Honduras
Honduras is a sovereign state in Central America. Its capital is Tegucigalpa. About 11 million people live there (2025). It covers 112,492 square kilometres.
- Capital
- Tegucigalpa
- People (2025)
- 11 million
- Area
- 112,492 km²
- Currency
- Honduran lempira
Honduras at a glance
- In its own language
- República de Honduras
- Status
- Sovereign country
- Continent
- North America
- Capital
- Tegucigalpa
- Population
- 11,002,356 (2025)
- Area
- 112,492 km² (43,433 mi²)
- People are called
- Honduran
- Official languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- Honduran lempira
- GDP (nominal)
- US$32 billion (2022)
- Life expectancy
- 71 years (2022)
- Human Development Index
- 0.621 (2021)
- Gini coefficient
- 48.2 (2019)
- Unemployment
- 4% (2014)
- Government
- republic
- Head of state
- Nasry Asfura (since 2026)
- Head of government
- Nasry Asfura (since 2026)
- Country codes
- HN, HND
- Calling code
- +504
- Internet domain
- .hn
- Drives on the
- right
- Time zones
- UTC−06:00, America/Tegucigalpa
- Coordinates
- 14.633333°, -86.816667°
Honduras and its neighbours
Honduras borders Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. Click a neighbour on the map to open its page.
- Honduras
- Neighbours
Divisions of Honduras
- Atlántida Department
- Choluteca Department
- Colón Department
- Comayagua Department
- Copán Department
- Cortés Department
- El Paraíso Department
- Francisco Morazán Department
- Gracias a Dios Department
- Intibucá Department
- Bay Islands Department
- La Paz Department
- Lempira Department
- Ocotepeque Department
- Olancho Department
- Santa Bárbara Department
- Valle Department
- Yoro Department
Member of
- United Nations
- World Trade Organization
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- International Development Association
- International Finance Corporation
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Central American Bank for Economic Integration
- Central American Common Market
- Interpol
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- UNESCO
- Group on Earth Observations
- Universal Postal Union
and 7 more organisations.
How far are you from Honduras?
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Questions
What is the capital of Honduras?
The capital of Honduras is Tegucigalpa.
What is the population of Honduras?
Honduras has about 11,002,356 people, as recorded in 2025.
How big is Honduras?
Honduras covers 112,492 square kilometres (43,433 square miles).
What currency does Honduras use?
The Honduran lempira.
What language is spoken in Honduras?
The official language of Honduras is Spanish.
Which countries border Honduras?
Honduras shares a border with Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
Data from Wikidata (CC0), retrieved October 9, 2026. Each figure carries the year it was recorded; a statistic with no recorded date is not shown as current. More on Wikipedia.