Honduras 🇭🇳
Honduras is a country in North America with a population of 10,432,860. Its capital is Tegucigalpa. The official currency is HNL, and the main languages are Spanish.
Quick facts
- Capital: Tegucigalpa
- Continent: North America
- Population: 10,432,860
- Area: 112,492 km²
- Density: 92.7 people per km²
- Currency: HNL
- Languages: Spanish
- ISO code: HN
Where Honduras sits
Honduras 🇭🇳 is one of 23 countries in North America, with its capital at Tegucigalpa. It covers 112,492 square kilometres — 101st in the world — and is home to about 10,432,860 people, 89th globally.
The countries it shares a continent with include United States, Mexico, Canada, Guatemala and Haiti. If you are learning geography region by region — which works far better than alphabetically, because memory for places is spatial — those are the ones to learn alongside it.
How Honduras compares
Raw figures are hard to hold on their own, so it helps to anchor them. In population, Honduras sits closest to Greece and Czechia. In land area, its nearest counterparts are Benin and Liberia.
At 92.7 people per square kilometre it is somewhat above the world average of 59.4. It ranks higher by population than by area, so it is more crowded than its size alone suggests.
Spanish is an official language in 20 countries here, among them Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Colombia, and 15 others. The HNL is used by Honduras and no one else.
To see Honduras next to every other country, sort the country rankings by population, area or density; its currency and languages are listed alongside every other country's in world currencies and world languages.
How to remember Honduras
Tegucigalpa is a long name, so many people call it 'Tegus'. Count the stars on the flag: five stars for the five Central American countries that were once joined together.
The flag of Honduras: blue and white
🇭🇳 The flag is three horizontal stripes of blue, white and blue, with five blue stars in an X shape in the centre. The five stars stand for the five members of the old Federal Republic of Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Blue stands for the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and white for the land and its people.
Region and neighbours
Honduras is a country in Central America with a long Caribbean coast in the north and a short Pacific coast on the Gulf of Fonseca in the south. It shares land borders with 3 countries: Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
- Guatemala 🇬🇹 — capital Guatemala City
- El Salvador 🇸🇻 — capital San Salvador
- Nicaragua 🇳🇮 — capital Managua
Three facts about Honduras
- Copán, an ancient Maya city in western Honduras, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- The Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, a large area of rainforest in the northeast, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Honduras has coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
Sources: Wikipedia: Honduras, Wikipedia: Flag of Honduras, Wikipedia: Tegucigalpa, Wikipedia: Copán, Wikipedia: Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, CIA World Factbook.
Quiz yourself on Honduras
- North American capitals quiz — match Honduras to Tegucigalpa
- North American flags quiz — spot the Honduras flag among its neighbours
Quizzes that include Honduras
Three angles are worth covering for any country — where it is, what its flag looks like, and what its capital is. For Honduras those are:
- North America map quiz — place it on a blank map
- North America flags quiz — identify its flag among its neighbours
- North America capitals quiz — match it to Tegucigalpa
- Honduras capital quiz — five quick questions starting with Honduras
- Daily Map Challenge — five countries to find on a blank world map, the same five for everyone each day
Doing all three for one continent before moving on is far more efficient than learning flags globally, then capitals globally, then the map.
Read more about Honduras
- Capital of Honduras: Tegucigalpa — the capital in detail, with size and density rankings
- All 23 countries of North America
Nearby countries
- Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬 — capital Saint John's
- Bahamas 🇧🇸 — capital Nassau
- Barbados 🇧🇧 — capital Bridgetown
- Belize 🇧🇿 — capital Belmopan
- Canada 🇨🇦 — capital Ottawa
- Costa Rica 🇨🇷 — capital San José
- Cuba 🇨🇺 — capital Havana
- Dominica 🇩🇲 — capital Roseau
- Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 — capital Santo Domingo
- El Salvador 🇸🇻 — capital San Salvador
- Grenada 🇬🇩 — capital Saint George's
- Guatemala 🇬🇹 — capital Guatemala City
Frequently asked questions
What are the colours of the Honduras flag?
The flag of Honduras is three horizontal stripes of blue, white and blue, with five blue stars in an X shape in the centre. The five stars stand for the five members of the old Federal Republic of Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Blue stands for the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and white for the land and its people.
Which countries border Honduras?
Honduras shares land borders with Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
How can I remember the capital of Honduras?
Tegucigalpa is a long name, so many people call it 'Tegus'. Count the stars on the flag: five stars for the five Central American countries that were once joined together.