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Demographics of El Salvador
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This is a demography of the population of El Salvador including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
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Demographics of El Salvador | |
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![]() Population pyramid of El Salvador in 2020 | |
Population | 6,568,745 (2022 est.) |
Growth rate | 0.57% (2022 est.) |
Birth rate | 17.87 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Death rate | 5.91 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Life expectancy | 75.37 years |
• male | 71.88 years |
• female | 79.04 years |
Fertility rate | 2.05 children born/woman (2022 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | 12.14 deaths/1,000 live births |
Net migration rate | -6.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Age structure | |
0–14 years | 25.48% |
15–64 years | 65.47% |
65 and over | 9.06% |
Sex ratio | |
Total | 0.92 male(s)/female (2022 est.) |
At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
Under 15 | 1.05 male(s)/female |
65 and over | 0.68 male(s)/female |
Nationality | |
Nationality | Salvadoran |
Major ethnic | Mestizo (86.3%) |
Language | |
Official | Spanish |
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El Salvador's population numbers 6.5 million. Ethnically, 86.3% of Salvadorans are mixed (mixed Native Salvadoran and European (mostly Spanish) origin). Another 12.7% is of pure European descent, 1% are of pure indigenous descent, 0.16% are black and others are 0.64%.[1]