Population:

7,792,854

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2009 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 38.1% (male 1,514,544/female 1,451,862)

15-64 years: 58.3% (male 2,278,508/female 2,267,527)

65 years and over: 3.6% (male 125,991/female 154,422) (2009 est.)

Median age:

total: 20.3 years

male: 20 years

female: 20.7 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.956% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:

26.27 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:

5.41 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate:

-1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization:

urban population: 48% of total population (2008)

rate of urbanization: 2.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female

total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 24.03 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 26.97 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 20.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 69.4 years

male: 67.86 years

female: 71.02 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:

3.27 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.7% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

28,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

1,900 (2007 est.)

Major infectious diseases:

degree of risk: high

food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria

water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)

Nationality:

noun: Honduran(s)

adjective: Honduran

Ethnic groups:

mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, black 2%, white 1%

Religions:

Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%

Languages:

Spanish, Amerindian dialects

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 80%

male: 79.8%

female: 80.2% (2001 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

total: 11 years

male: 11 years

female: 12 years (2004)

Education expenditures:

3.8% of GDP (1991)