Population in Belize compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Belize and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belize	United States	Belize	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	91,318	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	93,632	183,691,481	2.53%	1.67%
1962	96,042	186,537,737	2.57%	1.55%
1963	98,704	189,241,798	2.77%	1.45%
1964	101,603	191,888,791	2.94%	1.4%
1965	104,675	194,302,963	3.02%	1.26%
1966	107,906	196,560,338	3.09%	1.16%
1967	111,272	198,712,056	3.12%	1.09%
1968	114,713	200,706,052	3.09%	1%
1969	118,040	202,676,946	2.9%	0.98%
1970	120,736	205,052,174	2.28%	1.17%
1971	122,805	207,660,677	1.71%	1.27%
1972	124,676	209,896,021	1.52%	1.08%
1973	126,445	211,908,788	1.42%	0.96%
1974	128,185	213,853,928	1.38%	0.92%
1975	130,387	215,973,199	1.72%	0.99%
1976	133,099	218,035,164	2.08%	0.95%
1977	135,887	220,239,425	2.09%	1.01%
1978	138,713	222,584,545	2.08%	1.06%
1979	141,678	225,055,487	2.14%	1.11%
1980	145,062	226,542,250	2.39%	0.66%
1981	148,786	229,465,744	2.57%	1.29%
1982	152,548	231,664,432	2.53%	0.96%
1983	156,297	233,792,014	2.46%	0.92%
1984	160,044	235,824,908	2.4%	0.87%
1985	163,796	237,923,734	2.34%	0.89%
1986	167,554	240,132,831	2.29%	0.93%
1987	171,338	242,288,936	2.26%	0.9%
1988	175,180	244,499,004	2.24%	0.91%
1989	179,107	246,819,222	2.24%	0.95%
1990	183,076	250,131,894	2.22%	1.34%
1991	187,040	253,492,503	2.17%	1.34%
1992	190,983	256,894,189	2.11%	1.34%
1993	194,902	260,255,352	2.05%	1.31%
1994	199,097	263,435,673	2.15%	1.22%
1995	204,146	266,557,091	2.54%	1.18%
1996	210,310	269,667,391	3.02%	1.17%
1997	217,446	272,911,760	3.39%	1.2%
1998	225,173	276,115,288	3.55%	1.17%
1999	233,059	279,294,713	3.5%	1.15%
2000	240,799	282,162,411	3.32%	1.03%
2001	248,379	284,968,955	3.15%	0.99%
2002	256,009	287,625,193	3.07%	0.93%
2003	263,780	290,107,933	3.04%	0.86%
2004	271,688	292,805,298	3%	0.93%
2005	279,731	295,516,599	2.96%	0.93%
2006	287,878	298,379,912	2.91%	0.97%
2007	296,100	301,231,207	2.86%	0.96%
2008	304,361	304,093,966	2.79%	0.95%
2009	312,614	306,771,529	2.71%	0.88%
2010	320,245	309,327,143	2.44%	0.83%
2011	327,298	311,583,481	2.2%	0.73%
2012	334,414	313,877,662	2.17%	0.74%
2013	341,627	316,059,947	2.16%	0.7%
2014	348,923	318,386,329	2.14%	0.74%
2015	356,333	320,738,994	2.12%	0.74%
2016	364,705	323,071,755	2.35%	0.73%
2017	373,202	325,122,128	2.33%	0.63%
2018	380,226	326,838,199	1.88%	0.53%
2019	385,829	328,329,953	1.47%	0.46%
2020	390,812	331,526,933	1.29%	0.97%
2021	395,346	331,893,745	1.16%	0.11%
2022	402,733	333,271,411	1.87%	0.42%
2023	411,106	334,914,895	2.08%	0.49%
2024	417,072	340,110,988	1.45%	1.55%
2025	422,922	341,931,772	1.4%	0.54%
2026	428,651	343,664,369	1.35%	0.51%
2027	434,214	345,331,185	1.3%	0.49%
2028	439,588	346,981,137	1.24%	0.48%
2029	444,794	348,601,982	1.18%	0.47%
2030	449,845	350,176,974	1.14%	0.45%
2031	454,733	351,725,612	1.09%	0.44%
2032	459,517	353,249,060	1.05%	0.43%
2033	464,203	354,749,644	1.02%	0.42%
2034	468,777	356,234,239	0.99%	0.42%
2035	473,126	357,694,316	0.93%	0.41%
2036	477,230	359,119,002	0.87%	0.4%
2037	481,157	360,517,853	0.82%	0.39%
2038	484,877	361,895,407	0.77%	0.38%
2039	488,334	363,229,908	0.71%	0.37%
2040	491,592	364,512,364	0.67%	0.35%
2041	494,725	365,753,139	0.64%	0.34%
2042	497,695	366,969,419	0.6%	0.33%
2043	500,514	368,146,925	0.57%	0.32%
2044	503,171	369,258,123	0.53%	0.3%
2045	505,692	370,318,770	0.5%	0.29%
2046	508,116	371,328,255	0.48%	0.27%
2047	510,423	372,299,116	0.45%	0.26%
2048	512,657	373,230,539	0.44%	0.25%
2049	514,721	374,119,803	0.4%	0.24%
2050	516,621	374,986,259	0.37%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belize increased by 76,602 people (a 27.4% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belize gained 71,190 (a 20% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Belize was ranked 173rd most populous country in 2005 and is 171st in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.