Honduras
Honduras
Capital Tegucigalpa
112,090 km² · 11,005,850 people (2025) · Honduran lempira
The Mosquitia rainforest on the Caribbean coast is the largest surviving wilderness in Central America, and Río Plátano within it is a World Heritage site. Roatán and the other Bay Islands sit on the same reef system as Belize. Honduras is the only Central American country with no active volcanoes.
The facts
- Capital
- Tegucigalpa
- Area
- 112,090 km² — 43,278 sq mi
- Population
- 11,005,850 (2025)
- Density
- 98.2 people per km²
- Currency
- Honduran lempira (HNL, L)
- Official language
- Spanish
- Time zone
- UTC-06:00
- Calling code
- +504
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- HN · HND
- Continent
- North America
How it compares
- By area
- 102 of 200
- By population
- 87 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | 117,600 | 3,607,003 |
| Benin | 112,622 | 14,814,460 |
| Honduras ← | 112,090 | 11,005,850 |
| Liberia | 111,369 | 5,731,206 |
| Bulgaria | 110,879 | 6,433,302 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Honduras?
- Tegucigalpa
- What currency does Honduras use?
- The Honduran lempira (HNL).
- How big is Honduras?
- 112,090 km², or 43,278 square miles — 102 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Honduras drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)