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Belize
Belize
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Population
417,634
Capital
Belmopan
Area
22,966 km²
Currency
BZD
Belize dollar
Statistics
Latest values from the World Bank. Click any metric for the full trend.
GDP (current US$)
$3.20B
as of 2024
GDP per capita
$7,681
as of 2024
Population
417,072
as of 2024
Population growth (annual %)
1.4%
as of 2024
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
3.3%
as of 2024
Unemployment (% of labor force)
8.7%
as of 2024
Internet users (% of population)
80.0%
as of 2024
Life expectancy at birth
73.74
as of 2024
Healthcare spending (% of GDP)
4.1%
as of 2023
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.6%
as of 2024
Urban population (% of total)
41.8%
as of 2024
Fertility rate
2.02
as of 2024
CO₂ emissions per capita
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no data
Trade (% of GDP)
109.0%
as of 2024
Land area (km²)
22,810
as of 2023
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About Belize
- Languages
- Belizean Creole, English, Spanish
- Currencies
- Belize dollar (BZD)
- Timezones
- UTC-06:00
- Demonym
- Belizean
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- ISO codes
- BZ · BLZ
- Map
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