Honduras
Life expectancy in Honduras
Life expectancy in Honduras: 41.1 years in 1950 and 72.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 72.9 years
- Since 1950
- +31.8 years
- Rank, 2023
- 134 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 84.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 84.6 years in 2100, between 73.7 years and 92 years (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1920: 29 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Honduras | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 72.9 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 72.7 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 69.5 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 70.9 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 72.1 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 72 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 71.8 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 71.6 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 71.3 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 71 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 70.8 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 70.5 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 70.1 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 69.8 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 69.8 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 69.7 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 69.5 | 69 |
| 2006 | 69.4 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 69.2 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 69.1 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 68.9 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 68.7 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 68.5 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 68.3 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 68 | 66 |
| 1998 | 62.4 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 67.5 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 67.3 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 66.9 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 66.5 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 66.1 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 65.9 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 65.6 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 65.2 | 64 |
| 1989 | 64.8 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 64.4 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 64.1 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 63.7 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 63.2 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 62.8 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 62.4 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 61.7 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 61 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 60.4 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 59.8 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 59.3 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 58.7 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 58.2 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 57.5 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 52.5 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 54.6 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 55.7 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 55 | 56 |
| 1970 | 54.4 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 53.7 | 56 |
| 1968 | 53 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 52.3 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 51.6 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 50.9 | 54 |
| 1964 | 50.2 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 49.4 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 48.7 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 47.7 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 47.2 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 46.4 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 45.6 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 44.9 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 44.3 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 43.7 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 43 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 42.5 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 42 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 41.6 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 41.1 | 46.4 |
| 1940 | 36 | – |
| 1930 | 34 | – |
| 1920 | 29 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Honduras | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7371.8–74.3 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 73.271.4–74.9 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 73.471.3–75.5 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 73.671–75.9 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 73.770.8–76.3 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 73.970.7–76.8 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 74.170.9–77 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 74.270.7–77.5 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 74.470.6–77.7 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 74.570.4–77.9 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 74.770.5–78.4 | 75 |
| 2035 | 74.970.6–78.7 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 7570.4–78.9 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 75.270.6–79.4 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 75.370.6–79.8 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 75.570.5–79.8 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 75.770.6–80.1 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 75.870.7–80.5 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 7670.5–80.8 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 76.270.6–81.2 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 76.370.7–81.3 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 76.570.7–81.6 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 76.670.6–81.9 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 76.870.7–81.9 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 7770.8–82.4 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 77.170.9–82.6 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 77.370.8–83 | 77 |
| 2051 | 77.470.7–83.2 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 77.670.9–83.3 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 77.871–83.5 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 77.971–83.8 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 78.171.4–84 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 78.271.4–84.3 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 78.471.5–84.5 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 78.671.2–84.6 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 78.771.4–84.8 | 78 |
| 2060 | 78.971.3–85.1 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 7971.3–85.3 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 79.271.4–85.4 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 79.371.5–85.7 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 79.571.6–85.9 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 79.671.6–85.9 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 79.871.7–86.3 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 8071.6–86.4 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 80.171.7–86.7 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 80.371.8–86.7 | 79 |
| 2070 | 80.471.8–86.7 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 80.671.6–86.9 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 80.771.7–87.2 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 80.972–87.2 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 8171.8–87.3 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 81.271.8–87.5 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 81.371.8–87.6 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 81.571.8–87.8 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 81.671.8–87.9 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 81.871.7–88.1 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 81.971.8–88.4 | 80 |
| 2081 | 82.172.1–88.5 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 82.272.3–88.8 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 82.472.4–88.8 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 82.572.6–89 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 82.672.5–89.1 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 82.872.8–89.2 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 82.972.7–89.3 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 8372.9–89.7 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 83.272.9–89.9 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 83.373–90.1 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 83.473.3–90.3 | 81 |
| 2092 | 83.673.4–90.6 | 81 |
| 2093 | 83.773.4–90.7 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 83.973.4–90.9 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 8473.7–91 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 84.173.5–91.1 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 84.273.8–91.4 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 84.474–91.7 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 84.574–92.1 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 84.673.7–92 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$582M in 2025
- Military spending per person$53 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel23,000 people in 2020
- National power0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports7 million TIV in 2024