Demographics
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1791 | 5,431 | — |
| 1801 | 6,547 | +20.5% |
| 1881 | 17,309 | +164.4% |
| 1887 | 17,647 | +2.0% |
| 1895 | 17,300 | −2.0% |
| 1901 | 24,000 | +38.7% |
| 1961 | 164,941 | +587.3% |
| 1974 | 302,483 | +83.4% |
| 1988 | 595,931 | +97.0% |
| 2001 | 850,445 | +42.7% |
| 2004 | 874,515 | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 920,366 | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 1,126,534 | +22.4% |
| 2011 | 1,187,363 | +5.4% |
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As of 2011, following the trend of population growth between 1988 and 2001 of 2.79 percent, the population of Tegucigalpa is estimated anywhere between 1.2 and 1.3 million people.
The 2010 Population Projections estimated that the Central District had a population of 1,126,534 residents, continuing a trend of population growth in the city since the 2001 Census, which recorded 850,445 residents.
In 2004, there were 185,577 households with an average of 4.9 members per household. Both the city's population and metro area are expected to double by 2029.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is the highest in the country measured at 0.759 in 2006. During the same year, 47.6 percent of the Central District's population lived in poverty—29.7 lived in moderate poverty and 17.9 in extreme poverty. Life expectancy in the District as of 2004 is 72.1 years. By 2010, 4.9 percent of the population remained illiterate, compared to the national rate of 15.2 percent.
In 2010, the average monthly income was L.8,321 (US$440.49), compared to the total national average of L.4,767 (US$252.35) and the national urban zone average of L.7,101 (US$375.91).
The ethnic and racial makeup of Tegucigalpa is strongly tied to the rest of Honduras. 90 percent of the city-dwellers are predominantly mestizos with a small White-Hispanic minority. They are joined by Chinese and Arab immigrants, the latter mostly from Palestine. There are indigenous Amerindians and Afro-Honduran people as well.
Tegucigalpa by numbers: 4 theaters, 12 marketplaces, 12 pedestrian bridges, 12 universities, 14 hospitals, 14 museums, 28 supermarkets, 40 movie screens, 64 health centers, 64 signal light-controlled intersections, 87 middle school and high schools, 100 farmacies, 123 local emergency committees, 170 restaurants, 200 parks or plazas, 200 sports facilities, 400 firemen, 600 volunteer workers, 892 neighborhoods classified as barrios and colonias, 12 hundred physicians, two thousand public transportation vehicles, 12 thousands taxis, 60 thousand unable to read or write, and 140 thousand with direct access to potable water only.
| Ages | Male % | Female % | Ages | Male % | Female % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80+ | 0.4 | 0.5 | 35-39 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 75–79 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 30-34 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 70–74 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 25-29 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 65–70 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 20-24 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| 60–64 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 15-19 | 5.5 | 6.2 |
| 55–60 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 10-14 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 50–54 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 5-9 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 45–49 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0-4 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| 40–45 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
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