Belize

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Elders in numbers

of people are 65 or older: 5.2%
people aged 65 or older: 22.1K
will be 65 or older in 2050: 12.9%
is how long people live after 60, on average: 18.6 years
of people 65+ live alone: 17.9%; women 17%, men 18.6%

Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2022

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Languages

7 languages, 3 of them endangered

Belizean CreoleDefinitely endangered
Mopan MayaVulnerable
Q’eqchi’Vulnerable
English
Garifuna
Spanish
Yucatec Maya

Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.

UNESCO intangible heritage

List and years: ich.unesco.org

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