Key demographics
- Population
- 9.6M
- Density
- 73.8/km²
- HDI
- 0.645 (Medium)
- Gini index (2019)
- 48.2
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 73.0 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.48
- Urban population (2025)
- 59.3%
- Literacy rate (2024)
- 88.3%
- Labor force (2025)
- 58.7%
- Gender wage gap (2024)
- -27.6%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 53.4%
- Profile
- Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 59.3%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 21.7 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 4.5 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 25.3%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.48
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 12.8 /1000
- Slum population (2018)
- 31.5%
- Tourism (2020)
- 669.0K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Español |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Mestizo | 82.9% |
| White | 7.9% |
| Indigenous | 7.3% |
| Black | 1.4% |
| Others | 0.6% |
- Demonym (male)
- Honduran
- Demonym (female)
- Honduran
- National anthem
- National Anthem of Honduras
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 73.0 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 60.1 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 7.7% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 12.8/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 64/100
- Hospital beds (2023)
- 0.5/1000
- Physicians (2020)
- 0.49/1000
- Nurses (2023)
- 0.74/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $249
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 53.1%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2024)
- 88.3%
- Education spending (2023)
- 4.6% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 400
- Internet users (2024)
- 58.6%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 70.9/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 4.6/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 149/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 4.6
Geography and practical
- Area
- 112,492 km²
- Continent
- North America
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- Central America
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC-06:00
- Calling codes
- +504
- Postal code
- @@####
- TLD
- .hn
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
Borders
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Honduras is composed of three equal horizontal bands of turquoise, white and turquoise, with five small five-pointed turquoise stars arranged in a quincuncial pattern at the center of the white band.
- National anthem
- National Anthem of Honduras