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Area: total: 112,090 sq km
land: 111,890 sq km
water: 200 sq km

Climate: subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains

Terrain: mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains

Natural resources: timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower

Population: 7,639,327
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 38.7% [male 1,508,835/female 1,446,530]
15-64 years: 57.8% [male 2,210,187/female 2,203,620]
65 years and over: 3.5% [male 121,839/female 148,316] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: Honduran[s]
adjective: Honduran

Ethnic groups: mestizo [mixed Amerindian and European] 90%, Amerindian 7%, black 2%, white 1%

Languages: Spanish, Amerindian dialects

Capital: name: Tegucigalpa
geographic coordinates: 14 06 N, 87 13 W
time difference: UTC-6 [1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time]
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March ends first Sunday in November

National holiday: Independence Day, 15 September [1821]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 13.4%
industry: 28.1%
services: 58.6% [2007 est.]

Labor force: 2.78 million [2007 est.]

Budget: revenues: $2.344 billion
expenditures: $2.631 billion including capital expenditures of $106 million [2007 est.]

Agriculture - products: bananas, coffee, citrus beef timber shrimp, tilapia, lobster corn, African palm

Industries: sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products

Exports: $5.594 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Exports - commodities: coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber

Exports - partners: US 70.5%, Guatemala 3.5%, El Salvador 3.4% [2006]

Imports: $8.556 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs

Imports - partners: US 53%, Guatemala 7%, El Salvador 4.5%, Costa Rica 4.1%, Mexico 4.1% [2006]

Currency (code): lempira [HNL]

Exchange rates: lempiras per US dollar - 18.9 [2007], 18.895 [2006], 18.92 [2005], 18.206 [2004], 17.345 [2003]

Airports: 112 [2007]

Railways: total: 699 km
narrow gauge: 279 km 1.067-m gauge 420 km 0.914-m gauge [2006]

Merchant marine: total: 126 ships [1000 GRT or over] 352,534 GRT/481,217 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 9, cargo 58, chemical tanker 5, container 1, liquefied gas 1, livestock carrier 1, passenger 4, passenger/cargo 7, petroleum tanker 27, refrigerated cargo 8, roll on/roll off 4, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 40 [Bangladesh 1, Canada 1, China 3, Egypt 4, Greece 1, Hong Kong 1, Israel 1, Japan 4, South Korea 6, Lebanon 2, Mexico 1, Singapore 10, Taiwan 2, Tanzania 1, US 1, Vietnam 1] [2007]

Ports and terminals: La Ceiba, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela