The latest officially reported population of Belize was 417,072 in 2024 vs 21,916,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belize's population is 427,523 people compared to 22,125,995 in Sri Lanka.
Population statistics:
- Sri Lanka's population is 51.8 times bigger than Belize's.
- Belize is ranked the 171st most populous country in the world, while Sri Lanka is the 63rd.
- The countries together account for 0.27% of the world: 0.005% for Belize vs 0.27% for Sri Lanka.
- For the last 10 years, Belize has had an average growth rate of +1.83% per year vs +0.57% in Sri Lanka.
- Since 2005, the population of Belize has increased from 280K people to 428K (52.8% growth), while Sri Lanka has grown from 20.2M to 22.1M (9.45% growth).
- Belize is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 528K people compared to the peak of 23.5M people in 2051 for Sri Lanka.
Belize vs Sri Lanka: live population counter
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| Current population |
427523
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22125995
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| Population rank | 171/197 | 63/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.005% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
1.47 hours
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4.34 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.18 hours
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2.13 minutes
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| One death every |
4.33 hours
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2.91 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
17.9 hours
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19.3 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +490 | -27,245 |
| Daily growth/decline | +16 | -332 |
| Annual growth/decline | +5,966 | -121,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.45% | -0.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 75/197 | 187/197 |
Belize and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 91,318 | 9,661,389 | - | - |
| 1961 | 93,632 | 9,899,372 | 2.53% | 2.46% |
| 1962 | 96,042 | 10,143,754 | 2.57% | 2.47% |
| 1963 | 98,704 | 10,395,040 | 2.77% | 2.48% |
| 1964 | 101,603 | 10,653,397 | 2.94% | 2.49% |
| 1965 | 104,675 | 10,916,965 | 3.02% | 2.47% |
| 1966 | 107,906 | 11,183,928 | 3.09% | 2.45% |
| 1967 | 111,272 | 11,457,328 | 3.12% | 2.44% |
| 1968 | 114,713 | 11,736,088 | 3.09% | 2.43% |
| 1969 | 118,040 | 12,013,858 | 2.9% | 2.37% |
| 1970 | 120,736 | 12,287,110 | 2.28% | 2.27% |
| 1971 | 122,805 | 12,551,910 | 1.71% | 2.16% |
| 1972 | 124,676 | 12,809,205 | 1.52% | 2.05% |
| 1973 | 126,445 | 13,060,916 | 1.42% | 1.97% |
| 1974 | 128,185 | 13,305,693 | 1.38% | 1.87% |
| 1975 | 130,387 | 13,548,984 | 1.72% | 1.83% |
| 1976 | 133,099 | 13,796,770 | 2.08% | 1.83% |
| 1977 | 135,887 | 14,049,371 | 2.09% | 1.83% |
| 1978 | 138,713 | 14,310,128 | 2.08% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 141,678 | 14,579,614 | 2.14% | 1.88% |
| 1980 | 145,062 | 14,847,974 | 2.39% | 1.84% |
| 1981 | 148,786 | 15,099,414 | 2.57% | 1.69% |
| 1982 | 152,548 | 15,286,567 | 2.53% | 1.24% |
| 1983 | 156,297 | 15,388,794 | 2.46% | 0.67% |
| 1984 | 160,044 | 15,441,860 | 2.4% | 0.34% |
| 1985 | 163,796 | 15,544,154 | 2.34% | 0.66% |
| 1986 | 167,554 | 15,731,256 | 2.29% | 1.2% |
| 1987 | 171,338 | 15,916,576 | 2.26% | 1.18% |
| 1988 | 175,180 | 16,078,621 | 2.24% | 1.02% |
| 1989 | 179,107 | 16,248,557 | 2.24% | 1.06% |
| 1990 | 183,076 | 16,352,458 | 2.22% | 0.64% |
| 1991 | 187,040 | 16,475,354 | 2.17% | 0.75% |
| 1992 | 190,983 | 16,739,284 | 2.11% | 1.6% |
| 1993 | 194,902 | 17,025,918 | 2.05% | 1.71% |
| 1994 | 199,097 | 17,275,773 | 2.15% | 1.47% |
| 1995 | 204,146 | 17,564,068 | 2.54% | 1.67% |
| 1996 | 210,310 | 17,905,018 | 3.02% | 1.94% |
| 1997 | 217,446 | 18,248,200 | 3.39% | 1.92% |
| 1998 | 225,173 | 18,596,003 | 3.55% | 1.91% |
| 1999 | 233,059 | 18,944,731 | 3.5% | 1.88% |
| 2000 | 240,799 | 19,293,054 | 3.32% | 1.84% |
| 2001 | 248,379 | 19,600,362 | 3.15% | 1.59% |
| 2002 | 256,009 | 19,805,752 | 3.07% | 1.05% |
| 2003 | 263,780 | 19,951,521 | 3.04% | 0.74% |
| 2004 | 271,688 | 20,087,605 | 3% | 0.68% |
| 2005 | 279,731 | 20,216,524 | 2.96% | 0.64% |
| 2006 | 287,878 | 20,352,411 | 2.91% | 0.67% |
| 2007 | 296,100 | 20,492,545 | 2.86% | 0.69% |
| 2008 | 304,361 | 20,629,378 | 2.79% | 0.67% |
| 2009 | 312,614 | 20,756,435 | 2.71% | 0.62% |
| 2010 | 320,245 | 20,879,089 | 2.44% | 0.59% |
| 2011 | 327,298 | 21,009,048 | 2.2% | 0.62% |
| 2012 | 334,414 | 21,169,458 | 2.17% | 0.76% |
| 2013 | 341,627 | 20,585,000 | 2.16% | -2.76% |
| 2014 | 348,923 | 20,778,000 | 2.14% | 0.94% |
| 2015 | 356,333 | 20,970,000 | 2.12% | 0.92% |
| 2016 | 364,705 | 21,209,000 | 2.35% | 1.14% |
| 2017 | 373,202 | 21,453,000 | 2.33% | 1.15% |
| 2018 | 380,226 | 21,670,000 | 1.88% | 1.01% |
| 2019 | 385,829 | 21,803,000 | 1.47% | 0.61% |
| 2020 | 390,812 | 21,919,000 | 1.29% | 0.53% |
| 2021 | 395,346 | 22,156,000 | 1.16% | 1.08% |
| 2022 | 402,733 | 22,181,000 | 1.87% | 0.11% |
| 2023 | 411,106 | 22,037,000 | 2.08% | -0.65% |
| 2024 | 417,072 | 21,916,000 | 1.45% | -0.55% |
| 2025 | 422,922 | 22,035,440 | 1.4% | 0.54% |
| 2026 | 428,651 | 22,148,172 | 1.35% | 0.51% |
| 2027 | 434,214 | 22,255,601 | 1.3% | 0.49% |
| 2028 | 439,588 | 22,357,682 | 1.24% | 0.46% |
| 2029 | 444,794 | 22,453,922 | 1.18% | 0.43% |
| 2030 | 449,845 | 22,546,245 | 1.14% | 0.41% |
| 2031 | 454,733 | 22,635,106 | 1.09% | 0.39% |
| 2032 | 459,517 | 22,720,118 | 1.05% | 0.38% |
| 2033 | 464,203 | 22,802,043 | 1.02% | 0.36% |
| 2034 | 468,777 | 22,879,527 | 0.99% | 0.34% |
| 2035 | 473,126 | 22,952,739 | 0.93% | 0.32% |
| 2036 | 477,230 | 23,022,027 | 0.87% | 0.3% |
| 2037 | 481,157 | 23,088,877 | 0.82% | 0.29% |
| 2038 | 484,877 | 23,152,480 | 0.77% | 0.28% |
| 2039 | 488,334 | 23,211,633 | 0.71% | 0.26% |
| 2040 | 491,592 | 23,265,986 | 0.67% | 0.23% |
| 2041 | 494,725 | 23,315,260 | 0.64% | 0.21% |
| 2042 | 497,695 | 23,359,578 | 0.6% | 0.19% |
| 2043 | 500,514 | 23,398,752 | 0.57% | 0.17% |
| 2044 | 503,171 | 23,433,096 | 0.53% | 0.15% |
| 2045 | 505,692 | 23,464,943 | 0.5% | 0.14% |
| 2046 | 508,116 | 23,492,738 | 0.48% | 0.12% |
| 2047 | 510,423 | 23,512,629 | 0.45% | 0.08% |
| 2048 | 512,657 | 23,525,953 | 0.44% | 0.06% |
| 2049 | 514,721 | 23,533,940 | 0.4% | 0.03% |
| 2050 | 516,621 | 23,538,230 | 0.37% | 0.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belize increased by 76,602 people (a 27.4% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belize gained 71,190 (a 20% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).
Belize was ranked 173rd most populous country in 2005 and is 171st in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.
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 |
| Colombo | 753K |
| Gampaha | 191K |
| Beruwala | 165K |
| Negombo | 142K |
| Kandy | 120K |
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 116K |
| Trincomalee | 99.1K |
| Galle | 93.1K |
| Matara | 68.2K |
| Anuradhapura | 63.2K |
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Population differences between Belize and Sri Lanka
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| Life expectancy | 73.9 years | 77.9 years |
| Average age | 29.7 years | 35.8 years |
| Median age | 27.4 years | 34.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 2.01 births per woman | 1.97 births per woman |
| Population density | 47.4 ppl/mi² | 918 ppl/mi² |
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