Editing Demographics of Belize (section)

==Vital statistics==
{{GraphChart
| width = 330
| height = 150
| xAxisTitle=years
| yAxisTitle= TFR
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| legend=
| type = line
| hAnnotatonsLine=2.1
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| x = 1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999, 2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1=5.84, , , 6.28, , , , , 5.77, , , , , 5.88, 5.77, 5.49, 5.29, 5.15, 4.92, 5.04, 5.4, 4.96, 5.18, 5.48, 4.11, 4.92, 3.21, 3.58, 4, 3.9, 4.19, 3.67, , , 3.47, 3.54, 3.39, 3.56, 3.57, 3, 2.86, 2.8, 3, 2.58, 2.49, 2.47, 2.45, 2.42, 2.41, 2.27, 2.21, 2.33, 2.14, 2.02, 1.80

| y1Title=Total Fertility Rate
}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
!<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook |website=[[United Nations Statistics Division]]}}{{nonspecific|date=May 2022}}</ref><ref>[http://www.sib.org.bz/ Statistical Institute of Belize]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/BZ.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=31 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916004052/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/BZ.pdf |archive-date=16 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! width="70pt"|Average population 
! width="70pt"|Live births
! width="70pt"|Deaths
! width="70pt"|Natural change
! width="70pt"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Natural change (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Total fertility rate<ref name="demographic profile">{{Cite web |url=http://caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/BZ.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=31 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916004052/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/BZ.pdf |archive-date=16 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! width="70pt"|Infant mortality rate<ref name="demographic profile"/>
|-
| 1934
| 52,000
|1,945|| 971|| 974
|37.4||18.7||18.7
|
|
|-
| 1935
| 53,000
|2,081||1,377|| 704
|39.3||style="color:red;"|26.0||13.3
|
|
|-
| 1936
| 53,000
|1,879||1,256||style="color:red;"| 623
|35.5||23.7||11.8
|
|
|-
| 1937
| 54,000
|style="color:red;"|1,876||1,054|| 822
|34.7||19.5||15.2
|
|
|-
| 1938
| 54,000
|2,052||1,178|| 874
|38.0||21.8||16.2
|
|
|-
| 1939
| 55,000
|2,084||1,092|| 992
|37.9||19.9||18.0
|
|
|-
| 1940
| 56,000
|2,192|| 986||1,206
|39.1||17.6||21.5
|
|
|-
| 1941
| 57,000
|2,133||1,030||1,103
|37.4||18.1||19.4
|
|
|-
| 1942
| 57,000
|1,905||1,250|| 655
|33.4||21.9||11.5
|
|
|-
| 1943
| 58,000
|1,925||1,136|| 789
|33.2||19.6||13.6
|
|
|-
| 1944
| 58,000
|2,031||1,153|| 878
|35.0||19.9||15.1
|
|
|-
| 1945
| 59,000
|2,141||1,204|| 937
|36.3||20.4||15.9
|
|
|-
| 1946
| 59,000
|2,065||1,019||1,046
|35.0||17.3||17.7
|
|
|-
| 1947
| 61,000
|2,473||1,049||1,424
|40.5||17.2||23.3
|
|
|-
| 1948
| 63,000
|2,506|| 861||1,645
|39.8||13.7||26.1
|
|
|-
| 1949
| 65,000
|2,548|| 877||1,671
|39.2||13.5||25.7
|
|
|-
| 1950
| 69,000
|2,657|| 845||1,812
|39.7||12.6||27.0
|
|
|-
| 1951
| 71,000
|2,905|| 801||2,104
|42.1||11.6||30.5
|
|
|-
| 1952
| 73,000
|3,028|| 794||2,234
|42.1||11.0||31.0
|
|
|-
| 1953
| 76,000
|2,986|| 820||2,166
|40.4||11.1||29.3
|
|
|-
| 1954
| 78,000
|3,231|| 876||2,355
|42.5||11.5||31.0
|
|
|-
| 1955
| 80,000
|3,463|| 858||2,605
|44.4||11.0||33.4
|
|
|-
| 1956
| 82,000
|3,725|| 821||2,904
|46.0||10.1||35.9
|
|
|-
| 1957
| 85,000
|3,615|| 932||2,683
|43.6||11.2||32.3
|
|
|-
| 1958
| 87,000
|3,988|| 795||3,193
|46.4||9.2||37.1
|
|
|-
| 1959
| 89,000
|4,016|| 730||3,286
|45.6||8.3||37.3
|
|
|-
| 1960
| 92,000
|4,091|| 717||3,374
|45.0||7.9||37.1
|
|
|-
| 1961
| 95,000
|4,244|| 708||3,536
|45.6||7.6||38.0
|
|
|-
| 1962
| 97,000
|4,461|| 853||3,608
|47.0||9.0||38.0
|
|
|-
| 1963
| 100,000
|4,783|| 712||4,071
|style="color:blue;"|48.8||7.3||style="color:blue;"|41.5
|
|
|-
| 1964
| 103,000
|4,568|| 729||3,839
|45.2||7.2||38.0
|
|
|-
| 1965
| 106,000
|4,637|| 710||3,927
|44.6||6.8||37.8
|
|
|-
| 1966
| 109,000
|4,898|| 776||4,122
|45.8||7.3||38.5
|
|
|-
| 1967
| 113,000
|4,851|| 811||4,040
|43.7||7.3||36.4
|5.84
|
|-
| 1968
| 116,000
|4,671|| 714||3,957
|41.0||6.3||34.7
|
|
|-
| 1969
| 119,000
|4,660|| 783||3,877
|39.8||6.7||33.1
|
|
|-
| 1970
| 122,000
|4,455|| 813||3,642
|37.1||6.8||30.4
|6.28
|51.2
|-
| 1971
| 125,000
|5,052
|style="color:blue;"| 625||4,427
|41.4||5.1||36.3
|
|30.9
|-
| 1972
| 127,000
|4,954|| 669||4,285
|40.0||5.4||34.6
|
|34.0
|-
| 1973
| 129,000
|5,010|| 801||4,303
|39.8||6.4||34.2
|
|41.7
|-
| 1974
| 131,000
|5,039|| 721||4,379
|39.4||5.6||34.2
|
|42.5
|-
| 1975
| 133,000
|5,201|| 800||4,401
|40.0||6.2||33.9
|5.77
|42.6
|-
| 1976
| 135,000
|5,340|| 881||4,459
|40.2||6.6||33.5
|
|45.1
|-
| 1977
| 137,000
|5,570|| 767||4,803
|41.0||5.6||35.3
|
|40.0
|-
| 1978
| 139,000
|5,384|| 885||4,499
|38.7||6.4||32.4
|
|39.9
|-
| 1979
| 141,000
|5,523|| 710||4,813
|38.9||5.0||33.9
|
|37.8
|-
| 1980
| 144,000
|6,264|| 717||5,547
|43.2||4.9||38.3
|5.88
|30.2
|-
| 1981
| 148,000
|5,821|| 709||5,112
|39.1||4.8||34.3
|5.77
|27.5
|-
| 1982
| 151,000
|5,899|| 663||5,236
|38.6||4.3||34.3
|5.49
|22.9
|-
| 1983
| 156,000
|6,044|| 724||5,320
|38.2||4.6||33.6
|5.29
|23.2
|-
| 1984
| 160,000
|5,756|| 750||5,006
|38.0||4.9||33.0
|5.15
|26.2
|-
| 1985
| 166,213
|5,916|| 693||5,223
|35.6||4.2||31.5
|4.92
|20.6
|-
| 1986
| 170,382
|6,136|| 688||5,448
|36.2||4.1||32.1
|5.04
|23.1
|-
| 1987
| 175,153
|6,121|| 675||5,446
|35.1||style="color:blue;"|3.9||31.3
|5.40
|20.1
|-
| 1988
| 179,814
|6,325|| 708||5,617
|35.4||4.0||31.4
|4.96
|20.2
|-
| 1989
| 183,200
|6,686|| 762||5,924
|36.5||4.2||32.3
|5.18
|19.4
|-
| 1990
| 189,000
|7,200|| 819||6,381
|38.4||4.4||34.0
|5.48
|10.6
|-
| 1991
| 194,000
|6,555|| 842||5,713
|34.3||4.4||29.9
|4.11
|14.3
|-
| 1992
| 199,000
|7,597|| 846||6,751
|39.0||4.3||34.6
|4.92
|11.5
|-
| 1993
| 205,000
|6,462|| 935||5,527
|32.6||4.7||27.9
|3.20
|19.3
|-
| 1994
| 211,000
|5,887|| 944||4,943
|29.1||4.7||24.4
|3.58
|19.4
|-
| 1995
| 216,500
|6,623|| 931||5,692
|32.0||4.5||27.5
|4.01
|14.9
|-
| 1996
| 222,000
|6,678|| 964||5,714
|31.4||4.5||26.9
|3.90
|26.0
|-
| 1997
| 230,000
|7,348||1,173||6,175
|33.6||5.4||28.3
|4.19
|24.0
|-
| 1998
| 238,500
|6,844||1,350||5,494
|30.4||6.0||24.4
|3.67
|21.5
|-
| 1999
| 243,055
|7,113||1,190||5,923
|30.7||5.1||25.5
|
|12.6
|-
| 2000
| 249,765
|7,313||1,534||5,779
|30.7||6.4||24.2
|
|21.2
|-
| 2001
| 256,089
|7,215||1,261||5,954
|29.4||5.1||24.3
|3.47
|16.6
|-
| 2002
| 262,623
|7,553||1,284||6,269
|30.0||5.1||24.9
|3.54
|19.2
|-
| 2003
| 269,379
|7,440||1,277||6,163
|28.8||4.9||23.9
|3.39
|16.0
|-
| 2004
| 276,381
|8,083||1,298||6,785
|30.5||4.9||25.6
|3.56
|14.1
|-
| 2005
| 283,601
|style="color:blue;"|8,396||1,369||style="color:blue;"|7,027
|29.6||4.8||24.8
|3.57
|18.4
|-
| 2006
| 291,070
|7,171||1,396||5,775
|24.6||4.8||19.8
|2.99
|19.6
|-
| 2007
| 298,792
|7,036||1,389||5,647
|23.5||4.6||18.9
|2.86
|17.2
|-
| 2008
| 306,809
|7,126||1,302||5,824
|23.2||4.2||19.0
|2.80
|12.0
|-
| 2009
| 315,082
|7,417||1,453||5,964
|23.5||4.6||18.8
|3.01
|18.9
|-
| 2010
| 323,598
|7,228||1,554||5,674
|22.3||4.8||17.5
|2.58
|13.6
|-
| 2011
| 328,375
|7,217||1,554||5,663
|21.7||4.8||16.9
|2.50
|16.5
|-
| 2012
| 334,158
|7,281||1,650||5,631
|21.4||4.8||16.6
|2.47
|15.9
|-
| 2013
| 341,655
|7,246||1,637||5,609
|20.7||4.7||16.0
|2.46
|17.4
|-
| 2014
| 349,169
|7,311||1,620||5,691
|20.4||4.6||15.8
|2.43
|12.3
|-
| 2015
| 356,705
|7,449||1,772||5,677
|20.2||4.9||15.3
|2.42
|17.2
|-
| 2016
|364,118
|7,221||1,805||5,416
|19.1||4.8||14.3
|2.29
|14.1
|-
| 2017
|371,352
|7,238||1,872||5,366
|18.7||5.0||13.7
|2.24
|14.5
|-
| 2018
|378,770
|7,723||1,886||5,837
|19.4||4.8||13.6
|2.37
|12.3
|-
| 2019
|386,121
|7,287||1,994||5,293
|17.8||4.9||12.9
|2.18
|15.0
|-
| 2020
|392,997
|7,016||2,173||4,843
|16.7||5.2||11.5
|2.07
|12.0
|-
| 2021
|399,373
|6,654
|style="color:red;"|2,504
|4,150
|style="color:red;"|15.5
| 5.8
|style="color:red;"|9.7
|1.88
|12.6
|-
| 2022
|397,484
|7,039||2,300||4,739
|15.9|| 5.2||10.5
|2.04
|15.5
|-
| 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abstract of Statistics 2023 |url=https://sib.org.bz/wp-content/uploads/2023_Abstract_of_Statistics.pdf |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=sib.org.bz}}</ref>
|404,198
|style="color:red;"|6,337||2,297||4,040
|15.7|| 5.7||10.0
|style="color:red;"|1.81
|15.1
|-
| 2024
|410,919
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'''Birth Rate per 1,000 population by Ethnic Groups (2000 Census)'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://celade.cepal.org/cgibin/RpWebEngine.exe/PortalAction?&MODE=MAIN&BASE=CPVBLZ2000&MAIN=WebServerMain.inl |title=Archived copy |website=celade.cepal.org |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220091841/http://celade.cepal.org/cgibin/RpWebEngine.exe/PortalAction?&MODE=MAIN&BASE=CPVBLZ2000&MAIN=WebServerMain.inl |archive-date=20 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Ethnic Group
! Population (2000)
! Birth Rate (1999)
! Births
|----
|'''African'''
|582
|17.18
|10
|----
|'''British'''
|1,758
|9.10
|16
|----
|'''Chinese'''
|1,716
|19.23
|33
|----
|'''Creole'''
|57,859
|28.88
|1,671
|----
|'''East Indian'''
|6,868
|27.66
|190
|----
|'''Garifuna'''
|14,061
|27.17
|382
|----
|'''Q'eqchi''''
|12,366
|44.88
|555
|----
|'''Mopan'''
|8,980
|35.30
|317
|----
|'''Yucatec'''
|3,155
|19.33
|61
|----
|'''Mennonite'''
|8,276
|42.53
|352
|----
|'''Mestizo'''
|78,537
|29.73
|2,335
|----
|'''Spanish'''
|34,508
|32.22
|1,112
|----
|'''Other'''
|2,610
|21.84
|57
|----
|'''Not Available'''
|835
|45.51
|38
|----
|'''Total'''
|'''232,111'''
|'''30.71'''
|'''7,128'''
|----
|}


=== Life expectancy at birth ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Period
!Life expectancy in
Years
!Period
!Life expectancy in
Years
|-
|1950–1955
|55.9
|1985–1990
|71.5
|-
|1955–1960
|58.6
|1990–1995
|70.6
|-
|1960–1965
|61.3
|1995–2000
|68.6
|-
|1965–1970
|64.3
|2000–2005
|68.5
|-
|1970–1975
|66.7
|2005–2010
|69.5
|-
|1975–1980
|68.6
|2010–2015
|69.8
|-
|1980–1985
|70.4
|
|
|}
Source: ''UN World Population Prospects''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations|access-date=2017-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919061238/https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|archive-date=19 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>