Recognised as Country
Belize
- BZ
- North America
- BZD
- .bz
Belize (BZ/BLZ) is a country in North America with its capital at Belmopan. It covers about 22,966 km² with a population of roughly 410,000, uses the BZD, dials on +501, owns the .bz internet domain and keeps its capital on America/Belize. It borders 2 countries.
Identity
Official short nameBelize
CapitalBelmopan
ContinentNorth America
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BZ
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BLZ
Internet TLD.bz
Calling code+501
Currency codeBZD
Geography
Latitude17.1899° N
Longitude88.4976° W
HemisphereNorthern and Western
Area22,966 km²8,867 square miles
Land neighbours2
Distance from London8,409 kmto the approximate centre of Belize, not to Belmopan. W, bearing 279.7°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAmerica/Belizethe IANA zone for Belmopan; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC-06:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC-06:00
Offset in JulyUTC-06:00
Current offsetUTC-06:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 08:25
Hours ahead of UTC-6
Population & scale
Population410,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density17.9 per km²≈
Share of world population0.005%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset148 of 196
Population rank in this dataset172 of 196
Neighbouring countries
Guatemala242 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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