El Salvador People:
Population:
6,704,932 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 36.5% (male:1,250,901; female:1,198,589)
15-64 years: 58.3% (male:1,860,084; female:2,051,140)
65 years and over: 5.1% (male:153,133; female:191,085) (2005)
Median age:
total: 21.57 years
male: 20.44 years
female: 22.69 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
1.75% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
27.04 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
5.85 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-3.67 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 25.1 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 27.98 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 22.08 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 71.22 years (2005 est.)
male: 67.61 years
female: 75.01 years
Total fertility rate:
3.16 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.7% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
29,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
2,200 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Salvadoran(s)
adjective: Salvadoran
Ethnic groups:
mestizo 90%, white 9%, Amerindian 1%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 83%, other 17%
note: There is extensive activity by Protestant groups throughout the country; by the end of 1992, there were an estimated 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El Salvador
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)
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