Belize vs Iceland
Belize has 8% more people than Iceland: 422,924 vs 392,404, a gap of 30,520. Iceland is growing faster (+1.51% vs +1.39% a year), adding about 5,943 people a year against +5,893. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Iceland would overtake Belize in about 62 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2087) — a projection, not a forecast. Iceland is the older society: 16.0% aged 65+ against 5.2% in Belize, while Belize has more children (26.3% under 15 vs 17.5%). Belize is 4.7× as densely populated (18.0 vs 3.8 people per km²). People in Iceland live 9.1 years longer on average (82.8 vs 73.7). GDP per capita is 12.5× higher in Iceland ($98,323 vs $7,865).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Belize) and 2025 (Iceland); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Belize vs Iceland — side by side
 Belize |  Iceland | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 422,9242025 | 392,4042025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.39%2025 | +1.51%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 18.12024 | 11.22024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 5.02024 | 6.82024 |
| Children per woman | 2.022024 | 1.562024 |
| Life expectancy | 73.7 yrs2024 | 82.8 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 26.3%2025 | 17.5%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 5.2%2025 | 16.0%2025 |
| Density | 18.0 /km²2023 | 3.8 /km²2023 |
| Area | 22,966 km²2023 | 103,000 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 41.6%2025 | 94.2%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +3602025 | +2,7092025 |
| GDP per capita | $7,8652025 | $98,3232025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #174 | #176 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.01% | 0.00% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Belize: 4.6× from 1960 to 2025; Iceland: 2.2× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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