Belize vs Gambia Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Belize vs the Gambia

Table

Year	Median age
	Belize	Gambia
1960	17.9	19.4
1961	17.6	19.4
1962	17.3	19.5
1963	17	19.6
1964	16.6	19.6
1965	16.2	19.7
1966	15.9	19.7
1967	15.6	19.8
1968	15.4	19.7
1969	15.3	19.6
1970	15.4	19.5
1971	15.6	19.4
1972	15.8	19.3
1973	16	19.2
1974	16.2	19.1
1975	16.4	18.9
1976	16.6	18.8
1977	16.8	18.6
1978	16.9	18.5
1979	17.1	18.4
1980	17.2	18.2
1981	17.3	18.1
1982	17.4	17.9
1983	17.4	17.8
1984	17.5	17.6
1985	17.5	17.5
1986	17.5	17.4
1987	17.5	17.4
1988	17.6	17.3
1989	17.6	17.2
1990	17.6	17.2
1991	17.7	17.1
1992	17.8	17.1
1993	17.9	17
1994	18	16.9
1995	18.2	16.8
1996	18.5	16.7
1997	18.8	16.6
1998	19.1	16.5
1999	19.4	16.5
2000	19.6	16.5
2001	19.8	16.6
2002	20	16.6
2003	20.2	16.7
2004	20.4	16.8
2005	20.7	16.9
2006	20.9	17
2007	21.1	17.1
2008	21.4	17.2
2009	21.6	17.3
2010	21.9	17.4
2011	22.3	17.5
2012	22.7	17.6
2013	23.1	17.7
2014	23.4	17.8
2015	23.8	17.9
2016	24.2	18.1
2017	24.5	18.2
2018	24.9	18.4
2019	25.3	18.5
2020	25.7	18.7
2021	26.1	18.9
2022	26.5	19.1
2023	27	19.2
2024	27.4	19.4
2025	27.9	19.6
2026	28.3	19.8
2027	28.8	20.1
2028	29.3	20.4
2029	29.8	20.6
2030	30.2	20.9
2031	30.7	21.2
2032	31.2	21.5
2033	31.7	21.8
2034	32.2	22.1
2035	32.6	22.5
2036	33.1	22.8
2037	33.5	23.1
2038	34	23.5
2039	34.4	23.8
2040	34.9	24.1
2041	35.3	24.4
2042	35.8	24.7
2043	36.2	25
2044	36.6	25.3
2045	37	25.6
2046	37.4	25.9
2047	37.8	26.2
2048	38.1	26.5
2049	38.5	26.8
2050	38.8	27.1

In 1960, the median age in Belize was 17.9 years compared to 19.4 years in the Gambia. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 27.4 years in Belize and to 19.4 years in the Gambia.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Belize is expected to increased to around 38.8 years by 2050 compared to 27.1 years in the Gambia. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Belize		Gambia
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	4.36%	4.15%	7.11%	6.95%
5-9	4.76%	4.54%	6.74%	6.61%
10-14	4.48%	4.28%	6.48%	6.36%
15-19	4.71%	4.54%	5.56%	5.47%
20-24	4.9%	4.72%	4.69%	4.63%
25-29	4.8%	4.61%	4.13%	4.12%
30-34	4.51%	4.32%	3.53%	3.55%
35-39	3.91%	3.84%	2.8%	2.84%
40-44	3.25%	3.29%	2.14%	2.17%
45-49	2.72%	2.78%	1.63%	1.69%
50-54	2.31%	2.42%	1.42%	1.55%
55-59	1.86%	1.91%	1.25%	1.41%
60-64	1.47%	1.53%	0.96%	1.14%
65-69	1.02%	1.08%	0.62%	0.78%
70-74	0.66%	0.72%	0.36%	0.46%
75-79	0.39%	0.42%	0.22%	0.27%
80+	0.34%	0.39%	0.16%	0.2%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Belize has average demographic potential with 63.7% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 75.9% and high potential in the Gambia.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Belize			Gambia
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	96.4%	88.2%	8.18%	77.6%	72.8%	4.77%
1961	98.4%	90.1%	8.31%	77%	72.2%	4.77%
1962	100.7%	92.3%	8.43%	76.7%	71.9%	4.78%
1963	103.3%	94.7%	8.57%	77%	72.2%	4.8%
1964	105.9%	97.2%	8.71%	77.8%	72.9%	4.84%
1965	108.4%	99.6%	8.83%	78.7%	73.8%	4.88%
1966	110.8%	101.9%	8.93%	79.3%	74.4%	4.91%
1967	112.9%	103.9%	9.01%	79.8%	74.9%	4.95%
1968	114.6%	105.6%	9.05%	80.3%	75.3%	4.98%
1969	115.5%	106.5%	9.06%	80.6%	75.6%	5%
1970	114.6%	105.6%	9.03%	81%	76%	5.03%
1971	112.5%	103.5%	8.99%	81.3%	76.3%	5.06%
1972	110.3%	101.4%	8.98%	81.7%	76.6%	5.08%
1973	108.4%	99.4%	9.01%	82.1%	77%	5.11%
1974	106.5%	97.4%	9.03%	82.9%	77.6%	5.32%
1975	104.6%	95.6%	9.02%	84.2%	78.6%	5.7%
1976	102.7%	93.7%	8.98%	85.6%	79.5%	6.09%
1977	100.8%	91.8%	8.93%	87%	80.5%	6.51%
1978	98.9%	90.1%	8.86%	88.4%	81.5%	6.93%
1979	97.4%	88.6%	8.77%	89.9%	82.6%	7.35%
1980	96.1%	87.5%	8.64%	91.4%	83.7%	7.75%
1981	95.3%	86.8%	8.53%	93%	84.9%	8.11%
1982	95%	86.6%	8.45%	94.7%	86.3%	8.43%
1983	95%	86.6%	8.38%	96.3%	87.6%	8.75%
1984	95.4%	87%	8.33%	97.4%	88.5%	8.82%
1985	95.9%	87.6%	8.29%	97.7%	89%	8.62%
1986	96%	87.8%	8.24%	98%	89.5%	8.45%
1987	95.8%	87.6%	8.17%	98.2%	89.9%	8.31%
1988	95.3%	87.2%	8.08%	98.4%	90.3%	8.18%
1989	94.7%	86.7%	7.99%	98.6%	90.6%	8.07%
1990	94%	86%	7.94%	98.8%	90.8%	7.95%
1991	93%	85.1%	7.9%	98.9%	91.1%	7.83%
1992	91.7%	84%	7.69%	99%	91.3%	7.7%
1993	90.1%	82.7%	7.34%	99.2%	91.7%	7.48%
1994	88.3%	81.3%	7.07%	99.6%	92.3%	7.22%
1995	86.5%	79.6%	6.93%	100.1%	93.1%	6.99%
1996	84.7%	77.8%	6.9%	100.5%	93.7%	6.77%
1997	82.8%	75.9%	6.94%	100.6%	94%	6.57%
1998	81.1%	74.1%	6.99%	100.4%	94%	6.38%
1999	79.5%	72.5%	7.03%	100%	93.8%	6.2%
2000	78.1%	71.1%	7.06%	99.4%	93.4%	6.03%
2001	76.9%	69.8%	7.05%	98.7%	92.8%	5.87%
2002	75.7%	68.7%	6.99%	97.8%	92.1%	5.71%
2003	74.5%	67.6%	6.92%	96.8%	91.3%	5.57%
2004	73.3%	66.4%	6.87%	95.8%	90.3%	5.44%
2005	72.1%	65.3%	6.83%	94.7%	89.3%	5.33%
2006	70.9%	64.1%	6.79%	93.5%	88.3%	5.23%
2007	69.7%	63%	6.75%	92.4%	87.3%	5.15%
2008	68.5%	61.8%	6.7%	91.3%	86.2%	5.09%
2009	67.2%	60.5%	6.67%	90.2%	85.2%	5.05%
2010	65.4%	58.8%	6.59%	89.2%	84.2%	5.03%
2011	63.2%	56.7%	6.48%	88.4%	83.4%	5.01%
2012	61.2%	54.8%	6.41%	87.8%	82.8%	5%
2013	59.4%	53%	6.37%	87.2%	82.2%	4.96%
2014	57.7%	51.3%	6.35%	86.5%	81.6%	4.9%
2015	56%	49.7%	6.36%	85.8%	80.9%	4.86%
2016	54.4%	48%	6.38%	85%	80.2%	4.85%
2017	52.9%	46.5%	6.41%	84.2%	79.3%	4.86%
2018	51.9%	45.4%	6.49%	83.3%	78.4%	4.89%
2019	51%	44.4%	6.61%	82.3%	77.3%	4.95%
2020	50.1%	43.4%	6.73%	81.2%	76.2%	5.01%
2021	49.1%	42.2%	6.85%	80%	74.9%	5.08%
2022	47.8%	40.8%	6.96%	78.8%	73.6%	5.17%
2023	46.7%	39.6%	7.1%	77.6%	72.4%	5.29%
2024	46.2%	38.9%	7.35%	76.4%	71%	5.43%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Belize decreased from 73.3% to 46.2% between 2004 and 2024.

In the Gambia, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 95.8% to 76.4% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and a decreased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Belize	Gambia
1960	50.9%	56.3%
1961	50.4%	56.5%
1962	49.8%	56.6%
1963	49.2%	56.5%
1964	48.6%	56.2%
1965	48%	56%
1966	47.4%	55.8%
1967	47%	55.6%
1968	46.6%	55.5%
1969	46.4%	55.4%
1970	46.6%	55.3%
1971	47.1%	55.1%
1972	47.5%	55%
1973	48%	54.9%
1974	48.4%	54.7%
1975	48.9%	54.3%
1976	49.3%	53.9%
1977	49.8%	53.5%
1978	50.3%	53.1%
1979	50.7%	52.7%
1980	51%	52.2%
1981	51.2%	51.8%
1982	51.3%	51.4%
1983	51.3%	50.9%
1984	51.2%	50.7%
1985	51.1%	50.6%
1986	51%	50.5%
1987	51.1%	50.4%
1988	51.2%	50.4%
1989	51.4%	50.3%
1990	51.6%	50.3%
1991	51.8%	50.3%
1992	52.2%	50.2%
1993	52.6%	50.2%
1994	53.1%	50.1%
1995	53.6%	50%
1996	54.1%	49.9%
1997	54.7%	49.9%
1998	55.2%	49.9%
1999	55.7%	50%
2000	56.1%	50.1%
2001	56.5%	50.3%
2002	56.9%	50.6%
2003	57.3%	50.8%
2004	57.7%	51.1%
2005	58.1%	51.4%
2006	58.5%	51.7%
2007	58.9%	52%
2008	59.4%	52.3%
2009	59.8%	52.6%
2010	60.5%	52.8%
2011	61.3%	53.1%
2012	62%	53.3%
2013	62.7%	53.4%
2014	63.4%	53.6%
2015	64.1%	53.8%
2016	64.8%	54.1%
2017	65.4%	54.3%
2018	65.8%	54.6%
2019	66.2%	54.9%
2020	66.6%	55.2%
2021	67.1%	55.6%
2022	67.7%	55.9%
2023	68.2%	56.3%
2024	68.4%	56.7%
2025	68.5%	57.1%
2026	68.5%	57.5%
2027	68.6%	58%
2028	68.7%	58.6%
2029	68.8%	59.1%
2030	69%	59.5%
2031	69.1%	59.9%
2032	69.3%	60.3%
2033	69.5%	60.7%
2034	69.6%	61%
2035	69.7%	61.4%
2036	69.6%	61.8%
2037	69.5%	62.1%
2038	69.5%	62.5%
2039	69.5%	62.9%
2040	69.6%	63.3%
2041	69.6%	63.7%
2042	69.7%	64%
2043	69.7%	64.4%
2044	69.7%	64.7%
2045	69.6%	65%
2046	69.6%	65.3%
2047	69.5%	65.5%
2048	69.3%	65.8%
2049	69.1%	66%
2050	69%	66.2%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 57.7% to 68.4% in Belize and from 51.1% to 56.7% in the Gambia.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belize	Gambia
1960	44.9%	41%
1961	45.4%	40.8%
1962	46%	40.7%
1963	46.6%	40.8%
1964	47.2%	41%
1965	47.8%	41.3%
1966	48.3%	41.5%
1967	48.8%	41.6%
1968	49.2%	41.8%
1969	49.4%	41.9%
1970	49.2%	42%
1971	48.7%	42.1%
1972	48.2%	42.2%
1973	47.7%	42.3%
1974	47.2%	42.4%
1975	46.7%	42.6%
1976	46.2%	42.8%
1977	45.7%	43%
1978	45.3%	43.3%
1979	44.9%	43.5%
1980	44.6%	43.7%
1981	44.4%	44%
1982	44.4%	44.3%
1983	44.4%	44.6%
1984	44.5%	44.9%
1985	44.7%	45%
1986	44.8%	45.2%
1987	44.7%	45.4%
1988	44.6%	45.5%
1989	44.5%	45.6%
1990	44.3%	45.7%
1991	44.1%	45.8%
1992	43.8%	45.9%
1993	43.5%	46%
1994	43.2%	46.3%
1995	42.7%	46.5%
1996	42.1%	46.7%
1997	41.5%	46.9%
1998	40.9%	46.9%
1999	40.4%	46.9%
2000	39.9%	46.8%
2001	39.5%	46.7%
2002	39.1%	46.6%
2003	38.7%	46.4%
2004	38.3%	46.1%
2005	37.9%	45.9%
2006	37.5%	45.6%
2007	37.1%	45.3%
2008	36.7%	45.1%
2009	36.2%	44.8%
2010	35.5%	44.5%
2011	34.7%	44.3%
2012	34%	44.1%
2013	33.3%	43.9%
2014	32.5%	43.7%
2015	31.8%	43.6%
2016	31.1%	43.3%
2017	30.4%	43.1%
2018	29.9%	42.8%
2019	29.4%	42.4%
2020	28.9%	42%
2021	28.3%	41.6%
2022	27.6%	41.2%
2023	27%	40.7%
2024	26.6%	40.2%
2025	26.3%	39.7%
2026	26%	39.2%
2027	25.7%	38.5%
2028	25.4%	37.9%
2029	25%	37.3%
2030	24.6%	36.7%
2031	24.2%	36.2%
2032	23.8%	35.7%
2033	23.4%	35.2%
2034	23%	34.8%
2035	22.7%	34.3%
2036	22.5%	33.9%
2037	22.2%	33.4%
2038	21.9%	33%
2039	21.6%	32.5%
2040	21.2%	32.1%
2041	20.9%	31.7%
2042	20.5%	31.3%
2043	20.2%	30.9%
2044	19.8%	30.5%
2045	19.5%	30.2%
2046	19.2%	29.8%
2047	18.9%	29.5%
2048	18.7%	29.1%
2049	18.4%	28.8%
2050	18.2%	28.4%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 26.6% in Belize and 40.2% in The Gambia. Birth rates in Belize compared to The Gambia .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Belize	Gambia
1960	4.17%	2.68%
1961	4.19%	2.69%
1962	4.2%	2.7%
1963	4.22%	2.71%
1964	4.23%	2.72%
1965	4.24%	2.73%
1966	4.23%	2.74%
1967	4.23%	2.75%
1968	4.22%	2.76%
1969	4.2%	2.77%
1970	4.21%	2.78%
1971	4.23%	2.79%
1972	4.27%	2.8%
1973	4.32%	2.81%
1974	4.37%	2.91%
1975	4.41%	3.09%
1976	4.43%	3.28%
1977	4.45%	3.48%
1978	4.45%	3.68%
1979	4.44%	3.87%
1980	4.41%	4.05%
1981	4.37%	4.2%
1982	4.33%	4.33%
1983	4.3%	4.46%
1984	4.26%	4.47%
1985	4.23%	4.36%
1986	4.2%	4.27%
1987	4.17%	4.19%
1988	4.14%	4.12%
1989	4.11%	4.06%
1990	4.09%	4%
1991	4.09%	3.94%
1992	4.01%	3.87%
1993	3.86%	3.76%
1994	3.75%	3.62%
1995	3.71%	3.49%
1996	3.74%	3.38%
1997	3.8%	3.28%
1998	3.86%	3.19%
1999	3.91%	3.1%
2000	3.96%	3.02%
2001	3.98%	2.95%
2002	3.98%	2.89%
2003	3.97%	2.83%
2004	3.97%	2.78%
2005	3.97%	2.74%
2006	3.97%	2.7%
2007	3.98%	2.68%
2008	3.98%	2.66%
2009	3.99%	2.66%
2010	3.99%	2.66%
2011	3.97%	2.66%
2012	3.98%	2.66%
2013	4%	2.65%
2014	4.03%	2.63%
2015	4.08%	2.61%
2016	4.13%	2.62%
2017	4.19%	2.64%
2018	4.27%	2.67%
2019	4.38%	2.72%
2020	4.49%	2.77%
2021	4.6%	2.82%
2022	4.71%	2.89%
2023	4.84%	2.98%
2024	5.02%	3.08%
2025	5.23%	3.19%
2026	5.45%	3.3%
2027	5.68%	3.42%
2028	5.91%	3.54%
2029	6.14%	3.66%
2030	6.38%	3.78%
2031	6.62%	3.89%
2032	6.87%	4%
2033	7.12%	4.11%
2034	7.39%	4.21%
2035	7.67%	4.29%
2036	7.97%	4.37%
2037	8.27%	4.44%
2038	8.58%	4.5%
2039	8.89%	4.55%
2040	9.2%	4.6%
2041	9.51%	4.64%
2042	9.84%	4.68%
2043	10.2%	4.72%
2044	10.5%	4.78%
2045	10.8%	4.85%
2046	11.2%	4.93%
2047	11.6%	5.02%
2048	12%	5.13%
2049	12.4%	5.26%
2050	12.9%	5.39%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 5.02% in Belize and 3.08% in the Gambia. Life expectancy in Belize compared to the Gambia .