Honduras
Sovereign state in Central America
Also known as hn · Republic of Honduras · Honduran Republic · HON
- Capital
- Population
- 8,303,771(2013)
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- , 11M(2025)
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Sources- 1.“Honduras Population 2025”worldpopulationreview.com/countries/hondurasRetrieved 2025-07-11
- , 10.1M(2021)
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- +54 more
- 8,303,771(2013)
- Area
- 112,492 km²
- GDP (nominal)
- $31.7B(2022)
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Sources- 1.data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CDRetrieved 2023-08-26
- , $28.5B(2021)
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Sources- 1.data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CDRetrieved 2023-08-26
- $31.7B(2022)
- Currency
- Honduran lempira(since 1931)
- , Honduran peso(1862–1931)
- Official language
- Head of state
- Nasry Asfura(since 2026)
- , Xiomara Castro(2022–2026)
- Head of government
- Nasry Asfura(since 2026)
- , Xiomara Castro(2022–2026)
- , Juan Orlando Hernández(2014–2022)
- +5 more
Overview
Economy & society
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
549 statements · 40% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Emergency phone number
- 198 has use: fire department
1
Sources- 1.“International Numbering Resources Database”itu.int/net/itu-t/inrdb/e129_important_numbers.aspxRetrieved 2016-07-08
- 199 has use: police, emergency medical services
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Sources- 1.“International Numbering Resources Database”itu.int/net/itu-t/inrdb/e129_important_numbers.aspxRetrieved 2016-07-08
- 198 has use: fire department
- Electrical plug type
- NEMA 1-15
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- NEMA 5-15
1
Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- NEMA 1-15
- Has characteristic
- partly free country statement supported by: Freedom in the World
- Number of out-of-school children
- 369,528(2015)
- 374,476(2014)
- 360,952(2013)
- Diplomatic relation
- Brazil statement is subject of: Brazil–Honduras relations
- Germany(since 1960) statement is subject of: Germany–Honduras relations
- Australia
- Taiwan statement is subject of: Honduras–Taiwan relations
- Mexico statement is subject of: Honduras–Mexico relations
- United States statement is subject of: Honduras–United States relations
- Russia statement is subject of: Honduras–Russia relations
- Palestine statement is subject of: Honduras–Palestine relations
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- Demonym
- Honduran
- hondurasi
- Hondurees
- Hondurasano
- Honduränan
- هندوراسي applies to part: masculine
- هندوراسيون applies to part: plural
- هندوراسية applies to part: feminine
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- гондурасцы applies to part: plural
- гондурасец applies to part: masculine
- гондураска applies to part: feminine
- הונדורסי applies to part: masculine
- הונדורסית applies to part: feminine
- হন্ডুরীয়
- honduregno applies to part: masculine singular
- honduregna applies to part: feminine singular
- honduregni applies to part: masculine plural
- honduregne applies to part: feminine plural
- onduran
- honduranu applies to part: masculine singular
- hondurana applies to part: feminine singular
- Hondurano
- Hondurien applies to part: masculine singular
- Hondurienne applies to part: feminine singular
- onduregna applies to part: feminine singular
- onduregne applies to part: feminine plural
- onduregni applies to part: masculine plural
- onduregno applies to part: masculine singular
- هوندوراسي applies to part: masculine singular
- هوندوراسية applies to part: feminine singular
- هوندوراسيين applies to part: masculine plural
- هوندوراسيات applies to part: feminine plural
- Hondúrach
1
- Catracho
- Geoshape
- Data:Honduras.map
- Coordinates of northernmost point
- 16.5200°N, 85.8500°W
- Total fertility rate
- 2.382(2014)
- 2.442(2013)
- 2.514(2012)
- 2.599(2011)
- 2.695(2010)
- 2.802(2009)
- 2.918(2008)
- 3.039(2007)
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- 3.164(2006)
- 3.293(2005)
- 3.427(2004)
- 3.564(2003)
- 3.706(2002)
- 3.849(2001)
- 3.993(2000)
- 4.134(1999)
- Shares border with
- Guatemala statement is subject of: Guatemala–Honduras bur
- El Salvador statement is subject of: El Salvador–Honduras border
- Nicaragua statement is subject of: Honduras–Nicaragua border
- Marriageable age
- 18 years old applies to part: all genders
- Motto text
- Libre, Soberana e Independiente
- Free, Sovereign and Independent
- Свободен, суверенен и независим
- Rhydd, sofran ac annibynnol
- Everything is here
- Age of majority
- 21 years old
- Member of
- United Nations(since 1945)
- World Trade Organization
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development(since 1945)
- International Development Association(since 1960)
- International Finance Corporation(since 1956)
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency(since 1992)
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes(since 1989)
- Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
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- Central American Bank for Economic Integration
- Central American Common Market(since 1962)
- Interpol(since 1974)
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Sources- 1.interpol.int/Member-countries/WorldRetrieved 2017-12-07
- 2.interpol.int/Who-we-are/Member-countries/Americas/HONDURASRetrieved 2022-10-23
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons(since 2005)
2
Sources- 1.opcw.org/about-opcw/member-states/Retrieved 2017-12-07
- 2.opcw.org/about-us/member-states/hondurasRetrieved 2022-10-29
- UNESCO(since 1947)
- Group on Earth Observations
- Universal Postal Union(since 1879)
2
Sources- 1.upu.int/en/the-upu/member-countries.htmlRetrieved 2019-05-04
- 2.upu.int/en/Universal-Postal-Union/About-UPU/Member-Countries?csid=-1&cid=144Retrieved 2022-10-28
- International Telecommunication Union(since 1925)
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- Organization of American States(since 1948)
- World Meteorological Organization(since 1960)
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- World Health Organization
1
- International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health
- World Customs Organization(since 2005)
- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
- Unemployment rate
- 4%(2014)
- Mains voltage
- 110 V frequency: 60 Hz
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- 110 V frequency: 60 Hz
- Life expectancy
- 73.575 years(2016)
- 71 years(2022)
- 70 years(2021)
- 71 years(2020)
- 73 years(2019)
- 73.376 years(2015)
- 73.181 years(2014)
- 72.99 years(2013)
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- 72.805 years(2012)
- 72.624 years(2011)
- 72.446 years(2010)
- 72.27 years(2009)
- 72.093 years(2008)
- 71.911 years(2007)
- 71.724 years(2006)
- 71.532 years(2005)
- 71.341 years(2004)
- 71.15 years(2003)
- 70.957 years(2002)
- 70.756 years(2001)
- 70.537 years(2000)
- 70.288 years(1999)
- Lowest point
- Caribbean Sea elevation: 0 m
- Official name
- Honduras
- la République du Honduras
- Website
- honduras.travel/en applies to jurisdiction: United States
- Coordinates of southernmost point
- 12.9877°N, 87.3084°W
- Coordinates of easternmost point
- 15.0065°N, 83.1291°W
- Coordinates of westernmost point
- 14.4205°N, 89.3559°W
- VAT rate
- 15%
- BTI Status Index
- 4.71(2022)
- 4.94(2020)
- 5.51(2018)
- 5.94(2016)
- 5.95(2014)
- 5.97(2012)
- 5.88(2010)
- 6.09(2008)
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- 6.04(2006)
- BTI Governance Index
- 4(2022)
- 4.33(2020)
- 4.98(2018)
- 5.56(2016)
- 5.5(2014)
- 5.42(2012)
- 5.01(2010)
- 4.99(2008)
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- 5.12(2006)
- Native label
- República de Honduras
- Democracy Index
- 5.36(2020)
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- 5.36(2020)
- Human Development Index
- 0.621(2021)
- 0.621(2020)
- 0.632(2019)
- 0.617(2018)
- 0.617(2017)
- 0.618(2016)
- 0.613(2015)
- 0.606(2014)
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- 0.603(2013)
- 0.599(2012)
- 0.6(2011)
- 0.597(2010)
- 0.594(2009)
- 0.591(2008)
- 0.586(2007)
- 0.581(2006)
- 0.577(2005)
- 0.572(2004)
- 0.567(2003)
- 0.563(2002)
- 0.559(2001)
- 0.556(2000)
- 0.55(1999)
- 0.527(1998)
- 0.544(1997)
- 0.539(1996)
- 0.536(1995)
- 0.53(1994)
- 0.527(1993)
- 0.521(1992)
- 0.517(1991)
- 0.516(1990)
- Hashtag
- Honduras
- Gini coefficient
- 48.2(2019)
- Happy Planet Index score
- 57.7(2019)
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
- 0.479(2021)
- 0.479(2020)
- 0.487(2019)
- 0.47(2018)
- 0.467(2017)
- 0.465(2016)
- 0.465(2015)
- 0.457(2014)
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- 0.451(2013)
- 0.436(2012)
- 0.437(2011)
- 0.433(2010)
- Birth rate
- 20.85(2022)
- 21.071(2021)
- 21.353(2020)
- 21.628(2019)
- Male population
- 5,267,354(2022)
- 5,190,703(2021)
- 5,112,980(2020)
- 5,031,794(2019)
- Death rate
- 5.404(2022)
- 5.608(2021)
- 4.945(2020)
- 4.315(2019)
- Rural population
- 4,214,875(2022)
- 4,215,972(2021)
- 4,214,803(2020)
- 4,209,597(2019)
- Female population
- 5,165,506(2022)
- 5,087,643(2021)
- 5,008,783(2020)
- 4,927,035(2019)
- Urban population
- 6,217,985(2022)
- 6,062,373(2021)
- 5,906,960(2020)
- 5,749,232(2019)
- Coordinates of geographic center
- 14.8270°N, 86.9435°W
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On other databases
171 identifiers linking Honduras across the web's reference databases
- AGROVOC IDc_3651
- AllTrails trail IDhonduras
- Analysis & Policy Observatory term ID86991
- ArchINFORM location ID3194
- BabelNet ID00044616n
- BBC News topic IDcq23pdgvg7xt
- BBC Things IDc04da848-5147-444d-b61d-ea676480f589
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID118643043
- Biblissima authority IDQ27009
- Booru taghonduras
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDhonduras
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10138498
- Catholic Encyclopedia ID07449b
- CiNii Research ID1140845216567158016
- CIVICUS Monitor country entryhonduras
- Colon ClassificationSG--752
- Comic Vine ID4020-59191
- Curlie IDRegional/Central_America/Honduras/
- Data Commons IDcountry/HND
- DBNL country IDhondu01
- De Agostini IDHonduras
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--7283
- DR topic IDhonduras
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID135790
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Honduras
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDhonduras
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)1f5qSO
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)548721
- Encyclopedia of Korean Culture IDE0038842
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID30775
- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction IDhonduras
- Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists IDBHJB
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ447
- EuroVoc ID1253
- FactGrid item IDQ1059243
- FAST ID1206188
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)HO
- France 24 topic ID (French)honduras
- Freebase ID/m/03h2c
- GACS ID121
- GCMD keyword ID91409bfb-7fe2-4eaa-97d9-4bc96d5a85b0
- GENC 3-character codeHND
- GeoNames ID3608932
- GeoNLP ID (obsolete)M9mJrO
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7005554
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Honduras
- GitHub topichonduras
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online IDHonduras
- GND ID4025814-2
- Golden ID (archived)Honduras-4GMZ
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDhondures
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0032875
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDHonduras
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)2369354
- Grove Art Online IDT038769
- Gynopedia IDHonduras
- Harper's taghonduras
- HDS ID003386
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDobject_406433
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID26063
- IAB code1315
- ICPSR Geographic Names Thesaurus ID30525
- IdRef ID02638549X
- ILO Thesaurus ID-392857044
- INaturalist place ID6929
- INSEE countries and foreign territories code99411
- Interlingual Index IDi82804
- Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID108451
- IOC country codeHON
- ISNI0000000122428161
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codeHN
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codeHND
- ISO 3166-1 numeric code340
- ITU letter codeHND
- ITU/ISO/IEC object ID2.16.340
- J9U entity ID987007550343205171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)11258
- JORFSearch organization IDQ783
- KBpedia IDHonduras
- Klexikon article IDHonduras
- Krugosvet article (archived)strany_mira/GONDURAS.html
- KulturNav-ID8f711291-a41b-4c9a-98d3-578f83c42d67
- LC and MARC vocabularies IDcountries/ho
- Le Figaro tag IDHonduras
- Le Monde diplomatique subject IDpays/honduras
- Lex IDHonduras
- Libraries Australia ID35768507
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79096785
- Lille norske leksikon IDHonduras
- M49 code340