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Honduras: cities by population

By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 18 September 2026 · UN World Population Prospects

Honduras has a population of 11,184,760 (UN estimate, 2026), with Tegucigalpa as its capital. The 50 largest of its 544 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

+70%

since 2000 (6,577,773)

+33%

projected by 2050 (14,846,779)

103

people per km²

UN estimates to 2026; the dashed line is the medium-variant projection to 2050, a forecast rather than a measurement. Source: World Population Prospects 2024.

Full UN series, 1950 to 2050

Year	Population
1950	1,558,938
1975	3,193,234
2000	6,577,773
2005	7,478,355
2010	8,365,878
2015	9,237,305
2020	10,119,640
2025	11,005,850
2026	11,184,760
2030 projected	11,885,319
2050 projected	14,846,779

Medium variant. Figures from 2026 onward are projections, not measurements.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.

Largest cities in Honduras

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Tegucigalpa	Francisco Morazán Department	850,848
2	San Pedro Sula	Cortés Department	801,259
3	Danlí	El Paraíso Department	233,789
4	La Ceiba	Atlántida Department	222,055
5	La Ceiba	Atlántida Department	215,973
6	Puerto Cortez	Cortés Department	142,311
7	Catacamas	Olancho Department	140,548
8	Choloma	Cortés Department	139,100
9	Siguatepeque	Comayagua Department	127,468
10	Olanchito	Yoro Department	124,286
11	Tocoa	Colón Department	111,972
12	El Progreso	Yoro Department	100,810
13	Santa Cruz de Yojoa	Cortés Department	97,848
14	Ciudad Choluteca	Choluteca Department	75,872
15	San Pedro de Copán	Copán Department	63,829
16	Comayagua	Comayagua Department	58,784
17	Omoa	Cortés Department	58,172
18	El Negrito	Yoro Department	50,550
19	Sonaguera	Colón Department	48,087
20	Quimistán	Santa Bárbara Department	47,993
21	La Lima	Cortés Department	45,955
22	Teupasenti	El Paraíso Department	43,477
23	Lepaera	Lempira Department	37,876
24	Macuelizo	Santa Bárbara Department	34,401
25	Victoria	Yoro Department	34,215
26	Sabá	Colón Department	33,879
27	Juticalpa	Olancho Department	33,686
28	Villa de San Antonio	Comayagua Department	32,419
29	Villanueva	Cortés Department	31,571
30	Dulce Nombre de Culmí	Olancho Department	30,543
31	El Rosario	Comayagua Department	30,042
32	Tela	Atlántida Department	29,325
33	Santa Rosa de Copán	Copán Department	27,753
34	Potrerillos	Cortés Department	26,954
35	La Iguala	Lempira Department	26,805
36	Arizona	Atlántida Department	25,320
37	San Francisco de Yojoa	Cortés Department	24,740
38	Marcovia	Choluteca Department	24,646
39	San Luis	Santa Bárbara Department	24,606
40	Sabanagrande	Francisco Morazán Department	23,943
41	San Antonio de Cortés	Cortés Department	22,884
42	Gualaco	Olancho Department	22,327
43	San Lorenzo	Valle Department	22,289
44	Yamaranguila	Intibucá Department	21,633
45	Santa Rita	Yoro Department	21,536
46	Iriona	Colón Department	21,207
47	Esquías	Comayagua Department	21,009
48	Langue	Valle Department	20,944
49	Cofradía	Cortés Department	20,353
50	Azacualpa	Santa Bárbara Department	20,210

Twenty years earlier: Honduras in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 6,569,026.

Common questions

What is the population of Honduras?

Honduras has a population of 11,184,760, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 14,846,779 — a forecast, not a measurement.

What is the capital of Honduras?

Tegucigalpa.

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Tegucigalpa

The largest place we record in Honduras: 850,848 people

Honduras in 2005

The World Gazetteer's archive edition: 6,569,026 then

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