Demographics of Honduras


This article is about the ethnic groups and population of Honduras.

Population

According to the total population was in, compared to 1,487,000 in 1950. The proportion of the population aged below 15 in 2010 was 36.8%, 58.9% were aged between 15 and 65 years of age, and 4.3% were aged 65 years or older.
As of 2014, 60% of Hondurans live below the poverty line. More than 30% of the population is divided between the lower middle and upper middle class, less than 10% are wealthy or belong to the higher social class.
Total population
Proportion
aged 0–14
Proportion
aged 15–64
Proportion
aged 65+
19501 48742.253.84.0
19551 71744.352.33.4
19602 00246.150.83.2
19652 35347.149.83.1
19702 69147.749.23.1
19753 10847.549.33.2
19803 63647.049.83.2
19854 23846.250.63.2
19904 90445.551.13.4
19955 59244.352.13.6
20006 23642.453.73.9
20056 89939.856.04.1
20107 62136.858.94.3

Structure of the population

Structure of the population :
Age groupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total3 717 5773 819 3757 536 952100
0-4541 070522 1771 063 24714,11
5-9511 733497 6661 009 39913,39
10-14464 403456 447920 85012,22
15-19402 792400 001802 79310,65
20-24353 317357 434710 7519,43
25-29308 283318 130626 4138,31
30-34255 818266 861522 6796,93
35-39205 171219 874425 0455,64
40-44157 492177 140334 6324,44
45-49128 813147 464276 2773,67
50-54105 428121 993227 4213,02
55-5983 64397 033180 6762,40
60-6463 86373 789137 6521,83
65-6949 40458 136107 5401,43
70-7437 13444 98482 1181,09
75-7924 36830 22554 5930,72
80+24 84530 02154 8660,73

Structure of the population :
Age groupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total3 965 4304 080 5608 045 990100
0-4549 179530 1101 079 28913,41
5-9525 938509 1391 035 07712,86
10-14492 090481 523973 61312,10
15-19434 856431 337866 19310,77
20-24371 818375 696747 5149,29
25-29326 377337 526663 9038,25
30-34282 042295 519577 5617,18
35-39230 506244 378474 8845,90
40-44181 554200 161381 7154,74
45-49140 031161 534301 5653,75
50-54116 240135 378251 6183,13
55-5993 205109 982203 1872,53
60-6472 07185 246157 3171,96
65-6953 83563 955117 7901,46
70-7440 47049 65590 1251,12
75-7927 38134 75762 1380,77
80+27 83734 66462 5010,78

Vital statistics

Registration of vital events is in Honduras not complete. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.
Births and deaths
YearPopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural increaseCrude birth rateCrude death rateRate of natural increaseTFR
2010200,29322,843177,450
2011201,49425,012176,482
2012196,11925,249170,870
2015204,594
2016184,312

Fertility and births

Total Fertility Rate and Crude Birth Rate :
YearCBR TFR CBR TFR CBR TFR
1998-20014,4
2005-2006273,3 242,6 294,1
2011-201225,62,9 24,22,5 27,23,5

Ethnic groups

Mestizos

have been reported by the CIA World Factbook to be about 90% of the population of Honduras. As in other Latin American countries, the question of racial breakdown of a national population is contentious. Since the beginning of the 20th century at least, Honduras has publicly framed itself as a mestizo nation, ignoring and at times disparaging both the African component of the population and often also the surviving indigenous population that was still regarded as pure blood.
Because of social stigmas attached, many people denied having African ancestry, and after African descended Caribbean workers arrived in Honduras, an active campaign to denigrate all people of African descent, made persons of mixed race anxious to deny any African ancestry. Hence official statistics quite uniformly under-represent those people who have ancestry in favor of a "two race" solution.

Amerindian

According to the 2001 census the Amerindian population in Honduras included 381,495 people. With the exception of the Lenca and the Ch'orti' they still keep their language.
Six different Amerindian groups were counted at the 2001 census:
The Afro-Honduran population consists of Garifuna and Creoles.
Examples of well-known Afro-Hondurans are footballers David Suazo, Victor "Muma" Bernardez, and Wilson Palacios; and actor Skai Jackson.

White-Honduran

White people along with Afro-descendants and Amerindians belong to the minorities of Honduras. Most of the Honduran whites are descendants of the Spanish colonist, they inhabit most of the western part of the country. Other Honduran whites are descendants of European immigrants who arrived at the beginning of the 20th century.
Examples of white Hondurans are film director Juan Carlos Fanconi, former president of the Central American federation Francisco Morazan.

Other ethnicities

Honduras hosts a significant Palestinian community. These Arab-Hondurans are sometimes called "Turcos", because they arrived in Honduras using Turkish travel documents, as their homeland was then under the control of the Ottoman Empire. The Palestinians arrived in the country in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, establishing themselves especially in the city of San Pedro Sula.
The Italians in Honduras were 389 in 2014, nearly all of them concentrated in the capital area
There is also a small Chinese community in Honduras. A lawyer of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras stated that the Chinese community in Honduras is rather small. Many of the Chinese are immigrants who arrived from China after the revolution and their descendants.