What is the population of San Pedro Sula?
San Pedro Sula has a city population of 801,259. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Honduras · North America
San Pedro Sula
City population
801,259
#2
in Honduras
#1
in Cortes Department
#693
worldwide
15.506, -88.026 · 181 km from Tegucigalpa
About San Pedro Sula
Ringed by smaller cities within 30 km — Choloma at 139,100 people 14 km away, El Progreso at 100,810 people 27 km distant, and La Lima at 45,955 people also 14 km away — San Pedro Sula holds 801,259 people and ranks second by population in Honduras. The city accounts for 7.3% of the national population and sits 181 km from the capital, Tegucigalpa.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 11
Coordinates
15.506, -88.026
Record updated
15 May 2025
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 64 in HondurasClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| San Pedro Sula | 801K |
San Pedro Sula Population FAQ
Where is San Pedro Sula?
San Pedro Sula is in Cortes Department, Honduras, 181 km from the capital, Tegucigalpa. Its coordinates are 15.506, -88.026.
How big is San Pedro Sula compared with other cities in Honduras?
It is the 2nd largest of the 64 cities listed in Honduras, holding 7.3% of the national population.