Belize

Introduction

Background

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Definitions and Notes

Geography

Location

Geographic coordinates

Map references

Area

comparison ranking: total 151

Area - comparative

Land boundaries

Coastline

Maritime claims

Climate

Terrain

Elevation

Natural resources

Land use

Irrigated land

Population distribution

Natural hazards

Geography - note

People and Society

Population

comparison rankings: total 175; male 175; female 176

Nationality

Ethnic groups

Languages

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Religions

Age structure

2024 population pyramid:

This is the population pyramid for Belize. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Dependency ratios

Median age

comparison ranking: total 162

Population growth rate

comparison ranking: 67

Birth rate

comparison ranking: 81

Death rate

comparison ranking: 194

Net migration rate

comparison ranking: 50

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas - population

Sex ratio

Maternal mortality ratio

comparison ranking: 80

Infant mortality rate

comparison ranking: total 120

Life expectancy at birth

comparison ranking: total population 143

Total fertility rate

comparison ranking: 100

Gross reproduction rate

Drinking water source

Health expenditure

Physician density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

comparison ranking: 60

Alcohol consumption per capita

comparison ranking: total 72

Tobacco use

comparison ranking: total 141

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

comparison ranking: 67

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

Child marriage

Education expenditure

comparison ranking: Education expenditure (% GDP) 81

Literacy

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

Environment

Environmental issues

International environmental agreements

Climate

Land use

Urbanization

Carbon dioxide emissions

comparison ranking: total emissions 184

Particulate matter emissions

Waste and recycling

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Government

Country name

Government type

Capital

Administrative divisions

Legal system

Constitution

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage

Executive branch

Legislative branch

Legislative branch - lower chamber

Legislative branch - upper chamber

Judicial branch

Political parties

Diplomatic representation in the US

Diplomatic representation from the US

International organization participation

Independence

National holiday

Flag

National symbol(s)

National color(s)

National anthem(s)

National heritage

Economy

Economic overview

Real GDP (purchasing power parity)

comparison ranking: 182

Real GDP growth rate

comparison ranking: 11

Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 132

GDP (official exchange rate)

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

comparison ranking: 108

GDP - composition, by sector of origin

comparison rankings: agriculture 85; industry 166; services 73

GDP - composition, by end use

Agricultural products

Industries

Industrial production growth rate

comparison ranking: 48

Labor force

comparison ranking: 177

Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 124

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)

comparison ranking: total 72

Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income

comparison ranking: 41

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Remittances

Budget

Public debt

comparison ranking: 23

Taxes and other revenues

comparison ranking: 43

Current account balance

comparison ranking: 90

Exports

comparison ranking: 168

Exports - partners

Exports - commodities

Imports

comparison ranking: 179

Imports - partners

Imports - commodities

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

comparison ranking: 158

Debt - external

comparison ranking: 103

Exchange rates

Energy

Electricity access

Electricity

comparison rankings: installed generating capacity 170; consumption 170; imports 103; transmission/distribution losses 53

Electricity generation sources

Coal

Petroleum

Energy consumption per capita

comparison ranking: 115

Communications

Telephones - fixed lines

comparison ranking: total subscriptions 173

Telephones - mobile cellular

comparison ranking: total subscriptions 180

Broadcast media

Internet country code

Internet users

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

comparison ranking: total 152

Transportation

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports

comparison ranking: 124

Heliports

comparison ranking: 99

Merchant marine

comparison ranking: total 31

Photos of Belize