| Population :
| 6 823 568.
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 41,20%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 1 434 555.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 1 376 216.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 55,10%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 1 866 219.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 1 896 027.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 3,70%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 118 404.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 132 147.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 19 years .
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| Median age male :
| 18.6 years .
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| Median age female :
| 19.4 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 2.24% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 31.04 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 6.64 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| -1.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 0.98 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.9 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 33.22 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 25.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 66.15 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 64.99 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 67.37 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 3.97 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| 1.8% (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids people :
| 63,000 (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| 4,100 (2003 est.) .
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| Nationality noun :
| Honduran(s) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Honduran .
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| Ethnic groups :
| mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, black 2%, white 1% .
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| Religions :
| Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority .
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| Languages :
| Spanish, Amerindian dialects .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 76,20%.
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| Literacy male :
| 76,10%.
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| Literacy female :
| 76.3% (2003 est.) .
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| Government type :
| democratic constitutional republic .
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| Independence :
| 15 September 1821 (from Spain) .
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| National holiday :
| Independence Day, 15 September (1821) .
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| Suffrage :
| 18 years of age; universal and compulsory .
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| Economy overview :
| Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere with an extraordinarily unequal distribution of income and massive unemployment, is banking on expanded trade privileges under the Enhanced Caribbean Basin Initiative and on debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. While the country has met most of its macroeconomic targets, it has failed to meet the IMF's goals to liberalize its energy and telecommunications sectors. Growth remains dependent on the status of the US economy, its major trading partner, on commodity prices, particularly coffee, and on reduction of the high crime rate. .
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| Population below poverty line :
| 53% (1993 est.) .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture 34%, industry 21%, services 45% (2001 est.) .
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| Agriculture products :
| bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp .
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| Industries :
| sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products .
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| Exports commodities :
| coffee, bananas, shrimp, lobster, meat; zinc, lumber (2000) .
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| Exports partners :
| US 65.2%, El Salvador 3.5%, Guatemala 2.4% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Independence Day, 15 September (1821) .
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| Imports partners :
| Independence Day, 15 September (1821) .
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| Internet users :
| 168,600 (2002) .
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| Hymne :
| .
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