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How many babies are born in Belize?

7.47 thousand babies born in Belize in 2026. That is 0.01% of all births worldwide, and the 172nd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Belize: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Belize’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~76 ~1.9K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1000 ~180 ~4.5K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1500 ~280 ~6.9K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1800 ~1.18K ~25.5K 46.2 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~1.74K ~37.8K 46.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 3.65K 69.1K 52.9 UN estimate
2000 7.27K 241K 30.2 UN estimate
2023 7.41K 411K 18.0 UN estimate
2026 7.47K 429K 17.4 UN projection
2050 5.91K 517K 11.4 UN projection
2075 4.54K 517K 8.8 UN projection
2100 3.44K 447K 7.7 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Belize among estimates through 2023 were in 2018, at about 8.04K. That is roughly 105 times the estimated ~76 births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.99 children per woman, fertility in Belize is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Belize each year?

An estimated 7.47 thousand babies are born in Belize in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 21 a day and 0.01% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Belize?

Belize has an estimated 17.4 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.99 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.