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Belize

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Belize is a country. The capital city is Belmopan, located in the Central America region of Americas. It has a land area of 22,810 km², a population of 411,106 people and uses the currency Belize dollar. The Prime Minister is Dean Barrow.

Key facts

currency: Belize dollar
capital city: Belmopan
region: Central America
continent: Americas
land area: 22,810 km²
population: 411,106 people
political leader: Dean Barrow (Prime Minister)

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central government debt: 61.03 % of GDP
expense: 22.34 % of GDP
GDP: 3,066,850,000.00 current US$
inflation: 4.39 annual %
self-employed workers: 36.05 % of total employment
tax revenue: 21.34 % of GDP
unemployment: 8.27 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 30.51 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 2,000 people
democracy score: 0.00
democracy type: Unknown
individuals using the Internet: 72.40 % of population
military expenditure: 0.82 % of GDP
net migration: 595 people
press freedom: 2.84
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 15.62 %
birth rate: 17.76 per 1,000 people
death rate: 6.25 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 310.20 current US$
health expenditure: 4.98 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.35 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.03 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 71
suicide mortality rate: 7.10 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 1,820.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 0.28 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 98.60 % of population
fertility rate: 1.99 births per woman
forest area: 12,547 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 0.00 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 0.92 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 22.00
methane emissions: 0.53 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.13 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 203,619 people
male population: 207,487 people
renewable energy consumption: 30.80 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 21,708.45 km²
rural population: 219,498 people
urban land area: 122.90 km²
urban population: 191,608 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 28.47 % of total population

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Location on a map: 17°25′N, -88°75′W

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