Urban population growth in Belize

The urban population of Belize changed by 0.93% in 2025.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Belize, 2025 0.93% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.05percentage points 2024: 0.98%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 127th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban 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.

Urban population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period BelizeWorld
2025 0.93% 1.36%
2024 0.98% 1.40%
2023 1.60% 1.35%
2022 1.25% 1.33%
2021 0.54% 1.48%
2020 0.68% 1.52%
2019 0.87% 1.74%
2018 1.27% 1.85%
2017 1.72% 1.90%
2016 1.74% 2.02%
2015 1.52% 2.14%
2014 1.54% 2.09%
2013 1.57% 2.20%
2012 1.59% 2.13%
2011 1.63% 2.56%
2010 1.82% 1.97%
2009 2.02% 2.22%
2008 2.05% 2.19%
2007 2.11% 2.34%
2006 2.19% 2.31%
2005 2.29% 2.27%
2004 2.41% 2.32%
2003 2.56% 2.41%
2002 2.73% 2.41%
2001 2.98% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.05 percentage points from 0.98% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1.52%, the figure has changed by −0.59 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Belize has the 127th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.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 Urbanization Prospects