Honduras Population
Honduras had an estimated population of 11,005,850 in mid-2025 (World Bank), making it the 86th most populous of 217 countries and territories, with 0.13% of everyone alive. The counter above projects that figure forward at the current growth rate of +1.65% a year.
Honduras at a glance
How Honduras's population is changing
Honduras's population is growing fast: +1.65% a year, which works out to about +181,638 people per year, or +497 a day. Births (21.6 per 1,000) and deaths (4.5 per 1,000) alone would give +1.71% a year; net migration removes about 4,778 people a year (−0.04%). Roughly one in every 746 people on Earth lives in Honduras.
Population of Honduras since 1960
In 1960, Honduras had 2,062,060 people. By 2025 that was 11,005,850 — 5.3× larger. The fastest growth came between 1971 and 1981, when the population rose by 36%.
| Year | Population | Change vs previous row |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,062,060 | — |
| 1970 | 2,750,715 | +33.4% |
| 1980 | 3,727,173 | +35.5% |
| 1990 | 4,980,488 | +33.6% |
| 2000 | 6,577,773 | +32.1% |
| 2010 | 8,365,878 | +27.2% |
| 2020 | 10,119,640 | +21.0% |
| 2025 | 11,005,850 | +8.8% |
Honduras from 1800 to 2100
Modelled estimates put Honduras at about 130,000 people in 1800; the UN estimates 11,005,852 in 2025 (85× 1800) and projects 17,029,975 for 2100 in its medium scenario. That is still 55% growth over the rest of this century.
| Year | Population | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 130,000 | modelled estimate |
| 1850 | 345,020 | modelled estimate |
| 1900 | 530,342 | modelled estimate |
| 1950 | 1,558,941 | UN estimate |
| 2000 | 6,577,781 | UN estimate |
| 2025 | 11,005,852 | UN projection |
| 2050 | 14,846,781 | UN projection |
| 2075 | 16,873,439 | UN projection |
| 2100 | 17,029,975 | UN projection |
Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.
Largest listed places in Honduras
10 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 11,005,850. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.
| # | Place | Population | Definition | Share | Source / reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegucigalpa | 1,607,033 | UN urban centre | 14.60% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 2 | San Pedro Sula | 1,299,457 | UN urban centre | 11.81% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 3 | La Ceiba | 285,756 | UN urban centre | 2.60% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 4 | La Ceiba | 215,973 | GeoNames settlement | 1.96% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 5 | Puerto Cortez | 142,311 | GeoNames settlement | 1.29% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 6 | El Progreso | 141,706 | UN urban centre | 1.29% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 7 | Choloma | 139,100 | GeoNames settlement | 1.26% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 8 | Olanchito | 124,286 | GeoNames settlement | 1.13% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 9 | Comayagua | 107,264 | UN urban centre | 0.97% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 10 | Santa Cruz de Yojoa | 97,848 | GeoNames settlement | 0.89% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
How Honduras compares
Honduras has almost the same population as Cuba (10,937,203).
| Rank | Country | Population | vs Honduras | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #84 |  Dominican Republic | 11,520,487 | +5% | compare → |
| #85 |  United Arab Emirates | 11,513,149 | +5% | compare → |
| #87 |  Cuba | 10,937,203 | −1% | compare → |
| #88 |  Czechia | 10,886,878 | −1% | compare → |
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Land neighbours (3)
Guatemala 18,687,881 · 1.7× the population · compare
Nicaragua 7,007,502 · 1.6× smaller · compare
El Salvador 6,365,503 · 1.7× smaller · compare
Honduras's 3 neighbours together hold 32,060,886 people — 2.9× Honduras's population. The most populous is Guatemala (18,687,881).
In its region
Honduras is the 13th most populous of the 42 economies in Latin America & Caribbean, holding 1.7% of the region's 666,592,570 people.
Rankings
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Cities
Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba, La Ceiba, Puerto Cortez, El Progreso, Choloma, Olanchito — all Honduras's cities on the map.
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