Honduras - Country information


		Honduras	Population Government Economy Geography Communication Transportation

Population		Top of page

Inhabitants		Life expectancy
7,483,763		total population: 69.35 years male: 67.78 years female: 70.99 years (2007 est.)

Ethnic groups		Religions
mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, black 2%, white 1%		Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%

Languages		Literacy
Spanish, Amerindian dialects		definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 76.2% male: 76.1% female: 76.3% (2003 est.)

Government		Top of page

Government type		Capital
democratic constitutional republic		Tegucigalpa

Independance		National day
15 September 1821 (from Spain)		Independence Day, 15 September (1821)

Constitution		Legal system
11 January 1982, effective 20 January 1982; amended many times		rooted in Roman and Spanish civil law with increasing influence of English common law; recent judicial reforms include abandoning Napoleonic legal codes in favor of the oral adversarial system; accepts ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Economy		Top of page

GDP (purchasing power parity)		Growth rate
$8.414 billion (2006 est.)		5.2% (2006 est.)

GDP per inhabitant		Unemployment rate
$3,000 (2006 est.)		27.9% (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line		Inflation rate
53% (1993 est.)		5.7% (2006 est.)

Exports		Imports
$1.947 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)		$4.86 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold		Currency
$2.778 billion (2006 est.)		lempira (HNL)

Military expenditures
0.6% (2006 est.)

Geography		Top of page

Location		Area
Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua		112,090 sq km

Climate		Natural resources
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains		timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower

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