Belize

  • Governor General:Drame Froyla Tzalam
  • Prime Minister:Johnny Briceño
  • Capital city:Belmopan
  • Languages:English 62.9% (official), Spanish 56.6%, Creole 44.6%, Maya 10.5%, German 3.2%, Garifuna 2.9%, other 1.8%, unknown 0.3%, none 0.2% (cannot speak) note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2010 est.)
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:420,046 (2025)
  • Area, sq km:22,810
  • GDP per capita, US$:8,430 (2024)
  • GDP, billion current US$:3.5 (2024)
  • GINI index:39.9 (2018)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:135

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