Demographics of Belize

Religions and Ethnicity

ReligionsRoman Catholic 39.3%, Pentacostal 8.3%, Seventh Day Adventist 5.3%, Anglican 4.5%, Mennonite 3.7%, Baptist 3.5%, Methodist 2.8%, Nazarene 2.8%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.6%, other 9.9% (includes Baha'i Faith, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Mormon), other (unknown) 3.1%, none 15.2% (2010 census)

Ethnic groupsmestizo 48.7%, Creole 24.9%, Maya 10.6%, Garifuna 6.1%, other 9.7% (2000 census)

Demographics

Total fertility rate3.15 children born/woman (2012)

Diabetes prevalence15.9 % of population ages 20 to 79

GINI index53.1 55.0 57.3

Intentional homicides44.7 per 100,000 people (2012)39.2 per 100,000 people (2011)41.8 per 100,000 people (2010)

Total Population341 Thousand (2014)334 Thousand (2013)328 Thousand (2012)

Population Growth1.92 % (2014)1.97 % (2013)2.01 % (2012)

Land per Capita0.07 Square kilometer per capita

Population density14.8 capita per square kilometer (2014)14.6 capita per square kilometer (2013)14.3 capita per square kilometer (2012)

Technology and Infrastructure

Vehicles per 1000 people159 per 1,000 people (2008)180 per 1,000 people (2007)180 per 1,000 people (2006)

Vehicles per km of road11.5 per km of road (2000)

Mobile cellular subscriptions52.9 per 100 people (2013)53.2 per 100 people (2012)70.3 per 100 people (2011)

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers3.13 per 100 people (2013)3.08 per 100 people (2012)3.07 per 100 people (2011)

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers of Belize

Internet users31.7 per 100 people (2013)25.0 per 100 people (2012)18.7 per 100 people (2011)