Honduras
Urban population in Honduras
Urban population in Honduras: 31% in 1950 and 59.3% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 59.3%
- Since 1950
- +28.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 138 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 68.5%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 68.5% in 2050.
- The highest was 59.3% in 2025, the lowest 23.2% in 1961.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Honduras |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.3 |
| 2024 | 58.8 |
| 2023 | 58.3 |
| 2022 | 57.8 |
| 2021 | 57.4 |
| 2020 | 56.9 |
| 2019 | 56.4 |
| 2018 | 55.9 |
| 2017 | 55.4 |
| 2016 | 54.9 |
| 2015 | 54.4 |
| 2014 | 53.9 |
| 2013 | 53.4 |
| 2012 | 52.7 |
| 2011 | 52 |
| 2010 | 51.3 |
| 2009 | 50.7 |
| 2008 | 50 |
| 2007 | 49.4 |
| 2006 | 48.8 |
| 2005 | 48.2 |
| 2004 | 47.6 |
| 2003 | 47 |
| 2002 | 46.4 |
| 2001 | 45.9 |
| 2000 | 45.3 |
| 1999 | 44.8 |
| 1998 | 44.3 |
| 1997 | 43.8 |
| 1996 | 43.3 |
| 1995 | 42.9 |
| 1994 | 42.4 |
| 1993 | 41.9 |
| 1992 | 41.5 |
| 1991 | 41 |
| 1990 | 40.5 |
| 1989 | 40 |
| 1988 | 39.5 |
| 1987 | 38.9 |
| 1986 | 38.4 |
| 1985 | 37.9 |
| 1984 | 37.3 |
| 1983 | 36.8 |
| 1982 | 36.2 |
| 1981 | 35.6 |
| 1980 | 35.1 |
| 1979 | 34.5 |
| 1978 | 33.9 |
| 1977 | 33.3 |
| 1976 | 32.7 |
| 1975 | 32.1 |
| 1974 | 31.6 |
| 1973 | 30.9 |
| 1972 | 30.2 |
| 1971 | 29.4 |
| 1970 | 28.6 |
| 1969 | 27.8 |
| 1968 | 27 |
| 1967 | 26.1 |
| 1966 | 25.4 |
| 1965 | 24.7 |
| 1964 | 24.1 |
| 1963 | 23.7 |
| 1962 | 23.4 |
| 1961 | 23.2 |
| 1960 | 23.4 |
| 1959 | 23.8 |
| 1958 | 24.5 |
| 1957 | 25.4 |
| 1956 | 26.5 |
| 1955 | 27.5 |
| 1954 | 28.6 |
| 1953 | 29.5 |
| 1952 | 30.3 |
| 1951 | 30.8 |
| 1950 | 31 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Honduras |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 59.7 |
| 2027 | 60.2 |
| 2028 | 60.6 |
| 2029 | 61.1 |
| 2030 | 61.5 |
| 2031 | 61.9 |
| 2032 | 62.4 |
| 2033 | 62.8 |
| 2034 | 63.2 |
| 2035 | 63.6 |
| 2036 | 64 |
| 2037 | 64.4 |
| 2038 | 64.7 |
| 2039 | 65.1 |
| 2040 | 65.5 |
| 2041 | 65.8 |
| 2042 | 66.1 |
| 2043 | 66.5 |
| 2044 | 66.8 |
| 2045 | 67.1 |
| 2046 | 67.4 |
| 2047 | 67.7 |
| 2048 | 68 |
| 2049 | 68.2 |
| 2050 | 68.5 |
Good to know
- 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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- 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