Belize - Population density

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Belize was 17.43 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.43 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4.15 in 1961.

Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.

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Year Value
1961 4.15
1962 4.27
1963 4.39
1964 4.52
1965 4.65
1966 4.79
1967 4.94
1968 5.09
1969 5.23
1970 5.36
1971 5.47
1972 5.57
1973 5.67
1974 5.76
1975 5.84
1976 5.92
1977 6.01
1978 6.09
1979 6.19
1980 6.32
1981 6.47
1982 6.64
1983 6.83
1984 7.03
1985 7.23
1986 7.43
1987 7.64
1988 7.85
1989 8.04
1990 8.22
1991 8.38
1992 8.52
1993 8.66
1994 8.84
1995 9.07
1996 9.37
1997 9.71
1998 10.09
1999 10.48
2000 10.84
2001 11.18
2002 11.50
2003 11.81
2004 12.12
2005 12.44
2006 12.77
2007 13.11
2008 13.45
2009 13.79
2010 14.14
2011 14.48
2012 14.82
2013 15.16
2014 15.49
2015 15.82
2016 16.15
2017 16.47
2018 16.79
2019 17.11
2020 17.43

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization