El Salvador People - 2005

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SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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 est.)

Median age:
total: 21.57 years
male: 20.44 years
female: 22.69 years (2005 est.)

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
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 25.1 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 27.98 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71.22 years
male: 67.61 years
female: 75.01 years (2005 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

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 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding El Salvador on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of El Salvador People 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about El Salvador People 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.