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Belize — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Belize, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.39%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -44.3% since 1961
Population growth for Belize was 1.39% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.49% in 1998. The lowest was 1.15% in 2021 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.91% per year.
Belize ranks 75 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 35%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so Belize sits above it. It peaked in 1998 and has fallen 60% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 34%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.39%
First (1961)
2.50%
Change
-44.3%
Highest
3.49%
in 1998
Lowest
1.15%
in 2021
Average
2.36%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.91%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.39% |
| 2024 | 1.44% |
| 2023 | 2.06% |
| 2022 | 1.85% |
| 2021 | 1.15% |
| 2020 | 1.28% |
| 2019 | 1.46% |
| 2018 | 1.86% |
| 2017 | 2.3% |
| 2016 | 2.32% |
| 2015 | 2.1% |
| 2014 | 2.11% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.