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Honduras

Official name:

the Republic of Honduras

Name in native language:

Honduras /

Capital:

Tegucigalpa

ISO country code

HN

Nat. statistical agency:

Instituto Nacional de Estadística

Region:

Central America

Census Results

1791-xx-xx : 96,421
1801-xx-xx : 128,453
1881-xx-xx : 307,289
1887-06-01 : 331,917
1895-12-xx : 398,877
1901-12-31 : 543,741
1905-12-31 : 500,136
1910-12-18 : 553,446
1916-12-17 : 605,997
1926-12-26 : 700,811
1930-06-29 : 854,184
1935-06-30 : 962,000
1940-06-30 : 1,107,859
1945-06-24 : 1,200,542
1950-06-18 : 1,368,605
1961-04-17 : 1,884,765
1974-03-06 : 2,656,948
1988-05-29 : 4,248,561
2001-07-28 : 6,076,885

the Republic of Honduras

Administrative units

departamento	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1988-05-29 census	population 2001-07-28 census	population 2010 projection
source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Honduras.
Atlántida	La Ceiba	4,372.2	247,910	315,041	407,551
Colón	Trujillo	8,248.8	155,425	218,436	293,540
Comayagua	Comayagua	5,124.0	249,070	332,314	442,251
Copán	Santa Rosa de Copán	3,242.1	227,883	276,083	362,226
Cortés	San Pedro Sula	3,923.0	688,225	1,077,538	1,570,291
Choluteca	Choluteca	4,360.0	306,832	364,684	459,124
El Paraíso	Yuscarán	7,489.2	264,061	331,351	427,232
Francisco Morazán	Tegucigalpa	8,618.7	860,083	1,109,900	1,433,810
Gracias a Dios	Puerto Lempira	16,997.1	36,313	56,679	88,314
Intibucá	La Esperanza	3,122.9	129,469	175,107	232,509
Islas de la Bahía	Roatán	236.0	22,909	31,552	49,158
La Paz	La Paz	2,330.6	109,995	147,787	196,322
Lempira	Gracias	4,234.2	183,855	243,971	315,565
Ocotepeque	Ocotepeque	1,630.2	77,128	102,176	132,453
Olancho	Jutigalpa	24,057.3	294,753	384,881	509,564
Santa Bárbara	Santa Bárbara	5,024.2	289,578	327,343	402,367
Valle	Nacaome	1,665.0	124,572	141,811	171,613
Yoro	Yoro	7,781.3	346,316	440,231	552,100
total		112,456.8	4,614,377	6,076,885	8,045,990

Main cities

name	population 2001-07-28 census
Tegucigalpa (Distrito Central)	850,227
San Pedro Sula	515,458
Choloma	151,999
El Progreso	147,369
Danlí	135,136
La Ceiba	127,590
Choluteca	120,791
Puerto Cortes	90,161
Comayagua	87,474
Juticalpa	84,641
Villanueva	80,662
Catacamas	79,184
Olanchito	78,776
Tela	77,031
Yoro	64,425
Santa Cruz de Yojoa	61,461
Siguatepeque	60,155
La Lima	53,594
Tocoa	53,191
source: Instituto Nacional de Estadíistica, Honduras.