Belize
- People
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Population
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Population: 321115
(July 2011 est.)
Rank: 176
- Estimated population in
2025: 400,000
- Estimated population in 2050:
500,000
Population growth rate: 2.15%
(2010)
Rank: 48
Population density:
12
people per sq km
Net migration rate:
( )
Birth rate: 27.33
(2010 est.)
Rank: 59
Death rate: 5.8
(July 2010 est.)
Rank: 168
Life expectancy at
birth 2010 est.
-
total
population:
total population: 68.2 years
years
- male:
male: 66.44 years
years
- female: female: 70.05 years
years
Total
fertility rate: 3.36
(2010 est.)
Rank: 59
Infant
mortality
(2010 est.)
Rank: 91
- total: 23.07
- male: male: 26
- female: female: 19.99
- difference male/female: 6.93
Sex ratio ( 2005 est.)
- total US: 1.03 male(s)/female
- at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
- under 15: 1.04 male(s)/female
- 15-64: 1.02 male(s)/female
- at 65+: 0.93 male(s)/female
Age
structure
((2009 est.))
- 0-14 US: 37.9% (male 59,462/female 57,117)
- 15-64 US: 58.6% (male 91,298/female 89,170)
- 65 and Over US: 3.5% (male 5,185/female 5,667)
Median age
(2010 est.)
- Median total US: total: 20.7 years
Rank: 48
- Median male US: male: 20.5 years
- Median female US: female: 20.9 years (2010 est.)
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Health
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Physician density:
(1708 )
HIV/Aids
- Adult prevalence rate: 2.40
(2003 est.)
Rank: 30
- People living with Aids: 3,600
(2003 est.)
Rank: 128
- Aids related deaths: less than 200
( )
Rank: 125
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Languages |
English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Pentecostal 7.4%, Anglican 5.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Mennonite 4.1%, Methodist 3.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), other 14%, none 9.4% (2000)
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Urbanization
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Urbanisation now: 48.3%
Urbanisation
2030: 60.4
Rural Change: 1.8
Urban change: 2.3
Capital city:
Belmopan
Other cities:
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Indices
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Human development
index:
0.694
Rank:
78
Happy people index:
52 |
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