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Honduras
Community
Area 112,090 square kilometres (land area 111,890 square kilometres)
Population,
95,500
(1791)*
358,000
(1850)
398,877
(1897)
500,136
(1905)
773,400
(1932)
1,200,542
(1945)
1,368,605
(1950)
2,040,000
(1960) +49.1%
2,715,000
(1970) +33.1%
3,680,000
(1980) +35.5%
4,955,000
(1990) +34.6%
6,525,000
(2000) +31.7%
8,317,000
(2010) +27.5%
9,905,000
(2020) +19.1%
*This first census omitted much of the indigenous population..
Ethnicity, %
|
|
African |
American Indian |
European |
Mixed Race |
|
1960 |
20.0 |
|
|
70.0 |
|
1970 |
|
5.9 |
2.0 |
86.1 |
|
2009 |
2.0 |
7.0 |
1.0 |
90.0 |
Religion, %
|
|
Animist |
Christian Protestant |
Christian Roman Catholic |
No religion |
|
1900 |
2.8 |
0.0 |
97.0 |
0.0 |
|
1975 |
0.2 |
2.4 |
98.0 |
0.1 |
|
1990 |
|
15.0 |
85.0 |
|
|
2013 |
|
41.0 |
48.7 |
8.0 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1952 |
|
51.0 (+29.0) |
169.0 |
22.0 |
44.7 |
|
17.7 |
|
1962 |
7.4 |
51.0 (+32.3) |
132.6 |
18.7 |
47.0 |
3.3 |
23.9 |
|
1970 |
7.3 |
49.0 (+34.0) |
102.0 |
15.0 |
47.7 |
3.2 |
28.9 |
|
1980 |
6.3 |
43.0 (+32.7) |
69.0 |
10.3 |
47.4 |
3.3 |
34.9 |
|
1990 |
5.1 |
38.0 (+31.3) |
45.0 |
6.7 |
45.9 |
3.4 |
40.5 |
|
2000 |
4.2 |
32.0 (+26.7) |
30.5 |
5.3 |
42.4 |
3.7 |
45.5 |
|
2010 |
3.0 |
27.0 (+22.1) |
20.0 |
4.9 |
36.7 |
4.0 |
51.7 |
|
2015 |
2.6 |
22.0 (+17.2) |
16.6 |
4.8 |
33.0 |
4.4 |
54.7 |
|
2017 |
2.5 |
21.9 (+17.1) |
15.6 |
4.8 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
15.1 |
|
31.7 |
4.7 |
57.1 |
Life expectancy,
42.2 (1952); 41.0 (M), 44.0 (F)
46.3 (1960); 44.6 (M), 48.0 (F)
52.5 (1970); 50.6 (M), 54.5 (F)
59.6 (1980); 57.5 (M), 61.8 (F)
66.6 (1990); 64.5 (M), 69.0 (F)
70.5 (2000); 68.1 (M), 73.0 (F)
72.4 (2010); 70.0 (M), 74.9 (F)
75.3 (2020); 73.0 (M), 77.6 (F)
Population of principal cities, 1,000s
|
|
Choloma |
El Progreso |
La Ceiba |
San Pedro Sula |
TEGUCIGALPA1 |
|
1590 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
1791 |
|
|
|
|
5.4 |
|
1860 |
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
1895 |
|
|
|
10 |
17 |
|
1901 |
|
|
|
|
35 |
|
1945 |
2 |
7 |
16 |
22 |
86 |
|
1958 |
|
|
23 |
59 |
107 |
|
1965 |
|
|
|
|
171 |
|
1969 |
|
|
|
96 |
|
|
1974 |
|
|
|
|
232 |
|
1982 |
|
|
|
398 |
534 |
|
1990 |
66 |
62 |
70 |
429 |
679 |
|
2001 |
126 |
95 |
127 |
483 |
820 |
|
2009 |
|
|
|
|
944 |
|
2013 |
|
|
|
719 |
1,158 |
|
2015 |
243 |
310 |
204 |
|
|
1Founded in 1524, Tegucigalpa became the capital in 1827
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1956 |
281 |
0.08 |
|
|
|
1960 |
336 |
0.06 |
165 |
5.49 |
|
1965 |
442 |
0.06 |
217 |
5.67 |
|
1970 |
810 |
0.08 |
266 |
5.07 |
|
1975 |
1,210 |
0.07 |
356 |
4.55 |
|
1980 |
2,570 |
0.09 |
695 |
5.52 |
|
1985 |
3,640 |
0.09 |
833 |
4.56 |
|
1990 |
2,920 |
0.05 |
600 |
2.50 |
|
1995 |
3,960 |
0.05 |
700 |
2.33 |
|
2000 |
5,360 |
0.05 |
1,090 |
2.99 |
|
2005 |
8,000 |
0.06 |
1,311 |
2.96 |
|
2010 |
15,340 |
0.10 |
1,932 |
3.99 |
|
2015 |
20,844 |
0.12 |
2,326 |
4.14 |
|
2016 |
21,516 |
0.12 |
2,361 |
4.11 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1960 |
|
70.0 |
|
11.0 |
|
19.0 |
|
1965 |
40.0 |
65.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
27.0 |
63.0 |
26.0 |
20.0 |
47.0 |
17.0 |
|
1990 |
22.0 |
58.0 |
24.0 |
20.0 |
56.0 |
22.0 |
|
2000 |
18.0 |
40.0 |
32.0 |
20.0 |
50.0 |
40.0 |
|
2010 |
12.4 |
|
26.9 |
|
60.8 |
|
|
2016 |
13.5 |
|
28.2 |
|
58.3 |
|
Communications
Language Official; Spanish, English, American Indian languages also spoken
Literacy
35.0% (1950)
45.0% (1960)
57.0% (1974)
59.5% (1985); 61.0% (M), 58.0% (F)
72.7% (1995); 72.6% (M), 72.7% (F)
75.6% (2000); 75.4% (M), 75.7% (F)
80.0% (2000); 79.8% (M), 80.2% (F)
89.0% (2015); 89.0% (M), 88.9% (F)
Physical communications � roads, railways, First railway opened 1869, Puerto Cortes to La Pimienta, 95 km.
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
Railways (km) |
|
1900 |
|
|
|
|
|
95 |
|
1946 |
1,922 |
|
|
|
|
1,040 |
|
1951 |
|
|
|
1,733 |
1,583 |
|
|
1956 |
2,517 |
|
8,700 |
3,218 |
2,500 |
1,337 |
|
1960 |
2,919 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1961 |
|
|
|
5,680 |
5,335 |
|
|
1964 |
|
|
16,200 |
|
|
1,152 |
|
1969 |
5,185 |
500 |
|
|
|
|
|
1977 |
7,678 |
|
|
14,300 |
|
|
|
1983 |
8,950 |
1,828 |
|
|
24,385 |
1,004 |
|
1986 |
|
|
77,000 |
40.800 |
|
955 |
|
1999 |
|
|
|
|
40,903 |
|
|
2010 |
14,239 |
3,159 |
127,000 |
|
|
|
|
2012 |
14,742 |
3,367 |
139,000 |
|
|
699 |
Electronic communications, TV broadcasts began 1959.� Colour broadcasts from 1973.
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1941 |
|
|
16,000 |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
2,233 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
25,000 |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
7,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
125,000 |
1,000 |
|
|
|
1968 |
11,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1970 |
|
|
|
23,000 |
|
|
|
1976 |
19,000 |
|
161,000 |
48,000 |
|
|
|
1980 |
68,800 |
|
190,000 |
|
|
|
|
1990 |
125,000 |
|
1,980,000 |
370,000 |
|
|
|
1996 |
|
2,311 |
2,400,000 |
|
|
|
|
1997 |
|
|
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
2000 |
625,000 |
155,300 |
2,600,000 |
620,000 |
70,000 |
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
168,000 |
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
110,000 |
222,300 |
|
2005 |
|
1,281,500 |
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
|
2010 |
830,000 |
|
|
|
|
731,900 |
|
2016 |
442,929 |
7,833,000 |
|
|
|
2,668,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Honduras,
140,000 (1972)
97,581 (1980)
157,713 (1984)
204,000 (1986)
290,000 (1990)
271,000 (1995)
471,000 (2000)
673,000 (2005)
863,000 (2010)
880,000 (2015)