World Factbook
Honduras
República de Honduras
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Literacy
male
87.6% (2024 est.)
female
88.8% (2024 est.)
total population
88.2% (2024 est.)
Languages
Languages
Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects
major-language sample(s)
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Religions
Evangelical 55%, Roman Catholic 33.4%, none 10.1%, unspecified 1.5% (2023 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth
1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years
0.91 male(s)/female
total population
0.93 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.77 male(s)/female
Birth rate
19.7 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
4.9 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
24.8 years
total
26.1 years (2025 est.)
female
26.6 years
Population
male
4,591,247
total
9,529,188 (2024 est.)
female
4,937,941
Nationality
noun
Honduran(s)
adjective
Honduran
Tobacco use
male
22.2% (2025 est.)
total
11.9% (2025 est.)
female
1.6% (2025 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
60.2% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
2.48% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
28.7% (male 1,378,026/female 1,353,238)
15-64 years
65.7% (male 2,980,393/female 3,282,159)
65 years and over
5.6% (2024 est.) (male 232,828/female 302,544)
Ethnic groups
Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and European) 90%, Indigenous 7%, African descent 2%, White 1%
Child marriage
men married by age 18
10% (2019)
women married by age 15
9.2% (2019)
women married by age 18
34% (2019)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
52.2 (2024 est.)
youth dependency ratio
43.6 (2024 est.)
potential support ratio
11.7 (2024 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
8.5 (2024 est.)
Physician density
0.49 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
9.2% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
14.2% of national budget (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-2.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density
0.7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.29 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: rural
rural: 90.8% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 95.8% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 99.2% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 9.2% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 4.2% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0.8% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
4.5% of GDP (2023 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
23.2% national budget (2018 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
17.5 deaths/1,000 live births
total
15.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
13.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
1.28% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
1.13 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
most residents live in the mountainous western half of the country; Honduras is the only Central American nation with an urban population that is distributed between two large centers, the capital of Tegucigalpa and the city of San Pedro Sula; the Rio Ulua valley in the north is the only densely populated lowland area
Life expectancy at birth
male
69.6 years
female
76.8 years
total population
73.1 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
47 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Sanitation facility access
improved: rural
rural: 88.1% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 93.2% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 96.6% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 11.9% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 6.8% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 3.4% of population (2022 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
1.6 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
0.04 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
2.73 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits
1.09 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols
0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Major urban areas - population
1.568 million TEGUCIGALPA (capital), 982,000 San Pedro Sula (2023)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
21.4% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth
20.3 years (2011/12 est.)
note: data represents median age a first birth among women 25-49
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
54.4% (2019 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
7.1% (2019 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
male
9 years (2019 est.)
total
10 years (2019 est.)
female
10 years (2019 est.)