Belize
Population growth in Belize
Population growth in Belize: 2.66% a year in 1950 and 1.46% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 1.46% a year
- Since 1950
- −1.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 75 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.71% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.71% a year in 2100, between -3.5% a year and 2.43% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 3.51% a year in 1998, the lowest 1.02% a year in 2021.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Belize | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.46 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 2.67 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 1.02 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 1.27 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 1.66 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 2.08 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 2.53 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 2.11 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 2.1 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 2.13 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 2.14 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 2.16 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 2.19 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 2.64 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 2.72 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 2.79 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 2.85 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 2.9 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 2.94 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 2.97 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 3.01 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 3.04 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 3.16 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 3.38 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 3.51 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 3.48 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 3.19 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 2.75 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 2.25 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 2.01 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 2.06 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 2.12 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 2.17 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 2.22 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 2.22 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 2.22 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 2.25 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 2.29 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 2.34 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 2.4 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 2.46 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 2.54 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 2.53 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 2.18 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 2.05 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 2.07 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 2.07 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 2.04 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 1.36 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 1.38 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 1.44 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 1.59 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 1.82 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 2.71 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 3.01 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 3.08 | 2 |
| 1966 | 3.06 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 3.01 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 2.94 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 2.85 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 2.62 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 2.46 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 2.54 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 2.62 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 2.68 | 2 |
| 1957 | 2.74 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 2.72 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 2.76 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 2.78 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 2.86 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 2.98 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 3.18 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 2.66 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Belize | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.430.73–2.09 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 1.360.46–2.27 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 1.330.2–2.36 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 1.26-0.01–2.5 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 1.2-0.13–2.43 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 1.16-0.27–2.52 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 1.1-0.43–2.49 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 1.07-0.5–2.49 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 1.03-0.53–2.59 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 1-0.68–2.58 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 0.96-0.77–2.58 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 0.89-0.82–2.54 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 0.84-0.89–2.51 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 0.8-0.89–2.44 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 0.74-1.06–2.49 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 0.68-1.11–2.4 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 0.65-1.21–2.45 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 0.62-1.32–2.49 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 0.58-1.28–2.51 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 0.55-1.42–2.51 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 0.52-1.46–2.61 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 0.48-1.58–2.65 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 0.47-1.66–2.67 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 0.44-1.64–2.68 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 0.43-1.85–2.73 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 0.38-1.85–2.67 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 0.37-1.88–2.64 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 0.32-1.88–2.71 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 0.31-1.96–2.83 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 0.25-2.09–2.64 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 0.24-2.17–2.69 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 0.21-2.27–2.83 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | 0.18-2.29–2.65 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | 0.16-2.41–2.69 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | 0.13-2.32–2.68 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | 0.1-2.44–2.63 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | 0.07-2.39–2.59 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | 0.03-2.46–2.57 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | 0.03-2.5–2.65 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -0-2.59–2.58 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -0.03-2.6–2.69 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | -0.06-2.67–2.63 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | -0.09-2.73–2.73 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | -0.11-2.81–2.52 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | -0.18-2.81–2.5 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | -0.19-2.77–2.56 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | -0.2-2.82–2.49 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | -0.25-2.81–2.52 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | -0.27-2.95–2.62 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | -0.31-2.98–2.48 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | -0.33-2.96–2.56 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -0.34-3.05–2.44 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -0.38-3–2.56 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -0.43-3.06–2.44 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -0.44-3.02–2.51 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -0.45-3.06–2.44 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -0.47-3.08–2.46 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -0.49-3.15–2.53 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -0.52-3.23–2.5 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -0.54-3.12–2.55 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -0.55-3.31–2.62 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.56-3.34–2.77 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -0.57-3.47–2.57 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.61-3.21–2.52 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.61-3.37–2.65 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.61-3.55–2.57 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.62-3.48–2.56 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.64-3.38–2.48 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.64-3.55–2.49 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.65-3.51–2.29 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.67-3.47–2.4 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.68-3.47–2.46 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.68-3.46–2.43 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.68-3.57–2.42 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.69-3.55–2.35 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.7-3.52–2.35 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.71-3.5–2.43 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- 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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Belize in numbers
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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