Population
397.5K
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
GDP per capita, PPP
$16,710
in 2031
Passport power
#98
59 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
10
Top: Ambergris Caye
Country overview
- Official name
- Belize
- Capital
- Belmopan
- Continent
- North America / Central America
- Area
- 22,966 km²
- Population
- 397.5K
- Density
- 17.3/km²
- Government
- Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .bz
- Calling code
- +501
- Timezone
- UTC-06:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #98 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 59
- Total accessible
- 87
- Digital nomad visa
- Work Where You Vacation $75,000/year · 6 mo
- Immigration programs
- 1 Nomad 1 Residency
Culture and society
- Languages
- Belizean Creole, English, Spanish (Español)
- Religions
- Christianity 61.9%, No religion 31.8%, Other 6.3%
- Currencies
- $ BZD — Belize dollar
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.721
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $16,710
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 73.7 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 80.0%
- Gini index (2013)
- 53.1
- Inflation (2031)
- 1.3%
- Unemployment (2031)
- 2.6%
- Urban population (2025)
- 41.6%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 6.7/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 14.4 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2022)
- 28.1/100k