448 2,960 3,966
93 1,433 896 1,931 3,181 2,660 3,725
94 1,153 695 1,579 2,862 2,310 3,428
95 901 524 1,253 2,509 1,943 3,075
96 684 385 964 2,132 1,585 2,672
97 503 275 718 1,754 1,251 2,248
98 358 190.4 516 1,396 952 1,829
99 246.2 127.5 358 1,072 697 1,435
100 47.9 4.01 90.9 690 348 1,015

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about El Salvador and the United States demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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