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СКАЧАТЬ style="font-size:15px;">       Belize

      Population:

      301,270 (July 2008 est.)

      Age structure:

      0–14 years: 38.4% (male 58,987/female 56,674) 15–64 years: 58.1% (male 88,521/female 86,450) 65 years and over: 3.5% (male 5,095/female 5,543) (2008 est.)

      Median age:

      total: 20.1 years male: 20 years female: 20.3 years (2008 est.)

      Population growth rate:

      2.207% (2008 est.)

      Birth rate:

      27.84 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Death rate:

      5.77 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Net migration rate:

      NA (2008 est.)

      Sex ratio:

      at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15–64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 23.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.35 deaths/1,000 live births female: 20.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 68.19 years male: 66.39 years female: 70.08 years (2008 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      3.44 children born/woman (2008 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      2.4% (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      3,600 (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      fewer than 200 (2003 est.)

      Major infectious diseases:

      degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria water contact disease: leptospirosis (2008)

      Nationality:

      noun: Belizean(s) adjective: Belizean

      Ethnic groups:

      mestizo 48.7%, Creole 24.9%, Maya 10.6%, Garifuna 6.1%, other 9.7% (2000 census)

      Religions:

      Roman 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% (2000)

      Languages:

      Spanish 46%, Creole 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9% (official), Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, other 1.4%, unknown 0.2% (2000 census)

      Literacy:

      definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 76.9% male: 76.7% female: 77.1% (2000 census)

      School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

      total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2004)

      Education expenditures:

      5.3% of GDP (2004)

      Government

       Belize

      Country name:

      conventional long form: none conventional short form: Belize former: British Honduras

      Government type:

      parliamentary democracy

      Capital:

      name: Belmopan geographic coordinates: 17 15 N, 88 46 W time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)

      Administrative divisions:

      6 districts; Belize, Cayo, Corozal, Orange Walk, Stann Creek, Toledo

      Independence:

      21 September 1981 (from UK)

      National holiday:

      Independence Day, 21 September (1981)

      Constitution:

      21 September 1981

      Legal system:

      English law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

      18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

      chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Sir Colville YOUNG, Sr. (since 17 November 1993) head of government: Prime Minister Dean BARROW (since 8 February 2008); Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar VEGA (since 12 February 2008) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister elections: the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the governor general; prime minister recommends the deputy prime minister

      Legislative branch:

      bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate (12 seats; members appointed by the governor general - 6 on the advice of the prime minister, 3 on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and 1 each on the advice of the Belize Council of Churches and Evangelical Association of Churches, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Belize Better Business Bureau, and the National Trade Union Congress and the Civil Society Steering Committee; to serve five-year terms) and the House of Representatives (31 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: House of Representatives - last held 6 February 2008 (next to be held in 2013) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UDP 25, PUP 6

      Judicial branch:

      Supreme Court of Judicature (the chief justice is appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister); Court of Appeal

      Political parties and leaders:

      National Alliance for Belizean Rights or NABR; National Reform Party

       or NRP [Cornelius DUECK]; People's National СКАЧАТЬ