Demographics of Honduras

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Honduras is projected at 10.06 million, up by 1.60% compared with 9.90 million in 2020. Honduras is ranked 92nd in terms of population and 64th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.21 million births in Honduras in 2021. That is 573 per day, which is ranked 84th. The crude birth rate is 20.77 per 1000 people. There are 45.11 thousand deaths in Honduras in 2021. That is 124 per day, which is ranked 112th. The crude death rate is 4.48 per 1000 people.

5.82 million people are living in urban areas, which is 58.98% of Honduras population. Honduras is ranked 129th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Honduras in 2021 is 99.89 males per 100 females. There are 5.03 million males and 5.03 million females in Honduras. The percentage of female population is 50.03% compare to 49.97% male population. Honduras has 5.63 thousand more females than males. Honduras is at 121st position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Honduras population

Year Population Growth (%)
19501,546,719-
19551,771,3572.81
19602,038,6362.85
19652,346,0052.89
19702,716,6523
19753,153,2523.07
19803,678,2743.13
19854,281,1673.04
19904,955,3022.92
19955,709,0102.88
20006,574,5102.77
20057,458,9822.42
20108,317,4672.05
20159,112,9041.76
20169,270,7941.73
20179,429,0161.71
20189,587,5231.68
20199,746,1151.65
20209,904,6081.63
202110,062,9941.6
  • Total
  • Crude

Honduras death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195040,74981,95625.9752.28
195541,20591,68623.1651.59
196040,713101,92719.9349.95
196540,438115,01117.1648.84
197040,764129,90014.9547.73
197540,089145,68212.6646.02
198038,024162,25610.3044.01
198534,902176,2798.1441.11
199033,267191,0846.6838.48
199533,694211,2845.8836.84
200034,471222,3445.2433.83
200535,869217,7234.8129.18
201037,678207,9404.5325.02
201540,336204,7724.4222.43
202044,234208,7344.4621.06
202145,114209,0834.4820.77
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Honduras

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950271,8841,274,840-17.578
1955354,9381,416,4135.5020.038
1960463,7361,574,9015.4622.747
1965603,0161,742,9945.4025.704
1970785,1651,931,4945.4028.902
19751,012,4972,140,7644.8332.110
19801,282,6312,395,6554.8234.870
19851,615,5072,665,6824.6537.735
19902,004,9302,950,3984.2040.460
19952,451,5083,257,5434.0342.941
20002,965,8113,558,4723.7845.458
20053,582,3993,791,0313.7648.585
20104,251,8233,942,9553.3051.885
20154,943,2754,017,5542.9455.165
20205,672,0544,047,2112.6858.359
20215,820,8714,047,9472.6258.982
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Honduras population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 526,547 502,292 1,028,839 10.22 104.829
05-09 503,899 482,397 986,296 9.80 104.457
10-14 517,438 497,063 1,014,501 10.08 104.099
15-19 529,068 508,274 1,037,342 10.31 104.091
20-24 521,388 503,758 1,025,146 10.19 103.500
25-29 462,779 450,760 913,539 9.08 102.666
30-34 403,144 397,550 800,694 7.96 101.407
35-39 351,500 352,936 704,436 7.00 99.593
40-44 295,656 304,101 599,757 5.96 97.223
45-49 235,753 250,283 486,036 4.83 94.195
50-54 188,979 206,301 395,280 3.93 91.604
55-59 146,938 164,178 311,116 3.09 89.499
60-64 114,831 130,659 245,490 2.44 87.886
65-69 88,201 102,428 190,629 1.89 86.110
70-74 59,386 70,524 129,910 1.29 84.207
75-79 38,270 47,261 85,531 0.85 80.976
80-84 24,485 32,033 56,518 0.56 76.437
85-89 13,495 19,421 32,916 0.33 69.487
90-94 5,391 9,015 14,406 0.14 59.800
95-99 1,369 2,702 4,071 0.04 50.666
100+ 166 375 541 0.01 44.267
Total 5,028,683 5,034,311 10,062,994 99.888