In 2022, the population distribution in Belize indicated a higher presence in numbers for the Mestizo/Hispanic ethnicity, comprising nearly 231,350 individuals. Following behind were the Creole and Mayan ethnic groups in terms of population.

Approximately 277,280 inhabitants in Belize were aged between 15 and 64 as of 2023. While the Central American nation's population has been increasing since at least 2010, demographic data shows Belize's population is also aging, as the number of inhabitants in the age range above 65 years increased continuously over the last decade, being the exception for the last year recorded.

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In 2023, approximately 138,626 women were aged between 15 and 64 years old in Belize. The oldest age range - 65 and older - is the only one where the female population exceeds that of men. That year, the population of Belize was estimated at 410,825 inhabitants.

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The annual population growth in Belize increased by 0.1 percentage points (+7.69 percent) in 2023 in comparison to the previous year. In total, the population growth amounted to 1.36 percent in 2023. Annual population growth refers to the change in the population over time, and is affected by factors such as fertility, mortality, and migration.Find more key insights for the annual population growth in countries like Costa Rica and Honduras.

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Belize BZ: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data was reported at 1.989 Ratio in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.010 Ratio for 2021. Belize BZ: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data is updated yearly, averaging 4.483 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.500 Ratio in 1960 and a record low of 1.989 Ratio in 2022. Belize BZ: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belize – Table BZ.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.;(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision; (2) Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices; (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics.;Weighted average;Relevance to gender indicator: it can indicate the status of women within households and a woman’s decision about the number and spacing of children.

Over the time frame shown in the Central American country of Belize, the birth rate experienced an initial peak in 2015 at 20.2 newborns per 1,000 inhabitants, followed by a general decline, reaching 15.9 by 2022.

In 2023, the national gross income per capita in Belize increased by 560 U.S. dollars (+8.45 percent) compared to 2022. While the growth is slowing down, with 7,190 U.S. dollars, the national gross income is at its peak in the observed period. Gross national income (GNI) per capita is the total amount of money received by a country (regardless of whether it originates in the country or abroad) divided by the midyear population. The World Bank uses a conversion system known as the Atlas method, which uses a price adjusted, three year moving average, which smooths out exchange rate fluctuations.Find more statistics on other topics about Belize with key insights such as value added by the services industry to the gross domestic product, share of value added by the manufacturing industry to the gross domestic product, and value added by the services industry to the gross domestic product.

Abstract

Belize is one of the countries in Latin America that was not included in the World Fertility Survey, the Contraceptive Prevalence Survey project, or the Demographic and Health Survey program during the 1970's and 1980's. As a result, data on contraceptive prevalence and the use of maternal and child health services in Belize has been limited. The 1991 Family Health Survey was designed to provide health professionals and international donors with data to assess infant and child mortality, fertility, and the use of family planning and health services in Belize.

The objectives of the 1991 Family Health Survey were to: - obtain national fertility estimates; - estimate levels of infant and child mortality; - estimate the percentage of mothers who breastfed their last child and duration of breastfeeding; - determine levels of knowledge and current use of contraceptives for a variety of social and demographic background variables and to determine the source where users obtain the methods they use; - determine reasons for nonuse of contraception and estimate the percentage of women who are at risk of an unplanned pregnancy and, thus, in need of family planning services; and - examine the use of maternal and child health services and immunization levels for children less than 5 years of age and to examine the prevalence and treatment of diarrhea and acute respiratory infections among these children.

Geographic coverage

National

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The 1991 Belize Family Health Survey was an area probability survey with two stages of selection. The sampling frame for the survey was the quick count of all households in the country conducted in 1990 by the Central Statistical Office in preparation for the 1991 census. Two strata, or domains, were sampled independently: urban areas and rural areas. In the first stage of selection for the urban domain, a systematic sample with a random start was used to select enumeration districts in the domain with probability of selection proportional to the number of households in each district. In the second stage of selection, households were chosen systematically using a constant sampling interval (4.2350) across all of the selected enumeration districts. The enumeration districts selected for the rural domain were the same as those that had been selected earlier for the 1990 Belize Household Expenditure Survey. The second stage selection of rural households was conducted the same way it was for the urban domain but used a constant sampling interval of 2.1363. In order to have a self-weighting geographic sample, 3,106 urban households and 1,871 rural households were selected for a total of 4,977 households.

Only one woman aged 15-44 per household was selected for interview. Each respondent's probability of selection was inversely proportional to the number of eligible women in the household. Thus, weighting factors were applied to compensate for this unequal probability of selection. In the tables presented in this report, proportions and means are based on the weighted number of cases, but the unweighted numbers are shown.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Response rate

Of the 4,977 households selected, 4,566 households were visited. Overall, 8 percent of households could not be located, and 7 percent of the households were found to be vacant. Less than 3 percent of the households refused to be interviewed. Fifty-five percent of sample households includeed at least one woman aged 15-44. Complete interviews were obtained in 94 percent of the households that had an eligible respondent, for a total of 2,656 interviews. Interview completion rates did not vary by residence.

Sampling error estimates

The estimates for a sample survey are affected by two types of errors: (1) sampling error and (2) non-sampling error. Non-sampling error is the result of mistakes made in carrying out data collection and data processing, including the failure to locate and interview the right household, errors in the way questions are asked or understood, and data entry errors. Although quality control efforts were made during the implementation of the Family Health Survey to minimize this type of error, non-sampling errors are impossible to avoid and difficult to evaluate statistically.

Sampling error is defined as the difference between the true value for any variable measured in a survey and the value estimated by the survey. Sampling error is a measure of the variability between all possible samples that could have been selected from the same population using the same sample design and size. For the entire population and for large subgroups, the Family Health Survey is large enough that the sampling error for most estimates is small. However, for small subgroups, sampling errors are larger and may affect the reliability of the estimates. Sampling error is usually measured in terms of the standard error for a particular statistic (mean, proportion, or ratio), which is the square root of the variance. The standard error can be used to calculate confidence intervals for estimated statistics. For example, the 95 percent confidence interval for a statistic is the estimated value plus or minus 1.96 times the standard error for the estimate.

The standard errors of statistics estimated using a multistage cluster sample design, such as that used in the Family Health Survey, are more complex than are standard errors based on simple random samples, and they tend to be somewhat larger than the standard errors produced by a simple random sample. The increase in standard error due to using a multi-stage cluster design is referred to as the design effect, which is defined as the ratio between the variance for the estimate using the sample design that was used and the variance for the estimate that would result if a simple random sample had been used. Based on experience with similar surveys, the design effect generally falls in a range from 1.2 to 2.0 for most variables.

Table E.1 of the Final Report presents examples of what the 95 percent confidence interval on an estimated proportion would be, under a variety of sample sizes, assuming a design effect of 1.6. It presents half-widths of the 95 percent confidence intervals corresponding to sample sizes, ranging from 25 to 3200 cases, and corresponding to estimated proportions ranging from .05/.95 to .50/.50. The formula used for calculating the half-width of the 95 percent confidence interval is:

(half of 95% C.I.) = (1.96) SQRT {(1.6)(p)(1-p) / n},

where p is the estimated proportion, n is the number of cases used in calculating the proportion, and 1.6 is the design effect. It can be seen, for example, that for an estimated proportion of 0.30, and a sample of size of 200, half the width of the confidence interval is 0.08, so that the 95 percent confidence interval for the estimated proportion would be from 0.22 to 0.38. If the sample size had been 3200, instead of 200, the 95 percent confidence interval would be from 0.28 to 0.32.

The actual design effect for individual variables will vary, depending on how values of that variable are distributed among the clusters of the sample. These can be calculated using advanced statistical software for survey analysis.

The number of children out of school in Belize increased by 1,363 children (+31.31 percent) in 2023 in comparison to the previous year. While the growth is slowing down, with 5,716 children, the number of children out of school is at its peak in the observed period. Out-of-school children are the number of school-age children enrolled in primary or secondary school minus the total population of the official primary school-age children.