Population: 5,752,511 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.04% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 32.81 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 6.36 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -6.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 40.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 66.99 years
male: 64.41 years
female: 69.71 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.78 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Salvadoran(s)
adjective: Salvadoran

Ethnic divisions: mestizo 94%, Indian 5%, white 1%

Religions: Roman Catholic 75%
note: Roman Catholic about 75%; 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 Indians)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 73%
male: 76%
female: 70%
Labor force: 1.7 million (1982 est.)
by occupation: agriculture 40%, commerce 16%, manufacturing 15%, government 13%, financial services 9%, transportation 6%, other 1%
note: shortage of skilled labor and a large pool of unskilled labor, but manpower training programs improving situation (1984 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding El Salvador on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of El Salvador People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about El Salvador People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.