Belize - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Belize was 183,005 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 183,005 in 2020 and a minimum value of 49,742 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 49,742
1961 50,873
1962 52,017
1963 53,189
1964 54,410
1965 55,693
1966 57,047
1967 58,450
1968 59,830
1969 61,111
1970 62,269
1971 63,402
1972 64,397
1973 65,278
1974 66,084
1975 66,860
1976 67,588
1977 68,295
1978 69,064
1979 69,997
1980 71,169
1981 72,580
1982 74,216
1983 76,042
1984 77,942
1985 79,852
1986 81,780
1987 83,744
1988 85,655
1989 87,433
1990 89,023
1991 90,352
1992 91,447
1993 92,583
1994 94,057
1995 96,082
1996 98,741
1997 101,931
1998 105,437
1999 108,931
2000 112,274
2001 115,752
2002 119,029
2003 122,178
2004 125,345
2005 128,597
2006 131,964
2007 135,398
2008 138,874
2009 142,366
2010 145,844
2011 149,359
2012 152,932
2013 156,543
2014 160,198
2015 163,882
2016 167,603
2017 171,357
2018 175,155
2019 179,038
2020 183,005

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Belize was 46.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 54.03 in 1960, while its lowest value was 45.23 in 2010.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 54.03
1961 53.72
1962 53.41
1963 53.10
1964 52.79
1965 52.48
1966 52.17
1967 51.86
1968 51.55
1969 51.24
1970 50.96
1971 50.81
1972 50.65
1973 50.49
1974 50.33
1975 50.17
1976 50.01
1977 49.85
1978 49.70
1979 49.54
1980 49.37
1981 49.18
1982 48.99
1983 48.80
1984 48.61
1985 48.42
1986 48.23
1987 48.04
1988 47.85
1989 47.66
1990 47.47
1991 47.27
1992 47.06
1993 46.85
1994 46.64
1995 46.43
1996 46.21
1997 46.00
1998 45.79
1999 45.58
2000 45.40
2001 45.38
2002 45.36
2003 45.35
2004 45.33
2005 45.31
2006 45.30
2007 45.28
2008 45.26
2009 45.25
2010 45.23
2011 45.23
2012 45.25
2013 45.28
2014 45.34
2015 45.41
2016 45.50
2017 45.60
2018 45.72
2019 45.87
2020 46.03

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization