Where is Belize?
Belize is a country in Central America, bordered by Guatemala and Mexico.
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Crazy but True
Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official language, and it holds the Great Blue Hole, a near perfect circle of dark water more than 300 meters across. It was a dry cave during the last ice age, and it flooded when the sea rose.
Belize facts
- Capital
- Belmopan
- Population
- 422,924 (2025)
- Area
- 22,966 km²
- Continent
- North America
- Region
- Central America
- Currency
- Belize dollar (BZD)
- Languages
- Belizean Creole, English, and Spanish
- Coordinates
- 17.25°, -88.75°
- Landlocked
- No
- Country code
- BZ · BLZ
How Belize compares
- Belize is the 149th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Djibouti and larger than El Salvador.
- It is the 163rd most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 2 countries.
- Within North America, it is the 13th largest of 17 countries by area.