Polity · 1840 CE – present
Honduras
República de Honduras · República de Honduras
Also recorded as Republic of Honduras
- Peak recorded area
- 115,148 km²
- 1861 CE
- Rulers on record
- 8
- from 1998 CE
- Data series
- 414
- 1840 CE–2025 CE
Overview
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa.
Lead section from Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article.
Territory
8 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated. CShapes 2.0 holds 1 further extent, measured on a different basis and deliberately not merged into this series.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before the last complete year, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 59 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population269 obs · 1820 CE–2025 CE | 11Mpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy165 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 73.22years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Net Migration141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | -4,778persons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Population Growth141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 1.63% annual2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Female140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 75.85years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Male140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 70.65years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
Economy
6 of 169 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP220 obs · 1800 CE–2019 CE | 4,713int'l $ (inflation adj.)2019 CE · Gapminder |
| Total Exports116 obs · 1899 CE–2014 CE | 5,380.12million USD (current)2014 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| Total Imports116 obs · 1899 CE–2014 CE | 10.2Kmillion USD (current)2014 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| Trade Balance116 obs · 1899 CE–2014 CE | -4,847.34million USD (current)2014 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| Trade Openness116 obs · 1899 CE–2014 CE | 15.6Kmillion USD (current)2014 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| GDP Current Usd111 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 39.6Bcurrent US$2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Military
6 of 40 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Expenditure % GDP125 obs · 1951 CE–2024 CE | 1.58% of GDP2024 CE · SIPRI Military Expenditure Database |
| CINC Score118 obs · 1899 CE–2016 CE | 0.0005CINC (share of world capability)2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Energy Consumption118 obs · 1899 CE–2016 CE | 4.9Mcoal-ton equivalents2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production118 obs · 1899 CE–2016 CE | 0tons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Personnel112 obs · 1899 CE–2016 CE | 11Kpersons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Expenditure97 obs · 1914 CE–2016 CE | 295Mcurrent USD2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
Territory & resources
6 of 59 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Arable Land %126 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 9.1% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Forest Area %68 obs · 1990 CE–2023 CE | 56.27% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Agricultural Land %63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 31.96%2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Arable Land per capita Ha63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 0.0956hectares per person2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Fao Agricultural Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 3.6Mha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Arable Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 1Mha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
Governance
6 of 31 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Rule Of Law Index187 obs · 1838 CE–2024 CE | 0.517index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Polity2168 obs · 1839 CE–2012 CE | 7index (-10 to 10)2012 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Electoral Democracy Index163 obs · 1838 CE–2024 CE | 0.541index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index163 obs · 1838 CE–2024 CE | 0.382index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index163 obs · 1838 CE–2024 CE | 0.327index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Regime Type101 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 2RoW index (0-3)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
Development
6 of 56 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Freedom Of Expression Index163 obs · 1838 CE–2024 CE | 0.878index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Tech Radios132 obs · 1838 CE–1999 CE | 2,600count1999 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Railway Line Km114 obs · 1875 CE–1993 CE | 996km1993 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Merchant Shipping Tonnage80 obs · 1905 CE–1991 CE | 816gross tons1991 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Newspaper Circulation54 obs · 1946 CE–1999 CE | 412.8Kcirculation1999 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Mobile Subscriptions Per 10052 obs · 1960 CE–2023 CE | 74.41per_1002023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Rulers
8 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Carlos Roberto FloresPresident1998 CE – 2002 CE
- Ricardo MaduroPresident2002 CE – 2006 CE
- Manuel ZelayaPresident2006 CE – 2009 CE
- Roberto MichelettiPresident2009 CE – 2010 CE
- Porfirio Lobo SosaPresident2010 CE – 2014 CE
- Juan Orlando HernándezPresident2014 CE – 2022 CE
- Xiomara CastroPresident2022 CE – 2026 CE
- Nasry AsfuraPresident2026 CE –
Country profile
From the CIA World Factbook 2024. Long entries are trimmed at a sentence boundary.
- Location
- Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua
- Government type
- presidential republic
- Executive branch
- chief of state: President Iris Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya (since 27 January 2022); head of government: President Iris Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya (since 27 January 2022); cabinet: Cabinet appointed by president; election/appointment process: president directly elected by simple-majority popular vote for a 4-year term
- Ethnic groups
- Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and European) 90%, Indigenous 7%, African descent 2%, White 1%
- Natural resources
- timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower
- Economy
- second-fastest-growing Central American economy; COVID-19 and two hurricanes crippled activity; high poverty and inequality; declining-but-still-high violent crime disruption; systemic corruption; coffee and banana exporter; enormous remittances
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- lempiras (HNL)
Memberships
- 5-member Non-Aggression Pact (1907)Historical alliance · member1907 CE – 1918 CE
- 5-member Non-Aggression Pact (1923)Historical alliance · member1923 CE – 1932 CE
- 21-member Entente (1936)Historical alliance · member1936 CE – 1945 CE
- United NationsUNInternational organisation · founding member1945 CE –
- 20-member Defense Pact (1945)Military alliance · member1945 CE – 1947 CE
- 35-member Defense Pact (1947)Military alliance · member1947 CE –
- 6-member Defense Pact (1963)Military alliance · member1963 CE – 1969 CE
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
CHAT (Comin-Hobijn)2009 (FinalCHAT_72909)
Comin, D. & Hobijn, B. (2009). The CHAT Dataset. NBER Working Paper 15319.
NBER research data, freely downloadable
CIA World Factbook 2024
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
Barbieri, K. & Keshk, O. (2016). Correlates of War Project Trade Data Set, v4.0.
Free academic use, citation
FAOSTAT2024 release
FAO (2024). FAOSTAT Statistical Database. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
CC BY 4.0
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database2024
SIPRI (2024). Military Expenditure Database.
Free for non-commercial use, attribution
UN World Population Prospects 20242024
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
CC BY 3.0 IGO
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
World Bank World Development Indicators2024 release
World Bank (2024). World Development Indicators. Washington, DC.
CC BY 4.0