The latest officially reported population of Honduras was 10,825,703 in 2024 vs 232,679,478 people in Nigeria in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Honduras' population is 11,186,699 people compared to 242,485,845 in Nigeria.
Population statistics:
- Nigeria's population is 21.7 times bigger than Honduras'.
- Honduras is ranked the 87th most populous country in the world, while Nigeria is the 6th.
- The countries together account for 3.06% of the world: 0.14% for Honduras vs 2.93% for Nigeria.
- For the last 10 years, Honduras has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs +2.31% in Nigeria.
- Since 2006, the population of Honduras has increased from 7.66M people to 11.2M (46.1% growth), while Nigeria has grown from 149M to 242M (62.7% growth).
- Honduras is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 17.1M people compared to the peak of 477M people in 2100 for Nigeria.
Honduras vs Nigeria: live population counter
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| Current population |
11186699
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242485845
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| Population rank | 87/197 | 6/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.14% | 2.93% |
| One net population change |
2.91 minutes
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6.58 seconds
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| One birth every |
2.25 minutes
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4.2 seconds
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| One death every |
11 minutes
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11.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.82 hours
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14.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -4,821 | -35,202 |
| Daily growth/decline | +495 | +13,141 |
| Annual growth/decline | +180,852 | +4,796,533 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth rate rank | 64/197 | 48/197 |
Honduras and Nigeria: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,062,060 | 45,053,782 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,121,242 | 45,989,310 | 2.87% | 2.08% |
| 1962 | 2,182,064 | 46,965,292 | 2.87% | 2.12% |
| 1963 | 2,244,878 | 47,973,575 | 2.88% | 2.15% |
| 1964 | 2,309,855 | 49,012,016 | 2.89% | 2.16% |
| 1965 | 2,377,157 | 50,086,764 | 2.91% | 2.19% |
| 1966 | 2,446,751 | 51,188,234 | 2.93% | 2.2% |
| 1967 | 2,518,648 | 52,293,065 | 2.94% | 2.16% |
| 1968 | 2,593,057 | 53,432,783 | 2.95% | 2.18% |
| 1969 | 2,670,289 | 54,631,914 | 2.98% | 2.24% |
| 1970 | 2,750,715 | 55,893,838 | 3.01% | 2.31% |
| 1971 | 2,834,616 | 57,214,684 | 3.05% | 2.36% |
| 1972 | 2,922,064 | 58,601,748 | 3.09% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 3,011,459 | 60,082,139 | 3.06% | 2.53% |
| 1974 | 3,099,836 | 61,679,144 | 2.93% | 2.66% |
| 1975 | 3,193,234 | 63,410,815 | 3.01% | 2.81% |
| 1976 | 3,294,457 | 65,258,009 | 3.17% | 2.91% |
| 1977 | 3,398,655 | 67,234,590 | 3.16% | 3.03% |
| 1978 | 3,505,463 | 69,326,532 | 3.14% | 3.11% |
| 1979 | 3,614,981 | 71,498,242 | 3.12% | 3.13% |
| 1980 | 3,727,173 | 73,764,641 | 3.1% | 3.17% |
| 1981 | 3,841,778 | 76,068,103 | 3.07% | 3.12% |
| 1982 | 3,958,728 | 78,378,701 | 3.04% | 3.04% |
| 1983 | 4,078,174 | 80,438,260 | 3.02% | 2.63% |
| 1984 | 4,199,850 | 82,526,443 | 2.98% | 2.6% |
| 1985 | 4,323,342 | 84,897,973 | 2.94% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 4,448,899 | 87,235,953 | 2.9% | 2.75% |
| 1987 | 4,576,910 | 89,591,716 | 2.88% | 2.7% |
| 1988 | 4,707,677 | 92,020,090 | 2.86% | 2.71% |
| 1989 | 4,841,838 | 94,531,014 | 2.85% | 2.73% |
| 1990 | 4,980,488 | 97,120,925 | 2.86% | 2.74% |
| 1991 | 5,123,792 | 99,720,162 | 2.88% | 2.68% |
| 1992 | 5,271,431 | 102,372,770 | 2.88% | 2.66% |
| 1993 | 5,423,249 | 105,122,069 | 2.88% | 2.69% |
| 1994 | 5,579,242 | 107,935,714 | 2.88% | 2.68% |
| 1995 | 5,739,637 | 110,819,428 | 2.87% | 2.67% |
| 1996 | 5,903,954 | 113,754,779 | 2.86% | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 6,071,454 | 116,754,792 | 2.84% | 2.64% |
| 1998 | 6,234,431 | 119,846,254 | 2.68% | 2.65% |
| 1999 | 6,400,463 | 123,047,320 | 2.66% | 2.67% |
| 2000 | 6,577,773 | 126,382,494 | 2.77% | 2.71% |
| 2001 | 6,757,993 | 129,862,595 | 2.74% | 2.75% |
| 2002 | 6,938,859 | 133,471,989 | 2.68% | 2.78% |
| 2003 | 7,119,213 | 137,202,644 | 2.6% | 2.8% |
| 2004 | 7,298,994 | 141,057,045 | 2.53% | 2.81% |
| 2005 | 7,478,355 | 145,017,253 | 2.46% | 2.81% |
| 2006 | 7,656,832 | 149,077,334 | 2.39% | 2.8% |
| 2007 | 7,834,798 | 153,267,261 | 2.32% | 2.81% |
| 2008 | 8,012,587 | 157,595,014 | 2.27% | 2.82% |
| 2009 | 8,189,899 | 162,049,464 | 2.21% | 2.83% |
| 2010 | 8,365,878 | 166,642,886 | 2.15% | 2.83% |
| 2011 | 8,540,583 | 171,379,598 | 2.09% | 2.84% |
| 2012 | 8,715,076 | 176,200,625 | 2.04% | 2.81% |
| 2013 | 8,889,278 | 181,049,443 | 2% | 2.75% |
| 2014 | 9,063,122 | 185,896,915 | 1.96% | 2.68% |
| 2015 | 9,237,305 | 190,671,878 | 1.92% | 2.57% |
| 2016 | 9,412,380 | 195,443,700 | 1.9% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 9,588,137 | 200,254,579 | 1.87% | 2.46% |
| 2018 | 9,765,210 | 204,938,755 | 1.85% | 2.34% |
| 2019 | 9,943,633 | 209,485,641 | 1.83% | 2.22% |
| 2020 | 10,119,640 | 213,996,181 | 1.77% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 10,289,877 | 218,529,286 | 1.68% | 2.12% |
| 2022 | 10,463,872 | 223,150,896 | 1.69% | 2.11% |
| 2023 | 10,644,851 | 227,882,945 | 1.73% | 2.12% |
| 2024 | 10,825,703 | 232,679,478 | 1.7% | 2.1% |
| 2025 | 11,005,850 | 237,527,783 | 1.66% | 2.08% |
| 2026 | 11,184,760 | 242,431,830 | 1.63% | 2.06% |
| 2027 | 11,362,224 | 247,374,258 | 1.59% | 2.04% |
| 2028 | 11,538,364 | 252,346,128 | 1.55% | 2.01% |
| 2029 | 11,712,882 | 257,352,638 | 1.51% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 11,885,318 | 262,380,975 | 1.47% | 1.95% |
| 2031 | 12,055,532 | 267,421,079 | 1.43% | 1.92% |
| 2032 | 12,223,559 | 272,483,635 | 1.39% | 1.89% |
| 2033 | 12,389,375 | 277,555,116 | 1.36% | 1.86% |
| 2034 | 12,552,871 | 282,622,388 | 1.32% | 1.83% |
| 2035 | 12,714,113 | 287,685,757 | 1.28% | 1.79% |
| 2036 | 12,873,077 | 292,739,390 | 1.25% | 1.76% |
| 2037 | 13,029,496 | 297,773,236 | 1.22% | 1.72% |
| 2038 | 13,183,524 | 302,782,350 | 1.18% | 1.68% |
| 2039 | 13,335,254 | 307,764,754 | 1.15% | 1.65% |
| 2040 | 13,484,651 | 312,710,403 | 1.12% | 1.61% |
| 2041 | 13,631,907 | 317,607,237 | 1.09% | 1.57% |
| 2042 | 13,776,955 | 322,450,302 | 1.06% | 1.52% |
| 2043 | 13,919,665 | 327,243,941 | 1.04% | 1.49% |
| 2044 | 14,060,018 | 331,983,354 | 1.01% | 1.45% |
| 2045 | 14,197,949 | 336,662,502 | 0.98% | 1.41% |
| 2046 | 14,333,292 | 341,281,757 | 0.95% | 1.37% |
| 2047 | 14,465,842 | 345,844,004 | 0.92% | 1.34% |
| 2048 | 14,595,534 | 350,347,757 | 0.9% | 1.3% |
| 2049 | 14,722,485 | 354,792,418 | 0.87% | 1.27% |
| 2050 | 14,846,778 | 359,185,550 | 0.84% | 1.24% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Honduras increased by 1,755,548 people (a 22.9% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Honduras gained 1,774,319 (a 18.9% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).
Honduras was ranked 94th most populous country in 2006 and is 87th in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Honduras' population will grow by 32.7% to 14,846,778 people with a rank change from 87th to 86th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Tegucigalpa | 1.06M |
| San Pedro Sula | 719K |
| Choloma | 232K |
| La Ceiba | 197K |
| El Progreso | 188K |
| Villanueva | 150K |
| Comayagua | 145K |
| Puerto Cortes | 122K |
| Yoro | 86.7K |
| La Lima | 71.9K |
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Population differences between Honduras and Nigeria
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| Life expectancy | 73.4 years | 55 years |
| Average age | 27.7 years | 23.4 years |
| Median age | 24.9 years | 19 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.3:49.7 | 50.6:49.4 |
| Fertility rate | 2.5 births per woman | 4.48 births per woman |
| Population density | 250.6 ppl/mi² | 662 ppl/mi² |
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