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Belize

Belize
North America · Central America

0Population

22.97Kkm² of land

$4.81KGDP / person

BelmopanCapital

ISO codes: BZ · BLZ
Density: 17 /km²
Languages: Belizean Creole, English, Spanish
Currency: Belize dollar (BZD)
Dial code: +501
Internet domain: .bz
Time zones: 1
Coastline: Has a coast
Map centre: 17.2020° N, 88.7130° W
Demonym: Belizean
UN region: Americas · Central America
Economy: Developing region
Income group: Lower middle income
Total GDP: $1.88B
Sovereignty: Independent · UN member
Borders: 2

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By the numbers

How Belize stacks up against all 242 mapped countries.

Population

177th

of 242 · 0.01% of world population

Land area

151st

of 242 · 0.02% of world land

GDP per person

146th

richest of 242 by output per person

Population density

199th

most crowded of 242

Ten facts about Belize

The first is hand-written; the rest are worked out from this country's own figures.

1

The only Central American country with English as its official language, and it protects the second largest barrier reef on Earth.

2

Population is about 390,353 people, the 177th largest of the 242 countries mapped here - roughly one in 19,667 of everyone alive.

3

Covers 22,966 km², making it the 151st largest country here - about 8.9 times the size of Luxembourg.

4

Population density is about 17 people per km².

5

The capital is Belmopan, at 17.25° N, 88.77° W, with a metropolitan population of about 15,220.

6

Shares land borders with 2 countries: Guatemala and Mexico.

7

Has its own coastline and direct access to the open sea.

8

Keeps a single time zone, America/Belize.

9

The currency is the Belize dollar (BZD, symbol $).

10

Has 3 official languages: Belizean Creole, English and Spanish.

Local time

Live, from PHP's IANA database.

America/Belize

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UTC−06:00

Cities

The largest places we hold coordinates for. Click a row to fly the map there.

1 ★ Belmopan Cayo 17.2520° N, 88.7671° W 15.22K

Land neighbours

2 countries share a border with Belize.