- Name
- Total population
- Indicator purpose
- This indicator shows the number of people that usually live in an area.
- Abstract
- Population is defined as all nationals present in, or temporarily absent from a country, and aliens permanently settled in a country.
This indicator is measured in terms of annual growth rate and in thousands of people.
- Contact organization / person
- Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB)
- Unit of measure
- Mid-year estimate
- Other characteristics
- Population size: Estimated midyear population indicated in thousands.
- Classification used
- Total population includes the following: national armed forces stationed abroad; merchant seamen at sea; diplomatic personnel located abroad; civilian aliens resident in the country; displaced persons resident in the country. However, it excludes the following: foreign armed forces stationed in the country; foreign diplomatic personnel located in the country; civilian aliens temporarily in the country (OECD, 2020).
- Disaggregation
- is by sex and ethnicity.
- Key statistical concepts
- N/A
- Recommended uses
- Estimates of the total population are used by the government, businesses, researchers etc. in order to understand population change and develop policies and programs that serve the country's poeple.
- Other comments
- OECD (2020), Population (indicator). doi: 10.1787/d434f82b-en (Accessed on 11 May 2020)
