Belize
Sovereign state in Central America
Also known as bz
- Capital
- Population
- 411,106(2023)
- , 374,681(2017)
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Sources- 1.Stated in World Bank Open Datadata.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTLRetrieved 2019-04-08
- , 366,954(2016)
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- +57 more
- Area
- 22,966 km²
- GDP (nominal)
- $2.82B(2022)
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Sources- 1.data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CDRetrieved 2023-08-26
- , 3.07B(2023)
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Sources- 1.data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CDRetrieved 2025-04-09
- , 2.85B(2022)
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Sources- 1.data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CDRetrieved 2025-04-09
- +57 more
- $2.82B(2022)
- Currency
- Official language
- Head of state
- Charles III(since 2022)
- , Elizabeth II(1952–2022)
- Head of government
- Johnny Briceño(since 2020)
- , Dean Barrow(2008–2020)
- , Said Musa(1998–2008)
- +3 more
Overview
Economy & society
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
611 statements · 46% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Highest point
- Doyle's Delight elevation: 1,124 m
- Shares border with
- Guatemala statement is subject of: Belize–Guatemala border
- Mexico statement is subject of: Belize–Mexico border
- Melchor de Mencos
- Anthem
- Land of the Free(since 1981) audio: Land of the Free instrumental.ogg
- God Save the King
- Member of
- United Nations(since 1981)
- Commonwealth of Nations(since 1981)
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Sources- 1.thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/belizeRetrieved 2022-10-20
- World Trade Organization(since 1995)
- Caribbean Community(since 1974)
- Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
- Association of Caribbean States
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development(since 1982)
- International Development Association(since 1982)
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- International Finance Corporation(since 1982)
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency(since 1992)
- Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
- Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Alliance of Small Island States
- Caribbean Development Bank
- Interpol(since 1987)
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Sources- 1.interpol.int/Member-countries/WorldRetrieved 2017-12-07
- 2.interpol.int/Who-we-are/Member-countries/Americas/BELIZERetrieved 2022-10-23
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons(since 2003)
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Sources- 1.opcw.org/about-opcw/member-states/Retrieved 2017-12-07
- 2.opcw.org/about-us/member-states/belizeRetrieved 2022-10-29
- UNESCO(since 1982)
- Group on Earth Observations
- Universal Postal Union(since 1982)
2
Sources- 1.upu.int/en/the-upu/member-countries.htmlRetrieved 2019-05-04
- 2.upu.int/en/Universal-Postal-Union/About-UPU/Member-Countries?csid=-1&cid=44Retrieved 2022-10-28
- International Telecommunication Union(since 1981)
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- Organization of American States(since 1991)
- World Meteorological Organization(since 1982)
1
- World Health Organization
1
- Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
- International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health(since 1996)
- World Customs Organization(since 2008)
- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00(since 1983)
- America/Belize(since 1912)
- Central Time Zone(1982–1983)
- UTC−06:00(1974–1981)
- IPA transcription
- bɛˈliːs language: Norwegian
- Lowest point
- Caribbean Sea elevation: 0 m
- Demonym
- Belizean
- belize-i
- Belizeano
- Belisänan
- beliceño
- بليزي applies to part: masculine
- بليزية applies to part: feminine
- بليزيون applies to part: plural
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- белизы applies to part: plural
- בליזי applies to part: masculine
- בליזית applies to part: feminine
- বেলজীয়
- beliziano applies to part: masculine singular
- beliziana applies to part: feminine singular
- beliziani applies to part: masculine plural
- beliziane applies to part: feminine plural
- belizan
- belizianu applies to part: masculine singular, feminine singular
- Belizano
- Bélizien applies to part: masculine singular
- Bélizienne applies to part: feminine singular
- bełisiana applies to part: feminine singular
- bełisiane applies to part: feminine plural
- bełisiani applies to part: masculine plural
- bełisian applies to part: masculine singular
- بيليزي applies to part: masculine singular
- بيليزية applies to part: feminine singular
- بيليزيين applies to part: masculine plural
- بيليزيات applies to part: feminine plural
- Beilíseach
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- Unemployment rate
- 12%(2014)
- Electrical plug type
- NEMA 1-15
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- NEMA 5-15
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- BS 1363
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- NEMA 1-15
- Mains voltage
- 550 V frequency: 60 Hz
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- 220 V frequency: 60 Hz
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- 550 V frequency: 60 Hz
- Emergency phone number
- 911
- 90 has use: emergency medical services, fire department
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Sources- 1.“International Numbering Resources Database”itu.int/net/itu-t/inrdb/e129_important_numbers.aspxRetrieved 2016-07-10
- Coordinates of northernmost point
- 18.4959°N, 88.4027°W
- Marriageable age
- 18 years old applies to part: all genders
- Coordinates of southernmost point
- 15.8859°N, 89.2223°W
- Coordinates of easternmost point
- 17.4447°N, 87.4919°W
- Coordinates of westernmost point
- 15.8962°N, 89.2276°W
- Language used
- English speakers: 190,000 · has characteristic: first language
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- English speakers: 56,000 · has characteristic: second language
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- Belizean Creole
- Spanish
- Q’eqchi’
- Garifuna
- Mopan Maya
- Yucatec Maya
- English speakers: 190,000 · has characteristic: first language
- Vehicle registration plate code
- BH(since 1938)
- Number of out-of-school children
- 9,724(2015)
- 10,025(2014)
- 9,479(2013)
- 9,026(2012)
- 10,977(2011)
- 11,080(2010)
- 10,841(2009)
- 10,946(2008)
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- 10,127(2007)
- 9,231(2006)
- 9,029(2005)
- 7,734(2003)
- 9,807(2001)
- 9,073(2000)
- 9,114(1999)
- Has characteristic
- free country statement supported by: Freedom in the World
- Total fertility rate
- 2.579(2014)
- 2.611(2013)
- 2.643(2012)
- 2.676(2011)
- 2.714(2010)
- 2.762(2009)
- 2.821(2008)
- 2.893(2007)
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- 2.977(2006)
- 3.072(2005)
- 3.175(2004)
- 3.282(2003)
- 3.39(2002)
- 3.496(2001)
- 3.6(2000)
- 3.703(1999)
- Motto text
- Under the shade I flourish
- Sub Umbra Floreo
- Под сянката цъфтя
- Dan y Cysgod, Llewyrchaf
- Mother Nature's Best-Kept Secret
- Geoshape
- Data:Belize.map
- Life expectancy
- 71 years(2022)
- 70 years(2021)
- 73 years(2020)
- 74 years(2019)
- 70.384 years(2016)
- 70.192 years(2015)
- 70.027 years(2014)
- 69.895 years(2013)
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- 69.798 years(2012)
- 69.731 years(2011)
- 69.676 years(2010)
- 69.611 years(2009)
- 69.517 years(2008)
- 69.385 years(2007)
- 69.218 years(2006)
- 69.023 years(2005)
- 68.815 years(2004)
- 68.619 years(2003)
- 68.46 years(2002)
- 68.356 years(2001)
- 68.329 years(2000)
- 68.4 years(1999)
- Official name
- Belize
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- le Bélize
- Belize
- Belize
- Literacy rate
- 82.8%(2015)
- 70%(1991)
- Suicide rate
- 4.7(2016)
- 4.8(2015)
- 4.9(2010)
- 4.9(2005)
- 5.5(2000)
- VAT rate
- 12.5%
- Native label
- Belize
- Different from
- Belize criterion used: toponym is not unique · applies to name of subject: Belize
- Belice criterion used: toponym is not unique · applies to name of subject: Belice
- BZ criterion used: short name, acronym, initialism, or abbreviation not unique · applies to name of subject: BZ
- BLZ criterion used: short name, acronym, initialism, or abbreviation not unique · applies to name of subject: BLZ
- Human Development Index
- 0.683(2021)
- 0.69(2020)
- 0.705(2019)
- 0.706(2018)
- 0.707(2017)
- 0.712(2016)
- 0.708(2015)
- 0.709(2014)
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- 0.712(2013)
- 0.713(2012)
- 0.709(2011)
- 0.707(2010)
- 0.701(2009)
- 0.693(2008)
- 0.685(2007)
- 0.68(2006)
- 0.664(2005)
- 0.667(2004)
- 0.66(2003)
- 0.652(2002)
- 0.643(2001)
- 0.64(2000)
- 0.633(1999)
- 0.626(1998)
- 0.625(1997)
- 0.623(1996)
- 0.62(1995)
- 0.618(1994)
- 0.614(1993)
- 0.608(1992)
- 0.6(1991)
- 0.593(1990)
- Hashtag
- Belize
- Gini coefficient
- 53.3(1999)
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
- 0.535(2021)
- 0.54(2020)
- 0.554(2019)
- 0.554(2018)
- 0.554(2017)
- 0.557(2016)
- 0.553(2015)
- 0.55(2014)
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- 0.552(2013)
- 0.552(2012)
- 0.549(2011)
- Birth rate
- 17.763(2022)
- 17.976(2021)
- 17.881(2020)
- 18.886(2019)
- Male population
- 203,747(2022)
- 201,231(2021)
- 198,810(2020)
- 195,944(2019)
- Death rate
- 6.253(2022)
- 6.353(2021)
- 5.244(2020)
- 4.727(2019)
- Rural population
- 217,242(2022)
- 215,213(2021)
- 213,159(2020)
- 210,633(2019)
- Female population
- 201,525(2022)
- 198,800(2021)
- 196,111(2020)
- 193,151(2019)
- Urban population
- 188,030(2022)
- 184,818(2021)
- 181,762(2020)
- 178,462(2019)
- Diplomatic relation
- United Kingdom statement is subject of: Belize–United Kingdom relations
- Germany(since 1982) statement is subject of: Belize–Germany relations
- Brazil statement is subject of: Belize–Brazil relations
- Guatemala statement is subject of: Belize–Guatemala relations
- Taiwan statement is subject of: Belize–Taiwan relations
- Mexico statement is subject of: Belize–Mexico relations
- United States statement is subject of: Belize–United States relations
- North Korea(since 1991) statement is subject of: Belize–North Korea relations
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- Coordinates of geographic center
- 17.1899°N, 88.4976°W
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On other databases
157 identifiers linking Belize across the web's reference databases
- Arab Encyclopedia concept ID2563
- ArchINFORM location ID3189
- Atlante Geopolitico IDbelize_res-53e4fb70-fe80-11e1-b986-d5ce3506d72e
- BabelNet ID00009725n
- BBC News topic IDcvenzmgygnvt
- BBC Things ID7499eb5d-c7b2-4a05-893d-1dc5195413d2
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID119959890
- Biblissima authority IDQ27010
- Booru tagbelize
- British Museum place IDx40908
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDbelize-30
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10246021
- CANTIC ID981061211912206706
- CIVICUS Monitor country entrybelize
- Climate Policy Radar TopicsQ2061
- Comic Vine ID4020-57415
- Curlie IDRegional/Central_America/Belize/
- Data Commons IDcountry/BLZ
- De Agostini IDBelize+(Stato)
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--7282
- DR topic IDbelize
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID85052
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Belize
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDbelize
- Encyclopedia of Korean Culture IDE0022804
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID39046
- Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists IDAC30
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ722
- EuroVoc ID4841
- FactGrid item IDQ876424
- Fandom article IDhistorica:Belize
- FAST ID1206799
- Featherbase IDcountry/BZ
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)BH
- France 24 topic ID (French)belize
- Freebase ID/m/0164b
- GACS ID706
- GADM IDBLZ
- GCMD keyword ID5f8636bb-0dc3-4528-a1eb-da5ac3b51fe2
- GENC 3-character codeBLZ
- GeoNames ID3582678
- GeoNLP ID (obsolete)6FvFLq
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7005346
- GitHub topicbelize
- GND ID4005412-3
- Golden ID (archived)Belize-3RD3
- Google Arts & Culture entity IDm0164b
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDbelize
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0008754
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDBelize
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)4014307
- Grove Art Online IDT007549
- Harper's tagbelize
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDobject_1285891
- IAB code1250
- ICANNWiki page IDBelize
- ICPSR Geographic Names Thesaurus ID30265
- IdRef ID028045564
- ILO Thesaurus ID1986121803
- INaturalist place ID6953
- INSEE countries and foreign territories code99429
- Interlingual Index IDi82803
- IOC country codeBIZ
- ISNI0000000122862013
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codeBZ
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codeBLZ
- ISO 3166-1 numeric code084
- ITU letter codeBLZ
- ITU/ISO/IEC object ID2.16.84
- J-GLOBAL ID200906078970576350
- J9U entity ID987007554790705171
- KBpedia IDBelize
- Klexikon article IDBelize
- Krugosvet article (archived)strany_mira/BELIZ.html
- KulturNav-ID0f6b5114-5ff5-43e1-8fcb-c317ff26156f
- Larousse IDpays/wd/108243
- LC and MARC vocabularies IDcountries/bh
- Le Figaro tag IDBélize
- Le Monde diplomatique subject IDpays/belize
- Lex IDBelize
- Libraries Australia ID35814170
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79126944
- LocalWiki IDbelize
- M49 code084
- Mapy.com IDosm&id=84
- MeSH descriptor IDD001531
- MeSH tree codeZ01.107.169.133
- Mindat locality ID21904
- Museum-digital place ID61090
- MusicBrainz area ID6bf45af6-f1bf-357c-91b5-9593a9c32cb0