Honduras
Tegucigalpa · Central America
Honduras is a country in North America. Its capital city is Tegucigalpa, the official currency is the Lempira, and the main language is Spanish.
With a population of roughly 10.6 million people spread over 112,492 km², Honduras is the 87th most populous country in the world and the 101st largest by area. That works out at about 94 people per square kilometre.
Honduras shares land borders with Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua — 3 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and Choloma. The highest point in the country is Cerro Las Minas, at 2,870 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Benin, while its population is closest to that of Sweden.
- Capital
- Tegucigalpa
- Region
- Central America
- Population
- 10,600,000
- Area
- 112,492 km²
- Currency
- Lempira
- Main language
- Spanish
- Highest point
- Cerro Las Minas
2,870 m - Land borders
- 3
Honduras: things worth knowing
- Copán holds some of the finest Maya sculpture and hieroglyphic inscriptions known.
- Honduras has the second largest section of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, off its Bay Islands.
- The Mosquitia rainforest in the east is one of the largest wilderness areas in Central America.
Honduras in context
North America has 23 sovereign countries in total. Honduras ranks 8th among them by population.
See the full list of North America countries, or browse all 195 countries.