An imaging lens substantially consisting of five lenses of: a first lens having a meniscus shape with its convex surface facing an object side and negative refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power, and the image-side surface of which has a convex shape facing an image side in the vicinity of an optical axis; a third lens having positive refractive power; a stop; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, which are in this order from the object side, wherein at least one of the surfaces of the first lens through the fifth lens is aspherical, and wherein the following conditional formula is satisfied: L: a distance on the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane (a distance between the fifth lens and the image plane is a distance in air), and d1-4: a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the image-side surface of the second lens, and wherein the following conditional formula is satisfied: 0.20 < d 4 − 5 / f < 0.60 where d4-5: a distance on the optical axis from the image-side surface of the second lens to the object-side surface of the third lens, and f: a focal length of an entire system. a first lens having a meniscus shape with its convex surface facing an object side and negative refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power, and the image-side surface of which has a convex shape facing an image side in the vicinity of an optical axis; a third lens having positive refractive power; a stop; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, which are in this order from the object side, wherein at least one of the surfaces of the first lens through the fifth lens is aspherical, and wherein the following conditional formula is satisfied: L: a distance on the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane (a distance between the fifth lens and the image plane is a distance in air), and d1-4: a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the image-side surface of the second lens, and wherein the following conditional formula is satisfied: 0.20 < d 4 − 5 / f < 0.60 where d4-5: a distance on the optical axis from the image-side surface of the second lens to the object-side surface of the third lens, and f: a focal length of an entire system. L: a distance on the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane (a distance between the fifth lens and the image plane is a distance in air), and d1-4: a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the image-side surface of the second lens, and wherein the following conditional formula is satisfied: 0.20 < d 4 − 5 / f < 0.60 where d4-5: a distance on the optical axis from the image-side surface of the second lens to the object-side surface of the third lens, and f: a focal length of an entire system. d4-5: a distance on the optical axis from the image-side surface of the second lens to the object-side surface of the third lens, and f: a focal length of an entire system.