| People | El Salvador |
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Population:
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6,071,774 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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294 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 64% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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SAN SALVADOR (capital) 1.534 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 30.6% (male 953,842/female 905,688)
15-64 years: 63% (male 1,802,113/female 2,021,191)
65 years and over: 6.4% (male 173,363/female 215,577) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 24.3 years
male: 22.9 years
female: 25.7 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.318% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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17.75 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.62 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-8.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.89 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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110 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 20.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 22.36 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 73.44 years
male: 70.16 years
female: 76.87 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.08 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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3.9% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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1.596 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.1 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 94% of population
rural: 76% of population
total: 87% of population
unimproved:
urban: 6% of population
rural: 24% of population
total: 13% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 89% of population
rural: 83% of population
total: 87% of population
unimproved:
urban: 89% of population
rural: 83% of population
total: 87% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.8% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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34,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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1,400 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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6.1% (2003) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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35.6% (2000) |
Nationality:
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noun: Salvadoran(s)
adjective: Salvadoran |
Ethnic groups:
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mestizo 90%, white 9%, Amerindian 1% |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003 est.) |
Languages:
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Spanish (official), Nahua (among some Amerindians) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 81.1%
male: 82.8%
female: 79.6% (2007 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.6% of GDP (2008) |
People - note:
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