Population 6,353,681 (July 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 37.4% (male 1,211,156; female 1,162,317)
15-64 years: 57.5% (male 1,735,744; female 1,922,395)
65 years and over: 5.1% (male 144,864; female 177,205) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 1.83% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 28.3 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 6.1 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate -3.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 27.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 70.32 years
female: 74.11 years (2002 est.)
male: 66.72 years

Total fertility rate 3.29 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.6% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 25,000 (2000 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths 1,300 (1999 est.)

Nationality
noun: Salvadoran(s)
adjective: Salvadoran

Ethnic groups mestizo 90%, Amerindian 1%, white 9%

Religions Roman Catholic 83%
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: 71.5%
male: 73.5%
female: 69.8% (1995 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding El Salvador on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of El Salvador People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about El Salvador People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.