Belize March 21, 2020 Americas , Atlantic Ocean , Belize , Belize City , Belmopan , British colony , British Commonwealth , Caribbean Sea , Cayes du Belize , Cénote , Central America , colony , Commonwealth , coral Reef , Cousteau , english , English language , fiscal paradise , forest , Golfe du Honduras , Golfe du Mexique , Grand trou bleu , Great blue hole , Honduras britannique , Latin America , Lighthouse Reef , natural disasters , oil , Péninsule du Yucatan , primary forest , récif corallien , tourism , Yucatan Official name Belize Name in local language Belize (en) Continent Americas Subcontinent Central America Population (ranking: 183e ) 398,050 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 2.62 % / year Area 22,966 km² Density 17.33 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 197e )1.925 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 5,025 $USD (2018) GDP growth 3.00 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 74.50 years (2018) Birth rate 24.30 ‰ (2016) Fertility rate 2.90 children / woman (2016) Death rate (ranking ) 6.00 ‰ (2016) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 9.30 ‰ (2016) Literacy rate 88.61 % (2015) Official languages English (Spanish and Criollo majority) Currency Belize dollar ($ BZD) HDI (ranking: 138e )0.720 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )57.79 (2018) Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy Head of State Queen Elizabeth II ; Governor-General Sir Colville Young National Day 21 September (independence of 1981) ISO Codes BZ, BLZ Demonym Belizean Tourists (ranking ) 427,000 people (2017)
Belize is a unitary constitutional monarchy located in Central America, southern Mexico and eastern Guatemala . The country is bordered by the Gulf of Honduras , which is part of the Gulf of Mexico.
The Big Blue Hole, 123 metres deep, Belize Urban areas (2017) Urban areas Population Belize City 62,517 inhabitants Belmopan 22,082 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Districts Population Area Belize 107,494 inhabitants 4,307 km² Cayo 85,243 inhabitants 5,196 km² Corozal 44,613 inhabitants 1,860 km² Orange Walk 48,744 inhabitants 4,636 km² Stann Creek 38,728 inhabitants 2,554 km² Toledo 34,077 inhabitants 4,413 km²
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