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title: "Honduras — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Honduras: capital Tegucigalpa, area 112,090 km², population 11,005,850 (2025), currency Honduran lempira. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/honduras/
site: "At One Place"
---

# 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

- [Eritrea](https://atoneplace.net/country/eritrea/)
- [Benin](https://atoneplace.net/country/benin/)
- [Liberia](https://atoneplace.net/country/liberia/)
- [Bulgaria](https://atoneplace.net/country/bulgaria/)
- [United States](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-states/)
- [Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country/mexico/)
- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Guatemala](https://atoneplace.net/country/guatemala/)
- [Haiti](https://atoneplace.net/country/haiti/)
- [Dominican Republic](https://atoneplace.net/country/dominican-republic/)
- [Cuba](https://atoneplace.net/country/cuba/)
- [Nicaragua](https://atoneplace.net/country/nicaragua/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]