# Honduras – Departments, Municipalities, Towns & Population > Source: https://wherepedia.org/honduras/ Country · Central America # Honduras República de Honduras Honduras is a country in Central America bordered by Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua, with a long Caribbean coast and a short Pacific coast on the Gulf of Fonseca. It had an estimated **9,892,674 people** in 2024, across 111,818 km². Honduras is divided into 18 departments and 298 municipalities; each has its own page here. - 9,892,674people (2024) - 111,818km² - 18departments - 10,630mapped services ## How many people live in Honduras? Honduras had an estimated **9,892,674 people** in 2024. There are 1,056 women for every 1,000 men. Spread over 111,818 km², that is about **88 people per km²**. 29.6% of people are children under 15 and 6.3% are 65 or older; the median age is about 26 years. For every 100 people of working age (15–64) there are 56 children and older people. 0–4 ****997,583** 5–9 ****966,831** 10–14 ****965,067** 15–19 ****970,369** 20–24 ****929,676** 25–29 ****867,187** 30–34 ****801,361** 35–39 ****711,875** 40–44 ****584,213** 45–49 ****484,912** 50–54 ****398,176** 55–59 ****327,564** 60–64 ****266,038** 65–69 ****211,207** 70–74 ****161,546** 75–79 ****110,974** 80+ ****138,095** Source: [Instituto Nacional de Estadística - INE via OCHA HDX, population 2024 (COD-PS, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ps-hnd). ## Departments of Honduras Department People per km² Area km² Municipalities Services [Cortes Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/cortes/) 1,920,704 491 3,913 12 2,521 [Francisco Morazan Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/francisco-morazan/) 1,773,166 206 8,588 28 2,495 [Yoro Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/yoro/) 663,731 85 7,793 11 432 [Olancho Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/olancho/) 610,807 25 24,048 23 336 [Comayagua Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/comayagua/) 604,318 118 5,124 21 701 [El Paraiso Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/el-paraiso/) 525,548 71 7,389 19 220 [Atlantida Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/atlantida/) 515,621 118 4,366 8 804 [Santa Barbara Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/santa-barbara/) 496,981 99 5,015 28 274 [Choluteca Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/choluteca/) 496,893 113 4,402 16 346 [Copan Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/copan/) 437,011 135 3,239 23 761 [Lempira Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/lempira/) 388,675 91 4,286 28 222 [Colon Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/colon/) 365,557 44 8,279 10 220 [Intibuca Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/intibuca/) 283,871 91 3,128 17 219 [La Paz Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/la-paz/) 239,305 94 2,536 19 181 [Valle Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/valle/) 198,655 123 1,620 9 176 [Ocotepeque Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/ocotepeque/) 177,135 108 1,635 16 113 [Gracias a Dios Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/gracias-a-dios/) 112,322 7 16,148 6 43 [Islas de La Bahia Department](https://wherepedia.org/honduras/islas-de-la-bahia/) 82,374 358 230 4 566 Source: [Sistema Nacional de Información Territorial (SINIT), Secretaria Técnica de Planificación y Cooperación Externa (SEPLAN), 2010 via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-hnd); [Instituto Nacional de Estadística - INE via OCHA HDX, population 2024 (COD-PS, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ps-hnd). ## Largest towns in Honduras - Tegucigalpa850,848 - San Pedro Sula801,259 - Danlí233,789 - La Ceiba222,055 - La Ceiba215,973 - Puerto Cortez142,311 - Catacamas140,548 - Choloma139,100 - Siguatepeque127,468 - Olanchito124,286 - Tocoa111,972 - El Progreso100,810 - Santa Cruz de Yojoa97,848 - Ciudad Choluteca75,872 - San Pedro de Copán63,829 Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Populations as recorded in GeoNames, which may be older than the estimates above. ## Landscape and landmarks of Honduras Named natural and historic features inside Honduras, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 2,780 rivers and streams; 51 lakes; 2 reservoirs and tanks; 2 dams; 1 waterfall. - Agua Buena - Agua Caliente - Agua Caliente - Agua Fría - Agua Tibia - Ahua-huás - Almuc-huás - Anian-huás - Anihuás - Apalipí - Asa-huás - Asavin-huás - Aurora - Barbasco - Batlilo - Bijagual - Boquerón - Botonal - Buen Hombre - Buena Vista - Burras - Buruhuás - Cacao - Cacauro …and 2,812 more. ### Coast and islands 41 islands; 33 beaches; 26 headlands; 7 lagoons; 4 bays. - Ahin Lagún - Bahía French Harbor - Bahía Noreste - Cayo Cochino Mayor - Cayo Cochino Menor - Cayo Media Luna - Cayo Media Luna - Crow Cay - El Zapote - George's Cay - Gualora Vieja - Guataly Guipo - Hendrick’s Cay - Isla Capota - Isla Cañones - Isla Cañones - Isla Cedeño - Isla Coyote - Isla Dákura Tara - Isla Exposición - Isla Garrobo - Isla Grande - Isla Guapinoles - Isla Güegüensi …and 87 more. ### Hills and mountains 1,612 mountains; 287 hills; 29 mountain passes; 21 valleys; 3 peaks. - Pico Sumpul · 2,407 m - Pico Bonito · 2,361 m - Cerro Botoncillo · 2,348 m - Cerro del Matarral · 2,266 m - Montaña de Mixcure · 2,254 m - Monte Ojuera · 2,225 m - Mogote Pacaya · 2,220 m - Cerro Verde · 2,193 m - El Sillón · 2,165 m - Cerro Ventana · 2,161 m - Cerro Brujo · 2,157 m - Cerro Ventanas · 2,151 m - San Jerónimo · 2,143 m - Cerro Bejuco · 2,141 m - Monte El Liquidámbar · 2,125 m - Cerro El Cocal · 2,116 m - Cerro El Clarín · 2,114 m - Cerro Maranchila · 2,098 m - Cerro Joconal · 2,097 m - Portillo Norte · 2,090 m - Monte Enmedio · 2,086 m - Cerro Chichicuilote · 2,078 m - Cerro Fangul · 2,069 m - Cerro Mentago · 2,069 m …and 1,928 more. ### Forests and nature 24 parks; 5 nature reserves; 1 forest; 1 forest reserve; 1 wildlife reserve. - Celaque National Park - Cusuco National Park - Jardin Botanico Lancetilla - Jeanette Kawas National Park - La Muralla Park - Lomita de Santiago - Los Naranjos Eco-Archeological Park - Montana de Yoro National Park - Parque Central - Parque Central - Parque El Obelisco - Parque Herrera - Parque La Concordia - Parque La Leona - Parque La Libertad - Parque Monumento de La Paz - Parque Nacional La Tigra - Parque Valle - Parques Naciones Unidas El Picacho - Patuca National Park - Pico Bonito Cloud Forest - Pico Bonito National Park - Pico Pijol National Park - Punta Sal National Park …and 8 more. ### History 7 ancient sites; 3 museums; 1 fort. - Casa K'inich - Copan Archaeological Zone - El Abra - El Puente - Fortaleza de Santa Barbara - La Ciénega - La Pala - Museo Regional de Arqueología Maya - Museo de la Escultura Maya - Río Amarillo - Sitio Arqueológico Rastrojón ### Getting around 50 airfields; 25 airports; 1 bridge. - Acensa - Agua Caliente - Ahuas Airport - Araslaya - Auca - Barbareta - Barra del Patuca - Brewers Lagoon Airport - Camino a La Finca Airfield South - Catacamas El Aguacate Airport - Cauquira Airport - Celaque Airport - Chiquerito - Chumbagua - Coyoles - Cristo Te Quiere - Democracia Bridge - Durzuna - El Cubo - Erandique - Finca San Antonio - Fort Cay - Guanaja - Guayape …and 52 more. Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Hospitals, banks and other services in Honduras Places mapped inside Honduras in open map data, by type. - Hospitals594 - Banks492 - ATMs26 - Petrol pumps606 - Hotels1,363 - Shopping malls342 - Schools1,680 - Colleges and universities280 - Cinemas50 - Pharmacies672 - Restaurants3,705 - Police stations153 - Dental clinics667 Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown. ## Honduras in history The 11th edition of the *Encyclopaedia Britannica* (1911) described Honduras as follows. Its wording reflects its time; spellings are as printed. > HONDURAS, a republic of Central America, bounded on the N. by the Caribbean Sea, E. by Nicaragua, S. by Nicaragua, the Pacific Ocean and Salvador, and W. by Guatemala. (For map see Central America.) Pop. (1905) 500,136; area, about 46,500 sq. m. Honduras is said to owe its name, meaning in Spanish “depths,” to the difficulty experienced by its original Spanish explorers in finding anchorage off its shores; Cape Gracias à Dios (Cape “Thanks to God”) is the name bestowed, for analogous reasons, on its easternmost headland, which shelters a small harbour, now included in Nicaragua. Modern navigators are not confronted by the same difficulty; for, although the north coast is unbroken by any remarkable inlet except the Carataska Lagoon, a land-locked lake on the east, with a narrow entrance from the sea, there are many small bays and estuaries, such as those of Puerto Cortes, Omoa, Ulua, La Ceiba and Trujillo, which serve as harbours. The broad basin of the Caribbean Sea, bounded by Honduras, Guatemala and British Honduras, is known as the bay or gulf of Honduras. Several islets and the important group of the Bay Islands (q.v.) belong to the republic. On the Pacific the Hondurian littoral is short but of great commercial value; for it consists of a frontage of some 60 m. on the Fonseca, Bay of (q.v.), one of the finest natural harbours in the world. The islands of Tigre, Sacate Grande and Gueguensi, in the bay, belong to Honduras. The frontier which separates the republic from Nicaragua extends across the continent from E.N.E to W.S.W. It is defined by the river Segovia, Wanks or Coco, for about one-third of the distance; it then deflects across the watershed on the east and south of the river Choluteca, crosses the main Nicaraguan Cordillera (mountain chain) and follows the river Negro to the Bay of Fonseca. Source: [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition (1911) — public domain; transcription via Wikisource](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica). Boundaries in 1901 may differ from today's; sentences describing castes or communities are omitted. ## Quick answers - What is the population of Honduras?9,892,674 (2024 estimate) - What is the median age in Honduras?About 26 years (2024 estimate) - What is the population density of Honduras?About 88 people per km² - What is the largest town in Honduras?Tegucigalpa - How many reservoirs and tanks are in Honduras?2 named in GeoNames - What is the highest point in Honduras?Pico Sumpul (2,407 m, GeoNames elevation model) - How many hospitals are in Honduras?594 mapped - How many banks are in Honduras?492 mapped - How many ATMs are in Honduras?26 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in Honduras?606 mapped - How many departments does Honduras have?18