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The People of El Salvador

Salvadoran People

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Population: 7,185,218 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 35.4% (male 1,299,608/female 1,245,617) 15-64 years: 59.3% (male 2,033,423/female 2,225,810) 65 years and over: 5.3% (male 166,224/female 214,536) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 22.5 years male: 21.3 years female: 23.6 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.656% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 5.53 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -3.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 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: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 21.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.33 years male: 68.72 years female: 76.11 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.8% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 35,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 1,700 (2007 est.)

Nationality: noun: Salvadoran(s) adjective: Salvadoran

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

Religions: 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: 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.)