Belize
Life expectancy in Belize
Life expectancy in Belize: 49.2 years in 1950 and 73.6 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 73.6 years
- Since 1950
- +24.4 years
- Rank, 2023
- 128 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 85.4 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 85.4 years in 2100, between 75 years and 93.1 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Belize | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 73.6 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 72.2 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 70.9 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 71.6 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 72.6 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 72.3 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 72.1 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 71.8 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 71.7 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 71.4 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 71.3 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 71.1 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 71 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 70.9 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 70.8 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 70.7 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 70.7 | 69 |
| 2006 | 70.5 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 70.3 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 70.2 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 69.8 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 69.5 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 68.9 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 68.9 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 69 | 66 |
| 1998 | 68.9 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 69.2 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 69.4 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 69.5 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 69.6 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 69.6 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 69.6 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 69.6 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 69.6 | 64 |
| 1989 | 69.5 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 69.4 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 69.1 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 68.7 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 68.4 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 68 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 67.6 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 67.3 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 67.1 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 66.9 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 66.7 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 66.3 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 66.1 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 65.8 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 65.4 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 64.9 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 64.5 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 64 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 63.6 | 56 |
| 1970 | 63 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 62.5 | 56 |
| 1968 | 62 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 61.4 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 60.9 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 60.4 | 54 |
| 1964 | 59.8 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 59.3 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 58.7 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 52.9 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 57.4 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 56.6 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 55.7 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 54.8 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 53.9 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 52.7 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 52.2 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 51.4 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 50.7 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 49.9 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 49.2 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Belize | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 73.772.5–74.9 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 73.972.1–75.5 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 74.172–76.1 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 74.371.8–76.6 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 74.471.7–76.9 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 74.671.5–77.3 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 74.771.4–77.7 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 74.971.3–78.1 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 75.171.3–78.4 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 75.271.3–78.7 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 75.471.1–79 | 75 |
| 2035 | 75.671.2–79.4 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 75.771.5–79.7 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 75.971.6–80 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 76.171.5–80.3 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 76.271.6–80.5 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 76.471.4–80.9 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 76.571.6–81.1 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 76.771.8–81.5 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 76.971.7–81.9 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 7771.5–82.1 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 77.271.8–82.3 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 77.371.8–82.5 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 77.571.9–82.8 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 77.771.8–83 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 77.871.5–83.2 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 7871.6–83.4 | 77 |
| 2051 | 78.171.6–83.6 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 78.371.5–83.7 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 78.571.8–84.1 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 78.671.8–84.2 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 78.871.9–84.4 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 7972–84.7 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 79.172–84.8 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 79.372.1–85 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 79.472.4–85.2 | 78 |
| 2060 | 79.672.5–85.6 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 79.872.5–85.7 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 79.972.8–86 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 80.172.6–86.1 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 80.272.7–86.2 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 80.472.6–86.4 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 80.572.8–86.7 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 80.772.8–86.8 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 80.972.9–86.9 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 8172.9–87.2 | 79 |
| 2070 | 81.273–87.4 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 81.373.1–87.4 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 81.573–87.8 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 81.673.1–88 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 81.873.3–88 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 81.973.2–88.4 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 82.173.4–88.6 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 82.273.3–88.6 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 82.473.3–88.7 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 82.573.5–88.7 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 82.773.7–88.8 | 80 |
| 2081 | 82.873.4–89.1 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 82.973.5–89.2 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 83.173.5–89.5 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 83.273.8–89.8 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 83.473.9–90 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 83.573.8–90 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 83.673.9–90.3 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 83.874–90.4 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 83.973.8–90.6 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 84.174–90.9 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 84.274.2–91.1 | 81 |
| 2092 | 84.374.3–91.3 | 81 |
| 2093 | 84.574.2–91.5 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 84.674.3–91.6 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 84.774.6–91.8 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 84.974.7–92.1 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 8574.6–92.3 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 85.174.9–92.5 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 85.375–92.9 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 85.475–93.1 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending1% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$32.9M in 2025
- Military spending per person$79 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2,000 people in 2020
- National power0% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.32% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2023