The latest officially reported population of Belize was 417,072 in 2024 vs 1,408,975,000 people in China in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belize's population is 427,523 people compared to 1,405,773,318 in China.
Population statistics:
- China's population is 3,288 times bigger than Belize's.
- Belize is ranked the 171st most populous country in the world, while China is the 2nd.
- The countries together account for 17% of the world: 0.005% for Belize vs 17% for China.
- For the last 10 years, Belize has had an average growth rate of +1.83% per year vs +0.3% in China.
- Since 2005, the population of Belize has increased from 280K people to 428K (52.8% growth), while China has grown from 1.3B to 1.41B (7.83% growth).
- Belize is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 528K people, while China's population already peaked in 2021 at 1.41B people and is projected to decrease to 629M people by 2100.
Belize vs China: live population counter
Belize
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China
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
427523
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1405773318
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| Population rank | 171/197 | 2/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.005% | 17% |
| One net population change |
1.47 hours
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18.2 seconds
|
| One birth every |
1.18 hours
|
3.5 seconds
|
| One death every |
4.33 hours
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2.84 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
17.9 hours
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1.65 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | +490 | -318,992 |
| Daily growth/decline | +16 | -4,753 |
| Annual growth/decline | +5,966 | -1,735,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.45% | -0.12% |
| Population growth rate rank | 75/197 | 173/197 |
Belize and China: population history and growth rate by year chart
Belize
Population
Growth rate
China
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Belize
|
China
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Belize
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China
|
|
| 1960 | 91,318 | 667,070,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 93,632 | 660,330,000 | 2.53% | -1.01% |
| 1962 | 96,042 | 665,770,000 | 2.57% | 0.82% |
| 1963 | 98,704 | 682,335,000 | 2.77% | 2.49% |
| 1964 | 101,603 | 698,355,000 | 2.94% | 2.35% |
| 1965 | 104,675 | 715,185,000 | 3.02% | 2.41% |
| 1966 | 107,906 | 735,400,000 | 3.09% | 2.83% |
| 1967 | 111,272 | 754,550,000 | 3.12% | 2.6% |
| 1968 | 114,713 | 774,510,000 | 3.09% | 2.65% |
| 1969 | 118,040 | 796,025,000 | 2.9% | 2.78% |
| 1970 | 120,736 | 818,315,000 | 2.28% | 2.8% |
| 1971 | 122,805 | 841,105,000 | 1.71% | 2.78% |
| 1972 | 124,676 | 862,030,000 | 1.52% | 2.49% |
| 1973 | 126,445 | 881,940,000 | 1.42% | 2.31% |
| 1974 | 128,185 | 900,350,000 | 1.38% | 2.09% |
| 1975 | 130,387 | 916,395,000 | 1.72% | 1.78% |
| 1976 | 133,099 | 930,685,000 | 2.08% | 1.56% |
| 1977 | 135,887 | 943,455,000 | 2.09% | 1.37% |
| 1978 | 138,713 | 956,165,000 | 2.08% | 1.35% |
| 1979 | 141,678 | 969,005,000 | 2.14% | 1.34% |
| 1980 | 145,062 | 981,235,000 | 2.39% | 1.26% |
| 1981 | 148,786 | 993,885,000 | 2.57% | 1.29% |
| 1982 | 152,548 | 1,008,630,000 | 2.53% | 1.48% |
| 1983 | 156,297 | 1,023,310,000 | 2.46% | 1.46% |
| 1984 | 160,044 | 1,036,825,000 | 2.4% | 1.32% |
| 1985 | 163,796 | 1,051,040,000 | 2.34% | 1.37% |
| 1986 | 167,554 | 1,066,790,000 | 2.29% | 1.5% |
| 1987 | 171,338 | 1,084,035,000 | 2.26% | 1.62% |
| 1988 | 175,180 | 1,101,630,000 | 2.24% | 1.62% |
| 1989 | 179,107 | 1,118,650,000 | 2.24% | 1.54% |
| 1990 | 183,076 | 1,135,185,000 | 2.22% | 1.48% |
| 1991 | 187,040 | 1,150,780,000 | 2.17% | 1.37% |
| 1992 | 190,983 | 1,164,970,000 | 2.11% | 1.23% |
| 1993 | 194,902 | 1,178,440,000 | 2.05% | 1.16% |
| 1994 | 199,097 | 1,191,835,000 | 2.15% | 1.14% |
| 1995 | 204,146 | 1,204,855,000 | 2.54% | 1.09% |
| 1996 | 210,310 | 1,217,550,000 | 3.02% | 1.05% |
| 1997 | 217,446 | 1,230,075,000 | 3.39% | 1.03% |
| 1998 | 225,173 | 1,241,935,000 | 3.55% | 0.96% |
| 1999 | 233,059 | 1,252,735,000 | 3.5% | 0.87% |
| 2000 | 240,799 | 1,262,645,000 | 3.32% | 0.79% |
| 2001 | 248,379 | 1,271,850,000 | 3.15% | 0.73% |
| 2002 | 256,009 | 1,280,400,000 | 3.07% | 0.67% |
| 2003 | 263,780 | 1,288,400,000 | 3.04% | 0.62% |
| 2004 | 271,688 | 1,296,075,000 | 3% | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 279,731 | 1,303,720,000 | 2.96% | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 287,878 | 1,311,020,000 | 2.91% | 0.56% |
| 2007 | 296,100 | 1,317,885,000 | 2.86% | 0.52% |
| 2008 | 304,361 | 1,324,655,000 | 2.79% | 0.51% |
| 2009 | 312,614 | 1,331,260,000 | 2.71% | 0.5% |
| 2010 | 320,245 | 1,337,705,000 | 2.44% | 0.48% |
| 2011 | 327,298 | 1,345,035,000 | 2.2% | 0.55% |
| 2012 | 334,414 | 1,354,190,000 | 2.17% | 0.68% |
| 2013 | 341,627 | 1,363,240,000 | 2.16% | 0.67% |
| 2014 | 348,923 | 1,371,860,000 | 2.14% | 0.63% |
| 2015 | 356,333 | 1,379,860,000 | 2.12% | 0.58% |
| 2016 | 364,705 | 1,387,790,000 | 2.35% | 0.57% |
| 2017 | 373,202 | 1,396,215,000 | 2.33% | 0.61% |
| 2018 | 380,226 | 1,402,760,000 | 1.88% | 0.47% |
| 2019 | 385,829 | 1,407,745,000 | 1.47% | 0.36% |
| 2020 | 390,812 | 1,411,100,000 | 1.29% | 0.24% |
| 2021 | 395,346 | 1,412,360,000 | 1.16% | 0.09% |
| 2022 | 402,733 | 1,412,175,000 | 1.87% | -0.01% |
| 2023 | 411,106 | 1,410,710,000 | 2.08% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 417,072 | 1,408,975,000 | 1.45% | -0.12% |
| 2025 | 422,922 | 1,405,773,318 | 1.4% | -0.23% |
| 2026 | 428,651 | 1,402,614,510 | 1.35% | -0.22% |
| 2027 | 434,214 | 1,399,403,406 | 1.3% | -0.23% |
| 2028 | 439,588 | 1,395,886,569 | 1.24% | -0.25% |
| 2029 | 444,794 | 1,392,060,666 | 1.18% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 449,845 | 1,387,961,846 | 1.14% | -0.29% |
| 2031 | 454,733 | 1,383,588,794 | 1.09% | -0.32% |
| 2032 | 459,517 | 1,378,934,346 | 1.05% | -0.34% |
| 2033 | 464,203 | 1,374,007,012 | 1.02% | -0.36% |
| 2034 | 468,777 | 1,368,825,481 | 0.99% | -0.38% |
| 2035 | 473,126 | 1,363,415,793 | 0.93% | -0.4% |
| 2036 | 477,230 | 1,357,772,486 | 0.87% | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 481,157 | 1,351,902,859 | 0.82% | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 484,877 | 1,345,840,038 | 0.77% | -0.45% |
| 2039 | 488,334 | 1,339,558,174 | 0.71% | -0.47% |
| 2040 | 491,592 | 1,333,028,062 | 0.67% | -0.49% |
| 2041 | 494,725 | 1,326,251,398 | 0.64% | -0.51% |
| 2042 | 497,695 | 1,319,222,019 | 0.6% | -0.53% |
| 2043 | 500,514 | 1,311,956,934 | 0.57% | -0.55% |
| 2044 | 503,171 | 1,304,437,340 | 0.53% | -0.57% |
| 2045 | 505,692 | 1,296,592,737 | 0.5% | -0.6% |
| 2046 | 508,116 | 1,288,357,014 | 0.48% | -0.64% |
| 2047 | 510,423 | 1,279,723,262 | 0.45% | -0.67% |
| 2048 | 512,657 | 1,270,661,954 | 0.44% | -0.71% |
| 2049 | 514,721 | 1,261,120,581 | 0.4% | -0.75% |
| 2050 | 516,621 | 1,251,102,086 | 0.37% | -0.79% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belize increased by 76,602 people (a 27.4% growth), while China gained 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belize gained 71,190 (a 20% growth), while China's population increased by 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth).
Belize was ranked 173rd most populous country in 2005 and is 171st in 2025. China was ranked 1st in 2005 and ranked 2nd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Belize's population will grow by 20.8% to 516,621 people with a rank change from 171st to 172nd. The population of China will decrease by 11% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd.
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Population differences between Belize and China
|
Belize
|
China
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 73.9 years | 78.4 years |
| Average age | 29.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Median age | 27.4 years | 40.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 50.9:49.1 |
| Fertility rate | 2.01 births per woman | 1 births per woman |
| Population density | 47.4 ppl/mi² | 389 ppl/mi² |
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