Americas · Central America
Capital: Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Honduras in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #98
Honduras's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
11.0M
#86 of 196
56th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$39.60B
#103 of 196
48th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$581.3M
#100 of 196
49th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
View data source ↗R&D Spending
$14.9M
#123 of 196
37th percentile
2019 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$5.93B
#91 of 196
54th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Tegucigalpa
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- Central America
- Country code
- HND
- Neighbors
- GuatemalaEl SalvadorNicaragua
Three interesting facts
Honduras shares land borders with 3 countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.
Honduras spans roughly 112,492 square kilometers, placing it around 101st by area in this factbook.
Honduras’s position in Central America places it within a distinctive network of regional trade routes and migration paths.
Geography
Honduras on the map
Honduras is located in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua. Its terrain is mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains. The climate is subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains. In area, the country is slightly larger than Tennessee.
Economy
Economic profile
Honduras' economy is characterized by second-fastest-growing Central American economy, COVID-19 and two hurricanes crippled activity, high poverty and inequality, declining-but-still-high violent crime disruption, systemic corruption, coffee and banana exporter, enormous remittances. Major industries include sugar processing, coffee, woven and knit apparel, wood products, cigars. Important agricultural products include sugarcane, oil palm fruit, maize, milk, bananas, coffee, cantaloupes/melons, oranges, chicken, beans (2023). Notable exports include garments, coffee, insulated wire, palm oil, shellfish (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Honduras has an estimated population of 9,892,632. Language and cultural traditions vary across Honduras. The population includes Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and European) 90%, Indigenous 7%, African descent 2%, White 1%. The urban population represents 60.2% of total population (2023).
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