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San Pedro Sula

Cortes Department · Honduras
City population
801,259
#2
in Honduras
#1
in Cortes Department
#693
worldwide
TegucigalpaSan Pedro Sula
15.506, -88.026 · 181 km from Tegucigalpa
City population
801,259
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Honduras
#2
of 64 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#693
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Honduras
7.3%
of the national population

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.

Position in Honduras
#2of 64
LargestSmallest
Position in Cortes Department
#1of 11
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Honduras
Region
Cortes Department
Rank in region
#1of 11
Distance to capital
181 km
to Tegucigalpa
Elevation
90 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Tegucigalpa
Coordinates
15.506, -88.026
Record updated
2025-05-15
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 Honduras

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

14KMCholoma139K people18KMCofradía20K people22KMVillanueva32K people27KMEl Progreso101K people30KMOmoa58K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. San Pedro Sula801K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
San Pedro Sula compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
San Pedro Sula801K

San Pedro Sula Population FAQ

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.

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 of 15,000 or more listed in Honduras, holding 7.3% of the national population.

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