How many people live in Honduras right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
11,240,655
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 87 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.14%
- Median age
- 24.6 years
- Children per woman
- 2.42
- Life expectancy
- 73.4 years
- People per km²
- 103
According to UN estimates, about 11.2 million people live in Honduras right now. It ranks 87th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between the United Arab Emirates and Tajikistan, and it is home to one in every 740 people on the planet.
Every day, about 640 people are born there and about 140 die. Overall, the population grows by about 490 people a day (1.59% a year).
In 1950, about 1.6 million people lived there. Today there are 7.2 times as many. The UN expects it to peak around 2090, at about 17.1 million, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 14.8 million people (32% more than today), and by 2100 about 17.0 million.
Half of its people are younger than 25 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 2.42 children each, above the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 73 years (worldwide, 74). There are 103 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Honduras in 2026?
- Honduras has about 11.2 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 11,184,760.
- How many people are born each day in Honduras?
- About 640 a day (234,000 a year). About 140 people die each day (51,400 a year).
- Is the population of Honduras growing?
- Yes: it grows by 1.59% a year, or about 178,000 people.
- What will the population of Honduras be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 14.8 million, with a peak around 2090 at about 17.1 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Dominican Republic 11,636,802
- Jordan 11,661,851
- United Arab Emirates 11,631,665
- Tajikistan 11,038,343
- Papua New Guinea 11,005,599
- Cuba 10,878,086
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,647
- Brazil 213,783,552
- Mexico 133,319,811
- Colombia 54,089,657
- Argentina 46,051,054
- Canada 40,567,052
- Peru 35,027,419
- Venezuela 28,673,187
- Chile 19,971,243
- Guatemala 19,055,578
- Ecuador 18,493,702
- Bolivia 12,801,716
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.