Honduras People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
9,459,440 (2022 est.)
Nationality
noun: Honduran(s)
adjective: Honduran
Ethnic groups
Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, African descent 2%, White 1%
Languages
Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects
major-language sample(s):
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Religions
Evangelical/Protestant 48%, Roman Catholic 34%, other 1%, none 17% (2020 est.)
Demographic profile
Honduras is one of the poorest countries in Latin America and has one of the world's highest murder rates. More than half of the population lives in poverty and per capita income is one of the lowest in the region. Poverty rates are higher among rural and indigenous people and in the south, west, and along the eastern border than in the north and central areas where most of Honduras' industries and infrastructure are concentrated. The increased productivity needed to break Honduras' persistent high poverty rate depends, in part, on further improvements in educational attainment. Although primary-school enrollment is near 100%, educational quality is poor, the drop-out rate and grade repetition remain high, and teacher and school accountability is low.
Honduras' population growth rate has slowed since the 1990s and is now 1.2% annually with a birth rate that averages 2.1 children per woman and more among rural, indigenous, and poor women. Honduras' young adult population - ages 15 to 29 - is projected to continue growing rapidly for the next three decades and then stabilize or slowly shrink. Population growth and limited job prospects outside of agriculture will continue to drive emigration. Remittances represent about a fifth of GDP.
Age structure
0-14 years: 30.2% (male 1,411,537/female 1,377,319)
15-24 years: 21.03% (male 969,302/female 972,843)
25-54 years: 37.79% (male 1,657,260/female 1,832,780)
55-64 years: 5.58% (male 233,735/female 281,525)
65 years and over: 5.4% (male 221,779/female 277,260) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 53.3
youth dependency ratio: 46.9
elderly dependency ratio: 6.4
potential support ratio: 15.5 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 24.4 years
male: 23.5 years
female: 25.2 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
1.19% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
17.92 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
4.68 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-1.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution
most residents live in the mountainous western half of the country; unlike other Central American nations, Honduras is the only one 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
Urbanization
urban population: 60.2% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 2.48% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
1.527 million TEGUCIGALPA (capital), 956,000 San Pedro Sula (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.83 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
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
Maternal mortality ratio
65 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 15.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 75.17 years
male: 71.63 years
female: 78.82 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.01 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
69.4% (2019)
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 90.7% of population
total: 96.1% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 9.3% of population
total: 3.9% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
7.3% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
0.5 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
Hospital bed density
0.6 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 96.7% of population
rural: 87.9% of population
total: 93% of population
unimproved: urban: 3.3% of population
rural: 12.1% of population
total: 7% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.2% (2021 est.)
Major infectious diseases
degree of risk: high (2020)
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
21.4% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 2.73 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 1.6 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.04 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 1.09 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
7.1% (2011/12)
Education expenditures
6.4% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.5%
male: 88.2%
female: 88.7% (2019)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 11 years (2019)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 17.6%
male: 10.9%
female: 27.6% (2020 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Honduras on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Honduras 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Honduras 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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