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🇧🇿 Belize

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BLZ
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BZ
UN M49 numeric084
IOC codeBIZ
Official nameBelize
Native name(s)bjz: official: Belize; common: Belize; eng: official: Belize; common: Belize; spa: official: Belice; common: Belice
Alt spellingsBZ
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAmericas
SubregionCentral America
UN regional groupLatin American and Caribbean Group
CapitalBelmopan
Area (km²)22,966
Lat / Lng17.2500, -88.7500
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)GTM, MEX
Top-level domain.bz
Calling coderoot: +5; suffixes: 01

Demographics

Population (World Bank)422,924 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)73.739 (2024)
Languagesbjz: Belizean Creole; eng: English; spa: Spanish
Demonymseng: f: Belizean; m: Belizean; fra: f: Bélizienne; m: Bélizien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)3,326,500,000 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)7,865.479 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)8.856 (2025)
CurrenciesBZD: name: Belize dollar; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195069,073
195171,121
195273,344
195375,514
195477,674
195579,856
195682,072
195784,342
195886,659
195988,990
196091,318
196193,632
196296,042
196398,704
1964101,603
1965104,675
1966107,906
1967111,272
1968114,713
1969118,040
1970120,736
1971122,805
1972124,676
1973126,445
1974128,185
1975130,387
1976133,099
1977135,887
1978138,713
1979141,678
1980145,062
1981148,786
1982152,548
1983156,297
1984160,044
1985163,796
1986167,554
1987171,338
1988175,180
1989179,107
1990183,076
1991187,040
1992190,983
1993194,902
1994199,097
1995204,146
1996210,310
1997217,446
1998225,173
1999233,059
2000240,799
2001248,379
2002256,009
2003263,780
2004271,688
2005279,731
2006287,878
2007296,100
2008304,361
2009312,614
2010320,245
2011327,298
2012334,414
2013341,627
2014348,923
2015356,333
2016364,705
2017373,202
2018380,226
2019385,829
2020390,812
2021395,346
2022402,733
2023411,106

Full raw record (JSON)

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