Honduras

Republic of Honduras República de Honduras  (Spanish)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  "Libre, Soberana e Independiente" (Spanish) "Free, Sovereign and Independent"
Anthem: "Himno Nacional de Honduras" "National Anthem of Honduras"
Capital and largest city	Tegucigalpa 14°6′N 87°13′W / 14.100°N 87.217°W / 14.100; -87.217
Official languages	Spanish
Ethnic groups (2016)[1]	90% Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and White) 7% Indigenous 2% Black 1% White
Religion (2014)[2]	87% Christianity —46% Catholic —41% Protestant 10% Unaffiliated 2% Other
Demonym(s)	Honduran Catracho(a)
Government	Unitary presidential republic
• President	Xiomara Castro
• 1st Vice President	Salvador Nasralla
• President of National Congress	Luis Redondo Guifarro
Legislature	National Congress
Independence
• Declaredb from Spain	15 September 1821
• Declared from the First Mexican Empire	1 July 1823
• Declared, as Honduras, from the Federal Republic of Central America	5 November 1838
Area
• Total	112,492 km2 (43,433 sq mi) (101st)
Population
• 2021 estimate	10,278,345[3][4] (95th)
• 2013 census	8,303,771
• Density	85/km2 (220.1/sq mi) (128th)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$49.010 billion[5] (104th)
• Per capita	$5,817[5] (133rd)
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$23.835 billion[5] (108th)
• Per capita	$2,829[5] (128th)
Gini (2018)	52.1[6] high
HDI (2019)	0.632[7] medium · 133rd
Currency	Lempira (HNL)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+504
ISO 3166 code	HN
Internet TLD	.hn
Mixture of European and American Indian. As part of the Federal Republic of Central America.
Population estimates explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected, as of July 2007.

Honduras is a country in Central America. Its capital is Tegucigalpa. Most people of Honduras speak the Spanish language (while English has mostly widely spoken). 10,636,227 people live in Honduras and it is 112,492 square kilometres (43,433 sq mi) in size. It is next to El Salvador. To one side is the Caribbean Sea and to the other in the Pacific Ocean.

The ethnic makeup of Honduras is 90% mestizo, 7% amerindian, 2% black, and 1% white.^[8]

Honduras has the world's 4th highest murder rate.^[9]

1. ↑ Cite error: The named reference cia was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
2. ↑ "Religion in Latin America: Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region" (PDF). November 2014. p. 14. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
3. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
4. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2018". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
6. ↑ "Gini Index coefficient". CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
7. ↑ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
8. ↑ "Honduras - ETHNIC GROUPS". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
9. ↑ Peter (2020-06-17). "Countries by murder rate – ranked". The Facts Institute. Retrieved 2021-09-13.