Honduras vs Mexico: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 59.3% in Honduras and 80% in Mexico, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by 20.8 percentage points, or 1.35 times that in Honduras.

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% of people · UN

HondurasMexicoUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Honduras ranked 138 and Mexico ranked 63 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Honduras at 68.5% and Mexico at 89.5% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Honduras	Mexico
2025	59.3	80
2024	58.8	79.8
2023	58.3	79.5
2022	57.8	79.2
2021	57.4	78.9
2020	56.9	78.7
2019	56.4	78.4
2018	55.9	78
2017	55.4	77.7
2016	54.9	77.4
2015	54.4	77.2
2014	53.9	77
2013	53.4	76.8
2012	52.7	76.7
2011	52	76.6
2010	51.3	76.5
2009	50.7	76.5
2008	50	76.5
2007	49.4	76.5
2006	48.8	76.5
2005	48.2	76.5
2004	47.6	76.3
2003	47	76.1
2002	46.4	75.7
2001	45.9	75.3
2000	45.3	74.9
1999	44.8	74.6
1998	44.3	74.3
1997	43.8	74
1996	43.3	73.6
1995	42.9	73.3
1994	42.4	73
1993	41.9	72.6
1992	41.5	72.2
1991	41	71.9
1990	40.5	71.5
1989	40	71
1988	39.5	70.6
1987	38.9	70.1
1986	38.4	69.6
1985	37.9	69.1
1984	37.3	68.6
1983	36.8	68.1
1982	36.2	67.5
1981	35.6	66.9
1980	35.1	66.3
1979	34.5	65.7
1978	33.9	65
1977	33.3	64.4
1976	32.7	63.6
1975	32.1	62.9
1974	31.6	62.1
1973	30.9	61.4
1972	30.2	60.6
1971	29.4	59.8
1970	28.6	59
1969	27.8	58.3
1968	27	57.5
1967	26.1	56.6
1966	25.4	55.8
1965	24.7	55
1964	24.1	54.1
1963	23.7	53.3
1962	23.4	52.4
1961	23.2	51.6
1960	23.4	50.8
1959	23.8	49.9
1958	24.5	49.1
1957	25.4	48.3
1956	26.5	47.5
1955	27.5	46.7
1954	28.6	45.9
1953	29.5	45.1
1952	30.3	44.2
1951	30.8	43.4
1950	31	42.6

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Honduras	Mexico
2026	59.7	80.3
2027	60.2	80.6
2028	60.6	80.9
2029	61.1	81.3
2030	61.5	81.6
2031	61.9	81.9
2032	62.4	82.2
2033	62.8	82.6
2034	63.2	82.9
2035	63.6	83.3
2036	64	83.7
2037	64.4	84
2038	64.7	84.4
2039	65.1	84.8
2040	65.5	85.2
2041	65.8	85.6
2042	66.1	86
2043	66.5	86.4
2044	66.8	86.8
2045	67.1	87.3
2046	67.4	87.7
2047	67.7	88.1
2048	68	88.6
2049	68.2	89
2050	68.5	89.5

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The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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