Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Hindi (secondary) · Plautdietsch (secondary) · Q'eqchi' (secondary) · Sindhi (secondary) · Spanish (secondary) · Yucatec Maya (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Belize

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Guatemalan, Mestizo	233000	Spanish	Christianity
Belize Creole	81000	Belize English Creole	Christianity
Kekchi	21000	Q'eqchi'	Christianity
Black Carib, Garifuna	18000	Garifuna	Christianity
Maya, Mopan	14000	Maya, Mopan	Christianity
Mennonite	14000	Plautdietsch	Christianity
Chinese, general	11000	Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious
Sindhi	6900	Sindhi	Islam
Guatemalan White	3600	Spanish	Christianity
South Asian, general	3200	Hindi	Hinduism
British	3100	English	Christianity
Maya, Yucatan	2800	Maya, Yucatec	Christianity
Deaf	1200	Language unknown	Unknown

Languages

12 languages recorded here.

Belize English Creole

Chinese, Mandarin

English

Garifuna

Hindi

Language unknown

Maya, Mopan

Maya, Yucatec

Plautdietsch

Q'eqchi'

Sindhi

Spanish

All catalogue fields

149 fields recorded

rog3: BH
iso3: BLZ
iso2: BZ
ctry: Belize
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cntpeoples: 13
cntpeopleslr: 2
poplpeopleslr: 8100
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: eng
officiallang: English
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
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percentevangelical: 24.162981782586
c_10_40window: N
rog2: NAR
continent: North America
regioncode: 11
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workersneeded: 2
harvest_rog3: BH
harvest_iso3: BLZ
harvest_iso2: BZ
harvest_owcountrycode: BELI
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: BZ
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harvest_ctry: Belize
harvest_ctryshort: Belize
harvest_countrynamechinese: 伯利兹
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 伯利兹
harvest_countrynamedutch: Belize
harvest_countrynamefrench: Belize
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Belize
harvest_countrynamegerman: Belize
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Belize
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Belize
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Belize
harvest_countrynameitalian: Belize
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Belize
harvest_countrynamekorean: 벨리즈
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 벨리즈
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Belize
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Belize
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Belize
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Belize
harvest_countrynamerussian: Белиз
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Белиз
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harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Belice
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Belize
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Belize
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harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
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harvest_unsr: 013
harvest_worldabc: C
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harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
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harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
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harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
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harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 2.3
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harvest_pctsikh: 0
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harvest_pctother: 0
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harvest_pctchristiananglican: 3.26
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harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 3.17
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 2.3
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: -12.20000127824931
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A007
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.706
harvest_hdirank: 103
harvest_internetusers: 44.6
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harvest_flashmapzoomy: -425
harvest_googlemapzoom: 7
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harvest_googlemaplng: -88.75
harvest_ctrylatitude: 17.189877
harvest_ctrylongitude: -88.49764999999999
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/belize/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 402
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 2.17983651226158
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=bz&joshua=bh
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-belize
harvest_internetusage: 47
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_areasquaremiles: 8865
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 22965
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 30
harvest_countryphonecode: 501
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harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 12
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 92.09999999999999
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 11.6
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 90.95
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 14.1
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .bz
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/belize
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00