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.

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.

The world's most accurate population datasets. Seven maps/datasets for the distribution of various populations in Belize: (1) Overall population density (2) Women (3) Men (4) Children (ages 0-5) (5) Youth (ages 15-24) (6) Elderly (ages 60+) (7) Women of reproductive age (ages 15-49).

The urban indicators data available here are analyzed, compiled and published by UN-Habitat’s Global Urban Observatory which supports governments, local authorities and civil society organizations to develop urban indicators, data and statistics. Urban statistics are collected through household surveys and censuses conducted by national statistics authorities. Global Urban Observatory team analyses and compiles urban indicators statistics from surveys and censuses. Additionally, Local urban observatories collect, compile and analyze urban data for national policy development. Population statistics are produced by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects.

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.

UNICEF's country profile for Belize, including under-five mortality rates, child health, education and sanitation data.

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.

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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.

Belize BZ: Population: Total data was reported at 405,272.000 Person in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 400,031.000 Person for 2021. Belize BZ: Population: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 186,462.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 405,272.000 Person in 2022 and a record low of 91,403.000 Person in 1960. Belize BZ: Population: Total 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: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.;(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.;Sum;Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

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.

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.

Belize BZ: Population: Growth data was reported at 2.058 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.851 % for 2022. Belize BZ: Population: Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 2.317 % from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2023, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.492 % in 1998 and a record low of 1.153 % in 2021. Belize BZ: Population: Growth 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: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.;Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision; (2) Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices; (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics; (4) United Nations Statistics Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years).;Weighted average;

Belize BZ: Women Who were First Married by Age 18: % of Women Aged 20-24 data was reported at 33.500 % in 2016. Belize BZ: Women Who were First Married by Age 18: % of Women Aged 20-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 33.500 % from Dec 2016 (Median) to 2016, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 33.500 % in 2016 and a record low of 33.500 % in 2016. Belize BZ: Women Who were First Married by Age 18: % of Women Aged 20-24 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: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Women who were first married by age 18 refers to the percentage of women ages 20-24 who were first married by age 18.;UNICEF Data; Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), AIDS Indicator Surveys(AIS), Reproductive Health Survey(RHS), and other household surveys.;;This is the Sustainable Development Goal indicator 5.3.1[https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

Abstract

This first Child Activity Survey (CAS) rectifies the absence of statistical information on working children and their activities in Belize. It follows Belize's commitment to international instruments concerning child labour, such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions, and concern by the Government of Belize at educational indicators of inadequate rates of school enrolment, participation and completion.

The CAS was conducted by the Central Statistical Office in April-May 2001 (postponed from October 2000 due to Hurricane Keith) and aims to provide national information to assist the Government in identifying appropriate responses. Such responses may include policies and programmes to ensure protective measures to minimize the negative consequences of child labour as well as supportive measures to encourage and enable improved education participation by Belizean young people.

The data from the CAS will also be used for: • In-depth analysis and research, for example, in-depth analysis of child labour and education in Belize; • Decision-making and planning, for example, designing protective measures; • Formulation and implementation of policies, programmes and projects, for example, implementing protective measures to minimise the negative consequences of child labour and protection of working children in the short-term and the eventual elimination of the practice in the long-run; and • Monitoring and refining these policies and programmes.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Children aged 5-17 years

Universe

The survey covered all de jure children (usual residents) aged between 5-17 years.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

Administratively, Belize is divided into six districts, namely Corozal and Orange Walk in the north, Belize to the east, Cayo to the west and Stann Creek and Toledo in the south. Each of these districts has distinct urban and rural demarcation. Overall, about 52% of the households in the country are located in the rural areas. Two districts, namely Cayo (which contains the capital Belmopan City), and Belize (which contains the largest urban centre, Belize City), account for almost half the households in the country (CSO, 2001 a).

For the purpose of the Population and Housing Census, each district is sub-divided into smaller Enumeration Districts (EDs). Each ED has an average size of 144 households (Census 2000). For the sampling design of the CAS, available data from both the 1991 and 2000 Censuses were utilised (Tables 2-3 and 2-4). During the time of the preparation of the sample design, the Census 2000 data were not yet computerised and the only available data for 2000 were for household by district and ED and for population by sex, district and ED.

The survey comprised a two-stage design with the selection of EDs being the first stage: the selection of EDs being proportional to the size of EDs, that is, the number of households at the time of the Census 2000. The second stage was the random selection of a cluster of households from within selected EDs. Each district was treated as a stratum in its own right. However, in each case the selected ED and cluster were such that

f = f1 x f2 where f1 is the probability of selecting an ED, f2 is the probability of selecting a cluster, and f is the probability of selecting a household.

To randomly select the 6,058 households, it was necessary to first obtain a distribution of the population 5 to 17 years by district, based on the 1991 Census (Table 2-3). From the data it was also possible to obtain the average number of persons 5 to 17 years per household by district. The 1991 Census also provided data on household income, which were used for ordering EDs within districts prior to selection.

Data on the number of households in each ED were available from the 2000 Population and Housing Census (Table 2-4). These data, together with data on the average number of persons 5 to 17 years per household from the 1991 Census, were used to allocate the number of households to be selected from each district and the urban and rural areas within each district.

Using an average cluster size of 30 households, which gives approximately 200 clusters to yield the 6,058 households and about the same number of EDs, each district was assigned a number of clusters based on the number of households obtained from the Census 2000. After examining the available income data, a monthly household income of BZ$5002 was used as the criterion for ordering the EDs before selection. The EDs were ranked by proportion of households earning less than BZ$500 per month from the highest to the lowest proportion. This was done within each urban and rural area within each district. Within each district, a number of EDs were systematically selected. The selection interval was determined by the number of households in the district and the number of clusters assigned to the district.

After selecting these EDs, one cluster was then selected from each ED. Dividing the number of households by 30 and rounding off as necessary gave the number of clusters assigned to an ED. However, the sum of clusters from the EDs did not exceed the number of clusters assigned to the district. Because the number of households in an ED was not exactly divisible by 30 and the number of clusters assigned to an ED must be an integer, meant that the cluster sizes varied from 27 to 35 households with an average of about 30 households. For example, an ED with 128 households would have been assigned four clusters, each with an average size of 32 households.

Based on the average number of persons aged 5 to 17 years per household from the 1991 Census data, it was estimated that the number of persons aged 5 to 17 years to be interviewed from the sample would be just over 10,000 (the actual number interviewed for the survey was 7,870 children.). An estimated 20% to 25% employment rate for children 5 to 17 years old should have yielded 2,000 to 2,500 employed persons in the sample (the results from the survey showed 896 employed children). Selection of the sample was made at the CSO using the households from the 2000 Population and Housing Census as the sample frame.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The questionnaire used for the CAS was designed to gather detailed information specifically on children aged between 5 and 17 years inclusive, and basic demographic information for the parent or guardian of the child and, in the absence of the parent or guardian, a responsible adult over 17 years (Figure 2-1). According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), a child is any person under the age of 18 years; hence the upper age limit for the target population is 17 years. Given that the compulsory school age in Belize is 5 to 14 years, five years was used as the lower age limit. All children 5 to 17 years in the households selected were interviewed.

The questionnaire (refer to Figure 2-1 and Annex III) was divided into 11 sections: Section I: Housing Section II: Migration status of households Section III: All children 5-17 years old living away from this household Section IV: Respondent characteristics Section V: Characteristics of the child 5-17 years old Section VI: Migration status of the child Section VII: Usual economic activity of the child Section VIII: Non economic activity and complete idleness Section IX: Health and safety aspects of child who has worked at any time in the past Section X: Perception of parent or guardian of the child Section XI: For the child 5 to 17 years old.

Unlike Section XI, the respondent for Sections I to X was the parent or guardian (or responsible adult, in the absence of the parent or guardian) of any of the children 5 to 17 years old in the household. The person who answered Sections I to X expressed his or her views and knowledge about the housing and household characteristics and provided information on each child 5 to 17 years old who was a member of the household. For every additional child, interviews were repeated for Sections V to XI.

Most respondents (84.3%) for Sections I to X were the parent or guardian of the child. The grandparent (6.5%), the brother or sister (3.9%) and other relative (3.7%) were the other most likely respondents. Interestingly, 0.5% of children had their spouse or partner answering as the responsible adult in their household. Note that if the child’s spouse or partner was under 18 years, the spouse or partner was still considered a child.

Each child 5 to 17 years old responded to Section XI. Screening questions were included in this section of the questionnaire to help determine if the child interviewed was economically active, not economically active or idle, and then specific questions were asked depending upon the working status of the child.

More than 70% of the children interviewed were accompanied either by the parent or guardian or another member of the household. The rest of the children were alone when they were interviewed. A total of 44 children (0.6% of all children in the sample) did not answer Section XI but had information on them in Sections I to X.

Cleaning operations

The interviewers first checked the questionnaires before submitting them to the field supervisors, who then did a second check of the questionnaires. The field supervisor then submitted the questionnaires to the editor/coders, who then edited and coded the questionnaires. The district supervisors and personnel from the main office did random editing of questionnaires. After the questionnaires were both

Belize BZ: Mortality Rate: Adult: Male: per 1000 Male Adults data was reported at 261.877 Ratio in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 277.530 Ratio for 2021. Belize BZ: Mortality Rate: Adult: Male: per 1000 Male Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 218.525 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 312.665 Ratio in 1961 and a record low of 174.463 Ratio in 1988. Belize BZ: Mortality Rate: Adult: Male: per 1000 Male Adults 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. Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.;(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision. (2) HMD. Human Mortality Database. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Germany), University of California, Berkeley (USA), and French Institute for Demographic Studies (France). Available at www.mortality.org.;Weighted average;

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.

Belize BZ: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data was reported at 2,676.592 sq km in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,684.447 sq km for 2000. Belize BZ: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data is updated yearly, averaging 2,684.447 sq km from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,696.588 sq km in 1990 and a record low of 2,676.592 sq km in 2015. Belize BZ: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters 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: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Rural land area below 5m is the total rural land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.;Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.;Sum;

Belize BZ: Life Expectancy at Birth: Male data was reported at 67.721 Year in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 67.119 Year for 2021. Belize BZ: Life Expectancy at Birth: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 66.893 Year from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 71.350 Year in 2013 and a record low of 52.522 Year in 1961. Belize BZ: Life Expectancy at Birth: Male 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. Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.;(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;