_#_Note: national capital moved 80 km inland from Belize City to Belmopan because of hurricanes; only country in Central America without a coastline on the North Pacific Ocean

_*People #_Population: 228,069 (July 1991), growth rate 3.6% (1991)

_#_Birth rate: 38 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: 4 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 35 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: male 67 years, female 72 years (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 4.7 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun—Belizean(s); adjective—Belizean

_#_Ethnic divisions: Creole 39.7%, Mestizo 33.1%, Maya 9.5%, Garifuna 7.6%, East Indian 2.1%, other 8.0%