Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Belize

Urban population share in Belize in 2025 — 41.6%. Ranked 169 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 12.3 pp.

2025 41.6% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 169of 217
Period maximum 54.3%1970
Period minimum 41.6%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Belize, 1960–20254045505519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 53.9%1962: 53.9%1964: 54%1966: 54.1%1968: 54.2%1970: 54.3%1972: 54.1%1974: 53.6%1976: 53%1978: 52.3%1980: 51.7%1982: 50.8%1984: 49.8%1986: 48.8%1988: 47.9%1990: 47.4%1992: 47.3%1994: 47.4%1996: 47.5%1998: 47.6%2000: 47.7%2002: 47.5%2004: 47%2006: 46.4%2008: 45.8%2010: 45.2%2012: 44.7%2014: 44.2%2016: 43.7%2018: 43.2%2020: 42.6%2022: 42.1%2024: 41.8%2025: 41.6%
Change over the period: −12.3 pp Annual average: -0.19 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belize

Belize 41.6%
World 57.8%
Central America computed 75%
Urban population share — Belize, by year Belize All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 41.6 −0.2 pp
2024 41.8 −0.2 pp
2023 41.9 −0.2 pp
2022 42.1 −0.3 pp
2021 42.4 −0.3 pp
2020 42.6 −0.3 pp
2019 42.9 −0.3 pp
2018 43.2 −0.3 pp
2017 43.4 −0.3 pp
2016 43.7 −0.3 pp
2015 43.9 −0.3 pp
2014 44.2 −0.3 pp
2013 44.4 −0.3 pp
2012 44.7 −0.3 pp
2011 44.9 −0.2 pp
2010 45.2 −0.3 pp
2009 45.5 −0.3 pp
2008 45.8 −0.3 pp
2007 46.1 −0.3 pp
2006 46.4 −0.3 pp
2005 46.7 −0.3 pp
2004 47 −0.3 pp
2003 47.3 −0.2 pp
2002 47.5 −0.1 pp
2001 47.6 −0.1 pp
2000 47.7 +0 pp
1999 47.7 +0 pp
1998 47.6 +0 pp
1997 47.6 +0.1 pp
1996 47.5 +0.1 pp
1995 47.5 +0.1 pp
1994 47.4 +0.1 pp
1993 47.4 +0 pp
1992 47.3 +0 pp
1991 47.3 −0.1 pp
1990 47.4 −0.2 pp
1989 47.6 −0.3 pp
1988 47.9 −0.4 pp
1987 48.3 −0.5 pp
1986 48.8 −0.5 pp
1985 49.3 −0.5 pp
1984 49.8 −0.5 pp
1983 50.3 −0.5 pp
1982 50.8 −0.4 pp
1981 51.3 −0.4 pp
1980 51.7 −0.3 pp
1979 52 −0.3 pp
1978 52.3 −0.3 pp
1977 52.7 −0.3 pp
1976 53 −0.3 pp
1975 53.3 −0.3 pp
1974 53.6 −0.3 pp
1973 53.9 −0.2 pp
1972 54.1 −0.1 pp
1971 54.2 −0.1 pp
1970 54.3 +0 pp
1969 54.3 +0 pp
1968 54.2 +0 pp
1967 54.2 +0 pp
1966 54.1 +0.1 pp
1965 54.1 +0.1 pp
1964 54 +0.1 pp
1963 54 +0 pp
1962 53.9 +0 pp
1961 53.9 +0 pp
1960 53.9

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.