Honduras Population Pyramid 1996
Honduras in 1996
As of 1996, Honduras counted 5,903,954 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1986, the population was 4,448,899; it has grown by 32.7% since.
Half of the population was younger than 17.4 years; 44.5% were children under 15 and 3.0% were 65 or older. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in Honduras had on average 2.50 children, above the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
A child born there in 2023 could expect to live 72.9 years on average (75.5 years for girls, 70.3 for boys).
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
39,552 immigrants live in Honduras, 0.4% of the population.
| El Salvador | 9,234 |
| Nicaragua | 8,086 |
| United States of America | 7,079 |
| Guatemala | 4,796 |
| Mexico | 1,631 |
1,395,350 people born in Honduras live in other countries.
| United States of America | 934,727 |
| Spain | 218,548 |
| Mexico | 166,398 |
| Nicaragua | 13,606 |
| El Salvador | 12,039 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 5,903,954 | 17.4 | |
| El Salvador | 5,805,286 | 19.9 | |
| Nicaragua | 4,729,974 | 17.9 | |
| Costa Rica | 3,619,013 | 24.1 | |
| Panama | 2,780,227 | 23.2 |





