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Belize
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Belize – People Groups
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People Groups
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Population Indig % Evangel % Adherent Progress Scale Primary Religion Primary Language Pho Map Txt
Belize Creole77,000Y23.24 %71.00 %5 ChristianityBelize English CreoleP
Belize Creole
  
Black Carib, Garifuna17,00010.10 %91.23 %5 ChristianityGarifunaP
Black Carib, Garifuna
  
British2,9006.00 %69.00 %4 ChristianityEnglishP
British
  
Chinese, general11,0004.50 %11.00 %4 Non-ReligiousChinese, MandarinP
Chinese, general
  
Deaf2,000Y83.94 %3 ChristianityLanguage unknownP
Deaf
 T
Guatemalan White3,40012.00 %95.00 %5 ChristianitySpanishP
Guatemalan White
  
Guatemalan, Mestizo210,00029.69 %97.00 %5 ChristianitySpanishP
Guatemalan, Mestizo
  
Kekchi20,00014.00 %98.00 %5 ChristianityQ'eqchi'P
Kekchi
  
Maya, Mopan13,000Y19.00 %93.00 %5 ChristianityMaya, MopanP
Maya, Mopan
  
Maya, Yucatan2,60013.00 %94.00 %5 ChristianityMaya, YucatecP
Maya, Yucatan
  
Mennonite13,00020.00 %95.00 %5 ChristianityPlautdietschP
Mennonite
  
Sindhi6,5000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamSindhiP
Sindhi
M
Sindhi of Belize
T
South Asian, general3,0007.00 %22.00 %4 HinduismHindiP
South Asian, general
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Total People Groups:   13 381,000 3         13 1 3
Unclassified / Other Individuals 24,000  
UN Country Population (2022) 405,000  
Other reported groups:  2  
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Belize – People Progress

% of People Groups [1]
 
% of Population in People Group [1] [2]
 
Progress Level Peoples % of Peoples Population % of Population [2]
  1 - Unreached 1 7.7 % 6,500 1.7 %
  2 - Minimally reached 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %
  3 - Superficially reached 1 7.7 % 2,000 0.5 %
  4 - Partially reached 3 23.1 % 17,000 4.4 %
  5 - Significantly reached 8 61.5 % 356,000 93.3 %
Totals 13   381,000  


NOTES:
  1. Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
  2. % of Population in People Group:  The percentage of the population that lives in a people group at each progress level. Not every person living in an unreached people group is necessarily unreached.
Belize – People Photos   *** Note:  Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.***
 

Belize Creole
77,000


Black Carib, Garifuna
17,000


British
2,900


Chinese, general
11,000


Deaf
2,000


Guatemalan White
3,400


Guatemalan, Mestizo
210,000


Kekchi
20,000


Maya, Mopan
13,000


Maya, Yucatan
2,600


Mennonite
13,000


Sindhi
6,500


South Asian, general
3,000

Belize People Photos   *** Note:  Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.***
Belize – Languages
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Language
Code
# Peoples
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Language
# Unreached
Primary
Language
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Bible
Locator
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Online
Jesus
Film
Online
Audio
Recordings
Online
Gospel
Tract
Online
Belize English Creolebzj10NT
Chinese, Mandarincmn10Complete
Englisheng10Complete
Garifunacab10Complete
Hindihin10Complete
Language unknownxxx10Unspecified
Maya, Mopanmop10NT
Maya, Yucatecyua10Complete
Plautdietschpdt10Complete
Q'eqchi'kek10Complete
Sindhisnd11Complete
Spanishspa20Complete
Totals: 12 13 1   11 11 9 10 4
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Belize – Religions
Major Religions [1] [3]
Evangelicals: 24.0 %
(subset of Christianity)
 
% Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends [4]

NOTES:
  1. Major Religions: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.
  2. Christianity Segments: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.
  3. Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
  4. % Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends:  Source Operation World Editions 1986, 1993, 2001, 2010.
    Zero percent data values may mean unknown or unavailable.
Belize – Possible Ministry Involvement
  • Below are lists of ministries that may work in Belize. Ministries in the Belize section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the America, Latin section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
  • The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.
Ministries in Belize   Ministries in America, Latin
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Country Level Ministries Size
Amazon FocusSmall
Avant MinistriesMedium
Baptist International OutreachMedium
Calvary CommissionMedium
Centers for Apologetics ResearchSmall
Church of God, Anderson, IndianaMedium
Congregational Methodist ChurchSmall
ConvergeMedium
Equip, IncorporatedMedium
Experience MissionMedium
Friends United Meeting - Global MinistriesSmall
Global Outreach InternationalMedium
Global Outreach MissionMedium
Hope for the HungryMedium
International Pentecostal Holiness ChurchMedium
Into All The WorldSmall
LifeWindMedium
Missionary Ventures InternationalMedium
Missions DoorMedium
Pentecostal Church of God World MissionsSmall
STEM InternationalSmall
Teen Missions InternationalMedium
Ministries Listed:  22
 
Regional Level Ministries Size
ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelism)Large
Action International MinistriesMedium
Anglican Frontier MissionsSmall
Assemblies of God World MissionsLarge
Awana Clubs, InternationalMedium
Baptist Bible Fellowship, InternationalMedium
Baptist International Missions, Inc. (BIMI)Medium
Baptist Medical and Dental Mission InternationalMedium
Baptist Mid-MissionsMedium
BCM InternationalMedium
Bible LeagueMedium
Campus Crusade for Christ, InternationalLarge
Child Evangelism FellowshipMedium
Church of God of ProphecyMedium
Church of the Nazarene World Mission DepartmentMedium
Church World ServiceMedium
EFCA International MissionMedium
Every Home for ChristMedium
Final Frontiers FoundationLarge
Free Methodist World MissionsMedium
Galcom InternationalSmall
Global ActionSmall
GO InternationalSmall
InterCommSmall
Intervarsity Christian FellowshipMedium
Iris Ministries, Inc.Medium
Mailbox Club InternationalSmall
Presbyterian Evangelistic FellowshipMedium
Scripture UnionMedium
Seventh-day Adventists General ConferenceMedium
Silent Word MinistriesSmall
Southern Baptist Convention - International Mission BoardLarge
United Methodist ChurchMedium
United Pentecostal Church Foreign MissionsMedium
United World MissionMedium
Worldwide Tentmakers, IncorporatedSmall
Youth with a MissionLarge
Ministries Listed:  37
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Belize – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links
 
Statistics
Population 381,000
Percent Urbanization 46 %
Total People Groups 13
Unreached People Groups 1
Region America, Latin
10/40 Window No
Official National Language English
Secondary National LanguageSpanish
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Professing Christian 86.4%  [1]
Percent Evangelical 24.0%  [2]
Country Progress Level 5
Persecution Ranking Not ranked (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index 0.706 (0=Low to 1=High UN)

Links
Operation World
Ethnologue Language Listing
State Department Religious Freedom Report
World Factbook

Notes
[1]  Calculated by summing the major religion data for the people groups in the country.
[2]  Calculated by summing the Evangelical data for the people groups in the country.
 
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