🇭🇳 Honduras Population 2026

As of 2026, the population of Honduras is 11,184,760, ranking #87 in the world (0.14% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is growing at 1.59% per year. The biggest city is Tegucigalpa with 850,848 inhabitants.

Live estimate

11,188,894

Growth rate

1.59%

Density

103

people / km² (266 / mi²)

Median age

24.6

Fertility rate

2.42

births per woman

Life expectancy

73.4

years

Honduras population 1950–2100

Population of Honduras, 1950–2100 — solid: UN estimates, dashed: UN medium-variant projection.

By 2050, the population of Honduras is projected to reach 14,846,778, and 17,029,977 by 2100. The population is expected to peak in 2090 at 17,135,601, then decline.

Honduras population by year

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2026	11,184,760	1.59%	102.5	24.6
2025	11,005,850	1.63%	100.9	24.2
2024	10,825,704	1.67%	99.3	23.9
2023	10,644,851	1.70%	97.6	23.5
2022	10,463,872	1.73%	95.9	23.2
2021	10,289,876	1.62%	94.3	22.9
2020	10,119,640	1.71%	92.8	22.6
2019	9,943,634	1.80%	91.2	22.2
2018	9,765,210	1.82%	89.5	21.9
2017	9,588,136	1.83%	87.9	21.6
2016	9,412,380	1.86%	86.3	21.2
2015	9,237,305	1.89%	84.7	20.9
2014	9,063,122	1.92%	83.1	20.6
2013	8,889,278	1.96%	81.5	20.3
2012	8,715,076	2.00%	79.9	19.9
2011	8,540,583	2.04%	78.3	19.6
2010	8,365,878	2.09%	76.7	19.3
2009	8,189,898	2.16%	75.1	19.1
2008	8,012,587	2.22%	73.5	18.8
2007	7,834,798	2.27%	71.8	18.5
2006	7,656,832	2.32%	70.2	18.2
2005	7,478,355	2.39%	68.6	18.0
2004	7,298,994	2.46%	66.9	17.8
2003	7,119,213	2.53%	65.3	17.5
2002	6,938,858	2.61%	63.6	17.3
2001	6,757,993	2.68%	62.0	17.1
2000	6,577,772	2.73%	60.3	17.0
1999	6,400,463	2.73%	58.7	16.8
1998	6,234,432	2.52%	57.2	16.6
1997	6,071,454	2.78%	55.7	16.4
1996	5,903,954	2.81%	54.1	16.3
1995	5,739,638	2.83%	52.6	16.1
1994	5,579,242	2.84%	51.2	16.0
1993	5,423,249	2.84%	49.7	15.9
1992	5,271,431	2.84%	48.3	15.8
1991	5,123,792	2.84%	47.0	15.7
1990	4,980,488	2.83%	45.7	15.7
1989	4,841,838	2.81%	44.4	15.6
1988	4,707,678	2.81%	43.2	15.6
1987	4,576,910	2.83%	42.0	15.5
1986	4,448,899	2.85%	40.8	15.5
1985	4,323,342	2.88%	39.6	15.4
1984	4,199,850	2.92%	38.5	15.3
1983	4,078,174	2.96%	37.4	15.3
1982	3,958,728	2.98%	36.3	15.2
1981	3,841,778	3.01%	35.2	15.2
1980	3,727,173	3.04%	34.2	15.2
1979	3,614,981	3.07%	33.1	15.2
1978	3,505,463	3.08%	32.1	15.1
1977	3,398,654	3.11%	31.2	15.1
1976	3,294,457	3.12%	30.2	15.1
1975	3,193,234	3.12%	29.3	15.0
1974	3,099,836	2.81%	28.4	14.9
1973	3,011,460	2.97%	27.6	14.9
1972	2,922,064	3.05%	26.8	14.9
1971	2,834,616	3.02%	26.0	14.9
1970	2,750,714	2.99%	25.2	14.9
1969	2,670,288	2.95%	24.5	14.8
1968	2,593,057	2.92%	23.8	14.8
1967	2,518,648	2.90%	23.1	14.8
1966	2,446,750	2.89%	22.4	14.9
1965	2,377,156	2.88%	21.8	14.9
1964	2,309,855	2.86%	21.2	14.9
1963	2,244,878	2.84%	20.6	15.0
1962	2,182,064	2.83%	20.0	15.1
1961	2,121,242	2.82%	19.4	15.3
1960	2,062,060	2.84%	18.9	15.5
1959	2,004,320	2.84%	18.4	15.7
1958	1,948,150	2.84%	17.9	16.0
1957	1,893,582	2.84%	17.4	16.2
1956	1,840,666	2.83%	16.9	16.4
1955	1,789,390	2.82%	16.4	16.6
1954	1,739,815	2.80%	16.0	16.8
1953	1,691,965	2.78%	15.5	17.0
1952	1,645,832	2.75%	15.1	17.2
1951	1,601,486	2.71%	14.7	17.4
1950	1,558,938	2.67%	14.3	17.6

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2027	11,362,234	1.56%	104.2	24.9
2028	11,538,362	1.52%	105.8	25.3
2029	11,712,877	1.48%	107.4	25.6
2030	11,885,320	1.44%	109.0	26.0
2031	12,055,531	1.40%	110.5	26.3
2032	12,223,562	1.37%	112.1	26.7
2033	12,389,378	1.33%	113.6	27.0
2034	12,552,864	1.29%	115.1	27.3
2035	12,714,114	1.26%	116.6	27.6
2036	12,873,077	1.23%	118.0	28.0
2037	13,029,493	1.19%	119.5	28.3
2038	13,183,530	1.16%	120.9	28.6
2039	13,335,257	1.13%	122.3	28.9
2040	13,484,653	1.10%	123.6	29.3
2041	13,631,912	1.07%	125.0	29.6
2042	13,776,958	1.04%	126.3	29.9
2043	13,919,667	1.02%	127.6	30.2
2044	14,060,020	0.99%	128.9	30.5
2045	14,197,946	0.96%	130.2	30.8
2046	14,333,282	0.94%	131.4	31.1
2047	14,465,845	0.91%	132.6	31.4
2048	14,595,536	0.88%	133.8	31.7
2049	14,722,480	0.85%	135.0	32.0
2050	14,846,778	0.83%	136.1	32.3
2051	14,968,238	0.80%	137.2	32.6
2052	15,086,702	0.78%	138.3	32.9
2053	15,202,192	0.75%	139.4	33.2
2054	15,314,594	0.72%	140.4	33.5
2055	15,423,746	0.70%	141.4	33.8
2056	15,529,477	0.67%	142.4	34.1
2057	15,631,592	0.64%	143.3	34.4
2058	15,730,280	0.62%	144.2	34.7
2059	15,825,598	0.59%	145.1	35.0
2060	15,917,464	0.57%	145.9	35.3
2061	16,005,833	0.54%	146.7	35.6
2062	16,090,475	0.51%	147.5	35.9
2063	16,171,496	0.49%	148.3	36.2
2064	16,249,073	0.47%	149.0	36.5
2065	16,323,012	0.44%	149.7	36.7
2066	16,393,354	0.42%	150.3	37.0
2067	16,460,212	0.40%	150.9	37.3
2068	16,523,564	0.37%	151.5	37.6
2069	16,583,529	0.35%	152.0	37.8
2070	16,640,171	0.33%	152.6	38.1
2071	16,693,508	0.31%	153.0	38.3
2072	16,743,503	0.29%	153.5	38.6
2073	16,790,104	0.27%	153.9	38.8
2074	16,833,369	0.25%	154.3	39.0
2075	16,873,444	0.23%	154.7	39.3
2076	16,910,303	0.21%	155.0	39.5
2077	16,944,104	0.19%	155.3	39.7
2078	16,974,895	0.17%	155.6	39.9
2079	17,002,639	0.15%	155.9	40.1
2080	17,027,467	0.14%	156.1	40.3
2081	17,049,571	0.12%	156.3	40.5
2082	17,069,041	0.11%	156.5	40.7
2083	17,085,889	0.09%	156.6	40.9
2084	17,100,223	0.08%	156.8	41.1
2085	17,111,997	0.06%	156.9	41.3
2086	17,121,285	0.05%	157.0	41.5
2087	17,128,227	0.03%	157.0	41.7
2088	17,132,924	0.02%	157.1	41.8
2089	17,135,403	0.01%	157.1	42.0
2090	17,135,601	-0.01%	157.1	42.2
2091	17,133,535	-0.02%	157.1	42.4
2092	17,129,381	-0.03%	157.0	42.5
2093	17,123,096	-0.04%	157.0	42.7
2094	17,114,861	-0.05%	156.9	42.9
2095	17,104,837	-0.06%	156.8	43.0
2096	17,093,106	-0.07%	156.7	43.2
2097	17,079,961	-0.08%	156.6	43.4
2098	17,065,148	-0.09%	156.5	43.5
2099	17,048,393	-0.10%	156.3	43.7
2100	17,029,977	-0.11%	156.1	43.8

States & provinces of Honduras by population

#	State / province	Population	Share
1	Francisco Morazán	1,680,700	15.0%
2	Cortés	1,621,762	14.5%
3	Yoro	503,886	4.5%
4	Olancho	458,365	4.1%
5	Choluteca	420,350	3.8%
6	Comayagua	390,643	3.5%
7	El Paraíso	383,565	3.4%
8	Copán	382,722	3.4%
9	Santa Bárbara	368,298	3.3%
10	Colón	319,786	2.9%
11	Lempira	277,910	2.5%
12	Intibucá	232,509	2.1%
13	La Paz	173,731	1.6%
14	Valle	160,346	1.4%
15	Ocotepeque	118,558	1.1%
16	Islas de la Bahía	110,000	1.0%
17	Gracias a Dios	76,278	0.7%
18	Atlántida	11,370	0.1%

State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).

Biggest cities in Honduras

#	City	Region	Population
1	Tegucigalpa capital	Francisco Morazán Department	850,848
2	San Pedro Sula	Cortés Department	801,259
3	Danlí	El Paraíso Department	233,789
4	La Ceiba	Atlántida Department	222,055
5	La Ceiba	Atlántida Department	215,973
6	Puerto Cortez	Cortés Department	142,311
7	Catacamas	Olancho Department	140,548
8	Choloma	Cortés Department	139,100
9	Siguatepeque	Comayagua Department	127,468
10	Olanchito	Yoro Department	124,286
11	Tocoa	Colón Department	111,972
12	El Progreso	Yoro Department	100,810
13	Santa Cruz de Yojoa	Cortés Department	97,848
14	Ciudad Choluteca	Choluteca Department	75,872
15	San Pedro de Copán	Copán Department	63,829

FAQ

What is the population of Honduras in 2026?

The population of Honduras is 11,184,760 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).

What is the biggest city in Honduras?

Tegucigalpa is the biggest city in Honduras with 850,848 inhabitants and it is also the capital.

Is the population of Honduras growing or shrinking?

The population of Honduras is growing at 1.59% per year, and is projected to peak in 2090 at 17,135,601.

Neighboring countries

Sources

Country data: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved 2026-07-07.
City and state data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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