Honduras - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 14 06 N, 87 13 W
time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)
etymology: while most sources agree that Tegucigalpa is of Nahuatl derivation, there is no consensus on its original meaning
citizenship by descent only: yes
dual citizenship recognized: yes
residency requirement for naturalization: 1 to 3 years
land: 111,890 sq km
water: 200 sq km
arable land: 9.1% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 4% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 15.7% (2018 est.)
forest: 45.3% (2018 est.)
other: 25.9% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 66.18% (male 3,050,008/female 3,283,949)
65 years and over: 5.91% (2023 est.) (male 249,241/female 316,235)
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.
male: 68.4 years
female: 75.5 years
male: 24.4 years
female: 26.2 years
note: data represents median age a first birth among women 25-49
rate of urbanization: 2.48% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 10 years
female: 11 years (2019)
8.37% (2020 est.)
5.7% (2019 est.)
note: about one-third of the people are underemployed
38.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
3.47% (2020 est.)
4.37% (2019 est.)
$6.269 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$7.243 billion (2019 est.)
$9.928 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$11.825 billion (2019 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 48% (2021 est.)
narrow gauge: 164 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge
115 km 1.057-mm gauge
420 km 0.914-mm gauge
paved: 3,367 km (2012)
unpaved: 11,375 km (2012) (1,543 km summer only)
note: an additional 8,951 km of non-official roads used by the coffee industry
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 74 (2021 est.)
Honduras-Belize: Honduras claims the Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize in its constitution; in 2022, Belize instituted proceedings against Honduras concerning sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes