Deleng sumberé Belis

{{about|the country in Central America}}
{{short description|Country on the Caribbean coast of Central America}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}<!-- This article uses British English (neighbour, centre, etc.) with Oxford spellings (-iz- instead of -is-). -->
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Belize
| common_name              = Belize
| image_flag               = Flag of Belize.svg
| image_coat               = Coat of arms of Belize.svg
| symbol_type              = [[Coat of arms of Belize|Coat of arms]]
| national_motto           = {{native phrase|la|"Sub Umbra Floreo"|italics=off}}<br />{{small|"Under the shade I flourish"}}
| national_anthem          = "[[Land of the Free (anthem)|Land of the Free]]"<br/> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-top:0.4em;">{{center|[[File: Land of the Free instrumental.ogg]]}}</div>
| image_map                = BLZ orthographic.svg
| map_caption              = {{map caption |location_color=dark green |region=[[the Americas]] |region_color=none}}
| image_map2               = 
| capital                  = [[Belmopan]]
| coordinates              = {{Coord|17|15|N|88|46|W|type:city_region:BZ}}
| largest_city             = [[Belize City]]
| official_languages       = [[English language|English]]
| ethnic_groups            = {{vunblist
  | 52.9% [[Hispanic Belizean|Mestizo]]
  | 25.9% [[Belizean Creole people|Creole (Afrodescendant)]]
  | 11.3% [[Maya people|Maya]]
  | 6.1%  [[Garifuna people|Garifuna]]
  | 4.8%  [[White Caribbeans|European]]
  | 3.9%  [[Asian Indians in Belize|East Indian]]
  | 1.0%  [[Ethnic Chinese in Belize|Chinese]]
  | 1.2%  [[Demographics of Belize#Ethnic groups|Other]]
  | 0.3%  Unknown
 }}
| ethnic_groups_year       = 2010
| ethnic_groups_ref        = <ref name="sib.org.bz" /><ref name=CIAFactbookPeople2019>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/belize/ |title=Belize, People and Society, The World Factbook |publisher=CIA |date=14 August 2019 }}</ref>{{efn|Percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one ethnic origin.}}
| religion                 = {{vunblist
  |63.8% [[Christianity in Belize|Christianity]] 
  |25.5% [[Irreligion|No religion]]
  |10.1% [[Religion in Belize|Others]]
  |0.6% Undeclared
 }}
| religion_year            = 2010<ref name="sib.org.bz" /><ref name=CIAFactbookPeople2019/>
| demonym                  = [[Belizeans|Belizean]]
| government_type          = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[constitutional monarchy]]
| leader_title1            = [[Monarchy of Belize|Monarch]]
| leader_name1             = [[Charles III]]
| leader_title2            = [[Governor-General of Belize|Governor-General]]
| leader_name2             = [[Froyla Tzalam]]
| leader_title3            = [[Prime Minister of Belize|Prime Minister]]
| leader_name3             = [[Johnny Briceño]]
| legislature              = [[National Assembly (Belize)|National Assembly]]
| upper_house              = [[Senate (Belize)|Senate]]
| lower_house              = {{nowrap|[[House of Representatives (Belize)|House of Representatives]]}}
| sovereignty_type         = [[Independence]]
| sovereignty_note         = from the [[United Kingdom]]
| established_event1       = [[History of Belize#Decolonization and the border dispute with Guatemala|Self-governance]]
| established_date1        = January 1964
| established_event2       = Independence
| established_date2        = 21 September 1981
| area_km2                 = 22966
| area_footnote            = <ref name=CIAFactbookGeography2019>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/belize/ |title=Belize, Geography, The World Factbook |publisher=CIA |date=14 August 2019 }}</ref><ref name=censusarea/>
| area_rank                = 147th <!-- Area rank should match [[List of countries and dependencies by area]] -->
| area_sq_mi               = 8867
| percent_water            = 0.8
| population_estimate      = 419,199<ref name=est>{{cite web |url=http://sib.org.bz/statistics/population |title=Population and Population Density 2010, Postcensal estimates |publisher=Statistical Institute of Belize |access-date=18 August 2019}}</ref>
| population_census        = 324,528<ref name="census2010">{{cite web |title=Belize Population and Housing Census 2010: Country Report |url=http://www.sib.org.bz/Portals/0/docs/publications/census/2010_Census_Report.pdf |publisher=Statistical Institute of Belize |year=2013 |access-date=11 December 2014 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127084833/http://www.sib.org.bz/Portals/0/docs/publications/census/2010_Census_Report.pdf |archive-date=27 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| population_estimate_year = 2020
| population_estimate_rank = 176th
| population_census_year   = 2010
| population_density_km2   = 17.79
| population_density_sq_mi = 46
| population_density_rank  = 169th
| GDP_PPP                  = $3.484&nbsp;billion<ref name=imf2>{{cite web |url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=70&pr.y=6&sy=2018&ey=2020&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=339&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a=|title=Belize |publisher=International Monetary Fund}}</ref>
| GDP_PPP_year             = 2019
| GDP_PPP_rank             = 
| GDP_PPP_per_capita       = $9,576<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank  = 
| GDP_nominal              = $1.987&nbsp;billion<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_nominal_year         = 2019
| GDP_nominal_per_capita   = $4,890<ref name=imf2/>
| Gini                     = 53.1 <!--number only-->
| Gini_year                = 2013
| Gini_ref                 = <ref>{{cite news |title=Income Gini coefficient |url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/income-gini-coefficient |access-date=7 July 2019 |publisher=United Nations Development Programme}}</ref>
| Gini_rank                = 
| HDI                      = 0.716 <!--number only-->
| HDI_year                 = 2019<!-- Please use the year to which the data refers, not the publication year-->
| HDI_change               = decrease<!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| HDI_ref                  = <ref name="HDI">{{cite book|title=Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene|date=15 December 2020|publisher=United Nations Development Programme|isbn=978-92-1-126442-5|pages=343-346|url=http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2020.pdf|access-date=16 December 2020}}</ref>
| HDI_rank                 = 110th
| currency                 = [[Belize dollar]]
| currency_code            = BZD
| time_zone                = [[Central Time Zone|CST]] (GMT-6)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belizelaw.org/web/lawadmin/PDF%20files/cap339.pdf|last=Belize|title=Definition of Time Act|date=11 March 1947|access-date=11 September 2020|archive-date=9 October 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.belizelaw.org/web/lawadmin/PDF%20files/cap339.pdf|url-status=dead}} Unusually, the legislation states that standard time is six hours ''later'' than Greenwich mean time.</ref>
| utc_offset               = -6
| date_format              = dd/mm/yyyy
| drives_on                = right
| calling_code             = +501
| cctld                    = [[.bz]]
| footnote_a               = 
| footnote_b               = <!--Orphaned (see population_density_rank)-->
| recognized_languages     = {{vunblist
|[[Belizean Creole|Kriol]]
|[[Belizean Spanish|Spanish]]
|[[Mayan languages]] ([[Q'eqchi' language|Q'eqchi']], [[Mopan language|Mopan]], [[Yucatec Maya language|Yucatec]])
|[[German language|German]] ([[Plautdietsch language|Plautdietsch]], [[Standard German]], [[Pennsylvania German language|Pennsylvania German]])
|[[Garifuna language|Garifuna]]
|[[Chinese language|Chinese]]
|[[Caribbean Hindustani|Hindustani]]
<ref name="sib.org.bz">{{cite web |url=https://sib.org.bz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Census_Report_2010.pdf |title=Belize Population and Housing Census 2010: Country Report |publisher=Statistical Institute of Belize |year=2013 |access-date=27 January 2021 |archive-date=13 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113162438/http://sib.org.bz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Census_Report_2010.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
|| today                    = 
| royal_anthem             = 
}}

'''Belize''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Belize.ogg|b|ə|ˈ|l|iː|z}}), formerly known as ''[[British Honduras]]'', is a [[Caribbean]] country located on the northeastern coast of [[Central America]]. Belize is bordered on the north by [[Mexico]], on the east by the [[Caribbean Sea]], and on the south and west by [[Guatemala]]. It has an area of {{convert|8867|sqmi|km2|order=flip}} and a population of 419,199 (2020).<ref name=est/> Its mainland is about {{convert|290|km|mi|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|110|km|mi|abbr=on}} wide. It has the lowest population and [[population density]] in Central America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpp/ |title=World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision Population Database |publisher=United Nations |date=11 March 2009 |access-date=29 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819143228/http://esa.un.org/UNPP/ |archive-date=19 August 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> The country's population growth rate of 1.87% per year (2018 estimate) is the second highest in the region and one of the [[List of countries by population growth rate|highest in the Western Hemisphere]].<ref name=CIAFactbookPeople2019 />