Latin America & Caribbean
A life that begins in Honduras
One in every 563 babies in the world is born here: about 238,266 a year, 0.45 a minute.
- Population
- 11,005,850
- Births a year
- 238,266
- Life expectancy
- 73.1
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 15
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
75.7
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
70.5
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
12.8
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
15
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
47
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.2
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
12
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
3.1
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
16.1
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
31.4
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.48
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
34
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
80
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
52
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
23
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
10.5
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$6,726
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
46
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
15.7
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
4.9
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
22
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
40
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
53
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
59
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
96
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
96
World: 91
Internet users (%)
59
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
6.1
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0.27
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.86
World: 0.34
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 47.2 → 2026: 72.8 → 2050: 77.3
World
1960: 206 → 2026: 14 → 2050: 6
World
1960: 7.5 → 2026: 2.4 → 2050: 2
World
1960: 23 → 2026: 60 → 2050: 68
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Honduras comes up about once in every 563 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.