The latest officially reported population of Belize was 417,072 in 2024 vs 18,501,984 people in Senegal in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belize's population is 427,523 people compared to 19,281,054 in Senegal.
Population statistics:
- Senegal's population is 45.1 times bigger than Belize's.
- Belize is ranked the 171st most populous country in the world, while Senegal is the 68th.
- The countries together account for 0.24% of the world: 0.005% for Belize vs 0.23% for Senegal.
- For the last 10 years, Belize has had an average growth rate of +1.83% per year vs +2.76% in Senegal.
- Since 2005, the population of Belize has increased from 280K people to 428K (52.8% growth), while Senegal has grown from 11.2M to 19.3M (71.6% growth).
- Belize is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 528K people compared to the peak of 47M people in 2100 for Senegal.
Belize vs Senegal: live population counter
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| Current population |
427523
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19281054
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| Population rank | 171/197 | 68/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.005% | 0.23% |
| One net population change |
1.47 hours
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1.24 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.18 hours
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59.3 seconds
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| One death every |
4.33 hours
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5.21 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
17.9 hours
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51 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +490 | -10,307 |
| Daily growth/decline | +16 | +1,163 |
| Annual growth/decline | +5,966 | +424,411 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.45% | +2.35% |
| Population growth rate rank | 75/197 | 37/197 |
Belize and Senegal: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 91,318 | 3,340,907 | - | - |
| 1961 | 93,632 | 3,436,375 | 2.53% | 2.86% |
| 1962 | 96,042 | 3,534,686 | 2.57% | 2.86% |
| 1963 | 98,704 | 3,635,876 | 2.77% | 2.86% |
| 1964 | 101,603 | 3,740,535 | 2.94% | 2.88% |
| 1965 | 104,675 | 3,849,788 | 3.02% | 2.92% |
| 1966 | 107,906 | 3,964,299 | 3.09% | 2.97% |
| 1967 | 111,272 | 4,083,870 | 3.12% | 3.02% |
| 1968 | 114,713 | 4,207,587 | 3.09% | 3.03% |
| 1969 | 118,040 | 4,334,974 | 2.9% | 3.03% |
| 1970 | 120,736 | 4,466,328 | 2.28% | 3.03% |
| 1971 | 122,805 | 4,601,864 | 1.71% | 3.03% |
| 1972 | 124,676 | 4,741,631 | 1.52% | 3.04% |
| 1973 | 126,445 | 4,885,181 | 1.42% | 3.03% |
| 1974 | 128,185 | 5,029,437 | 1.38% | 2.95% |
| 1975 | 130,387 | 5,170,810 | 1.72% | 2.81% |
| 1976 | 133,099 | 5,308,564 | 2.08% | 2.66% |
| 1977 | 135,887 | 5,439,549 | 2.09% | 2.47% |
| 1978 | 138,713 | 5,568,096 | 2.08% | 2.36% |
| 1979 | 141,678 | 5,702,895 | 2.14% | 2.42% |
| 1980 | 145,062 | 5,845,638 | 2.39% | 2.5% |
| 1981 | 148,786 | 5,997,160 | 2.57% | 2.59% |
| 1982 | 152,548 | 6,156,961 | 2.53% | 2.66% |
| 1983 | 156,297 | 6,324,504 | 2.46% | 2.72% |
| 1984 | 160,044 | 6,499,364 | 2.4% | 2.76% |
| 1985 | 163,796 | 6,683,287 | 2.34% | 2.83% |
| 1986 | 167,554 | 6,878,192 | 2.29% | 2.92% |
| 1987 | 171,338 | 7,081,530 | 2.26% | 2.96% |
| 1988 | 175,180 | 7,289,618 | 2.24% | 2.94% |
| 1989 | 179,107 | 7,502,207 | 2.24% | 2.92% |
| 1990 | 183,076 | 7,720,523 | 2.22% | 2.91% |
| 1991 | 187,040 | 7,943,085 | 2.17% | 2.88% |
| 1992 | 190,983 | 8,168,395 | 2.11% | 2.84% |
| 1993 | 194,902 | 8,396,288 | 2.05% | 2.79% |
| 1994 | 199,097 | 8,624,078 | 2.15% | 2.71% |
| 1995 | 204,146 | 8,848,101 | 2.54% | 2.6% |
| 1996 | 210,310 | 9,067,014 | 3.02% | 2.47% |
| 1997 | 217,446 | 9,283,495 | 3.39% | 2.39% |
| 1998 | 225,173 | 9,502,952 | 3.55% | 2.36% |
| 1999 | 233,059 | 9,730,887 | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| 2000 | 240,799 | 9,968,260 | 3.32% | 2.44% |
| 2001 | 248,379 | 10,212,942 | 3.15% | 2.45% |
| 2002 | 256,009 | 10,466,214 | 3.07% | 2.48% |
| 2003 | 263,780 | 10,721,176 | 3.04% | 2.44% |
| 2004 | 271,688 | 10,975,704 | 3% | 2.37% |
| 2005 | 279,731 | 11,235,472 | 2.96% | 2.37% |
| 2006 | 287,878 | 11,500,094 | 2.91% | 2.36% |
| 2007 | 296,100 | 11,770,344 | 2.86% | 2.35% |
| 2008 | 304,361 | 12,048,959 | 2.79% | 2.37% |
| 2009 | 312,614 | 12,337,389 | 2.71% | 2.39% |
| 2010 | 320,245 | 12,635,413 | 2.44% | 2.42% |
| 2011 | 327,298 | 12,958,897 | 2.2% | 2.56% |
| 2012 | 334,414 | 13,310,495 | 2.17% | 2.71% |
| 2013 | 341,627 | 13,710,849 | 2.16% | 3.01% |
| 2014 | 348,923 | 14,152,102 | 2.14% | 3.22% |
| 2015 | 356,333 | 14,593,331 | 2.12% | 3.12% |
| 2016 | 364,705 | 15,034,521 | 2.35% | 3.02% |
| 2017 | 373,202 | 15,475,002 | 2.33% | 2.93% |
| 2018 | 380,226 | 15,914,498 | 1.88% | 2.84% |
| 2019 | 385,829 | 16,352,922 | 1.47% | 2.75% |
| 2020 | 390,812 | 16,789,219 | 1.29% | 2.67% |
| 2021 | 395,346 | 17,220,867 | 1.16% | 2.57% |
| 2022 | 402,733 | 17,651,103 | 1.87% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 411,106 | 18,077,573 | 2.08% | 2.42% |
| 2024 | 417,072 | 18,501,984 | 1.45% | 2.35% |
| 2025 | 422,922 | 18,931,964 | 1.4% | 2.32% |
| 2026 | 428,651 | 19,366,546 | 1.35% | 2.3% |
| 2027 | 434,214 | 19,807,242 | 1.3% | 2.28% |
| 2028 | 439,588 | 20,254,562 | 1.24% | 2.26% |
| 2029 | 444,794 | 20,706,628 | 1.18% | 2.23% |
| 2030 | 449,845 | 21,163,189 | 1.14% | 2.2% |
| 2031 | 454,733 | 21,623,709 | 1.09% | 2.18% |
| 2032 | 459,517 | 22,085,928 | 1.05% | 2.14% |
| 2033 | 464,203 | 22,548,831 | 1.02% | 2.1% |
| 2034 | 468,777 | 23,012,018 | 0.99% | 2.05% |
| 2035 | 473,126 | 23,476,591 | 0.93% | 2.02% |
| 2036 | 477,230 | 23,942,221 | 0.87% | 1.98% |
| 2037 | 481,157 | 24,407,574 | 0.82% | 1.94% |
| 2038 | 484,877 | 24,872,512 | 0.77% | 1.9% |
| 2039 | 488,334 | 25,335,991 | 0.71% | 1.86% |
| 2040 | 491,592 | 25,797,506 | 0.67% | 1.82% |
| 2041 | 494,725 | 26,257,464 | 0.64% | 1.78% |
| 2042 | 497,695 | 26,716,424 | 0.6% | 1.75% |
| 2043 | 500,514 | 27,174,896 | 0.57% | 1.72% |
| 2044 | 503,171 | 27,632,997 | 0.53% | 1.69% |
| 2045 | 505,692 | 28,089,695 | 0.5% | 1.65% |
| 2046 | 508,116 | 28,546,280 | 0.48% | 1.63% |
| 2047 | 510,423 | 29,002,001 | 0.45% | 1.6% |
| 2048 | 512,657 | 29,457,233 | 0.44% | 1.57% |
| 2049 | 514,721 | 29,911,840 | 0.4% | 1.54% |
| 2050 | 516,621 | 30,364,944 | 0.37% | 1.51% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belize increased by 76,602 people (a 27.4% growth), while Senegal gained 3,357,859 people (a 29.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belize gained 71,190 (a 20% growth), while Senegal's population increased by 4,687,723 (a 32.1% growth).
Belize was ranked 173rd most populous country in 2005 and is 171st in 2025. Senegal was ranked 73rd in 2005 and ranked 68th 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 Senegal will increase by 57.5% to 30,364,944 people and rank change from 68th to 63rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Belize | 64K |
| San Ignacio | 26.2K |
| Belmopan | 20.8K |
| San Pedro Town | 15.5K |
| Caye Caulker | 2K |
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| City | Population |
| Dakar | 1.44M |
| Thies | 391K |
| Rufisque | 295K |
| Saint-Louis | 259K |
| Ziguinchor | 205K |
| Kaolack | 172K |
| Louga | 113K |
| Kolda | 62.3K |
| Fatick | 39.4K |
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Population differences between Belize and Senegal
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| Life expectancy | 73.9 years | 69.2 years |
| Average age | 29.7 years | 24.5 years |
| Median age | 27.4 years | 20.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 50.8:49.2 |
| Fertility rate | 2.01 births per woman | 3.82 births per woman |
| Population density | 47.4 ppl/mi² | 248.9 ppl/mi² |
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