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Belize People 1996

Population:

214,061 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

44% (female 45,812; male 47,618)

15-64 years:

53% (female 55,630; male 57,230)

65 years and over:

3% (female 3,970; male 3,801) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.42% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

33.71 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

5.86 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

-3.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

34.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

68.32 years

male:

66.37 years

female:

70.36 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

4.25 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Belizean(s)

adjective:

Belizean

Ethnic divisions:

mestizo 44%, Creole 30%, Maya 11%, Garifuna 7%, other 8%

Religions:

Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 30% (Anglican 12%, Methodist 6%, Mennonite 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Pentecostal 2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6% (1980)

Languages:

English (official), Spanish, Maya, Garifuna (Carib)

Literacy:

age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970)

total population:

91%

male:

91%

female:

91%

Labor force:

51,500

by occupation:

agriculture 30%, services 16%, government 15.4%, commerce 11.2%, manufacturing 10.3%

note:

shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (1985)

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