Honduras People Profile 2012

More than 90 per cent of the population is mestizo, of mixed Indian and Spanish descent. There is an admixture of freed black slaves and other groups, and some Hondurans are of pure Indian, black, or Spanish descent. About 62 per cent of the people live in rural areas.

Spanish is the prevailing and official language. English is spoken in some sections, especially on the Bay Islands and along the Caribbean coast. Indian dialects are spoken in a few remote regions. Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion.