Largest Cities in Honduras 2026: Population Ranking

Honduras's cities at a glance

Updated October 2026

Dots sized by population · Tegucigalpa in orange

Honduras has 12 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Tegucigalpa with 850,848 people, followed by San Pedro Sula (801,259) and Danlí (233,789). The three largest cities together hold about 16.8% of the country's 11.2 million people.

The capital, Tegucigalpa, is also the largest city.

By region, the most large cities are in Cortés Department (7), Yoro Department (4), Olancho Department (3).

Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Honduras population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Honduras atlas.

Honduras cities by population

30 cities · GeoNames · city proper

#	City	Region	Population	Share of Honduras
1	TegucigalpaCapital	Francisco Morazán Department	850,848	7.6%
2	San Pedro Sula	Cortés Department	801,259	7.1%
3	Danlí	El Paraíso Department	233,789	2.1%
4	La Ceiba	Atlántida Department	222,055	2%
5	La Ceiba	Atlántida Department	215,973	1.9%
6	Puerto Cortez	Cortés Department	142,311	1.3%
7	Catacamas	Olancho Department	140,548	1.3%
8	Choloma	Cortés Department	139,100	1.2%
9	Siguatepeque	Comayagua Department	127,468	1.1%
10	Olanchito	Yoro Department	124,286	1.1%
11	Tocoa	Colón Department	111,972	1%
12	El Progreso	Yoro Department	100,810	0.9%
13	Santa Cruz de Yojoa	Cortés Department	97,848	0.9%
14	Ciudad Choluteca	Choluteca Department	75,872	0.7%
15	San Pedro de Copán	Copán Department	63,829	0.6%
16	Comayagua	Comayagua Department	58,784	0.5%
17	Omoa	Cortés Department	58,172	0.5%
18	El Negrito	Yoro Department	50,550	0.4%
19	Sonaguera	Colón Department	48,087	0.4%
20	Quimistán	Santa Bárbara Department	47,993	0.4%
21	La Lima	Cortés Department	45,955	0.4%
22	Teupasenti	El Paraíso Department	43,477	0.4%
23	Lepaera	Lempira Department	37,876	0.3%
24	Macuelizo	Santa Bárbara Department	34,401	0.3%
25	Victoria	Yoro Department	34,215	0.3%
26	Sabá	Colón Department	33,879	0.3%
27	Juticalpa	Olancho Department	33,686	0.3%
28	Villa de San Antonio	Comayagua Department	32,419	0.3%
29	Villanueva	Cortés Department	31,571	0.3%
30	Dulce Nombre de Culmí	Olancho Department	30,543	0.3%

Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest city in Honduras?

Tegucigalpa, with about 850,848 inhabitants (city proper).

What is the capital of Honduras?

Tegucigalpa — population 850,848, the largest city in the country.

How many cities in Honduras have over one million people?

None — the largest, Tegucigalpa, has 850,848 people.

Are these metropolitan-area populations?

No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.

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