Editing Belize (section)

===Religion===
{{main|Religion in Belize}}
According to the 2010 census,<ref name="census2010"/> 40.1% of Belizeans were [[Catholics]], 31.8% [[Protestants]] (8.4% [[Pentecostal]]; 5.4% [[Adventist]]; 4.7% [[Anglican]]; 3.7% [[Mennonite]]; 3.6% [[Baptist]]; 2.9% [[Methodist]]; 2.8% [[Church of the Nazarene|Nazarene]]), 1.7% were [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], 10.3% adhered to other religions ([[Maya religion]], [[Garifuna religion]], [[Obeah]] and [[Myalism]], and minorities of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], [[Hinduism|Hindus]], [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], [[Islam|Muslims]], [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼís]], [[Rastafarians]] and other) and 15.5% professed to be irreligious.
[[File:HRrubenFromWest.jpg|thumb|right|[[Holy Redeemer Catholic Parish, Belize City]]]]
According to PROLADES, Belize's population was 64.6% Catholic, 27.8% Protestant, and 7.6% of other faiths in 1971.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.prolades.com/cra/regions/cam/bel/belize_census_1970-2010.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.prolades.com/cra/regions/cam/bel/belize_census_1970-2010.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live | title=National Census of Belize Religious Affiliation, 1970–2010 | first=Clifton L. | last=Holland | date=8 September 2011 | access-date=8 May 2017 }}</ref> Until the late 1990s, Belize was [[History of the Catholic Church in Belize|a Catholic-majority country]]. Catholics formed 57% of the population in 1991, a share that dropped to 49% in 2000. The percentage of Catholics in the population has been decreasing in the past few decades due to the growth of Protestant churches, other religions and irreligiosity.<ref>[http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Belize.pdf Belize 2000 Census] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125104920/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Belize.pdf |date=25 January 2012}}. caricomstats.org</ref>

In addition to Catholics, there has always been [[Protestantism in Belize|a large accompanying Protestant minority]]. It was brought by [[British people|British]], [[German people|German]], and other settlers to the British colony of [[British Honduras]]. From the beginning, it was largely [[Anglican]] and [[Mennonite]] in nature. The Protestant community in Belize experienced a large [[Pentecostal]] and [[Seventh-Day Adventist]] influx tied to the recent spread of various [[Evangelical Protestant]] denominations throughout [[Latin America]]. Geographically speaking, [[Mennonites in Belize|German Mennonites]] live mostly in the rural districts of Cayo and Orange Walk.

The [[Greek Orthodox Church]] has a presence in [[Santa Elena, Belize|Santa Elena]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orthodoxchurch.bz/ |title=Orthodox Church of Belize homepage |publisher=Orthodoxchurch.bz |date=22 August 1982 |access-date=29 August 2010 |archive-date=2 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502203936/http://orthodoxchurch.bz/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Association of Religion Data Archives]] estimates there were 7,776 Baháʼís in Belize in 2005, or 2.5% of the national population. Their estimates suggest this is the highest proportion of Baháʼís in any country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Most Baha'i Nations (2005)|url=http://www.thearda.com/QuickLists/QuickList_40.asp|website=The Association for Religion Data Archives|access-date=21 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209035957/http://www.thearda.com/QuickLists/QuickList_40.asp|archive-date=9 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Their data also states that the Baháʼí Faith is the second most common religion in Belize, following Christianity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Belize: Religious Adherents (2010)|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_23_2.asp|website=The Association for Religion Data Archives|access-date=21 November 2015|archive-date=22 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122030203/http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_23_2.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hinduism is followed by most Indian immigrants. [[Sikhs]] were the first [[Indians in Belize|Indian immigrants to Belize (not counting indentured workers)]], and the former [[Chief Justice of Belize]] [[George Singh]] was the son of a [[Sikh diaspora|Sikh immigrant]],<ref name="News519980202">{{cite news|url=http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/25393|title=Chief and two new justices sworn in|work=News 5 Belize|date=2 February 1998|access-date=20 April 2012|archive-date=10 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410223718/https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/25393|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="SGV">{{cite web|url=http://www.sikhglobalvillage.com/stories_sikhbelize1.htm|title=Immigrant Stories: Belize|publisher=Sikh Global Village|access-date=20 April 2012|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417134046/https://www.sikhglobalvillage.com/stories_sikhbelize1.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> there was also a Sikh cabinet minister. Belize's Muslim population dates from the 1980s. Muslims numbered 577 in 2010 according to the official statistics,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://belize.com/belize-demographics/|title=Belize Demographics Country Profile {{pipe}} With Belize Census Data|website=belize.com|access-date=17 November 2019|archive-date=23 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723091826/https://belize.com/belize-demographics/|url-status=live}}</ref> accounting for 0.16 percent of the population.