Demographics of Belize

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date26 Mar 2024

There are 209k males and 207k million females in Belize. The percentage of male population is 50.25 % compare to 49.75 % female population. Belize has 2k more males than females. The Sex Ratio in Belize in 2024 is 100.985 males per 100 females. Belize is at 171st position in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Belize population

Year Population Growth (%)
195069,1162.78
195579,9862.74
196091,4032.58
1965104,8383.00
1970120,9051.91
1975130,8012.02
1980145,1332.48
1985163,4362.29
1990182,5892.13
1995203,5562.81
2000240,4063.14
2005280,3752.96
2010322,1062.29
2015359,8712.08
2020394,9211.26
2021400,0311.31
2022405,2721.30
2023410,8251.43
2024416,6561.39
  • Total
  • Crude

Belize death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19501,1963,69517.19653.135
19551,2383,90415.43148.661
19601,1314,11412.32944.847
19651,1314,24910.80140.564
19701,0844,6898.92038.576
19751,0355,2957.86140.217
19801,0345,9947.09241.099
19851,0146,2296.17737.935
19901,0206,7085.55536.532
19951,1096,5635.44832.256
20001,4047,2815.85830.388
20051,5387,4455.51026.673
20101,4977,2374.66022.533
20151,6887,7984.70021.709
20202,0717,0605.24417.881
20212,5407,1866.35317.976
20222,5327,1936.25317.763
20231,9877,2364.84117.626
20242,0337,2424.88217.393
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Belize

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195038,10430,81555.288
195543,67336,19754.681
196049,74142,32354.028
196555,69250,42752.481
197062,26859,91450.963
197566,85866,40250.171
198071,17572,98049.374
198579,85385,06848.419
199089,02198,53147.465
199596,084110,87946.425
2000112,275135,04045.398
2005128,360154,91745.313
2010145,456176,15245.228
2015163,139196,14945.406
2020183,182214,82546.025
2021187,469218,29646.201
2022191,851221,65846.396
2023196,317224,89346.608
2024200,862227,98546.838
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Belize population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 18,259 17,402 35,661 8.56 104.925
05-09 19,843 18,927 38,770 9.31 104.840
10-14 19,041 18,188 37,228 8.94 104.690
15-19 19,512 18,869 38,381 9.21 103.408
20-24 20,088 19,588 39,677 9.52 102.553
25-29 19,497 19,046 38,542 9.25 102.368
30-34 18,224 17,821 36,045 8.65 102.261
35-39 15,796 15,835 31,631 7.59 99.754
40-44 13,242 13,700 26,942 6.47 96.657
45-49 11,164 11,616 22,779 5.47 96.109
50-54 9,659 10,140 19,799 4.75 95.256
55-59 7,818 8,043 15,861 3.81 97.203
60-64 6,234 6,451 12,685 3.04 96.636
65-69 4,412 4,678 9,089 2.18 94.314
70-74 2,991 3,103 6,095 1.46 96.391
75-79 1,850 1,875 3,725 0.89 98.667
80-84 1,030 1,113 2,142 0.51 92.543
85-89 485 591 1,075 0.26 82.064
90-94 167 249 416 0.10 67.068
95-99 35 65 100 0.02 53.846
100+ 2 7 9 0.00 28.571
Total 209,349 207,307 416,652 100.985