Tegus is the administrative and political center of the country. The city's infrastructure has not kept up with the rapid growth, which has led to widespread poverty and condensed living.
Tegus has a population of about 1. Honduras was called Spanish Honduras for many years to differentiate it from British Honduras, which later became Belize. Honduras gained independence from Spain in and has remained independent since. The vast majority of the population of Honduras consider themselves to be white or Mestizo.
Most Honduras expatriates are in the United States. It's estimated that , to 1 million Hondurans are in the U. While most Hondurans are Roman Catholic, the number of people who are members of the Roman Catholic Church has been declining for years while membership in several Protestant churches has increased. Nearly three-fifths of Hondurans live in poverty, contributing largely to the country's status as low-middle income, although things have been on the upswing since the end of the global economic crisis.
Rural areas have been disproportionately affected by poverty, and efforts are being made to diversify how these people can earn a living. Coffee and bananas are the most common agricultural goods. Christopher Columbus landed in Honduras and had Spain settle the area in the early s. Leading up to there was a significant influx of immigrants from El Salvador, which led to a a short war which was high in fatalities. The growth rate in Honduras hit a peak around when Colonel Juan Alberto Melgar Castro took power, and the rate of increase has been slowly declining since.
State of Health. This feature is limited to our corporate solutions. Please contact us to get started with full access to dossiers, forecasts, studies and international data. Skip to main content Try our corporate solution for free! Single Accounts Corporate Solutions Universities. This statistic shows the total population of Honduras from to In , the total population of Honduras amounted to approximately 9.
Loading statistic Show source. Download for free You need to log in to download this statistic Register for free Already a member? Log in. Show detailed source information? Read More Definitions Share This! San Pedro Sula. La Ceiba. El Progreso. Ciudad Choluteca. Puerto Cortez. La Lima. Santa Rosa de Copan. San Lorenzo. El Paraiso. During recent years, Honduras had registered the second highest economic growth rates in Central America, only behind Panama.
However, the country has been facing high levels of poverty and inequality. International estimates for the latest available year , before the double impact of the COVID pandemic and hurricanes Eta and Iota, showed that In addition, almost half of the population 4. Another third of the population was near-poor and vulnerable to falling back into poverty, while the size of Honduras' middle class 18 percent was among the smallest in the region compared to an average middle class of 41 percent.
In addition, Honduras struggles with high levels of violence, with over 38 homicides per , inhabitants This rate has diminished however in recent years, from a peak of 83 homicides per , inhabitants in A prudent macroeconomic framework helped contain vulnerabilities, buoyed by the IMF program.
Around 45 percent of households, according to World Bank surveys , reported income losses in August, which likely deteriorated further with the November hurricanes. A deeper global downturn amid the prolonged pandemic could weaken economic recovery and continue to threaten the health and welfare of the population.
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