Honduras vs Nauru Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Honduras vs Nauru

Table

Year	Median age
	Honduras	Nauru
1960	16.6	23.8
1961	16.4	24
1962	16.3	23.9
1963	16.1	23.7
1964	16	23.4
1965	16	23.1
1966	16	22.9
1967	15.9	22.9
1968	15.9	21.2
1969	15.9	18.9
1970	15.9	18.7
1971	15.9	19.1
1972	15.9	19.4
1973	15.9	19.8
1974	16	20.4
1975	16.1	21
1976	16.1	21.5
1977	16.2	22.1
1978	16.2	22.9
1979	16.2	23.6
1980	16.3	24.2
1981	16.3	24.7
1982	16.3	25.1
1983	16.4	25.2
1984	16.4	24.5
1985	16.5	23.7
1986	16.6	22.8
1987	16.7	22.1
1988	16.7	21.4
1989	16.7	20.8
1990	16.8	20.2
1991	16.9	19.7
1992	16.9	19.4
1993	17	19.3
1994	17.1	19.3
1995	17.3	19.3
1996	17.4	19.4
1997	17.5	19.5
1998	17.7	19.6
1999	17.9	19.8
2000	18	20.1
2001	18.2	20.4
2002	18.4	20.6
2003	18.6	20.8
2004	18.8	21
2005	19	21.2
2006	19.3	21.3
2007	19.5	21.5
2008	19.8	21.7
2009	20.1	21.8
2010	20.4	21.8
2011	20.7	21.8
2012	21	21.7
2013	21.3	21.6
2014	21.7	21.5
2015	22	21.4
2016	22.3	21.5
2017	22.6	21.6
2018	23	21.8
2019	23.3	21.9
2020	23.6	21.8
2021	23.9	21.7
2022	24.2	21.6
2023	24.6	21.5
2024	24.9	21.4
2025	25.2	21.3
2026	25.6	21.3
2027	25.9	21.3
2028	26.3	21.5
2029	26.6	21.7
2030	27	21.9
2031	27.3	22.2
2032	27.7	22.5
2033	28	22.8
2034	28.3	23.1
2035	28.7	23.4
2036	29	23.7
2037	29.3	24
2038	29.6	24.3
2039	29.9	24.6
2040	30.3	24.8
2041	30.6	25.1
2042	30.9	25.3
2043	31.2	25.5
2044	31.5	25.7
2045	31.8	25.8
2046	32.1	26
2047	32.4	26.2
2048	32.7	26.4
2049	33	26.6
2050	33.3	26.8

In 1960, the median age in Honduras was 16.6 years compared to 23.8 years in Nauru. As of 2024, the median age had changed to 24.9 years in Honduras and to 21.4 years in Nauru.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Honduras is expected to increased to around 33.3 years by 2050 compared to 26.8 years in Nauru. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Honduras		Nauru
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	5.4%	5.16%	6.28%	6.11%
5-9	5.2%	4.96%	6.46%	6.01%
10-14	5.06%	4.83%	6.7%	6.22%
15-19	5.02%	4.79%	5.43%	4.78%
20-24	4.99%	4.79%	3.72%	3.67%
25-29	4.64%	4.48%	3.71%	3.46%
30-34	4.14%	4.02%	4.02%	3.56%
35-39	3.62%	3.55%	3.85%	3.78%
40-44	3.16%	3.12%	3.32%	3.17%
45-49	2.6%	2.61%	2.21%	2.2%
50-54	1.95%	2.03%	1.67%	1.64%
55-59	1.46%	1.6%	1.52%	1.42%
60-64	1.12%	1.27%	0.97%	1.29%
65-69	0.86%	0.99%	0.57%	1.03%
70-74	0.59%	0.72%	0.34%	0.51%
75-79	0.32%	0.41%	0.1%	0.2%
80+	0.2%	0.33%	0.07%	0.04%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Honduras has average demographic potential with 67.5% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 70.1% and similar potential in Nauru.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Honduras			Nauru
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	101%	94.5%	6.5%	63.1%	56.8%	6.34%
1961	102.3%	95.8%	6.5%	63.3%	57.4%	5.89%
1962	103.3%	96.8%	6.52%	63.9%	58.4%	5.43%
1963	104.1%	97.6%	6.54%	65.4%	60.3%	5.11%
1964	104.5%	98%	6.53%	67.8%	62.9%	4.87%
1965	104.6%	98.1%	6.5%	70.4%	65.8%	4.57%
1966	104.6%	98.2%	6.46%	72.1%	67.8%	4.34%
1967	104.6%	98.2%	6.41%	72.2%	68.1%	4.1%
1968	104.4%	98.1%	6.34%	75.6%	72.6%	2.97%
1969	104.2%	97.9%	6.27%	79.9%	78%	1.86%
1970	104%	97.8%	6.21%	78%	76.3%	1.68%
1971	103.8%	97.6%	6.14%	73.4%	71.6%	1.76%
1972	103.6%	97.5%	6.08%	68.9%	67.1%	1.85%
1973	103.4%	97.4%	6.01%	64.6%	62.7%	1.87%
1974	102.8%	96.9%	5.94%	60.3%	58.4%	1.89%
1975	102.2%	96.3%	5.96%	56.5%	54.6%	1.93%
1976	102.1%	96%	6.09%	53%	51%	1.94%
1977	102.1%	95.9%	6.21%	50.2%	48%	2.25%
1978	102.1%	95.7%	6.33%	49.2%	46.1%	3.05%
1979	102%	95.6%	6.41%	49.9%	45.8%	4.08%
1980	101.9%	95.5%	6.46%	52.2%	47%	5.2%
1981	101.7%	95.2%	6.47%	56%	49.7%	6.31%
1982	101.4%	95%	6.46%	61%	53.5%	7.48%
1983	101.1%	94.6%	6.45%	65.4%	57.2%	8.19%
1984	100.7%	94.2%	6.44%	68.2%	60%	8.22%
1985	100.2%	93.7%	6.45%	70.2%	62.2%	7.97%
1986	99.6%	93.2%	6.48%	72%	64.4%	7.58%
1987	99%	92.5%	6.53%	73.7%	66.6%	7.11%
1988	98.5%	92%	6.49%	75.1%	68.7%	6.45%
1989	98%	91.6%	6.38%	76.4%	70.9%	5.58%
1990	97.2%	91%	6.26%	77.9%	73.2%	4.69%
1991	96.3%	90.1%	6.15%	79%	75.3%	3.7%
1992	95.2%	89.1%	6.04%	79.3%	76.3%	3.04%
1993	94%	88.1%	5.93%	79%	76%	2.99%
1994	92.8%	87%	5.83%	78.1%	75%	3.08%
1995	91.6%	85.9%	5.75%	76.9%	73.7%	3.17%
1996	90.4%	84.7%	5.69%	75.3%	72.1%	3.21%
1997	89.2%	83.6%	5.63%	73.4%	70.2%	3.21%
1998	87.9%	82.3%	5.58%	71.5%	68.4%	3.06%
1999	86.5%	81%	5.52%	69.6%	66.8%	2.86%
2000	85.3%	79.9%	5.48%	68.1%	65.4%	2.73%
2001	84.1%	78.7%	5.44%	66.9%	64.3%	2.59%
2002	82.8%	77.4%	5.4%	65.7%	63.3%	2.42%
2003	81.4%	76%	5.36%	64.4%	62%	2.38%
2004	79.9%	74.6%	5.33%	62.9%	60.5%	2.4%
2005	78.3%	73.1%	5.29%	61.4%	59%	2.39%
2006	76.7%	71.4%	5.25%	60.2%	57.8%	2.39%
2007	75%	69.8%	5.21%	59.3%	56.9%	2.4%
2008	73.3%	68.1%	5.19%	58.9%	56.5%	2.36%
2009	71.5%	66.4%	5.18%	59.3%	57%	2.27%
2010	69.8%	64.7%	5.18%	60.4%	58.2%	2.15%
2011	68.2%	63%	5.2%	62.2%	60.1%	2.06%
2012	66.6%	61.3%	5.24%	63.9%	61.8%	2.08%
2013	65%	59.7%	5.32%	64.8%	62.6%	2.19%
2014	63.6%	58.2%	5.42%	65.4%	63.1%	2.28%
2015	62.2%	56.6%	5.55%	65.9%	63.5%	2.48%
2016	60.8%	55.1%	5.69%	66.2%	63.4%	2.76%
2017	59.6%	53.8%	5.83%	66%	63%	2.97%
2018	58.5%	52.5%	5.98%	65.4%	62.2%	3.19%
2019	57.6%	51.4%	6.13%	65.7%	62.3%	3.38%
2020	56.7%	50.4%	6.26%	67%	63.4%	3.54%
2021	55.9%	49.5%	6.35%	68.1%	64.3%	3.73%
2022	55.2%	48.7%	6.47%	68.8%	64.7%	4.1%
2023	54.5%	47.9%	6.63%	69.1%	64.6%	4.53%
2024	53.9%	47.1%	6.8%	68.4%	63.6%	4.8%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Honduras decreased from 79.9% to 53.9% between 2004 and 2024.

In Nauru, the ratio of dependent people increased from 62.9% to 68.4% between 2004 and 2024 with an increased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Honduras	Nauru
1960	49.8%	61.3%
1961	49.4%	61.2%
1962	49.2%	61%
1963	49%	60.4%
1964	48.9%	59.6%
1965	48.9%	58.7%
1966	48.9%	58.1%
1967	48.9%	58.1%
1968	48.9%	57%
1969	49%	55.6%
1970	49%	56.2%
1971	49.1%	57.7%
1972	49.1%	59.2%
1973	49.2%	60.8%
1974	49.3%	62.4%
1975	49.4%	63.9%
1976	49.5%	65.4%
1977	49.5%	66.6%
1978	49.5%	67%
1979	49.5%	66.7%
1980	49.5%	65.7%
1981	49.6%	64.1%
1982	49.6%	62.1%
1983	49.7%	60.5%
1984	49.8%	59.5%
1985	50%	58.8%
1986	50.1%	58.1%
1987	50.2%	57.6%
1988	50.4%	57.1%
1989	50.5%	56.7%
1990	50.7%	56.2%
1991	51%	55.9%
1992	51.2%	55.8%
1993	51.5%	55.9%
1994	51.9%	56.1%
1995	52.2%	56.5%
1996	52.5%	57.1%
1997	52.9%	57.7%
1998	53.2%	58.3%
1999	53.6%	58.9%
2000	54%	59.5%
2001	54.3%	59.9%
2002	54.7%	60.3%
2003	55.1%	60.8%
2004	55.6%	61.4%
2005	56.1%	61.9%
2006	56.6%	62.4%
2007	57.1%	62.8%
2008	57.7%	62.9%
2009	58.3%	62.8%
2010	58.9%	62.4%
2011	59.5%	61.6%
2012	60%	61%
2013	60.6%	60.7%
2014	61.1%	60.5%
2015	61.7%	60.3%
2016	62.2%	60.2%
2017	62.7%	60.2%
2018	63.1%	60.5%
2019	63.5%	60.4%
2020	63.8%	59.9%
2021	64.2%	59.5%
2022	64.4%	59.2%
2023	64.7%	59.1%
2024	65%	59.4%
2025	65.2%	59.8%
2026	65.4%	60.4%
2027	65.6%	61%
2028	65.8%	61.6%
2029	66%	62%
2030	66.2%	62.5%
2031	66.4%	62.9%
2032	66.5%	63.2%
2033	66.7%	63.4%
2034	66.9%	63.6%
2035	67.1%	63.8%
2036	67.2%	64.1%
2037	67.4%	64.3%
2038	67.5%	64.4%
2039	67.7%	64.5%
2040	67.8%	64.5%
2041	67.8%	64.5%
2042	67.9%	64.4%
2043	67.9%	64.3%
2044	67.9%	64.2%
2045	67.9%	64%
2046	67.9%	63.9%
2047	67.8%	63.9%
2048	67.8%	63.8%
2049	67.7%	63.8%
2050	67.6%	63.8%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 55.6% to 65% in Honduras and from 61.4% to 59.4% in Nauru.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Honduras	Nauru
1960	47%	34.8%
1961	47.3%	35.2%
1962	47.6%	35.7%
1963	47.8%	36.5%
1964	47.9%	37.5%
1965	48%	38.6%
1966	48%	39.4%
1967	48%	39.5%
1968	48%	41.3%
1969	48%	43.4%
1970	47.9%	42.9%
1971	47.9%	41.3%
1972	47.9%	39.7%
1973	47.9%	38.1%
1974	47.8%	36.4%
1975	47.6%	34.9%
1976	47.5%	33.4%
1977	47.4%	31.9%
1978	47.4%	30.9%
1979	47.3%	30.6%
1980	47.3%	30.9%
1981	47.2%	31.9%
1982	47.1%	33.2%
1983	47.1%	34.6%
1984	47%	35.7%
1985	46.8%	36.5%
1986	46.7%	37.5%
1987	46.5%	38.3%
1988	46.4%	39.2%
1989	46.3%	40.2%
1990	46.1%	41.2%
1991	45.9%	42.1%
1992	45.7%	42.5%
1993	45.4%	42.5%
1994	45.1%	42.1%
1995	44.8%	41.7%
1996	44.5%	41.1%
1997	44.2%	40.5%
1998	43.8%	39.9%
1999	43.4%	39.4%
2000	43.1%	38.9%
2001	42.7%	38.5%
2002	42.3%	38.2%
2003	41.9%	37.7%
2004	41.5%	37.1%
2005	41%	36.6%
2006	40.4%	36.1%
2007	39.9%	35.7%
2008	39.3%	35.6%
2009	38.7%	35.8%
2010	38.1%	36.3%
2011	37.4%	37.1%
2012	36.8%	37.7%
2013	36.2%	38%
2014	35.6%	38.2%
2015	34.9%	38.2%
2016	34.3%	38.2%
2017	33.7%	38%
2018	33.1%	37.6%
2019	32.6%	37.6%
2020	32.2%	38%
2021	31.8%	38.3%
2022	31.4%	38.3%
2023	31%	38.2%
2024	30.6%	37.8%
2025	30.3%	37.1%
2026	29.9%	36.4%
2027	29.6%	35.7%
2028	29.3%	35%
2029	28.9%	34.3%
2030	28.6%	33.7%
2031	28.3%	33.1%
2032	28%	32.7%
2033	27.6%	32.4%
2034	27.3%	32.1%
2035	26.9%	31.9%
2036	26.6%	31.6%
2037	26.2%	31.3%
2038	25.9%	31.1%
2039	25.5%	31%
2040	25.2%	31%
2041	24.8%	30.9%
2042	24.5%	30.9%
2043	24.2%	30.9%
2044	23.9%	30.9%
2045	23.6%	30.8%
2046	23.3%	30.7%
2047	23%	30.6%
2048	22.7%	30.4%
2049	22.5%	30.2%
2050	22.2%	30%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 30.6% in Honduras and 37.8% in Nauru. Birth rates in Honduras compared to Nauru .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Honduras	Nauru
1960	3.23%	3.89%
1961	3.21%	3.6%
1962	3.2%	3.31%
1963	3.2%	3.09%
1964	3.19%	2.9%
1965	3.18%	2.68%
1966	3.16%	2.52%
1967	3.13%	2.38%
1968	3.1%	1.69%
1969	3.07%	1.03%
1970	3.04%	0.95%
1971	3.01%	1.01%
1972	2.99%	1.09%
1973	2.95%	1.14%
1974	2.93%	1.18%
1975	2.95%	1.23%
1976	3.01%	1.27%
1977	3.08%	1.5%
1978	3.13%	2.04%
1979	3.17%	2.73%
1980	3.2%	3.42%
1981	3.21%	4.04%
1982	3.21%	4.65%
1983	3.21%	4.95%
1984	3.21%	4.89%
1985	3.22%	4.68%
1986	3.25%	4.4%
1987	3.28%	4.09%
1988	3.27%	3.68%
1989	3.22%	3.16%
1990	3.18%	2.63%
1991	3.13%	2.07%
1992	3.09%	1.7%
1993	3.06%	1.67%
1994	3.03%	1.73%
1995	3%	1.79%
1996	2.99%	1.83%
1997	2.98%	1.85%
1998	2.97%	1.78%
1999	2.96%	1.68%
2000	2.96%	1.62%
2001	2.95%	1.55%
2002	2.95%	1.46%
2003	2.96%	1.45%
2004	2.96%	1.48%
2005	2.96%	1.48%
2006	2.97%	1.5%
2007	2.98%	1.51%
2008	2.99%	1.48%
2009	3.02%	1.42%
2010	3.05%	1.34%
2011	3.09%	1.27%
2012	3.15%	1.27%
2013	3.22%	1.33%
2014	3.32%	1.38%
2015	3.42%	1.5%
2016	3.54%	1.66%
2017	3.65%	1.79%
2018	3.77%	1.93%
2019	3.89%	2.04%
2020	3.99%	2.12%
2021	4.07%	2.22%
2022	4.17%	2.43%
2023	4.29%	2.68%
2024	4.42%	2.85%
2025	4.54%	3.05%
2026	4.67%	3.22%
2027	4.79%	3.36%
2028	4.92%	3.47%
2029	5.05%	3.65%
2030	5.19%	3.81%
2031	5.33%	3.98%
2032	5.48%	4.12%
2033	5.63%	4.19%
2034	5.8%	4.24%
2035	5.98%	4.29%
2036	6.17%	4.32%
2037	6.37%	4.35%
2038	6.59%	4.44%
2039	6.82%	4.49%
2040	7.06%	4.53%
2041	7.33%	4.61%
2042	7.62%	4.7%
2043	7.91%	4.81%
2044	8.22%	4.95%
2045	8.54%	5.12%
2046	8.86%	5.31%
2047	9.19%	5.54%
2048	9.52%	5.74%
2049	9.85%	5.98%
2050	10.2%	6.22%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 4.42% in Honduras and 2.85% in Nauru. Life expectancy in Honduras compared to Nauru .