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: 139e )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
See also
