Demographics of El Salvador

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Demographics of El Salvador
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

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.

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]