Population growth in Belize

The population of Belize changed by 1.39% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Belize, 2025 1.39% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.05percentage points 2024: 1.44%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 75th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Belize over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period BelizeWorld
2025 1.39% 0.91%
2024 1.44% 0.96%
2023 2.06% 0.93%
2022 1.85% 0.87%
2021 1.15% 0.83%
2020 1.28% 0.98%
2019 1.46% 1.05%
2018 1.86% 1.08%
2017 2.30% 1.13%
2016 2.32% 1.16%
2015 2.10% 1.18%
2014 2.11% 1.21%
2013 2.13% 1.23%
2012 2.15% 1.26%
2011 2.18% 1.22%
2010 2.41% 1.22%
2009 2.68% 1.25%
2008 2.75% 1.27%
2007 2.82% 1.26%
2006 2.87% 1.27%
2005 2.92% 1.27%
2004 2.95% 1.29%
2003 2.99% 1.29%
2002 3.03% 1.31%
2001 3.10% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.05 percentage points from 1.44% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.10%, the figure has changed by −0.71 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Belize has the 75th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Belize
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects