Demographics of Honduras

This article is about the ethnic groups and population of Honduras.

A village in Copán.
Talanga road, Honduras.

Population
Census population and average annual growth rate
YearPop.±%
1791 96,421—    
1801 128,453+33.2%
1881 307,289+139.2%
1887 331,917+8.0%
1895 398,877+20.2%
1901 543,741+36.3%
1905 500,136−8.0%
1910 553,446+10.7%
1916 605,997+9.5%
1926 700,811+15.6%
1930 854,184+21.9%
1935 962,000+12.6%
1940 1,107,859+15.2%
1945 1,200,542+8.4%
1950 1,368,605+14.0%
1961 1,884,765+37.7%
1988 4,614,377+144.8%
2001 6,535,344+41.6%
2013 —    
Source: INE [1]

According to the 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects[2][3] the total population was 9,587,522 in 2018, compared to 1,487,000 in 1950 (a fivefold increase in 60 years). The proportion of the population aged below 15 in 2010 was 36.8%, 58.9% were aged between 15 and 65 years of age, and 4.3% were aged 65 years or older.[4]

As of 2014, 60% of Hondurans live below the poverty line.[5] More than 30% of the population is divided between the lower middle and upper middle class, less than 10% are wealthy or belong to the higher social class (most live in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula).

Total population
(x 1000)		 Proportion
aged 0–14
(%)		 Proportion
aged 15–64
(%)		 Proportion
aged 65+
(%)
1950 1 48742.253.84.0
1955 1 71744.352.33.4
1960 2 00246.150.83.2
1965 2 35347.149.83.1
1970 2 69147.749.23.1
1975 3 10847.549.33.2
1980 3 63647.049.83.2
1985 4 23846.250.63.2
1990 4 90445.551.13.4
1995 5 59244.352.13.6
2000 6 23642.453.73.9
2005 6 89939.856.04.1
2010 7 62136.858.94.3

Structure of the population

Structure of the population (01.07.2007) (estimates) (data refer to projections based on the 2001 Population Census):[6]

Age group Male Female Total %
Total 3 717 577 3 819 375 7 536 952 100
0-4 541 070 522 177 1 063 247 14,11
5-9 511 733 497 666 1 009 399 13,39
10-14 464 403 456 447 920 850 12,22
15-19 402 792 400 001 802 793 10,65
20-24 353 317 357 434 710 751 9,43
25-29 308 283 318 130 626 413 8,31
30-34 255 818 266 861 522 679 6,93
35-39 205 171 219 874 425 045 5,64
40-44 157 492 177 140 334 632 4,44
45-49 128 813 147 464 276 277 3,67
50-54 105 428 121 993 227 421 3,02
55-59 83 643 97 033 180 676 2,40
60-64 63 863 73 789 137 652 1,83
65-69 49 404 58 136 107 540 1,43
70-74 37 134 44 984 82 118 1,09
75-79 24 368 30 225 54 593 0,72
80+ 24 845 30 021 54 866 0,73
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0-14 1 517 206 1 476 290 2 993 496 39,72
15-64 2 064 620 2 179 719 4 244 339 56,31
65+ 135 751 163 366 299 117 3,97

Structure of the population (01.07.2010) (estimates):

Age group Male Female Total %
Total 3 965 430 4 080 560 8 045 990 100
0-4 549 179 530 110 1 079 289 13,41
5-9 525 938 509 139 1 035 077 12,86
10-14 492 090 481 523 973 613 12,10
15-19 434 856 431 337 866 193 10,77
20-24 371 818 375 696 747 514 9,29
25-29 326 377 337 526 663 903 8,25
30-34 282 042 295 519 577 561 7,18
35-39 230 506 244 378 474 884 5,90
40-44 181 554 200 161 381 715 4,74
45-49 140 031 161 534 301 565 3,75
50-54 116 240 135 378 251 618 3,13
55-59 93 205 109 982 203 187 2,53
60-64 72 071 85 246 157 317 1,96
65-69 53 835 63 955 117 790 1,46
70-74 40 470 49 655 90 125 1,12
75-79 27 381 34 757 62 138 0,77
80+ 27 837 34 664 62 501 0,78
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0-14 1 567 207 1 520 772 3 087 979 38,38
15-64 2 248 700 2 376 757 4 625 457 57,49
65+ 149 523 183 031 332 554 4,13

Vital statistics

Registration of vital events is in Honduras not complete. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates. [4]

Period Live births
per year		 Deaths
per year		 Natural change
per year		 CBR* CDR* NC* TFR* IMR* Life expectancy
total		 Life expectancy
for males		 Life expectancy
for females
1950-195584 00040 00044 00052.124.727.47.5016941.840.543.1
1955-196095 00040 00055 00051.121.529.67.5015444.643.046.3
1960-1965108 00040 00068 00049.518.331.27.4213648.046.349.8
1965-1970122 00040 00082 00048.416.032.47.4211951.049.253.0
1970-1975133 00040 00093 00045.913.732.27.0510454.152.156.2
1975-1980150 00038 000112 00044.511.433.16.608157.755.659.9
1980-1985166 00036 000130 00042.39.233.16.006561.659.463.8
1985-1990180 00033 000147 00039.57.332.25.375365.463.267.7
1990-1995195 00033 000162 00037.16.330.84.924367.765.470.1
1995-2000198 00033 000165 00033.45.627.94.303569.867.572.3
2000-2005197 00035 000163 00030.05.324.83.723171.068.673.4
2005-2010201 00037 000164 00027.75.122.73.312872.169.774.5
* CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)

Births and deaths [6]

Year Population Live births Deaths Natural increase Crude birth rate Crude death rate Rate of natural increase TFR
2010 200,293 22,843 177,450
2011 201,494 25,012 176,482
2012 196,119 25,249 170,870
2015 204,594
2016 184,312

Fertility and births

Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):[7]

Year CBR (Total) TFR (Total) CBR (Urban) TFR (Urban) CBR (Rural) TFR (Rural)
1998-2001 4,4
2005-2006 27 3,3 (2,3) 24 2,6 (1,9) 29 4,1 (2,8)
2011-2012 25,6 2,9 (2,2) 24,2 2,5 (1,9) 27,2 3,5 (2,6)

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in Honduras %[8]

  Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) (90%)
  Amerindians (7%)
  Blacks (2%)
  Whites (1%)

Religions: in Honduras %[8]

  Roman Catholic (97%)
  Protestant (3%)

Mestizos

Mestizos (Native American mixed with European) have been reported by the CIA World Factbook to be about 90% of the population of Honduras.[8] As in other Latin American countries, the question of racial breakdown of a national population is contentious. Since the beginning of the 20th century at least, Honduras has publicly framed itself as a mestizo nation, ignoring and at times disparaging both the African component of the population and often also the surviving indigenous population that was still regarded as pure blood.[9][10]

Because of social stigmas attached, many people denied having African ancestry, and after African descended Caribbean workers arrived in Honduras, an active campaign to denigrate all people of African descent, made persons of mixed race anxious to deny any African ancestry. Hence official statistics quite uniformly under-represent those people who have ancestry in favor of a "two race" solution.[9]

Amerindian

According to the 2001 census the Amerindian population in Honduras included 381,495 people (6.3% of the total population).[11] With the exception of the Lenca and the Ch'orti' they still keep their language.

Six different Amerindian groups were counted at the 2001 census:

  • the Lenca (279,507 in 2001;4.6% of the total population) living in the La Paz, Intibucá, and Lempira departments;
  • the Miskito (51,607 in 2001; 0.8%) living on the northeast coast along the border with Nicaragua.
  • the Ch'orti' (34,453 in 2001;0.6% of the total population), a Mayan group living in the northwest on the border with Guatemala;
  • the Tolupan (also called Jicaque, "Xicaque", or Tol; 9,617 in 2001; 0.2% of the total population), living in the reserve of the Montaña de la Flor and parts of the department of Yoro;
  • the Pech or Paya Indians (3,848 in 2001; 0.1% of the total population) living in a small area in the Olancho department;
  • the Sumo or Tawahka (2,463 in 2001; <0.1%)

Afro-Honduran

The Afro-Honduran population consists of Garifuna and Creoles.

  • The Garifuna are descendants of Carib, Arawak, and West African people. This ethnic group has its origins in a group from St. Vincent islands in the Caribbean, who came in 1797. At the 2001 census 46,448 people were registered as Garifuna, 0.8% of the total population of Honduras.[11] The Garifuna speak an Arawakan language. They live along the entire Caribbean coastline of Honduras, and in the Bay Islands.
  • The number of Creoles was 12,370 (0.2%) in 2001.

Examples of well-known Afro-Hondurans are footballers David Suazo, Victor "Muma" Bernardez, and Wilson Palacios; and actor Skai Jackson.

White-Honduran

White people along with Afro-descendants and Amerindians belong to the minorities of Honduras. Most of the Honduran whites are descendants of the Spanish colonist, they inhabit most of the western part of the country. Other Honduran whites are descendants of European immigrants who arrived at the beginning of the 20th century.

Examples of white Hondurans are film director Juan Carlos Fanconi, former president of the Central American federation Francisco Morazan.

Other ethnicities

Honduras hosts a significant Palestinian community (the vast majority of whom are Christian Arabs).[12] These Arab-Hondurans are sometimes called "Turcos", because they arrived in Honduras using Turkish travel documents, as their homeland was then under the control of the Ottoman Empire. The Palestinians arrived in the country in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, establishing themselves especially in the city of San Pedro Sula.[13]

The Italians in Honduras were 389 in 2014, nearly all of them concentrated in the capital area[14]

There is also a small Chinese community in Honduras. A lawyer of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras (CODEH) stated that the Chinese community in Honduras is rather small. Many of the Chinese are immigrants who arrived from China after the revolution and their descendants.[15]

See also

References
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  10. Dario Euraque, "Antropólogos, archaeólogos, imperialismo y la mayanicación de Honduras, 1890-1940," Revista Historia 45 (2002): 73-103
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