Latin America & Caribbean
A life that begins in Belize
One in every 17,570 babies in the world is born here: about 7,634 a year, 0.015 a minute.
- Population
- 422,924
- Births a year
- 7,634
- Life expectancy
- 73.9
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 12.7
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
76.7
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
71.1
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
10.8
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
12.7
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
67
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
1.2
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
9
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
3.7
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
22.6
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
28.1
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.02
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
34
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
96
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
86
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
25
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
≈ 6.2
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$12,789
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
40
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
1
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
8.9
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
16
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
46
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
27
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
42
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
95
World: 91
Internet users (%)
80
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
6.71
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.03
World: 0.34
≈ Estimated from the region
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 57.5 → 2026: 73.6 → 2050: 78
World
1960: 155 → 2026: 12 → 2050: 6
World
1960: 6.5 → 2026: 2 → 2050: 1.8
World
1960: 54 → 2026: 42 → 2050: 43
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Belize comes up about once in every 17,570 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.