Belize

Capital: Belmopan

Total Area: 8,864.91 sq mi,22,960.00 sq km,(slightly smaller than Massachusetts)

Population: 256,062 (July 2001 est.)

Estimated Population in 2050: 594,229

Languages: English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole

Literacy: 70.3% total, 70.3% male, 70.3% female (1991 est.)

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)

Life Expectancy: 68.91 male, 73.57 female (2001 est.)

Government Type: parliamentary democracy

Currency: 1 Belizean dollar (Bz$) = 100 cents

GDP (per capita): $3,200 (2000 est.)

Industry: garment production, food processing, tourism, construction

Agriculture: bananas, coca, citrus, sugarcane; lumber; fish, cultured shrimp

Arable Land: 10%

Natural Resources: arable land potential, timber, fish, hydropower

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