Fertility rate, total in Honduras
Honduras: Fertility rate, total was 2.48 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Honduras, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate, total in Honduras stood at 2.48 births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Honduras peaked at 7.46 births per woman in 1960 and was at its lowest, 2.48 births per woman, in 2024.
Honduras ranks 79th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.4 births per woman | 7.23 births per woman | 7.46 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.88 births per woman | 6.53 births per woman | 7.17 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.88 births per woman | 5.35 births per woman | 6.42 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.85 births per woman | 4.37 births per woman | 5.27 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.68 births per woman | 3.17 births per woman | 4.29 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.8 births per woman | 2.61 births per woman | 3.08 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.52 births per woman | 2.48 births per woman | 2.58 births per woman | 5 |
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- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 112,353 (2025)
- Population, male 50.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 3.56 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 3.33 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 109,606 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 114,822 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 108,402 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 113,578 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 107,221 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 110,034 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Honduras?
- Fertility rate, total in Honduras was 2.48 births per woman in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest fertility rate, total recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 7.46 births per woman in 1960.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.48 births per woman in 2024.
- How does Honduras rank for fertility rate, total?
- Honduras ranks 79th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.