My World Factbook
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People
6,052,064 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
106
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) (2010 est.)
total: 23.9 years
male: 22.5 years
female: 25.3 years (2010 est.)
0.332% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 171
18.06 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 109
5.61 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 174
-9.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 212
urban population: 61% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
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 (2010 est.)
total: 20.97 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 98
male: 23.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 73.18 years
country comparison to the world: 116
male: 69.91 years
female: 76.62 years (2010 est.)
2.12 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 119
0.8% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 61
35,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67
1,700 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 64
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)
noun: Salvadoran(s)
adjective: Salvadoran
mestizo 90%, white 9%, Amerindian 1%
Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah’s Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003 est.)
Spanish (official), Nahua (among some Amerindians)
definition: age 5 and over can read and write
total population: 81.1%
male: 82.8%
female: 79.6% (2007 census)
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2008)
3.6% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 128
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