Honduras

Facts

Population:  6,406,052 note:  estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  42.22% (male 1,381,823; female 1,322,684) 15-64 years:  54.21% (male 1,719,593; female 1,753,003) 65 years and over:  3.57% (male 108,271; female 120,678) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  2.43% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  31.94 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  5.52 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -2.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.9 male(s)/female total population:  1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  30.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  69.35 years male:  67.51 years female:  71.28 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  4.15 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  1.92% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  63,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  4,200 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Honduran(s) adjective:  Honduran
Ethnic groups:  mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, black 2%, white 1%
Religions:  Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority
Languages:  Spanish, Amerindian dialects
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  72.7% male:  72.6% female:  72.7% (1995 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $17 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $2,700 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  16.2% industry:  31.9% services:  51.9% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  53% (1993 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  1.2% highest 10%:  42.1% (1996)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  11% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  2.3 million (1997 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture 29%, industry 21%, services 50% (1998 est.)
Unemployment rate:  28% (2000 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $607 million expenditures:  $411.9 million, including capital expenditures of $106 million (1999 est.)
Industries:  sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products
Industrial production growth rate:  4% (1999 est.)
Electricity - production:  3.319 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  44.71% hydro:  55.29% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  3.232 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  145 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp
Exports:  $2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  coffee, bananas, shrimp, lobster, meat; zinc, lumber
Exports - partners:  US 35.4%, Germany 7.5%, El Salvador 6.4%, Guatemala 5.8%, Nicaragua 4.8% (1999)
Imports:  $2.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:  US 47.1%, Guatemala 7.4%, El Salvador 5.9%, Mexico 4.8%, Japan 4.7% (1999)
Debt - external:  $5.4 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:  $557.8 million (1999)
Currency:  lempira (HNL)
Currency code:  HNL
Exchange rates:  lempiras per US dollar - 15.1407 (December 2000), 15.1407 (2000), 14.5039 (1999), 13.8076 (1998), 13.0942 (1997), 12.8694 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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