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  • PASCA (Central America HIV/AIDS Prevention Program)

    Topics: Anti-Stigma & Discrimination, Care & Support, Community Mobilization, HIV/AIDS, Prevention

    Approaches: Prevention,

    Geographic Areas: Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Latin America & the Carribean, El Salvador, Panama, Belize

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Belizeat a Glance

LocationCentral America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Mexico

Population279,457

Population Growth Rate2.33%

ReligionsRoman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Pentecostal 7.4%, Anglican 5.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Mennonite 4.1%, Methodist 3.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), other 14%, none 9.4%

Languages– English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole

Literacy
definition:  age 15 and over can read and write
total population:  94.1%
male: 94.1%
female:  94.1% (2003 est.)

Related Resources
CIA Factbook-Belize