Honduras — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Honduras, 1961–2025.
Population growth for Honduras was 1.65% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.12% in 1976. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.84% per year.
Honduras ranks 63 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 29%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so Honduras sits above it. It peaked in 1976 and has fallen 47% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 13%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 2 of 42 economies; Guatemala (1.52%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 5% in 1998. That is 7% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 62nd of 216 in 1961 → 48th of 216 in 1970 → 45th of 216 in 1980 → 54th of 216 in 1990 → 36th of 217 in 2000 → 59th of 217 in 2010 → 67th of 217 in 2020 → 63rd of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.65% | -0.0 pp |
| 2024 | 1.68% | -0.0 pp |
| 2023 | 1.71% | +0.0 pp |
| 2022 | 1.68% | +0.0 pp |
| 2021 | 1.67% | -0.1 pp |
| 2020 | 1.75% | -0.1 pp |
| 2019 | 1.81% | -0.0 pp |
| 2018 | 1.83% | -0.0 pp |
| 2017 | 1.85% | -0.0 pp |
| 2016 | 1.88% | -0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 1.9% | -0.0 pp |
| 2014 | 1.94% | -0.0 pp |
| 2013 | 1.98% | -0.0 pp |
| 2012 | 2.02% | -0.0 pp |
| 2011 | 2.07% | -0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 2.13% | -0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 2.19% | -0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 2.24% | -0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 2.3% | -0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 2.36% | -0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 2.43% | -0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 2.49% | -0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 2.57% | -0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 2.64% | -0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 2.7% | -0.0 pp |
| 2000 | 2.73% | +0.1 pp |
| 1999 | 2.63% | -0.0 pp |
| 1998 | 2.65% | -0.1 pp |
| 1997 | 2.8% | -0.0 pp |
| 1996 | 2.82% | -0.0 pp |
| 1995 | 2.83% | -0.0 pp |
| 1994 | 2.84% | -0.0 pp |
| 1993 | 2.84% | -0.0 pp |
| 1992 | 2.84% | +0.0 pp |
| 1991 | 2.84% | +0.0 pp |
| 1990 | 2.82% | +0.0 pp |
| 1989 | 2.81% | -0.0 pp |
| 1988 | 2.82% | -0.0 pp |
| 1987 | 2.84% | -0.0 pp |
| 1986 | 2.86% | -0.0 pp |
| 1985 | 2.9% | -0.0 pp |
| 1984 | 2.94% | -0.0 pp |
| 1983 | 2.97% | -0.0 pp |
| 1982 | 3% | -0.0 pp |
| 1981 | 3.03% | -0.0 pp |
| 1980 | 3.06% | -0.0 pp |
| 1979 | 3.08% | -0.0 pp |
| 1978 | 3.09% | -0.0 pp |
| 1977 | 3.11% | -0.0 pp |
| 1976 | 3.12% | +0.2 pp |
| 1975 | 2.97% | +0.1 pp |
| 1974 | 2.89% | -0.1 pp |
| 1973 | 3.01% | -0.0 pp |
| 1972 | 3.04% | +0.0 pp |
| 1971 | 3% | +0.0 pp |
| 1970 | 2.97% | +0.0 pp |
| 1969 | 2.93% | +0.0 pp |
| 1968 | 2.91% | +0.0 pp |
| 1967 | 2.9% | +0.0 pp |
| 1966 | 2.89% | +0.0 pp |
| 1965 | 2.87% | +0.0 pp |
| 1964 | 2.85% | +0.0 pp |
| 1963 | 2.84% | +0.0 pp |
| 1962 | 2.83% | -0.0 pp |
| 1961 | 2.83% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Honduras’s Population growth in 1962?
2.83% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Honduras’s Population growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -41.7% in total — about 0.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.GROW. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 1.65%; 2024: 1.68%; 2023: 1.71%; 2022: 1.68%; 2021: 1.67%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.