Belize vs Nicaragua statistics compared

Belize has a population of 417K (ranked 171/197), compared with 6.92M in Nicaragua (ranked 108/197). Belize's land area is 8,807 sq mi versus 46,464 sq mi for Nicaragua (ranked 148th vs. 98th).

By GDP, Belize ranks 167/197 ($3.52B) and Nicaragua ranks 131/197 ($19.7B). By GDP per capita, Belize ranks 94/197 ($8,430), while Nicaragua ranks 141/197 ($2,848).

Belize and Nicaragua: Comparison Charts

Belize and Nicaragua economies compared

GDP

Belize

Nicaragua

Table

Year	GDP
	Belize	Nicaragua
1960	$28,072,478	$227,223,322
1961	$29,965,000	$244,144,237
1962	$31,857,592	$269,283,804
1963	$33,750,114	$297,324,163
1964	$36,194,586	$347,119,918
1965	$40,110,040	$564,290,020
1966	$44,450,044	$607,140,010
1967	$47,431,256	$657,140,011
1968	$44,999,910	$692,859,985
1969	$47,399,905	$750,000,003
1970	$53,339,893	$778,569,939
1971	$59,074,687	$828,569,953
1972	$65,998,069	$878,570,045
1973	$78,214,768	$1,092,900,015
1974	$103,160,450	$1,521,400,012
1975	$118,194,026	$1,581,599,959
1976	$97,094,227	$1,836,899,999
1977	$117,650,000	$2,226,999,874
1978	$136,300,000	$2,127,699,979
1979	$151,800,000	$1,567,599,982
1980	$257,400,000	$2,144,300,006
1981	$260,750,000	$2,474,700,227
1982	$248,550,000	$2,454,499,872
1983	$262,150,000	$2,753,100,058
1984	$290,350,000	$3,117,599,872
1985	$287,300,000	$2,683,699,935
1986	$311,500,000	$2,885,799,994
1987	$371,100,000	$3,851,200,118
1988	$421,450,000	$2,630,900,096
1989	$491,100,000	$1,013,184,756
1990	$547,150,000	$1,009,455,484
1991	$597,100,000	$1,488,804,124
1992	$696,250,000	$1,792,800,000
1993	$752,850,000	$1,756,454,248
1994	$772,300,000	$3,863,185,119
1995	$819,050,000	$4,140,470,000
1996	$850,850,000	$4,308,351,903
1997	$873,400,000	$4,389,973,490
1998	$929,500,000	$4,635,347,386
1999	$1,000,250,000	$4,856,026,259
2000	$1,138,900,000	$5,109,587,050
2001	$1,172,800,000	$5,351,752,034
2002	$1,244,650,000	$5,223,727,303
2003	$1,308,900,000	$5,322,228,351
2004	$1,400,850,000	$5,792,932,838
2005	$1,474,950,000	$6,321,324,279
2006	$1,591,150,000	$6,763,672,381
2007	$1,707,100,000	$7,423,375,015
2008	$1,738,900,000	$8,496,967,597
2009	$1,688,500,000	$8,298,702,489
2010	$1,745,700,000	$8,758,602,233
2011	$1,827,050,000	$9,774,329,333
2012	$1,909,400,000	$10,532,017,232
2013	$2,032,750,000	$10,982,988,249
2014	$2,138,250,000	$11,880,438,824
2015	$2,193,050,000	$12,756,696,261
2016	$2,240,200,000	$13,286,093,388
2017	$2,266,300,000	$13,785,893,007
2018	$2,293,250,000	$13,025,221,974
2019	$2,388,300,000	$12,699,023,614
2020	$2,042,850,000	$12,726,422,432
2021	$2,420,550,000	$14,209,020,362
2022	$2,846,700,000	$15,634,572,502
2023	$3,066,850,000	$17,805,842,284
2024	$3,515,783,329	$19,693,982,968

Belize and Nicaragua economies compared

GDP per capita

Belize

Nicaragua

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belize	Nicaragua
1960	$307	$127.5
1961	$320	$132.9
1962	$332	$142.3
1963	$342	$152.5
1964	$356	$172.7
1965	$383	$272.3
1966	$412	$284
1967	$426	$297.9
1968	$392	$304
1969	$402	$319
1970	$442	$321
1971	$481	$331
1972	$529	$341
1973	$619	$413
1974	$805	$557
1975	$906	$561
1976	$729	$633
1977	$866	$744
1978	$983	$691
1979	$1,071	$495
1980	$1,774	$659
1981	$1,753	$740
1982	$1,629	$714
1983	$1,677	$780
1984	$1,814	$861
1985	$1,754	$724
1986	$1,859	$761
1987	$2,166	$992
1988	$2,406	$662
1989	$2,742	$249.2
1990	$2,989	$242.5
1991	$3,192	$350
1992	$3,646	$411
1993	$3,863	$394
1994	$3,879	$849
1995	$4,012	$892
1996	$4,046	$911
1997	$4,017	$913
1998	$4,128	$949
1999	$4,292	$980
2000	$4,730	$1,017
2001	$4,722	$1,052
2002	$4,862	$1,014
2003	$4,962	$1,021
2004	$5,156	$1,099
2005	$5,273	$1,183
2006	$5,527	$1,248
2007	$5,765	$1,350
2008	$5,713	$1,524
2009	$5,401	$1,467
2010	$5,451	$1,527
2011	$5,582	$1,680
2012	$5,710	$1,785
2013	$5,950	$1,835
2014	$6,128	$1,958
2015	$6,154	$2,074
2016	$6,142	$2,132
2017	$6,073	$2,183
2018	$6,031	$2,035
2019	$6,190	$1,959
2020	$5,227	$1,938
2021	$6,123	$2,138
2022	$7,068	$2,323
2023	$7,460	$2,609
2024	$8,430	$2,848

Belize vs. Nicaragua life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belize

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belize	Nicaragua
1950	49.2	40.6
1951	49.9	40.8
1952	50.7	41.9
1953	51.4	42.4
1954	52.2	43.1
1955	52.7	43.7
1956	53.9	44.3
1957	54.8	44.9
1958	55.7	45.5
1959	56.6	46.1
1960	57.4	46.4
1961	52.9	47.3
1962	58.7	48
1963	59.3	48.8
1964	59.8	49.6
1965	60.4	50.6
1966	60.9	51.6
1967	61.4	52.3
1968	62	52.9
1969	62.5	53.4
1970	63	53.8
1971	63.5	54.2
1972	64	48
1973	64.5	55
1974	64.9	55.4
1975	65.4	55.8
1976	65.8	56.1
1977	66.1	56.1
1978	66.3	53.5
1979	66.7	50.8
1980	66.9	58
1981	67.1	58.3
1982	67.3	58.7
1983	67.6	56.9
1984	68	56.1
1985	68.3	56.4
1986	68.7	57.6
1987	69.1	57.3
1988	69.4	59.8
1989	69.5	61.9
1990	69.6	62.5
1991	69.6	63.3
1992	69.6	63.7
1993	69.6	64.1
1994	69.6	64.5
1995	69.5	64.9
1996	69.4	65.2
1997	69.2	65.5
1998	68.9	64.1
1999	69	65.9
2000	68.9	66.4
2001	68.9	67
2002	69.5	68
2003	69.8	68.7
2004	70.2	69.5
2005	70.3	70.4
2006	70.5	71
2007	70.7	71.2
2008	70.7	71.4
2009	70.8	71.5
2010	70.9	71.8
2011	71	72
2012	71.1	72.4
2013	71.3	72.6
2014	71.4	72.8
2015	71.6	72.9
2016	71.8	73.2
2017	72.1	73.4
2018	72.3	73.9
2019	72.6	73.8
2020	71.6	70.8
2021	70.9	70.5
2022	72.2	74.5
2023	73.6	74.9
2024	73.7	75.1
2025	73.9	75.3

Belize and Nicaragua population clocks and comparison

Population

Belize

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Population
	Belize	Nicaragua
1960	91,318	1,782,370
1961	93,632	1,836,451
1962	96,042	1,892,320
1963	98,704	1,950,159
1964	101,603	2,010,176
1965	104,675	2,072,681
1966	107,906	2,137,820
1967	111,272	2,205,567
1968	114,713	2,275,836
1969	118,040	2,348,398
1970	120,736	2,423,065
1971	122,805	2,499,825
1972	124,676	2,573,578
1973	126,445	2,649,278
1974	128,185	2,732,075
1975	130,387	2,816,943
1976	133,099	2,903,851
1977	135,887	2,992,534
1978	138,713	3,080,314
1979	141,678	3,164,525
1980	145,062	3,252,403
1981	148,786	3,345,674
1982	152,548	3,438,745
1983	156,297	3,530,282
1984	160,044	3,619,104
1985	163,796	3,706,479
1986	167,554	3,794,157
1987	171,338	3,882,164
1988	175,180	3,972,320
1989	179,107	4,066,476
1990	183,076	4,162,559
1991	187,040	4,259,637
1992	190,983	4,357,026
1993	194,902	4,453,732
1994	199,097	4,549,316
1995	204,146	4,642,931
1996	210,310	4,729,974
1997	217,446	4,809,573
1998	225,173	4,883,655
1999	233,059	4,954,018
2000	240,799	5,022,633
2001	248,379	5,087,825
2002	256,009	5,149,909
2003	263,780	5,210,963
2004	271,688	5,272,912
2005	279,731	5,342,105
2006	287,878	5,418,855
2007	296,100	5,497,243
2008	304,361	5,576,593
2009	312,614	5,656,601
2010	320,245	5,737,450
2011	327,298	5,819,051
2012	334,414	5,901,287
2013	341,627	5,983,845
2014	348,923	6,066,492
2015	356,333	6,149,417
2016	364,705	6,232,666
2017	373,202	6,316,231
2018	380,226	6,400,080
2019	385,829	6,483,657
2020	390,812	6,565,267
2021	395,346	6,644,741
2022	402,733	6,730,654
2023	411,106	6,823,613
2024	417,072	6,916,140

Fertility rates in Belize and Nicaragua

Fertility rate

Belize

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belize	Nicaragua
1960	6.5	7.16
1961	6.48	7.11
1962	6.46	7.1
1963	6.44	7.08
1964	6.42	7.06
1965	6.4	7.03
1966	6.38	6.99
1967	6.36	6.94
1968	6.34	6.89
1969	6.32	6.83
1970	6.3	6.77
1971	6.29	6.71
1972	6.28	6.65
1973	6.29	6.59
1974	6.29	6.52
1975	6.28	6.45
1976	6.25	6.37
1977	6.2	6.28
1978	6.11	6.16
1979	5.99	6.07
1980	5.85	5.96
1981	5.68	5.84
1982	5.5	5.74
1983	5.31	5.61
1984	5.12	5.49
1985	5	5.36
1986	4.94	5.22
1987	4.88	5.07
1988	4.87	4.93
1989	4.86	4.76
1990	4.8	4.6
1991	4.6	4.43
1992	4.43	4.27
1993	4.21	4.1
1994	3.97	3.94
1995	3.88	3.78
1996	3.76	3.62
1997	3.74	3.47
1998	3.75	3.34
1999	3.73	3.22
2000	3.63	3.12
2001	3.53	3
2002	3.43	2.89
2003	3.34	2.83
2004	3.25	2.78
2005	3.17	2.77
2006	3.02	2.73
2007	2.89	2.7
2008	2.78	2.66
2009	2.66	2.63
2010	2.55	2.6
2011	2.53	2.56
2012	2.51	2.53
2013	2.5	2.49
2014	2.47	2.46
2015	2.43	2.43
2016	2.4	2.41
2017	2.37	2.38
2018	2.34	2.35
2019	2.14	2.32
2020	2.04	2.3
2021	1.84	2.27
2022	1.95	2.24
2023	2.01	2.22

Belize and Nicaragua demographics compared

Median age

Belize

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belize	Nicaragua
1960	17.9	16.2
1961	17.6	16.1
1962	17.3	16
1963	17	15.9
1964	16.6	15.9
1965	16.2	15.9
1966	15.9	16
1967	15.6	16
1968	15.4	16
1969	15.3	16.1
1970	15.4	16.1
1971	15.6	16.1
1972	15.8	16.2
1973	16	16.2
1974	16.2	16.2
1975	16.4	16.2
1976	16.6	16.2
1977	16.8	16.2
1978	16.9	16.2
1979	17.1	16.2
1980	17.2	16.2
1981	17.3	16.2
1982	17.4	16.2
1983	17.4	16.3
1984	17.5	16.3
1985	17.5	16.3
1986	17.5	16.3
1987	17.5	16.4
1988	17.6	16.4
1989	17.6	16.5
1990	17.6	16.7
1991	17.7	16.8
1992	17.8	17
1993	17.9	17.2
1994	18	17.4
1995	18.2	17.6
1996	18.5	17.9
1997	18.8	18.1
1998	19.1	18.4
1999	19.4	18.8
2000	19.6	19.1
2001	19.8	19.4
2002	20	19.7
2003	20.2	20.1
2004	20.4	20.4
2005	20.7	20.8
2006	20.9	21.1
2007	21.1	21.4
2008	21.4	21.7
2009	21.6	22
2010	21.9	22.2
2011	22.3	22.5
2012	22.7	22.8
2013	23.1	23.1
2014	23.4	23.4
2015	23.8	23.7
2016	24.2	24
2017	24.5	24.3
2018	24.9	24.7
2019	25.3	25
2020	25.7	25.3
2021	26.1	25.6
2022	26.5	25.9
2023	27	26.3
2024	27.4	26.6

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