Belize

Belice

Belize (BZ, BLZ) is a country in Central America, with Belmopan as its capital. The currency is the Belize Dollar (BZD, BZD). The international dialling code is +501; mobile numbers are written like 622-1234. The time zone is America/Belize. Official language: English.

CurrencyBZDBZD

Dial code+501e.g. 622-1234

Time zoneBelizeUTC−06:00

LanguageEnglish

CapitalBelmopan

Population415.8K23K km²

Overview

Official name: Belize
Native name: Belize · Belice
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: BZ
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: BLZ
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 084
IOC code: BIZ
Demonym: Belizean
Capital: Belmopan
Region: Americas › Central America
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: Central America
United Nations
Internet domain: .bz
Coordinates: 17.25, -88.75
Area: 22,966 km²
Population: 415,789
GDP: $5.3B ($12.6K per person)
Literacy: 76.9%
Landlocked: No
Land borders: 🇬🇹 Guatemala
🇲🇽 Mexico

Currency

Belize Dollar BZD

Symbol: BZD narrow $
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: $1,234.50

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population
English en	Official	77% (320.2K)
Spanish es		55% (228.7K)
bzj bzj		50% (207.9K)
Qʼeqchiʼ kek		6.5% (27K)
mop mop		4% (16.6K)
cab cab		1.9% (7.9K)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
America/Belize		UTC−06:00	none	Central Standard Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +501
Dial-out prefix: 00
Trunk prefix: none
National number length: 7–11 digits
Emergency number: 90 pattern 9(?:0|11|90)

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	222-1234	+501 222 1234	XXX-XXXX	7
Mobile	622-1234	+501 622 1234	XXX-XXXX	7
Toll free	8001234123	+501 8001234123	XXXXXXXXXX	11

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Show the 2 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d{3})(\d{4})`	`[2-8]`	`$1-$2`	`$1-$2`
`(\d)(\d{3})(\d{4})(\d{3})`	`0`	`$1-$2-$3-$4`	`$1-$2-$3-$4`

Address and postal code

No address data.

Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Sunday
Weekend: Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle: 24-hour (0–23), also h, hb, hB
Calendars: gregorian
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Fahrenheit
Paper size: US-Letter
Locales: en-BZ
es-BZ

Number and date formats

As written by the English (Belize) locale (en-BZ), amounts in BZD.

Number: 1,234,567.891
Percent: 45.7%
Currency (BZD): $1,234,567.89
Accounting: ($1,234,567.89)
Currency, name: 1,234,567.89 Belize dollars
Compact short: 1.2M
Compact long: 1.2 million
Scientific: 1.235E6
Speed: 88 kilometres per hour
Temperature: 21.5°C
Date, full: Friday, 27 March 2026
Date, long: 27 March 2026
Date, medium: 27-Mar-2026
Date, short: 27/03/26
Time, medium: 15:04:05
Time, short: 15:04
Date and time: 27-Mar-2026, 15:04
Month and year: March 2026
Weekday: Friday
Relative time: yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
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