Population: 6,156,670 people Arithmetic density: 292.6 people per land area Physiological density: 82418.6 people per arable land Agricultural density: 37 farmer per arable land Crude birth rate (CBR): 16.3 births per 1000 population Crude death rate (CDR): 5.7 deaths per 1000 population Natural increase rate (NIR): -14.04% Net migration rate: -8.1 migrants per 1000 people Population growth rate: 0.25% Infant mortality rate (IMR): 17.3 deaths/ 1000 live births Total fertility rate(TFR): 1.89 children born/woman Total population age <15%: 26.58% Total population age 65+: 7.28% Dependency rate: 33.86% Life expectancy at birth: 74.7 years Life expectancy at birth (females): 78.1 years Life expectancy at birth (males): 71.4 years HIV/AIDS among people 15-49: 0.1% Obesity rate: 20.1%
El Salvador is between stage 3 and 4 of the demographic transition. Their birth and death rates are both low. The crude birth rate is 16.3 and their crude death rate is 5.7. These are characteristics of stage 4, delayed marriages lower the birth rate because women are getting educated. Advances in medical technology have helped lower death rates. El Salvador's natural increase rate in in stage 3. It is beginning to decrease. It starts to decline because the birth rates are declining.